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Electronics for dummies /

Electronics is fascinating - want to make something of it' This book shows you how!You can make all sorts of things, once you understand what electronics is and how it works. This book helps you out with that part, explaining the whole thing in plain English. Learn how electricity functions, ho...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shamieh, Cathleen
Otros Autores: McComb, Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., ©2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:--For dummies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Electronics For Dummies® 2nd Edition""; ""About the Authors""; ""Dedication""; ""Authorsâ€? Acknowledgments""; ""Contents at a Glance""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Why Buy This Book?""; ""Why Electronics?""; ""Foolish Assumptions""; ""Safety Is Number 1""; ""How This Book Is Organized""; ""Icons Used in This Book""; ""Part I: Understanding the Fundamentals of Electronics""; ""Chapter 1: What Is Electronics and What Can It Do for You?""; ""Just What Is Electronics?""; ""Checking Out Electric Current""; ""Harnessing Electrical Energy to Do Work""
  • ""Oh, the Things Electrons Can Do (Once You Put Their Minds to It)!""""Chapter 2: Manipulating Electricity to Make Something Happen""; ""Supplying Electrical Energy""; ""Understanding Directions: Real Electron Flow versus Conventional Current Flow""; ""Examining a Simple Light-Bulb Circuit""; ""Controlling Electrical Current with Basic Components""; ""Making Connections: Series and Parallel""; ""Creating Electronic Systems""; ""Chapter 3: Meeting Up with Resistance""; ""Resisting the Flow of Current""; ""Resistors: Passive Yet Powerful""; ""Combining Resistors""; ""Obeying Ohmâ€?s Law""
  • ""Using Ohmâ€?s Law to Analyze Circuits""""What Is Ohmâ€?s Law Really Good For?""; ""The Power of Jouleâ€?s Law""; ""Trying Your Hand at Circuits with Resistors""; ""Chapter 4: Getting a Charge Out of Capacitors""; ""Capacitors: Reservoirs for Electrical Energy""; ""Charging and Discharging Capacitors""; ""What Are Capacitors Used For?""; ""Characterizing Capacitors""; ""Combining Capacitors""; ""Understanding Capacitive Reactance""; ""Teaming Up with Resistors""; ""Selecting Frequencies with Simple RC Filters""; ""Trying Your Hand at Simple Capacitive Circuits""
  • ""Chapter 5: Curling Up with Coils and Crystals""""Kissing Cousins: Magnetism and Electricity""; ""Introducing the Inductor: A Coil with a Magnetic Personality""; ""Understanding inductive reactance""; ""Using Inductors in Circuits""; ""Now Introducing Impedance!""; ""Tuning in to Radio Broadcasts""; ""Influencing the Coil Next Door: Transformers""; ""Chapter 6: The Wide World of Semiconductors""; ""Are We Conducting or Arenâ€?t We?""; ""Forming a Junction Diode""; ""Using Diodes in Circuits""; ""Tremendously Talented Transistors""; ""Operating a Transistor""; ""How Transistors Really Work""
  • ""Using a Model to Understand Transistors""""Amplifying Signals with a Transistor""; ""Switching Signals with a Transistor""; ""Choosing Transistors""; ""Making All Kinds of Components Possible""; ""Trying Your Hand at Semiconductor Circuits""; ""Chapter 7: Packing Parts Together on Integrated Circuits""; ""Why ICs?""; ""Linear, Digital, or Combination Plate?""; ""Making Decisions with Logic""; ""Understanding How to Use ICs""; ""Hanging Out with Some Popular ICs""; ""Expanding Your IC Horizons""; ""Chapter 8: Rounding Out Your Parts List""; ""Making Connections""; ""Powering Up""