Electronics Demystified, Second Edition: Edition 2

Stan Gibilisco

Oct 2011 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this ebook

SUPERCHARGE your understanding of ELECTRONICS

Learn electronics without getting your wires crossed! Electronics Demystified, Second Edition teaches you fundamental concepts and applications step by step.

This practical guide begins by covering voltage, current, resistance, impedance, admittance, and power supplies. The book goes on to discuss semiconductor diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, and signal amplifiers and oscillators. Wireless electronics is then addressed, including radio-frequency transmitters and receivers, telecommunications, and antennas. Detailed examples make it easy to understand the material. End-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce key topics.

It's a no-brainer! You'll learn about:

• Ohm's law
• Current and voltage in RL and RC circuits
• Oscillation and amplification
• Bipolar and field-effect transistors
• Radio-wave propagation
• Receiver and transmitter design
• Communications satellites and antennas

Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Electronics Demystified, Second Edition helps you master this essential subject.

Ratings and reviews

I'm just dumbfounded that you could be sold a book online that you are unable to read offline due to the fact that EVERY chart, diagram, schematic or whatever is a picture file that isn't made available offline. This book is pretty much worthless considering that approximately half of it isn't there when you try to read it offline. There's at least one diagram on every other page. In this day and age, this is just sloppy cyber craftsmanship. I never would have bought this book if I had known this was the case. Unless you are going to be reading this book only where you have an internet connection, I suggest that you pass it by. Very unhappily, James Comerford

Indonesian Engineer.

About the author

Stan Gibilisco has authored or co-authored more than 50 nonfiction books in the fields of electronics, general science, mathematics, and computing. He has worked as a technical writer in industry, as a shortwave radio broadcast station technician, as a radio-frequency design engineer, and as a magazine editor. One of Stan’s books, the Encyclopedia of Electronics (TAB Books, 1985), was named by the American Library Association (ALA) in its list of "Best References of the 1980s." Another of his books, the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing (McGraw-Hill, 1995), was named as a "Best Reference of 1996" by the ALA.