This edition of Electricity and Basic Electronics is a great book for beginners to the electronics industry. Providing many of the fundamentals and basic theories needed in the electrical trade, the book is filled with numerous examples, step-by-step circuit analysis, and a large number of illustrations. The straightforward text makes this book easy to read.

Electricity and Basic Electronics contains 16 practical applications, including information on breadboarding, soldering, and reading voltage on an oscilloscope. Additionally, there are 28 Project features that enable students to build various items such as a continuity tester, blown fuse indicator, and power supply. The projects are very informative, and typically include a schematic, a picture of the finished product, and a procedure for assembling the project.

This edition also incorporates a new Math Focus feature that provides students with a quick review of the basic math skills they need to understand the topic at hand. The various topics covered include exponents, scientific notation, metric and electrical prefixes, order of operations, algebraic equations, adding fractions, rations and proportions, and square roots. The book also contains a new chapter called “Energy Conservation”, which provides comprehensive information on ways to conserve energy and alternative forms of energy. 448 pp.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Learning and Applying the Fundamentals
• 2. Sources of Electricity
• 3. Conductors and Insulators
• 4. Resistors and Capacitors
• 5. Ohms Law
• 6. Series Circuits
• 7. Parallel Circuits
• 8. Series-Parallel Circuits
• 9. Multimeters
• 10. Magnetism
• 11. Alternating Currents
• 12. Electromagnetic Induction
• 13. Motors
• 14. Reactance and Impedance
• 15. LCR Circuits
• 16. Filters
• 17. Diodes
• 18. Transistors
• 19. Thyristors
• 20. Integrated Circuits
• 21. Fiber Optics
• 22. Switches
• 23. Computers
• 24. Energy Conservation
• 25. Career Opportunities