Starting electronics / Keith Brindley.
By: Brindley, Keith
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Newnes, 2011Edition: 4th ed.Description: 1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780080969923; 0080969925.Subject(s): Electronics | Technology | Electronics: circuits & components | Electronic devices & materialsDDC classification: 621.381 BRI Summary: 'Starting Electronics' is a highly practical introduction for technicians, non-electronic engineers, software engineers, students, and hobbyists. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the main component types, their uses, and the basic principles of building and designing electronic circuits.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Starting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for technicians, non-electronic engineers, software engineers, students, and hobbyists. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the main component types, their uses, and the basic principles of building and designing electronic circuits. Breadboard layouts make this very much a ready-to-run book for the experimenter, and the use of readily available, inexpensive components makes this practical exploration of electronics easily accessible to all levels of engineer and hobbyist.
Other books tell readers what to do, but sometimes fail to explain why - Brindley gives readers hands-on confidence in addition to real scientific knowledge, and insight into the principles as well as the practice. All written explanations and steps are supplemented with numerous photos, charts, tables and graphs. Concepts and practical aspects are explained thoroughly with mathematical formulae and technical schematic drawings.
Each chapter introduces a concept or tool, explains the basic theory, and provides clear instructions for a simple experiment to apply the concept or tool, with quiz sections and answers, at the end of each chapter. New chapters on multimeters and soldering will be added, covering the fundamentals and experiments, with a basic parts list and an expanded and updated buyer's guide.
Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes index.
'Starting Electronics' is a highly practical introduction for technicians, non-electronic engineers, software engineers, students, and hobbyists. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the main component types, their uses, and the basic principles of building and designing electronic circuits.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. ix)
- 1 The Very First Steps (p. 1)
- What You Need (p. 1)
- Tools of the Trade (p. 2)
- Ideas About Electricity (p. 4)
- Charge (p. 6)
- Relationships (p. 9)
- Electronic Components (p. 11)
- Resistors (p. 13)
- Time Out (p. 14)
- Quiz (p. 15)
- 2 On the Boards (p. 17)
- All Aboard (p. 17)
- ICs (p. 19)
- The First Circuit (p. 23)
- Experiment (p. 25)
- The Second Circuit (p. 28)
- The Next Circuit (p. 31)
- More and More Complex Circuits (p. 33)
- Quiz (p. 34)
- 3 Measuring Current and Voltage (p. 37)
- One Man's Meter (p. 43)
- Negative Vibes (p. 45)
- A Meter with Potential (p. 46)
- Practically There (p. 47)
- Voltages (p. 49)
- Pot-Heads (p. 52)
- MetersMade (p. 53)
- Ohms per Volt (p. 54)
- Quiz (p. 55)
- 4 Capacitors (p. 57)
- Capacitors (p. 58)
- Down to Business (p. 58)
- Measuring Up (p. 60)
- Getting Results (p. 62)
- The Other Way (p. 67)
- Theoretical Aspects (p. 69)
- Capacitance Values (p. 71)
- Quiz (p. 72)
- 5 ICs, Oscillators, and Filters (p. 75)
- Throwing Light on It (p. 80)
- Ouch, That Hertz (p. 82)
- Filter Tips (p. 90)
- Quiz (p. 91)
- 6 Diodes I (p. 93)
- Which Way Round? (p. 94)
- Tricky (p. 100)
- Reverse Bias (p. 104)
- Voila! - A Complete Diode Characteristic Curve (p. 108)
- 7 Diodes II (p. 111)
- Maths (p. 114)
- Load Lines (p. 115)
- Diode Circuits (p. 117)
- Filter Tips (p. 121)
- Stability Built in (p. 122)
- Practically There (p. 124)
- Quiz (p. 127)
- 8 Transistors (p. 129)
- Very Close (p. 132)
- NPN (p. 136)
- Using Transistors (p. 137)
- Quiz (p. 140)
- 9 Analog Integrated Circuits (p. 143)
- Integrated Circuits (p. 143)
- Building on Blocks (p. 147)
- Turning Things Upside Down (p. 150)
- Follow Me (p. 152)
- Offset Nulling (p. 154)
- Get Back (p. 156)
- Quiz (p. 157)
- 10 Digital Integrated Circuits I (p. 159)
- Logically Speaking (p. 159)
- Every Picture Tells a Story (p. 162)
- Other Logic Circuits (p. 165)
- Boolean Algebra (p. 165)
- Other Logic Gates (p. 166)
- OR Gate (p. 166)
- AND Gate (p. 169)
- NOR Gate (p. 171)
- NAND Gate (p. 172)
- Simple, Eh? (p. 175)
- That Ol' Black Magic! (p. 176)
- NOR and NOT Gates Combined (p. 176)
- OR and NOT Gates Combined (p. 177)
- The Boolean Way - It's Logical! (p. 180)
- NOR from AND and NOT (p. 181)
- Quiz (p. 183)
- 11 Digital Integrated Circuits II (p. 185)
- IC Series (p. 185)
- 7400 Series (p. 185)
- 4000 Series (p. 186)
- Shutting the Stable Gate (p. 187)
- SR-Type NOR Bistable (p. 188)
- SR-Type NAND Bistable (p. 190)
- Other Bistables (p. 193)
- The Clocked SR-Type Bistable (p. 193)
- The D-Type Bistable (p. 194)
- The Edge-Triggered SR-Type Bistable (p. 195)
- The JK-Type Bistable (p. 196)
- T-Type Bistable (p. 197)
- Open the Black Box (p. 198)
- JK-Type Bistable Symbol (p. 201)
- The End of the Digital Line (p. 202)
- Quiz (p. 202)
- 12 Soldering (p. 205)
- What Does Soldering Do? (p. 206)
- Ok - So What's a Printed Circuit Board? (p. 206)
- Too Far, Too Fast (p. 209)
- What is Solder? (p. 209)
- What is Solder Made Of? (p. 209)
- So What's the Difference? (p. 211)
- Lead-Based vs. Lead-Free (p. 212)
- The Good Soldered joint (p. 213)
- The Bad Soldered Joint (p. 213)
- Flux (p. 220)
- Soldering irons (p. 222)
- Mains-Powered Soldering Iron (p. 223)
- Gas-Powered Soldering Irons (p. 224)
- Battery-powered Soldering Irons (p. 225)
- Soldering Iron Stations (p. 225)
- Soldering Iron Bits (p. 226)
- Soldering Iron Accessories (p. 228)
- Soidering Iron Stand (p. 228)
- Sponge (p. 229)
- Tip Tinning and Cleaning Block (p. 229)
- Key Practical Points When Soldering (p. 230)
- Cleaning All Parts (p. 233)
- Making a Reliable joint (p. 235)
- Heat the Joint (p. 236)
- Apply the Solder (p. 238)
- Remove the Soldering Iron (p. 239)
- Trim Excess Component Leads (p. 239)
- Connecting Leads (p. 240)
- Soldering a Connecting Lead Directly to Copper Track (p. 243)
- Soidering a Connecting Lead to a Terminal Pin (p. 245)
- Soldering a Lead to a Hole (p. 247)
- Unsoldering (p. 247)
- Using Solder Braid (p. 248)
- Using a Desoldering Pump (p. 249)
- Care of Your Soldering lron (p. 251)
- Looking After your Soldering lron (p. 251)
- Printed Circuit Board Links (p. 252)
- Safety Precautions (p. 253)
- First Aid (p. 255)
- And Now the Time Has Come ... (p. 255)
- Quiz (p. 256)
- Glossary (p. 259)
- Component Suppliers (UK) (p. 267)
- Quiz Answers (p. 271)
- Index (p. 273)