Understand Electronics

✍ Scribed by Owen Bishop (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 299
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Understand Electronics provides a readable introduction to the exciting world of electronics for the student or enthusiast with little previous knowledge. The subject is treated with the minimum of mathematics and the book is extensively illustrated.
This is an essential guide for the newcomer to electronics, and replaces the author's best-selling Beginner's Guide to Electronics.


The step-by-step approach makes this book ideal for introductory courses such as the Intermediate GNVQ

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
INTRODUCTION, Page vii
1 - Electrons and electricity, Pages 1-10
2 - E.m.f. and potential, Pages 11-19
3 - Resistance, Pages 20-29
4 - Capacitance, Pages 30-45
5 - Inductance, Pages 46-56
6 - Simple circuits, Pages 57-63
7 - Semiconduction, Pages 64-73
8 - Transistors, Pages 74-85
9 - Semiconductor circuits, Pages 86-98
10 - More semiconducting devices, Pages 99-102
11 - Sensors and transducers, Pages 103-119
12 - Optoelectronic sensors, Pages 120-125
13 - Light sources and displays, Pages 126-131
14 - From components to circuits, Pages 132-147
15 - Oscillating circuits, Pages 148-156
16 - Test equipment, Pages 157-166
17 - Amplifier circuits, Pages 167-174
18 - Operational amplifiers, Pages 175-184
19 - Logic circuits, Pages 185-201
20 - Audio electronics, Pages 202-216
21 - Computers, Pages 217-230
22 - Telecommunications, Pages 231-251
23 - Microwaves, Pages 252-265
24 - Medical electronics, Pages 266-274
25 - Electronics in industry, Pages 275-288
26 - Electronics and the future, Pages 289-292
Index, Pages 293-296