
- 328 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Understand Electronics: Teach Yourself
About this book
Understand Electronics will enable you to grasp the fundamental concepts of electronics as well as the more complex principles. Offering support and clarity throughout, this book covers everything from voltage, dividers and resisors to logic gates and Boolean algebra. You will gain a solid understanding and feel confident in demonstrating your knowledge.
NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.vTEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of electronics.
FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Meet the author
- Only got a minute?
- Only got five minutes?
- 1 Electronics today and yesterday
- 2 The atomic roots of electronics
- 3 Simple circuits and switches
- 4 Signals and systems
- 5 Voltage dividers and resistors
- 6 Capacitors, timers and oscillators
- 7 Diodes and rectification
- 8 Amplifiers and transistors
- 9 Logic gates and Boolean algebra
- 10 Flip-flops and counters
- 11 Displays, encoders and decoders
- 12 Memories and silicon chips
- 13 Op amps and control systems
- 14 Op amps and instrumentation systems
- 15 Telecommunications systems
- 16 Projects
- Answers to the Test Yourself questions
- Taking it further
- Glossary
- Index