i bought a used copy of this book.
I studied basic electronics years ago, as part of a technical college A.S. in computer repair. But, I never much used it, even though I DID spend time working on computers, then as an electronics tech, and, later, on copying machines, which are electro-mechanical. Mostly, repairing computers was about swapping whole circuit boards out. As a tech, I assisted people with doctorates doing basic research on making chips. Never did I need to understand a circuit, or troubleshoot one. Had I to do it over, I would've looked for an opportunity to do just that for at least a few years, to really cement techniques and understanding..
Now, I want to be able to fix guitar amplifiers, effects pedals, and pickups. So, I really want to understand components, circuits, and chips at a fundamental level. I've found numerous sites on the web that teach electronics, and I have several other books on electronics. Although I'M ONLY INTO THE 2ND CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK, it's the best source I've found so far., because it explains the fundamental details of electricity and electronics at a level, and in a manner, that i can understand. I'm the kind of person that, if I have too many holes in my understanding of how something works, it just doesn't work for me. I read a Complete Idiot's guide. It had a lot of really good things but, for instance, the description of how a transistor works was like hieroglyphics; it explained it in a way that was at far too high a level. I read it three times and didn't have any more understanding than before I read it at all. I've found that if I go slowly with this book, and make sure I understand and retain the important details, it all builds to a solid mental structure in my brain.
I will revisit and edit this review as necessary. A good, accurate (we're different people, so what's true and accurate for you will only sometimes be that for me) review is a major service to others that I've benefited from when others have taken the time and trouble to describe their experience with a book or product. I bought this book in the first place because the reviews described it much as I have.
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Great book to. Start with but need tutors
Very detailed excellent knowledge of subject. However, you will never be able to build a circuit with what he teaches. I found chegg.com helpful for that. Cheap high quality tutors. To make a circuit you need to know two things. From current(I), voltage(V or E), resistence(R), and power(watt or P). It all boils down to knowing resistence because you already know voltage. Without power on circuit you can't find resistence or anything. The tutors told me to get a watt meter and under power the circuit volts on power on. Then check for watts. Great book but you can't make it without chegg.com. Jim Cyr ---looking to be a professor in electronics--already a certified electrical technician from prior military days. Thanks and bye.
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Great book to. Start with but need tutorsVery detailed excellent knowledge of subject. However, you will never be able to build a circuit with what he teaches. I found chegg.com helpful for that. Cheap high quality tutors. To make a circuit you need to know two things. From current(I), voltage(V or E), resistence(R), and power(watt or P). It all boils down to knowing resistence because you already know voltage. Without power on circuit you can't find resistence or anything. The tutors told me to get a watt meter and under power the circuit volts on power on. Then check for watts. Great book but you can't make it without chegg.com. Jim Cyr ---looking to be a professor in electronics--already a certified electrical technician from prior military days. Thanks and bye.
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