ABSTRACT

Now in its seventh edition, Bird’s Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology introduces and covers theory through detailed examples and laboratory experiments, enabling students to gain knowledge required by technicians in fields such as engineering, electronics, and telecommunications. This edition includes several new sections, including glass batteries, climate change, the future of electricity production, and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity, such as watts and lumens, electrical safety, AC vs DC, and trending technologies.

The extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this a great text for a range of level 2 and 3 engineering courses, which has helped thousands of students succeed in their exams. It is also suitable for BTEC First, National and Diploma syllabuses, City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses, and Foundation Degrees in engineering.

Its companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 900 further questions, lists of essential formulae, multiple-choice tests and illustrations, as well as full solutions to revision tests and lab experiments for course instructors.

section Section 1|52 pages

Revision of some basic mathematics

chapter 2Chapter 1|19 pages

Some mathematics revision

chapter Chapter 2|31 pages

Further mathematics revision

section Section 2|220 pages

Basic electrical and electronic engineering principles

chapter 54Chapter 3|8 pages

Units associated with basic electrical quantities

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

An introduction to electric circuits

chapter Chapter 5|9 pages

Resistance variation

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Batteries and alternative sources of energy

chapter Chapter 7|20 pages

Series and parallel networks

chapter Chapter 8|21 pages

Capacitors and capacitance

chapter Chapter 9|16 pages

Magnetic circuits

chapter Chapter 10|13 pages

Electromagnetism

chapter Chapter 11|15 pages

Electromagnetic induction

chapter Chapter 12|31 pages

Electrical measuring instruments and measurements

chapter Chapter 13|15 pages

Semiconductor diodes

chapter Chapter 14|28 pages

Transistors

section Section 3|164 pages

Further electrical and electronic principles

chapter 274Chapter 15|33 pages

d.c. circuit theory

chapter Chapter 16|25 pages

Alternating voltages and currents

chapter Chapter 17|26 pages

Single-phase series a.c. circuits

chapter Chapter 18|24 pages

Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits

chapter Chapter 19|12 pages

Filter networks

chapter Chapter 20|23 pages

d.c. transients

chapter Chapter 21|19 pages

Operational amplifiers

section Section 4|133 pages

Electrical power technology

chapter Chapter 23|16 pages

Three-phase systems

chapter Chapter 24|33 pages

Transformers

chapter Chapter 25|25 pages

d.c. machines

chapter Chapter 26|39 pages

Three-phase induction motors