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 Atoms structure General Formulae	Printed Circuit Boards Layout Manufacture Soldering Desoldering Breadboard Perfboard
Simple components Introduction to linear, passive components.	Basic Components Resistors Capacitors Inductors	Sources Switches Filters Relays
Semiconductor components Nonlinear semiconductor components and examples of circuits, of course.	Diodes	Transistors Bipolar Transistors FET
Circuits Analysis We are going to learn circuits and how to analyses it	Simplest Circuits Series Circuit Parallel Circuit Kirchhoff laws Short connection	Mesh Analysis Superposition Two Port Network
Alternating current Properties and circuits concerning the current varying in time	Alternating current Transformers	Amplifiers Types of Amplifiers Class Feedback Examples of circuits Integrated_Amplifiers	Oscillators Astable multivibrator 555 Timer Oscillators LC oscillator RC oscillator Crystal_oscillator HF Oscillators Decreasing Sin Wave Oscillator
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 Operational amplifiers	AD and DA Converters
Complex Systems From what we learned earlier, we can build these amazing systems	Systems Control System Instrumentation System Telecommunications System	Memory Devices RAM Silicon Chips CompactFlash
Test Equipments We can learn more about test equipment that are used frequently in electronic project	Test Equipment Ammeter Ohmmeter Voltmeter	Multimeters Oscilloscopes Electrometer	Frequency Counter Spectrum Analyser Logic Analyzer
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 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