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Title: Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz ISBN: 0-07-058078-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (30 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Great book...but what the heck????
Comment: Like the other reviewers I found this book a great resource. It has great practical information and diagrams and whacks straight into what you can do with the components and what they are supposed to do without boring you to death with electron theory.
Now, I must say although I have a degree in electronics I am quite rusty on fine points and one thing I never did well and subsequently never used, were FETS. I have found unforgivable errors in diagrams and examples in the transistor chapter...mostly related to MOSFETS. When you deal with P and N channels and layers...YOU MUST NEVER make mistakes in a textbook...practical or not. I had to reread sections 10 times to realize that gate voltage polarities were reversed...and the worst..an n-channel depletion layer MOSFET turning on a relay when positive biased at its gate by an AND gate. Hello? An ENHANCEMENT n-channel sure..but like..what the heck???
Especially when new learners will be tackling this stuff, some find it hard enough to cram into their brains without it being explained wrong. This book needs fixed!! It is also not really designed for new learners...although I can say new people can gain a lot from it, but you really have to have some background or I could see getting lost fast on the loose use of formulae and Ohm's law (fundamental but we all had to at least learn and practice it first) SO...good book again could be THE greatest practical instruction book ever if it was cleaned up. I back up the previous reviewer who said that. ONE STAR for the glaring lack of responsibility. It really is a 4 and 1/2 star book but hopefully the bad reviews will kick start the author and McGraw into releasing the second edition.
Rating: 4
Summary: A wealth of information
Comment: This book has enabled me designing simple electronic circuits and understanding more complicated ones. The book explains the use of most electrical components in a concise and (most often) easy to understand manner. I like to sit down and just browse through the broad contents of this pleasantly written and illustrated book and enjoy. But beware, I am quite sure that I found several mistakes in the electrical diagrams and even in the calculations. Furthermore, in my opinion, a book this complete should also contain some information about vacuum tubes. In spite of this I believe this is the best introduction to electronics I have run across, and I have recommended this book to my friends and colleagues.
Rating: 2
Summary: BEWARE
Comment: I confess that I bought the book because the majority of the reviews were very favorable. I was looking for a good explanation on how a SCR, a TRIAC and similar devices work, as well as some challeging examples to "sink in" the knowledge. I was dissapointed with what I found on the subject, as well as many others. Sometimes the material presented looked more like a typical data sheet on a device, rather than a textbook presentation. After a two-day review I returned the book for credit.
The book might help readers without any previous exposure to DC or AC circuits or electronic devices. I do say maybe because I have reservations about using the water analogy to explain active semiconductors. Too many valves have to be taking in account in carrying the analogy, masking the basic concepts that differentiate one from another.
I do commend the author for explaning the basic components used in electric and electronic circuits in detail. Very few books cover the different types of wires and other passive components when covering the basic knowledge on circuitry.
"The ABC of electronics" could have been a better choice for the title.
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Title: Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Stan Gibilisco ISBN: 0071377301 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill ISBN: 0521370957 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 July, 1989 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Robot Builder's Bonanza by Gordon McComb ISBN: 0071362967 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 21 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook by Forrest Mims ISBN: 1878707485 Publisher: LLH Publications Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: PIC Microcontroller Project Book by John Iovine ISBN: 0071354794 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 18 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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