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Electronics (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)

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You would gain maximum benefit from this book if you go slow as you read this book and finish all of the quiz questions. Please don't jump around between various chapters - just go slow and steady from chapter 1 to chapter 2 and so on!

This book does an excellent job of explaining basics/theory of electronics [almost]. The quiz questions are formatted in such a way that they make you think - and I liked that! My favourite subject area was the chapters 3 & 4 where author explains the workings of a transistor.

I recommend this book for beginners and intermediate level students of electronics who are looking forward to strengthen their understanding of the workings of electronic components.

Regards,
Shaukat

I have been through a number of "intro to transistors" books. This is clearly the best I've read. Starts with review of basic DC theory, then it takes you step by step through the calculations of determining the current and voltage in simple transistor circuits. It progresses to circuits with multiple transistors; each step is accompanied with a schematic and example of math formula and method. The end of each chapter has review questions (with answers). Also has a chapter on basic AC theory and one on filters, resonance, etc. An extremely informative, and useful real world book without the heavy classroom theory! A welcome addition to my collection of actively used technical reference books.

Although written as a self-teaching guide, I used this book (1979 edition) to instruct a basic electronics course. It is easy to follow, and chock-full of experiments to demonstrate many basic principles and types of circuits.

There are questions and problems on every page followed immediately with answers and explanations. It is not necessary to be constantly referring to an appendix at the back of the book.

Math is confined to first-year algebra, and the question and answer approach moves logically through simple concepts into the world of diodes, capacitors, inductors and transistors.

As others have noted, this really is an excellent book. It starts off slow with a review of DC and then covers the basics of AC and transistors. If you follow along and do the exercises you learn alot.

I really loved his nice development of transistors. He does it over 3 chapters.

The math consists of basic algebra so it's suited to high school level or amateur builder. Not really a college text.

The only book I've seen that matches this one for clarity is "Basic Electricity" by Van Valkenburgh, Nooger & Neville, Inc. ISBN: 0790610418. It's a reprint of the series first published by Rider. Also get the excellent 24 part series Navy Electricity & Electronics Training Series (NEETS).

table of contents of the Kybett book:

DC Pre-Test and Review
The Diode
Introduction to Transistor
The Transistor Switch
AC Pre-Test and Review
AC in Electronics
Resonant Circuits
Transistor Amplifiers
Oscillators
The Transformer
AC Diode Circuits and Power Supplies
Conclusion
Final Self-Test
Appendices
Index

This is one of the best introductory books to Electronics anywhere. Highly recommended.

This is a must have book for anybody into electronics but the publishers should have provided a link from this edition to the new one by Harry Kybett and Earl Boysen All New Electronics Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self Teaching Guides). The new edition, which came out in 2008, uses the same great approach to teaching you about electronic circuits and all the math that goes with them, but it's been updated. The writing is improved with clearer explanations, and the layout is much more user friendly. Buy this book, but be sure to get the newest edition! (I gave this one 4 stars only because the new one is a 5 star).

The book is layed out well with nice diagrams. Not the hand drawn diagrams I've seen in other books. It is clear and concise. Several examples are given with each topic.