Title:
Essentials of electronics / Frank D. Petruzella.
Author:
Petruzella, Frank D.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, c2001.
Call Number:
TK7816 .P42 2001
Abstract:
This second edition of Essentials of Electronics provides a strong foundation in the concepts and terminology of both electrical and electronic circuits. - Preface.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh031/99057161.htmlTable of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh031/99057161.html
Contributor biographical information https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1609/99057161-b.html
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780078210488
Physical Description:
x, 726 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
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Contents:
Unit 1 : DC circuits. Safety -- Instruments, tools, and fasteners -- Conductors, semiconductors, and insulators -- Sources and characteristics of electricity -- Basic electrical units -- Electric connections -- Simple, series, and parallel circuits -- Measuring voltage, current, and resistance -- Circuit conductors and wire sizes -- Resistors -- Ohm's law -- Solving the series circuit -- Solving the parallel circuit -- Solving the series-parallel circuit -- Magnetism -- Electromagnetism -- Batteries -- Circuit protection devices -- Electric power -- Electric energy -- Direct current and alternating current -- Unit 2 : AC devices. Low-voltage signal systems -- Residential wiring requirements and devices -- Residential branch circuit wiring -- Appliance cords and connections -- Lighting equipment -- Electric motors -- Relays -- Motor controls -- Inductance and capacitance -- Transformers -- Signal sources -- Printed circuits -- Electronic test instruments -- Semiconductor diodes -- Power supplies -- Transistors -- Transistor switching, amplification, and oscillation circuits -- Thyristors : the SCR and triac -- Integrated circuits (ICs) -- Digital fundamentals -- The microcomputer -- Network theorems -- Principles of AC circuits.
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