Practical Electronics

A Guide to Understanding and Creating Electronic Circuits. The aim of this book is to teach you simple analogue and digital electronics at a practical level. For the in-depth theory of electronics, please read the Electronics Textbook. By the end of this book, you should be able to combine circuit elements to create more complex circuits, and have an understanding of how it works. To begin, you need just basic knowledge of high-school mathematics and physics, common tools and and piece of enthusiasm.

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Sections	Chapters and subchapters (icons show the completion)
Beginning How to begin? What I do need to have and know?	What you need to have Tools Material	Basic Theory	Printed Circuit Boards Layout Manufacture Soldering Desoldering Breadboard perfboard
Simple components Introduction to linear, passive components and some circuit examples.	Simplest Circuits Parallel and Serial circuits Kirchhoff laws Short connection	Basic Components Resistors Capacitors Inductors Inputs ? Outputs ?	Sources
Semiconductor components Nonlinear semiconductor components and examples of circuits, of course.	Diodes	Bipolar Transistors	Unipolar Transistors MOSFETs
Alternating current Properties and circuits concerning the current varying in time	Alternating current	Amplifiers Types of Amplifiers Class Feedback Examples of circuits Integrated_Amplifiers	Generators Astable multivibrator 555 Timer Oscillators LC oscillator RC oscillator Crystal_oscillator HF Oscillators
Integrated circuits Work with obscure and mighty IC's	Introduction to Integrated Circuits Logic Boolean Algebra Boolean Identities Flip-flops Astables Binary Numbers BCD Adders	Logic Families Diode Logic (DL) Resistor-Transistor Logic (RTL) Diode-Transistor Logic (DTL) Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) Emitter-Coupled Logic (ECL) Integrated Injection Logic (I2L) CMOS Operating amplifiers	AD and DA Converters Memory Devices CompactFlash
Appendices Useful info that didn't pass elsewhere	Finding component information Resistors − colour code Capacitors − number code Datasheets Overlays, Grids and Guides Standards Device pinouts	Tables Units and Quantities Prefixes SWG Wire Sizes - merge Preferred Values - merge Greek Alphabet - merge 74 Series ICs - merge 4000 Series - merge 7400 Series - merge Other ICs - merge Manufacturer's Prefixes - merge	Common Problems Test Equipment Multimeters Oscilloscopes Crowbar Circuit Circuits to Make Yourself Glossary

Further reading

This book is part of a series on Electric Circuits:

Circuit Theory
Circuit Idea
Digital Circuits
Practical Electronics
Electronics
Analogue Electronics
Semiconductors
Materials in Electronics

• Electronics: An in-depth study of how electronic systems work.
• Semiconductors: Explains the physics behind semiconductor devices.
• Television Manufacture and Repair: detailed description and instructions on cathode ray tube manufacturing
• Electric Vehicle Conversion: description and instructions for converting common internal combustion engine (ICE) driven vehicle to battery electric propulsion.
• Robotics: practical tips for building robots