Teach yourself electricity and electronics
by Stan Gibilisco · first published 2011
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"A fully updated, easy-to-follow guide to electricity and electronicsTeach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Fifth Edition helps you grasp the fundamentals of electricity and electronics--including theory--without formal training. Concise content along with a conversational writing tone enhance the pedagogy. Beginners and intermediate students will benefit most, but engineers and technicians will find this work useful as well. Practical, real-world examples are included. The Fifth Edition features improved content, tables, and diagrams, plus fully revised chapter-ending quizzes, tests, and
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I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Stan Gibilisco's Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics. It got me into electronics as a curious teenager, and helped get me through the EE part of my undergrad degree.
on “Ask HN: Books to read on electricity” ↗Gibilisco's Teach Yourself electricity and electronics is pretty decent: https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Electricity-Electronic...
on “Ask HN: How to self-learn electronics?” ↗I recommend Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics [Stan Gibilisco]
on “Ask HN: Where did you learn modular electronics?” ↗Hello! I've been wanting to get into hardware type projects (robots, gizmos, etc) for a while but I'm fairly ignorant of hardware. I'm a software developer by trade. I've seen books like "The Art of Electronics" and "Teach Yourself Electricity & Electronics". But what I really need is a book of project/tutorials, that upon completing them, I can honestly say I am very, very familiar with electron
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