Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics Third Edition By Stan Gibilisco

Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics Third Edition By Stan Gibilisco

Contents:

1 Basic physical concepts

2 Electrical units

3 Measuring devices

4 Basic dc circuits

5 Direct-current circuit analysis

6 Resistors

7 Cells and batteries

8 Magnetism

9 Alternating current basics

10 Inductance

11 Capacitance

12 Phase

13 Inductive reactance

14 Capacitive reactance

15 Impedance and admittance

16 RLC circuit analysis

17 Power and resonance in ac circuits

18 Transformers and impedance matching

19 Introduction to semiconductors

20 Some uses of diodes

21 Power supplies

22 The bipolar transistor

23 The field-effect transistor

24 Amplifiers

25 Oscillators

26 Data transmission

27 Data reception

28 Integrated circuits and data storage media

29 Electron tubes

30 Basic digital principles

Preface:

This book is for people who want to learn basic electricity, electronics, and communications concepts without taking a formal course. It can also serve as a classroom text. This third edition contains new material covering acoustics, audio, high-fidelity, robotics, and artificial intelligence. I recommend you start at the beginning of this book and go straight through. There are hundreds of quiz and test questions to fortify your knowledge and help you check your progress as you work your way along. There is a short multiple-choice quiz at the end of every chapter. You may (and should) refer to the chapter texts when taking these quizzes. When you think you’re ready, take the quiz, write down your answers, and then give your list of answers to a friend. Have the friend tell you your score, but not which questions you got wrong. The answers are listed in the back of the book. Stick with a chapter until you get most of the answers correct. Because you’re allowed to look at the text during quizzes, the questions are written so that you really have to think before you write down an answer. Some are rather difficult, but there are no trick questions. This book is divided into four major sections: Direct Current, Alternating Current, Basic Electronics, and Advanced Electronics and Related Technology. At the end of each section is a multiple-choice test. Take these tests when you’re done with the respective sections and have taken all the chapter quizzes. Don’t look back at the text when taking these tests. A satisfactory score is 37 answers correct. Again, answers are in the back of the book.