Published on: 01.10.2016
Number of pages: 296
Written by: Charles Platt
Publish by: Maker Media (O’Reilly)
Conclusion
Gives good explanation of electronic components.
Useful to have as source of reference.
Review
This is encyclopaedia that comes in 3 volumes.
Volume 1 is describing:
- battery
- jumper
- fuse
- pushbutton
- switch
- rotary switch
- rotational encoder
- relay
- resistor
- potentiometer
- capacitor
- variable capacitor
- inductor
- AC-AC transformer
- AD-DC power supply
- DC-DC converter
- DC-AC inverter
- voltage regulator
- electromagnet
- solenoid
- DC motor
- AC motor
- servo motor
- stepper motor
- diode
- unijunction transistor
- bipolar transistor
- field effect transistor
For each components it give following informations:
- what it does
- how it works
- variants
- values
- how to use it
- what can go wrong