Electronics for beginners : a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers /: a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers. ([2020])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Electronics for beginners : a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers /: a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers. ([2020])
- Main Title:
- Electronics for beginners : a practical introduction to schematics, circuits, and microcontrollers
- Further Information:
- Note: Jonathan Bartlett.
- Authors:
- Bartlett, Jonathan, 1977-
- Contents:
- Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Working the Examples -- 1.2 Initial Tools and Supplies -- 1.3 Safety Guidelines -- 1.4 Electrostatic Discharge -- 1.5 Using Your Multimeter Correctly -- Chapter 2: Dealing with Units -- 2.1 SI Units -- 2.2 Scaling Units -- 2.3 Using Abbreviations -- 2.4 Significant Figures -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Part I: Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3: What Is Electricity? -- 3.1 Charge -- 3.2 Measuring Charge and Current -- 3.3 AC vs. DC 3.4 Which Way Does Current Flow? -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 4: Voltage and Resistance -- 4.1 Picturing Voltage -- 4.2 Volts Are Relative -- 4.3 Relative Voltages and Ground Potential -- 4.4 Resistance -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 5: Your First Circuit -- 5.1 Circuit Requirements -- 5.2 Basic Components -- 5.3 Creating Your First Circuit -- 5.4 Adding Wires -- 5.5 Drawing Circuits -- 5.6 Drawing the Ground -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 6: Constructing and Testing Circuits -- 6.1 The Solderless Breadboard 6.2 Putting a Circuit onto a Breadboard -- 6.3 Using Fewer Wires -- 6.4 Testing Circuits with a Multimeter -- 6.5 Using a Multimeter with a Breadboard -- 6.6 Measuring Current with a Multimeter -- 6.7 Using a Power Regulator -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 7: Analyzing Series and Parallel Circuits -- 7.1 Series Circuits -- 7.2Intro -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Working the Examples -- 1.2 Initial Tools and Supplies -- 1.3 Safety Guidelines -- 1.4 Electrostatic Discharge -- 1.5 Using Your Multimeter Correctly -- Chapter 2: Dealing with Units -- 2.1 SI Units -- 2.2 Scaling Units -- 2.3 Using Abbreviations -- 2.4 Significant Figures -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Part I: Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3: What Is Electricity? -- 3.1 Charge -- 3.2 Measuring Charge and Current -- 3.3 AC vs. DC 3.4 Which Way Does Current Flow? -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 4: Voltage and Resistance -- 4.1 Picturing Voltage -- 4.2 Volts Are Relative -- 4.3 Relative Voltages and Ground Potential -- 4.4 Resistance -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 5: Your First Circuit -- 5.1 Circuit Requirements -- 5.2 Basic Components -- 5.3 Creating Your First Circuit -- 5.4 Adding Wires -- 5.5 Drawing Circuits -- 5.6 Drawing the Ground -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 6: Constructing and Testing Circuits -- 6.1 The Solderless Breadboard 6.2 Putting a Circuit onto a Breadboard -- 6.3 Using Fewer Wires -- 6.4 Testing Circuits with a Multimeter -- 6.5 Using a Multimeter with a Breadboard -- 6.6 Measuring Current with a Multimeter -- 6.7 Using a Power Regulator -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 7: Analyzing Series and Parallel Circuits -- 7.1 Series Circuits -- 7.2 Parallel Circuits -- 7.2.1 Kirchhoff's Current Law -- 7.2.2 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law -- 7.3 Equivalent Parallel Resistance -- 7.4 Wires in a Circuit -- 7.5 Wiring Parallel Circuits onto a Breadboard -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned Chapter 8: Diodes and How to Use Them -- 8.1 Basic Diode Behavior -- 8.2 Circuit Calculations with Diodes in Series -- 8.3 Circuit Calculations with Diodes in Parallel -- 8.4 Diode Short Circuits -- 8.5 Nonconducting Diodes -- 8.6 Usage of Diodes -- 8.7 Other Types of Diode Protection -- 8.8 Zener Diodes -- 8.9 Schottky Diode -- 8.10 Diode-Like Behavior in Other Components -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 9: Basic Resistor Circuit Patterns -- 9.1 Switches and Buttons -- 9.2 Current-Limiting Resistor Pattern -- 9.3 Voltage Divider Pattern -- 9.3.1 Calculating the Voltages 9.3.2 Finding Resistor Ratios -- 9.3.3 Finding Resistor Values -- 9.3.4 General Considerations -- 9.4 The Pull-Up Resistor -- 9.5 Pull-Down Resistors -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 10: Understanding Power -- 10.1 Important Terms Related to Power -- 10.2 Power in Electronics -- 10.3 Component Power Limitations -- 10.4 Handling Power Dissipation with Heatsinks -- 10.5 Transforming Power -- 10.6 Amplifying Low-Power Signals -- Review -- Apply What You Have Learned -- Chapter 11: Integrated Circuits and Resistive Sensors -- 11.1 The Parts of an Integrated Circuit … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Berkeley, CA? : Apress
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 621.381
Electronics
Computer input-output equipment
Hardware and Maker
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781484259795
1484259793 - Related ISBNs:
- 1484259785
9781484259788 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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