Essential Electronics for PC Technicians Lab Manual (Networking)

This laboratory manual is designed to accompany Essential Electronics for PC Technicians and focuses on the fundamental electrical and electronic concepts students need to successfully and safely install, upgrade, or maintain personal computers and networking equipment. The lab manual is designed in a tear out format for easy use and provides hands-on practice for subjects such as electrical safety and ESD, series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits, basic electronic devices such as switches, wires, diodes, BJT transistors, basic digital circuits, voltage sources, the testing of electrical outlets, shorts and opens, continuity checking, and Digital Multimeters (DMMs). In addition, PC-based labs cover the testing of power supplies, motherboard batteries, and switches. There are also supplementary labs covering typical auxiliary devices used with PCs such as backup power supplies, surge protectors, and LAN cables.

KEY FEATURES
* Provides hands-on practice for the techniques learned in Essential Electronics for PC Technicians
* Explains the material at an easy to understand technical level with practical examples used to present the concepts, and does not require any high-level mathematics (college algebra is sufficient)
* Includes a list of key words with each lab exercise
* Helps prepare readers for the electronics portion of the A+ training exam