Understand Electronics: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself Series)

Grasp the fundamental concepts of electronics as well as its more complex principles--no previous experience required!

Offering support and clarity throughout, Understand Electronics covers everything from voltage, dividers and resisors to logic gates and Boolean algebra. You will gain a solid understanding and feel confident in demonstrating your knowledge.

• One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
• Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of experience.
• Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
• Extra online articles at teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of electronics.
• The key concepts are demonstrated through practical projects.
• The carefully designed diagrams cement your understanding.
• Author Dr. Malcolm Plant is an authoritive voice with extensive teaching and research experience.

Topics include:
Electronics today and yesterday; The basis of electronics; Simple circuits and switches; Signals and systems; Potential dividers and resistors; Timers, oscillators and capacitators; Rectification and diodes; Amplifiers and transistors; Logic gates and Boolean algebra; Flip-flops and counters; Displays, encoders and decoders; Binary and hexadecimal arithmetic; Memories and silicon chips; Control systems; Instrumentation systems; Telecommunications systems