McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005. - 401 pages.
Best-selling Demystified author and electronics expert Stan
Gibilisco has penned the perfect introductory book for consumers,
hobbyists, and students alike. Coverage includes essential topics
such as current and power supplies, wireless, digital principles,
measurement and monitoring, transducers and sensors, location and
navigation, and more.
Now anyone with an interest in electronics can master it by reading
this book. In Electronics Demystified, best-selling science and
math writer Stan Gibilisco provides an effective and painless way
to understand the electronics that power so much of mode
life.
With Electronics Demystified, you master the subject one simple
step at a time—at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide
offers problems at the end of each chapter and section to pinpoint
weaknesses, and a 70-question final exam to reinforce the entire
book.
If you want to build or refresh your understanding of electronics,
here's a fast and entertaining self-teaching course that's
completely current. Get ready to — Master electronics essentials
that can help you as an employee, a hobbyist, or merely as a
consumer;
Discover the electrifying truth about power transmission and power
supplies;
Uncover the purpose of the diodes, transistors, amplifiers, and
oscillators that make your appliances work;
Really "get" wireless;
Take a "final exam" and grade it yourself!
A fast, effective, and fun way to lea electronics, Electronics
Demystified is the perfect shortcut to a deeper understanding of
many of today's most important technologies.