Starting Electronics

By Keith Brindley

Book Overview

Starting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the main component types, their uses, and the basic principles of building and designing electronic circuits. Breadboard layouts make this very much a ready-to-run book for the experimenter; and the use of multimeter, but not oscilloscopes, puts this practical exploration of electronics within reach of every home enthusiast's pocket. The third edition has kept the simplicity and clarity of the original. New material includes sections on transducers and more practical examples of digital ICs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750663863
• ISBN13: 9780750663861
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Newnes
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction to electronics

My twelve year old son wanted to learn electronics. This book turned out to be ideal for him. He is reading the book independently, and making and testing out the circuits described in the book. The book is at a level that he can understand and develop a good foundation in electronics. Other books that I had given him started out with too much theory and did not develop the concepts from practical experiments that are needed to motivate a child to learn. I recommend this book for those wanting to start electronics with no prior experience or background in electronics.

This book **helps** you learn. I owe deep gratitude to this book.

As I have stated in the title of this review, I am ever so grateful to have found this amazing little book. I am a completely devoted fan of this book. It is written in a SMART way, yet in a clear and approachable way. It manages to be conversational in tone without feeling like the facts are "watered down" or "dumbed down" or in any way "glossed over." For the remainder of this review, I will attempt to tell my personal story of how and why I read this book. Hopefully this will help you make a buying decision if you are in a similar situation. I am a computer software programmer. I bought this book while attempting to do well in an assembly language college course. (I should clarify: this book does not teach assembly.... this book teaches about electronic circuitry.) During my studies for the assembly language course, I felt that I was grasping assembly language quite well. However, we (the students) were also required to BUILD very small, simple robots and other computerized boards (either by soldering wires or by attaching wires to a breadboard). Most students had already taken other courses on electronics. I had not ever studied electronics, nor had I ever even so much as touched a multimeter or a resistor or a breadboard. I give this book ALL the credit for helping me pass my college course! This book gave me the skills and the confidence to figure out how to put together very simple robots and circuit boards. Again, I should add another clarification here: note that this book does not give any specific robot information. However, most books that show you how to assemble a robot (or something similar) do **not** actually explain WHY the robot works or explain any of the very small, piece by piece, fact by fact, building blocks of information that would allow you to apply your knowledge independently and flexibly to other endeavors. This book starts with the very, very basics, but it gives you the fundamentals very well so that you can tackle things on your own.

Outstanding book

Outstanding book...plain and simple. If this book cost twice the amount it does, you would still be getting a deal. Howard R. Lee President/CEO Affinity Systems, Inc. http://www.affinityiq.com

A great little book to start with...

After a semester of pure theory on characteristics, filters, Fourier transforms, etc., I was fed up and decided to look for a title on beginning hands-on electronics. I read this baby in a few hours and was very pleased. The diagrams included schematics, breadboard dittos of the schematics, and photos of the parts and tools. Very easy to read and covers resistors, capacitors, diodes, op-amps and transistors. Also explained some graphs(uh oh, more theory). Highly recommended for a beginner, and it's a quick enjoyable read.