Electronics: A Self-Teaching Guide

by Harry Kybett

Book Overview

It's never been easier to teach yourself basic electronics. Electronics 2nd Edition A Self-Teaching Guide The first edition of Electronics sold over 50,000 copies--and made learning principles and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471009164
• ISBN13: 9780471009160
• Release Date: April 1986
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

very good on 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

Great Intro Book

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

Excellent Book

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

Terrific intro or refresher to transistor operation.

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.

Excellent self-teaching guide for transistor theory.

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.