Encyclopedia of Electronic Components: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Semiconductors, Electromagnetism: Volume 1

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		Encyclopedia of Electronic Components: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Semiconductors, Electromagnetism: Volume 1
		Encyclopedia of Electronic Components: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Semiconductors, Electromagnetism: Volume 1

Electronics is once again a popular topic. Today, students, hobbyists, DIY enthusiasts, artists, and engineers are pushing the limits by making all sorts of cool devices. But when you want to learn about a particular electronic component, where do you go? To the Encyclopedia of Electronic Components, Volume 1. This handy full-color reference guide provides everything you need to know: how a component works, its typical uses, and how you can use it in your project. Forget the manufacturer's datasheets and turn to a source that offers accessible information and straightforward advice you can use. Learn about hundreds of popular components, including power sources, switches, transceivers, and sensors Get detailed photos that go beyond the sketches found in typical datasheets Know what to avoid so you don't trash the component or your project

作者简介

Charles Platt became interested in computers when he acquired an Ohio Scientific C4P in 1979. After writing and selling software by mail order, he taught classes in BASIC programming, MS-DOS, and subsequently Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. He wrote five computer books during the 1980s. He has also written science fiction novels such as The Silicon Man (published originally by Wired books) and Protektor (from Avon Books). He stopped writing science fiction when he started contributing to Wired magazine in 1993, and became one of its three senior writers a couple of years later. Charles began contributing to Make magazine in its third issue and is currently a contributing editor. Make: Electronics is his first book for Make Books. Currently he is designing and building prototypes of medical equipment in his workshop in a northern Arizona wilderness area.

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Platt's 'Enc. of Electronic Components' is a good read, lots of information on the components covered, and strikes a fine balance between underwhelming the knowledgeable and overwhelming those who 'just don't know.'

I wanted to know more about capacitors. Now I have read why I might choose polyethylene over mylar, or tantalum caps over electrolytics. I wanted to know more about coils, inductors, and now there is a little more knowledge to fill the wells of memory there as well.

Lots of good information on resistors, capacitors (including the actual schematics for RC high and low pass filters), a little later there are LCR filters, diodes, a variety of diodes and transistor types. There is a very good section on a variety of motors - better here than I expected, so I learned more where I hadn't thought I would.

Platt introduces the volume by suggesting the book will gather enough information to be usable, in one place, effectively 'peer reviewed' for accuracy and legitimacy, and the book certainly lives up to that aim.

In all chapters on components there is a 'what could go wrong' section; that is what I'm going to add here. My two big complaints have to do with typeface/font selection and the layout of illustrations. The font used for formulae I find hard to read quickly and accurately. Most troublesome is the 'pi' symbol which quite often I mistake for an 'n' which I catch because I know the equation - but I can see being caught out. That I would like to see changed. The other complaint is the number of times throughout the book where the text refers to an illustration -- which is on the next page. It sounds like a minor complaint but can be irritating.

Those two quibbles aside I'm glad I bought the book. If my bookshelf had a fire, earthquake, tsunami, or house-cleaner come through I would buy another copy quickly.

And, once through the first couple chapters, I want to know when the next (two!) volumes are coming out?

Worth your time and money.

Purchased to further knowledge of electronic components. Author covers several components in Volume 1 with many helpful photos, descriptions of how they work and variations of the components. Author says this book is not a training course in electronics but you will gain a lot of knowledge about electronics as many example schemetics are presented in conjunction with the component being discussed. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in electronics.

This is a great book well deserving of its place on anyone's bookshelf. As other reviewers have said, this is not the kind of book you read cover to cover. This is the kind of book you thumb through and mentally index. When you need to know more about a certain topic in your work or experiments, you know where to go for information that is accurate and teaches you what you need to know about that particular topic. And, if you need to go into more depth, this book does a good job of preparing you for the abundance of sometimes overly technical information you'll find on the Internet. My only quibble is that it has been painfully slow for the Author/Publisher to release Vol. II and III.

This is a strong book that is well worth the price. It provides three main benefits over other resources:
1) It is concise and well laid out. Chapters are typically 8 picture-filled pages long, so it's actually faster to find information in this paper book than searching online!
2) I love the diagrams and pictures. They are common (around 2 per page) and communicate ideas better than the more prose-centric wikipedia articles.
3) It is more accessible (less technical) than other resources that cover similar material. As a relatively technical reader, this was actually a minor disappointment, but I see the value in it. The "What can go wrong" sections are especially valuable in conveying the wisdom of experience.

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