Understand electronics / Owen Bishop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, O. N. (Owen Neville)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronics.

Electrical engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Understand Electronics, Owen Bishop covers the basics needed in all the main areas of electronics with a jargon-free, informative style, and numerous illustrations. An essential book for the newcomer to electronics, this highly practical guide provides a thorough introduction to practical electronics and the basic principles of electronic components and circuitry. Owen Bishop, a leading international electronics author, takes a step-by-step approach, employing the minimum of mathematics, to create a text that is ideal for the student or enthusiast who has little previous knowl

Contents:

Front Cover; Understand Electronics; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Electrons and electricity; Chapter 2. E.m.f. and potential; Chapter 3. Resistance; Chapter 4. Capacitance; Chapter 5. Inductance; Chapter 6. Simple circuits; Chapter 7. Semiconduction; Chapter 8. Transistors; Chapter 9. Semiconductor circuits; Chapter 10. Power supply circuits; Chapter 11. Sensors and transducers; Chapter 12. Optoelectronic sensors; Chapter 13. Light sources and displays; Chapter 14. Test equipment; Chapter 15. From components to circuits; Chapter 16. Oscillating circuits

Chapter 17. Amplifying circuitsChapter 18. Operational amplifiers; Chapter 19. Logic circuits; Chapter 20. Audio electronics; Chapter 21. Computers; Chapter 22. Microcontrollers; Chapter 23. Telecommunications; Chapter 24. Microwaves; Chapter 25. Detection and measurement; Chapter 26. Electronic control; Chapter 27. Electronics and the future; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611039264

9781281039262

1281039268

9780080519890

008051989X

OCLC:

173240161