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Second Edition
By
Owen Bishop, B.Sc (Bristol.), B.Sc (Oxon.), Technical Author, Perth, Australia
Description
Owen Bishop's
First Course
starts with the basics of electricity and component types, and introduces students
to practical work almost straightaway. No prior knowledge of electronics is assumed.
The approach is student centred with Self-Test
features to check understanding, and numerous Activities suitable for practicals, homework and other assignments. New Multiple Choice
Questions are incorporated throughout the text to aid student learning. Key facts, formulae and definitions are highlighted to aid revision,
and theory is backed up by numerous examples within the book. Each chapter ends with a set of problems which includes exam-style questions
with numerical answers provided.
This text is ideal for a wide range of introductory courses in electronics, technology, physics and
engineering. The coverage has been carefully matched to the latest UK syllabuses including GCSE Electronics, GCSE Design & Technology,
Engineering GCSE and City & Guilds competence-based courses such as Level 2 NVQs.
The second edition now has additional applicability
to BTEC First Electronics from Edexcel with coverage of fundamental topics required by students of this qualification, as well as other
essential new topics that reflect recent technological developments. The result is a text that meets the needs of students on all Level
2 electronics units and courses, with a broad coverage that will be of direct relevance to any reader commencing study of this subject,
or more advanced readers requiring a handy revision guide. New material for the second edition includes: kinetic energy; temperature
and resistance; sawtooth waveform; fundamentals of digital communication and data transmission; industrial processes; cells and batteries;
wind and solar power; CDs, DVDs, mobile phones; and the latest LED technology.
Owen Bishop's talent for introducing
the world of electronics has long been a proven fact with his textbooks, professional introductions and popular circuit construction
guides being chosen by thousands of students, lecturers and electronics enthusiasts.
Companion website
A new companion
website features animated circuit diagrams to indicate the flow of current, calculators to help with elementary electronic design project
work, answers to revision questions and multiple-choice questions in the book, as well as essential circuit diagrams and illustrations
from the text made available as PowerPoint slides for lecturers to use in presentations and handouts. http://books.elsevier.com/companions/0750669608
Audience
Students at Level 2: Electronics GCSE (AQA, WJEC); GCSE Short Course in Electronics (WJEC); BTEC First Certificate / Diploma in Electronics
(Edexcel); City & Guilds NVQ courses covering aspects of electronics (e.g. production and maintenance engineering qualifications; servicing
6958 / 1687). GCSE Design & Technology. Introductory background reading for students of BTEC National. Any reader new to the field of
electronics.
Contents
Introduction.
What is electronics?
How to use this book.
Electricity:
Electrons.
Static and current electricity.
Cells
and batteries.
Current, voltage and power.
Alternating currents.
Mains electricity.
Plugs and fuses.
Electricity in the home.
Sources
of energy.
More sources of energy.
Electronic components:
Resistance.
Resistors.
More about resistors.
Resistor networks.
Capacitors.
Charging capacitors.
Inductors.
SI units.
Switches.
Diodes.
Rectifier diodes.
Light-emitting diodes
Light-dependent resistors.
Thermistors.
Transistors.
Transistor action.
Transistor switches.
Thyristors.
Field effect transistors.
Electronic systems:
The structure of a system.
Sensors.
Interfacing sensors.
Amplifying signals.
Timing.
Logic.
Logical systems.
Logical sequences.
Storing
data.
Microcontrollers.
Programs.
Visual output.
Audible output.
Mechanical output.
Electronic systems in action:
Audio
systems.
Radio transmission.
Radio reception.
Digital communications.
Computers.
Control systems.
Supplements:
Symbols
used for circuits.
Symbols used in flowcharts.
Extension boxes throughout the text with higher tier material.
"In the lab" and "Design
time" sections with practical examples.
Questions throughout the text.
Answers to questions.
Acknowledgements.
Index.
Index by type
numbers.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 272 pages, publication date: APR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6960-3
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6960-8
Imprint: NEWNES
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