Название: Electronics for Absolute Beginners
Автор: Philip Dixon
Издательство: Amazon.com Services LLC
Год: 2018
Страниц: 168
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf, azw3
Размер: 21.1 MB

Interest in electronics gradually increased over the decades following Stoney's discovery. In 1947 the transistor was invented by William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs, which revolutionized the computer industry by replacing fragile, power hungry valves with much smaller and reliable devices. During the 1950s and 60s, computers became more powerful and smaller, eventually leading to the introduction of the home personal computer (PC) in the 1970s.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the subject of electronics to people who have no prior knowledge of the subject. If you don't know what a prototyping breadboard is, or have no idea what a resistor or diode do, then this book will help you to gain a basic understanding of what electronics components exist and what they are used for. You will also learn how to combine such components to build electronics circuits.

The book is split into two parts – the first introduces the subject of electronics, and the second contains a range of simple circuits to design and build.

Part 1 – Getting Started with Electronics
•Chapter 1 - Electricity and Electric Circuits
•Chapter 2 - Equipment You Need in Your Electronics Laboratory
•Chapter 3 - Safety
•Chapter 4 - Resistors
•Chapter 5 - Capacitors
•Chapter 6 - Diodes
•Chapter 7 - Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
•Chapter 8 - Transistors
•Chapter 9 - Integrated Circuits
•Chapter 10 - The 555 Timer
•Chapter 11 - Combining Electronics with Software
Part 2 - Designing and Building Electronics Circuits
•Chapter 12 - Using and Electronics Prototyping Breadboard
•Chapter 13 - Illuminating a Single LED
•Chapter 14 - Using a Multimeter to Measure Voltage, Current and Resistance
•Chapter 15 - Connecting Multiple LEDs in Series
•Chapter 16 - Connecting Multiple LEDs in Parallel
•Chapter 17 - Using a Variable Resistor to Control the Speed of a Small DC Motor
•Chapter 18 - Using Wind Power
•Chapter 19 - Using a Transistor to Switch On an LED
•Chapter 20 - Charging and Discharging a Capacitor
•Chapter 21 - Building a Light Sensor - Night Light