ABSTRACT

Owen Bishop's First Course starts with the basics of electricity and component types, and introduces students to practical work almost straight-away. No prior knowledge of electronics is assumed.

The approach is student-centred with Test Your Knowledge features to check understanding and numerous Activities suitable for practicals, homeworks and other assignments. Key facts, formulae and definitions are highlighted to aid revision, and theory is backed up by numerous examples throughout the book. Each chapter ends with a set of problems which includes exam-style questions and multiple-choice questions with numerical and multiple-choice answers provided in the back of the book.

This text is ideal for a wide range of introductory courses in electronics, technology, physics and engineering. The coverage has also been carefully matched to the latest UK syllabuses, including GCSE Electronics, GCSE Design and Technology, Intermediate GNVQ, Engineering GCSE, and City & Guilds courses. It is also well suited for competence-based courses such as Level 2 NVQs, providing essential knowledge and understanding in a way that is firmly grounded in practical electronics.

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.

chapter |1 pages

Whatiselectronics ?

chapter 1|2 pages

Electrons

chapter 2|6 pages

Static and current electricity

chapter 3|2 pages

3Cellsandbatteries

chapter 4|4 pages

Current, voltage and power

chapter 5|2 pages

5Alternatingcurrents

chapter 6|2 pages

6Mainselectricity

chapter 7|2 pages

Plugs and fuses

chapter 8|5 pages

8Electricityinthehome

chapter |1 pages

Questions about electricity

chapter 9|2 pages

Resistance

chapter 10|2 pages

Resistors

chapter 11|2 pages

More about resistors

chapter 12|6 pages

Resistor networks

chapter 13|2 pages

Capacitors

chapter 14|10 pages

Charging capacitors

chapter 15|4 pages

Switches

chapter 16|2 pages

Diodes

chapter 17|2 pages

Rectifier diodes

chapter 18|4 pages

Light-emitting diodes

chapter 19|2 pages

Light-dependent resistors

chapter 20|2 pages

Thermistors

chapter 21|2 pages

Transistors

chapter 22|2 pages

Transistor action

chapter 23|8 pages

Transistor switches

chapter 24|8 pages

Field effect transistors

chapter 25|8 pages

The structure of a system

chapter 26|6 pages

Sensors

chapter 27|4 pages

Interfacing sensors

chapter 28|8 pages

Amplifyingsignals

chapter 29|8 pages

Timing

chapter 30|12 pages

Logic

chapter 31|10 pages

Logical sequences

chapter 32|4 pages

Storing data

chapter 33|4 pages

Microcontrollers

chapter 34|6 pages

Programs

chapter 35|1 pages

Visual output

chapter 36|1 pages

Audible output

chapter 37|2 pages

Mechanicaloutput

chapter 38|4 pages

Audio systems

chapter 39|2 pages

Radio transmission

chapter 40|2 pages

Radioreception

chapter 41|4 pages

Digitalcommunications

chapter 42|4 pages

3 Computers Control systems

chapter 43|4 pages

Control systems

chapter |8 pages

A Symbols used for circuits