Understand Electronics

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 knowledge of the subject area but wishes to find out more. The new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, with many new illustrations and coverage of recent advances in electronics, including a chapter on microcontrollers - the simple programmable devices that are transforming electronics project work. A new section on test equipment reinforces the practical emphasis of the book. A practical guide made highly accessible through clear explanations and numerous illustrations Assumes little previous knowledge of the subject area or mathematical background Covers the basics needed in all the main areas of electronics. 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 knowledge of the subject area but wishes to find out more.

The new edition has been thoroughly updated throughout, with many new illustrations and coverage of recent advances in electronics, including a chapter on microcontrollers - the simple programmable devices that are transforming electronics project work. A new section on test equipment reinforces the practical emphasis of the book.

A practical guide made highly accessible through clear explanations and numerous illustrations
Assumes little previous knowledge of the subject area or mathematical background
Covers the basics needed in all the main areas of electronics Content: Contents , Page vi Introduction , Page vii 1 - Electrons and electricity , Pages 1-11 2 - E.m.f. and potential , Pages 12-23 3 - Resistance , Pages 24-37 4 - Capacitance , Pages 38-48 5 - Inductance , Pages 49-57 6 - Simple circuits , Pages 58-67 7 - Semiconduction , Pages 68-79 8 - Transitors , Pages 80-93 9 - Semiconductor circuits , Pages 94-102 10 - Power supply circuits , Pages 103-113 11 - Sensors and transducers , Pages 114-130 12 - Optoelectronic sensors , Pages 131-137 13 - Light sources and displays , Pages 138-143 14 - Test equipment , Pages 144-153 15 - From components to circuits , Pages 154-168 16 - Oscillating circuits , Pages 169-181 17 - Amplifying circuits , Pages 182-191 18 - Operational amplifiers , Pages 192-203 19 - Logic circuits , Pages 204-224 20 - Audio electronics , Pages 225-238 21 - Computers , Pages 239-256 22 - Microcontrollers , Pages 257-262 23 - Telecommunications , Pages 263-282 24 - Microwaves , Pages 283-296 25 - Detection and measurement , Pages 297-311 26 - Electronic control , Pages 312-321 27 - Electronics and the future , Pages 322-327 Acknowledgements , Page 328 Index , Pages 329-333 Understand Electronics provides a readable introduction to the exciting world of electronics for the student or enthusiast with little previous knowledge. The subject is treated with the minimum of mathematics and the book is extensively illustrated. This is an essential guide for the newcomer to electronics, and follows on from the author's best-seller, Beginner's Guide to Electronics. Understand Electronics covers basic theory, diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, computer applications of electronics - binary arithmetic, ROM and RAM, interactive CD/I - and other applications of electronics in microwaves, medicine, industry, and sound and video recording.