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Ready Set Go! - An Electronic Reference for the Everyman
By
Kevin O'Connor, ©1999, ISBN 0-9698-608-5-4
82
pages, 8-1/2" x 11", spiral bound with clear protective
covers;
43 figures (schematic diagrams)
View
the Table of Contents
"The
journey of 1,000 miles begins with just one step."
The
task of mastering electronics is a daunting one. There is
much to learn, and many directions of study.
You
may already have an interest in a specialized area of electronics
such as audio, computer hardware or ham radio. However,
before you delve into such detailed areas, you must begin
with the basics.
Ready
Set Go! makes
an excellent first step.
Material
covered includes:
- Schematic
symbols
- Resistor
colour codes & capacitor colour codes
- Standard
resistor and capacitor values
- Standard
notation and prefixes
- Current
- Voltage
- Capacitance
- Inductance
- Power
- Ohm's
Law
- Lenz's
Law and the "Right Hand Rule"
- Kirchhoff's
current law
- What
happens when you place resistors, capacitors and inductors
in series or parallel
- Impedance
and transformers
Your
knowledge will be enhanced by experience, but your understanding
will be incomplete without some information about the underlying
principles. Ready Set Go! explains these
principles in clear, concise language.
The
language of electronics is mathematics, but Ready
Set Go! sets forth the basic principles using nothing
beyond add, subtract, multiply and divide. Each new principle
and relationship is supported by a simple, practical example
- worked out with all steps clearly shown.
Electronics
is made up of simple, little things - but there are
a lot of them! The "little things" at the heart of all electronics
can be found in Ready
Set Go!
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