Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology

John Bird, BSc (Hons), CEng, CSci, CMath, FITE, FIMA, FCollT, is the former Head of Applied Electronics in the Faculty of Technology at Highbury College, Portsmouth, UK. More recently he has combined freelance lecturing and examining, and is the author of over 130 textbooks on engineering and mathematical subjects with worldwide sales of over one million copies. He is currently lecturing at the Defence School of Marine and Air Engineering in the Defence College of Technical Training at HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire, UK.

Preface


Part 1. Revision of Some Basic Mathematics


1. Some mathematics revision


2. Further mathematics revision


Part 2. Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering Principles


3. Units associated with basic electrical quantities


4. An introduction to electric circuits


5. Resistance variation


6. Batteries and alternative sources of energy


7. Series and parallel networks


8. Capacitors and capacitance


9. Magnetic circuits


10. Electromagnetism


11. Electromagnetic induction


12. Electrical measuring instruments and measurements


13. Semiconductor diodes


14. Transistors


Part 3. Further Electrical and Electronic Principles


15. D.c. circuit theory


16. Alternating voltages and currents


17. Single-phase series a.c. circuits


18. Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits


19. Filter networks


20. D.c. transients


21. Operational amplifiers


Part 4. Electrical Power Technology


22. Ways of generating electricity - the present and the future


23. Three-phase systems


24. Transformers


25. D.c. machines


26. Three-phase induction motors


Part 5. Laboratory Experiments


27. Some practical laboratory experiments


Index