Description
Book SynopsisLearn practical electronics at your own pace
What is a semiconductor? How do you lay out circuits to avoid noise and interference? What do inductors and transformers have in common? How does a coaxial cable carry power to an antenna? With Practical Electronics: A Self-Teaching Guide, you''ll discover the answers to these questions and many more about the basics of electricity and electronic components.
Thoroughly researched for our digital age, this easy-to-use guide makes familiar the workings of transistors, capacitors, diodes, resistors, integrated circuits, and more. Electronics expert Ralph Morrison starts you off with two of the simplest electronic components, showing you how to combine them into circuits and then add more components to create more complex circuits. He includes detailed learning circuits, which are electronic circuits you can build yourself, even if you have had no prior electronics experience. The clearly structured format of Practical
Table of ContentsList of the Learning Circuits.
A Note to the Reader.
1. Resistors, Capacitors, and Voltage.
2. Inductors, Transformers, and Resonance.
3. Introduction to Semiconductors.
4. More Semiconductor Circuits.
5. Feedback and IC Amplifiers.
6. IC Applications.
7. Circuit Construction, Radiation, and Interference.
8. A Review of Basic Electrical Concepts.
Appendix I: Preparing to Use the Learning Circuits.
Appendix II: Basic Algebra.
Index.
