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Teach yourself electricity and electronics / Stan Gibilisco.

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"A fully updated, easy-to-follow guide to electricity and electronics Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Fifth Edition helps you grasp the fundamentals of electricity and electronics--including theory--without formal training. Concise content along with a conversational writing tone enhance the pedagogy. Beginners and intermediate students will benefit most, but engineers and technicians will find this work useful as well. Practical, real-world examples are included. The Fifth Edition features improved content, tables, and diagrams, plus fully revised chapter-ending quizzes, tests, and final exam. This unique book can serve as a classroom text, a refresher, and a general reference. New to the Fifth Edition: New material on emerging/advanced electronic and communications systems, including: microcontrollers, audio-frequency electronics, radio-frequency communications, optical communications, laser communications, space communications Updated presentation of integrated-circuit technology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer basics All-new quizzes and test questions SI units throughout Helps you to determine current, voltage, and resistance values Provides simple calculations so you can assess your own power and energy consumption Detailed coverage: Direct Current; Background Physics; Electrical Units; Measuring Devices; Direct-current Basics; Direct-current Circuit Analysis; Resistors; Cells and Batteries; Magnetism; Alternating Current; Alternating-current Basics; Inductance; Capacitance; Phase; Inductive Reactance; Capacitive Reactance; Impedance and Admittance; Alternating-current Circuit Analysis; Alternating-current Power and Resonance; Transformers and Impedance Matching; Basic Electronics; Introduction to Semiconductors; How Diodes are Used; Power Supplies; The Bipolar Transistor; The Field Effect Transistor; Amplifiers and Oscillators; Wireless Transmitters and Receivers; Digital Basics; Specialized Devices and Systems; Antennas and Transmission Lines; Integrated Circuits; Electron Tubes; Transducers, Sensors, Location, and Navigation; Acoustics, Audio, and High Fidelity; Wireless Communications Systems; Computers and Microcontrollers; Monitoring, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence; Schematic Symbols "--Provided by publisher.

"A thorough update to this now-classic and enormously successful title, this new edition explains all the details of electricity and electronics--including theory--in the most uniquely understandable and effective way"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780071741354 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0071741356 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvii, 734 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. Direct current -- 1. Background physics -- Atoms -- Protons, neutrons, and atomic numbers -- Isotopes and atomic weights -- Electrons -- Ions -- Compounds -- Molecules -- Conductors -- Insulators -- Resistors -- Semiconductors -- Current -- Static electricity -- Electromotive force -- Non-electrical energy -- 2. Electrical units -- The volt -- Current flow -- The ampere -- Resistance and the ohm -- Conductance and the siemens -- Power and the watt -- A word about notation -- Energy and the watt-hour -- Alternating current and the hertz -- Rectification and pulsating direct current -- Magnetism -- Magnetic units -- 3. Measuring devices -- Electromagnetic deflection -- Electrostatic deflection -- Thermal heating -- Ammeters -- Voltmeters -- Ohmmeters -- Multimeters -- FET voltmeters -- Wattmeters -- Watt-hour meters -- digital readout meters -- Frequency counters -- 4. Direct-current circuit basics -- Schematic symbols -- Schematic and wiring diagrams -- Circuit simplification -- Ohm's Law -- Current calculations -- Voltage calculations -- Rule of Significant Figures -- Resistance calculations -- Power calculations -- Resistances in series -- Resistances in parallel -- Division of power -- Resistances in series-parallel -- 5. Direct-current circuit analysis -- Current through series resistances -- Voltages across series resistances -- Voltage across parallel resistances -- Currents through parallel resistances -- Power distribution in series circuits -- Power distribution in parallel circuits -- Kirchhoff's First Law -- Kirchhoff's Second Law -- Voltage division -- 6. Resistors -- The potentiometer -- The decibel -- Resistor specifications -- 7. Cells and batteries -- Electrochemical energy -- Miniature cells and batteries -- Lead-acid batteries -- Nickel-based cells and batteries -- Photovoltaic cells and batteries -- 8. Magnetism -- Geomagnetism -- Magnetic force -- Magnetic field strength -- Electromagnets -- Magnetic materials -- Magnetic machines.

pt. 2. Alternating current -- 9. Alternating-current basics -- Period and frequency -- The sine wave -- Square waves -- Sawtooth waves -- Complex waveforms -- Frequency spectrum -- Fractions of a cycle -- Expressions of amplitude -- The generator -- 10. Inductance -- Inductors in series -- Inductors in parallel -- Interaction among inductors -- Air-core coils -- Ferromagnetic cores -- Transmission-line inductors -- 11. Capacitance -- Simple capacitors -- Capacitors in series -- Capacitors in parallel -- Fixed capacitors -- Variable capacitors -- Capacitor specifications -- Interelectrode capacitance -- 12. Instantaneous values -- Rate of change -- Circles and vectors -- Expressions of phase difference -- Vector diagrams of relative phase -- 13. Inductive reactance -- Inductors and direct current -- Inductors and alternating current -- Reactance and frequency -- Current lags voltage -- 14. Capacitive reactance -- Capacitors and direct current -- Capacitors and alternating current -- Capacitive reactance and frequency -- Current leads voltage -- 15. Impedance and admittance -- Imaginary numbers -- Complex numbers -- The RX half-plane -- Characteristic impedance -- Conductance -- Susceptance -- Admittance -- The GB half-plane -- 16. Alternating-current circuit analysis -- Complex impedances in series -- Series RLC circuits -- Complex admittances in parallel -- Parallel RLC circuits -- Ohm's Law for alternating current -- 17. Alternating-current power and resonance -- Forms of power -- Power parameters -- Power transmission -- Resonance -- Resonant devices -- 18. Transformers and impedance matching -- Transformer geometry -- Power transformers -- Isolation and impedance matching -- Radio-frequency transformers.

pt. 3. Basic electronics -- The semiconductor revolution -- Semiconductor materials -- Doping and charge carriers -- The P-N junction -- 20. Diode applications -- Rectification -- Detection -- Frequency multiplication -- Signal mixing -- Switching -- Voltage regulation -- Amplitude limiting -- Frequency control -- Oscillation and amplification -- Energy emission -- Photosensitive diodes -- 21. Power supplies -- Power transformers -- Rectifier diodes -- Half-wave circuit -- Full-wave center-tap circuit -- Full-wave bridge circuit -- Voltage-doubler circuit -- Power-supply filtering -- Voltage regulation -- Equipment protection -- 22. The bipolar transistor -- NPN versus PNP -- Biasing -- Amplification -- Gain versus frequency -- Common-emitter configuration -- Common-base configuration -- Common-collector configuration -- 23. The field-effect transistor -- JFET -- MOSFET -- 24. Amplifiers and oscillators -- Decibel -- Basic bipolar-transistor amplifier -- Basic FET amplifier -- Drive and overdrive -- Audio amplification -- Radio-frequency amplification -- Common oscillator circuits -- Oscillator stability -- Audio oscillators -- 25. Wireless transmitters and receivers -- Modulation -- Image transmission -- The electromagnetic field -- Wave propagation -- Transmission media -- Receiver fundamentals -- Predetector stages -- Detectors -- Postdetector stages -- Specialized wireless modes -- 26. Digital and computer basics -- Numeration systems -- Digital logic -- Binary communications -- Computer components -- Computer displays -- Printers and scanners -- The Internet.

pt. 4. Specialized devices and systems -- 27. Antennas for RF communications -- Radiation resistance -- Half-wave antennas -- Quarter-wave verticals -- Loops -- Ground systems -- Gain and directivity -- Phased arrays -- Parasitic arrays -- Antennas for ultrahigh and microwave frequencies -- Safety -- 28. Integrated circuits -- Linear ICs -- Digital ICs -- Component density -- IC memory -- Microcomputers and microcontrollers -- 29. Electron tubes -- Electrode configurations -- Circuit arrangements -- Cathode-ray tubes -- Camera tubes -- Tubes above 300 MHz -- 30. Transducers, sensors, location, and navigation -- Wave transducers -- Displacement transducers -- Detection and movement -- Location systems -- Navigational methods -- 31. Acoustics and audio fundamentals -- Acoustics -- Loudness and phase -- Technical considerations -- Components -- Specialized systems -- Hard recording media -- Electromagnetic interference -- 32. Advanced communications systems -- Cellular communications -- Satellites and networks -- amateur and shortwave radio -- Security and privacy -- Modulated light -- Fiber optics -- 33. Laser fundamentals -- The cavity laser -- Semiconductor lasers -- Solid-state lasers -- 34. A mechatronics sampler -- Robot generations and applications -- Robot manipulators -- Machine hearing and vision -- Robotic navigation -- Telepresence -- Artificial intelligence (AI).