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A Fully-Updated, No-Nonsense Guide to Electronics

Advance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step-by-step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how to select the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, work with the latest software tools, and test and tweak your creations. This easy-to-follow book features new instruction on programmable logic, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, digital electronics, and more.

Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, covers:

Resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers
Diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits
Optoelectronics, solar cells, and phototransistors
Sensors, GPS modules, and touch screens
Op amps, regulators, and power supplies
Digital electronics, LCD displays, and logic gates
Microcontrollers and prototyping platforms
Combinational and sequential programmable logic
DC motors, RC servos, and stepper motors
Microphones, audio amps, and speakers
Modular electronics and prototypes

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1259587541
ISBN-13

978-1259587542
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4th
Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Publication date

16 April 2016
Language

English
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21.59 x 4.7 x 27.43 cm
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1056 pages
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Paul Scherz is a physicist/mechanical engineer who received his B.S. in physics from the University of Wisconsin. His area of interest in physics currently focuses on elementary particle interactions, or high energy physics, and he is working on a new theory on the photon problems with Nikolus Kauer (Ph.D. in high energy physics, Munich, Germany). Paul is an inventor/hobbyist in electronics, an area he grew to appreciate through his experience at the Universitys Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and the Department of Plasma Physics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Education TAB; 4th edition (16 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1056 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1259587541
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1259587542
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 21.59 x 4.7 x 27.43 cm

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Paul Milligan

Not very practical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2018

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Firstly, I don't think this type of book works on Kindle (even on iPad). The large format makes is readable but this is not a book for linear reading and you can't jump around in the way you can with a printed book.
Secondly there is far more theory than is needed for practical electronics (I guess it's about 1st year university level). The practical doesn't flow very well from the theory. Most practical electronic design is achieved without recourse to the detailed mathematical treatment presented in this book.
Finally, from my point of view, the treatment of instruments offers little about some of the low cost equipment available for the PC which most hobbyist (inventors) would use today.

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Jarn K

A really useful reference book and the kindle version is well presented

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 May 2019

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I got the third edition as a physical copy and liked it so much I ordered the kindle version of the 4th edition. Both are excellent and I find the balance of theory and practical explanation spot-on for what I was after. Images are fine on the android kindle app and perfectly legible. I don't find having to click onto them to zoom distracting, and the text has been parsed sensibly so it reads in order with the images. ie things flow and are not jumbled up. I think they've done a good job with the kindle version.

Content wise the book is a good summary and reference book for post-Alevels and undergrad or the home hobbyist who isn't afraid of a bit of theory that is well explained. I'm finding it easy going and a good recap of things long forgotten. Hopefully the later chapters will take me onto the more detailed side of things that is my aim in revisiting this stuff after several years. It starts with the basic physics of electronics and circuit equations, then goes smoothly through the basic circuit analysis tools like Ohm's laws,Kirchoff's laws, superposition (thevenin & norton's theorems) etc so it really is a good reference book. You don't need any prior knowledge before picking this up though basic maths and physics from GCSE/early A-level will help. There are some detailed equations touched on in passing (degree level stuff) but these are for background and then simplified for practical use to the more basic forms that people will use in reality.

The worst criticism is the US references to fawcetts and the like, but i can live with that for a book this clear and well structured.

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SaturdayScience

Great update to a classic especially for Arduino users without electrical background

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 March 2018

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I have an older edition and chose to update to the newer one. Of course the way transistors work has not changed, or any other of the theoretical and basic stuff.

The contents are greatly expanded resulting in a much bigger book. The contents are very worthwhile and many an Arduino user new to electronics would be well advised to get and read this book.

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John Konstantinidis

Great Book, easy to follow with great diagrams

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2018

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This is a great book, very well written and easy to follow with great diagrams and in depth explanations of the topics. It has a plethora of information from basic to advanced topics. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to learn the basics of electronic components, projects and also for those who need to cover the advanced topics. I have learnt a great deal from this book.

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A Williams

I graze on imformation like a cow eats grass !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2016

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The only slight disappointment is that I would have liked diagrams in colour.
Especially the first two pages listing electronic symbols; such as resistors and capacitors.
Otherwise for the price of $40 and 998 pages excluding the index that is good value.
Well written the math can be a bit heavy but is explained logically.

Happy with my purchase although, I have only plowed through the first 40 pages so far !

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Barry

Great book, shame about the oil stain!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2020

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So far great! Very comprehensive and definitely worth the money. My only problem is that it arrived with what seems like an oil stain, which is why it doesn't get 5 stars!

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steve_h

Poor quality printing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2021

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Multiple pages misprinted and illegible.
Approached Publisher for page pdf replacements, but they refused assistance, and stated Amazon were responsible.
Suggest using other publishers with some consideration for consumers.
Producing Poor quality products doesn’t seem to be a concern.

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Graham

this one is just brilliant for the coverage

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016

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I have found it very difficult to find a book that would cover the electronics I need, this one is just brilliant for the coverage. I noted some comments on the paper quality but cannot see any problem here.

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