New Generation Publishing

 

              

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                                                                               Second Edition

 

 

 

A Practical Handbook to

 DC Electronics

 

 

NEW GENERATION PUBLISHING

 

Copyright © 2006, 2009 – 2nd edition, by Alireza H. Fassih

 

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Printed in the United States of America

 

 

ISBN 0-9776054-4-2 / 978-0-9776054-4-6

 

                      

 

Preface

 

The main purpose of this handbook is a HANDS-ON APPROACH in learning DC circuits.

In each section, a component is introduced and then a software/hardware circuit will follow. The software circuit can be implemented by electronic circuit design and simulation software such as Multisim ®.

 

The main goal of this handbook is to create a vast visualization of the working function of the DC electronics circuitries. Based on my experience in teaching electronics, students had more problems with setting up the hardware circuits than software circuits. Therefore, one of my main intentions in writing this handbook is to guide the students through setting up a complete wiring of the circuits.

 

This handbook is a COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE of the practical working of the DC circuits and can be used as DC electronics textbook/lab manual in DC electronics course.

 

 

 

Contents

 

 

 

Chapter 0: Basics

 

  1. Powers of Ten

 

  1. Scientific Notation

 

  1. Engineering Notation

 

  1. Atoms

 

 

Chapter 1: DC Signal

 

1.1   DC Voltage and Current

 

1.2   DC Signal

 

1.3   Power Supply

 

1.4       Multi-meter

 

1.5       Volt-meter

 

1.6       Circuit board

 

                         

Chapter 2: DC Resistive Circuits

 

2.1   Resistor

 

2.2   Ohm-meter

 

2.3   Variable Resistor

 

2.4   Color Code of Resistor

 

2.5   Ohm’s Law

 

2.6    Electric Power

 

2.7    Conventional Current Flow and the Ground

 

2.8    Ammeter

 

                                     

Chapter 3: Series and Parallel Circuits

 

3.1    Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law

 

3.2    Kirchhoff’s Current Law

 

3.3    Series and Parallel Batteries

 

3.4    Series Circuit

 

3.5    Parallel Circuit

 

3.6    Series-Parallel Circuit

 

3.7    Voltage Divider

 

3.8    Complex Circuit

 

                                          

Chapter 4: Circuit Theorems

 

4.1     T or Y Connection

 

4.2     Pi or Delta Connection

 

4.3     Pi to T Conversion Formulas

 

4.4    T to Pi Conversion Formulas

 

4.5    Bridge Circuit

 

4.6    Thevenin’s Theorem

 

4.7    Norton’s Theorem

 

4.8    Superposition Theorem

 

                                                      

Chapter 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction   

 

5.1    Magnetic Field

 

5.2    Electromagnetic Field

 

5.3    Induced Voltage and Current

 

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