Electronics for Electricians
Written for Apprentices and Readers Preparing For Work In Industrial Settings With Clear Explanations of Components and Circuits

Fifth Edition
Author: Stephen Herman

Now in its fifth edition, Electronics for Electricians is written for apprentices and readers preparing for work in industrial settings.

Components and circuits are explained in a clear-cut manner throughout the book, with emphasis on describing how they work, what they do, how to use them in a working circuit, and how to test them.

With successfully proven laboratory experiments in every chapter, this book exposes readers to the electronic devices commonly found in industry as well as the circuit applications of those devices.

In the process, it offers its readers a more practical and relevant path to understanding how electronics theory is applied in the electrical field.

Features:

• provides updated illustrations throughout the text and extended coverage on the test instruments commonly used to measure values in an electronic circuit

• new unit provides information on decimal, binary, octal, and hexadecimal number systems

• 8-page color insert with resistor color codes aids the reader in identifying resistors

• back-of-book labs provide practical, hands-on application of the concepts

• Appendix A presents step-by step Testing Solid-State Components making this text a ready reference for technicians

Contents:

• Preface.
• Unit1. The Oscilloscope.
• Unit2. Semiconductors.
• Unit3. Power Rating and Heat Sinking Components.
• Unit4. Junction Diodes.
• Unit5. Light-Emitting-Diodes (LEDs) and Photodiodes.
• Unit6. Single-Phase Rectifiers.
• Unit7. The Polyphase Rectifier.
• Unit8. Filters.
• Unit9. Special Diodes.
• Unit10. The Transistor.
• Unit11. The Transistor Switch.
• Unit12. The Transistor Amplifier.
• Unit13. The Darlington Amplifier.
• Unit14. Field Effect Transistors.
• Unit15. Current Generators.
• Unit16. The Unijunction Transistor.
• Unit17. The SCR in a DC Circuit.
• Unit18. The SCR in an AC Current.
• Unit19. Phase Shifting an SCR.
• Unit20. UJT Phase Shifting for an SCR.
• Unit21. SCR Control of a Full-Wave Rectifier.
• Unit22. A Solid-State Alarm with Battery Backup.
• Unit23. The Diac and Silicon Bilateral Switch.
• Unit24. The Triac.
• Unit25. Phase Shifting the Triac.
• Unit26. Other Methods of AC Voltage Control.
• Unit27. The Solid-State Relay.
• Unit28. The Oscillator.
• Unit29. The DC to DC Voltage Double.
• Unit30. The Off-Delay Timer.
• Unit31. The On-Delay Timer.
• Unit32. The Pulse Timer.
• Unit33. The 555 Timer.
• Unit34. The 555 Timer Used as an Oscillator.
• Unit35. The 555 On-Delay Timer.
• Unit36. The 555 Pulse Timer.
• Unit37. Above and Below-Ground Power Supplies.
• Unit38. The Operational Amplifier.
• Unit39. The 741 Op Amp Level Detector.
• Unit40. The 741 Operational Amplifier Used as an Oscillator.
• Unit41. Voltage Regulators.
• Unit42. Digital Logic.
• Unit43. The Bounceless Switches. Circuit Applications.
• Unit44.Design of Circuit #1 (Photodetector).
• Unit45. Design of Circuit #2 (Animal Feeder).
• Unit46. Design of Circuit #3 (Solid-State Pushbutton Control).
• Unit47. Design of Circuit #4 (Electronic Locks).
• Unit48. Design of Circuit #5 (Solid-State Thermostat).
• Appendix A. Testing Solid-State Components. Procedure 1. Testing a Diode. Procedure 2. Testing a Transistor. Procedure 3. Testing a Unijunction Transistor. Procedure 4. Testing a SCR. Procedure 5. Testing a Triac.
• Appendix B. Ohm's Law Formulas.
• Appendix C. Parts List.
• Appendix D. Schematic Symbols.
• Appendix E. Conversation Factors for Sine-Wave Voltages.
• Glossary.
• Index.

512 Pages - 7-3/8 x 9-1/4

1418028738 / 9781418028732

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