ABSTRACT

This book explores many essential topics in a basic and easy-to-understand manner. This book, and the accompanying Electronic Devices and Circuit Fundamentals, have been modified with significant updates in content. The books are developed using a classic textbook – Electricity and Electronics: A Survey (5th Edition) – as a framework. Both new books have been structured using a similar sequence and organization as previous editions. The previous edition of Electricity and Electronics: A Survey contained 18 chapters, 8 in the Electricity section and 10 in the Electronics section.

This book has been expanded to include 19 chapters, further simplifying content, and providing a more comprehensive coverage of the content. The content has been continually updated and revised through new editions and by reviewers over the years. Additional quality checks to ensure technical accuracy, clarity and coverage of content have always been an area of focus.

Each edition of the text has been improved through the following features:

  • Improved and updated text content
  • Improved usage of illustrations and photos
  • Use of color to add emphasis and clarify content.

part 1|254 pages

Direct Current (DC)

chapter 2|38 pages

Electrical Components and Diagrams

chapter 3|24 pages

Meters and Measurements

chapter 4|24 pages

Ohm's Law and Series Electrical Circuits

chapter 5|15 pages

Parallel Circuits

chapter 6|46 pages

Series-Parallel Circuits and Applications

chapter 7|33 pages

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

chapter 8|32 pages

Sources of DC Electrical Energy

part II|375 pages

AC (Alternating Current)

chapter 10|19 pages

Sources of AC Electrical Energy

chapter 11|48 pages

Capacitance and Capacitive Reactance

chapter 12|44 pages

Inductance and Inductive Reactance

chapter 13|43 pages

Transformers

chapter 15|18 pages

Time-constant and Wave-shaping Circuits

chapter 16|37 pages

Mathematics for AC Circuits

chapter 17|34 pages

AC Problem Solving Methods

chapter 18|63 pages

Electrical Energy Conversion