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Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals and applications--all without taking a formal course
This fully updated guide offers practical, easy-to-follow instruction on electricity and electronics. Written by a pair of experienced instructors, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Sixth Edition, features plain language explanations and step-by-step lessons that make it easy to understand the material quickly. Throughout, detailed illustrations, practical examples, and self-tests reinforce key concepts. Inside, you'll find all-new coverage of switching power supplies, class-D amplifiers, lithium-polymer batteries, microcontrollers--even the Arduino electronics platform.
This up-to-date sixth edition covers:
- Direct Current (DC) Circuits
- Resistors
- Cells and Batteries
- Magnetism
- Alternating Current (AC) Circuits
- Inductors and Capacitors
- Phase
- Inductive and Capacitive Reactance
- Impedance and Admittance
- AC Power and Resonance
- Transformers and Impedance Matching
- Semiconductors, Diodes, and Transistors
- Integrated Circuits (ICs) and Electron Tubes
- Amplifiers and Oscillators
- Wireless Transmitters and Receivers
- Digital Circuits
- Microcontrollers, including the Arduino
- Transducers, Sensors, Location, and Navigation
- Acoustics and Audio
- Lasers
- Advanced Communication Systems
- Antennas for RF Communications
