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INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH LAB ACTIVITIES.

This book has the dual goals of teaching difficult fundamental concepts in a way that will set them up for success in later courses while also providing the context for those concepts relative to the advances in electrical engineering technology.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: BERNSTEIN, GARY H.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : JENNY STANFORD PUB, 2025.
Subjects:
Electrical engineering.
Génie électrique.
electrical engineering.
Electrical engineering
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • About the Author
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface for the Instructor
  • Preface for the Student
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Electronic Components and Assembling an AM Radio Kit
  • 1.1: Introduction and Overview
  • 1.1.1: Electronic Components
  • 1.2: Current, Voltage and Wires
  • 1.2.1: Conductivity and Resistivity of Materials
  • 1.2.2: Short Circuits and Open Circuits
  • 1.2.3: Printed Circuit Boards
  • 1.3: Solder and Soldering
  • 1.3.1: Safety
  • 1.4: The Big Three: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors
  • 1.4.1: Resistors
  • 1.4.1.1: Power Dissipation in Resistors
  • 1.4.1.2: Variable Resistors
  • 1.4.2: Electric and Magnetic Fields in Capacitors and Inductors
  • 1.4.2.1: Electric Fields
  • 1.4.2.2: Magnetic Fields
  • 1.4.3: Capacitors
  • 1.4.3.1: Practical Capacitors
  • 1.4.4: Inductors
  • 1.4.4.1: EMF versus Voltage
  • 1.4.5: Ferrite Rod Antenna
  • 1.4.6: The Speaker
  • 1.5: Semiconductor Devices
  • 1.6: Manufacturing of Electronic Systems
  • 1.6.1: Surface Mount Technology
  • 1.6.2: Automated Manufacturing of Electronic Systems
  • 1.6.3: Economics of Electronics Manufacturing
  • 1.7: Lab 1 Activities
  • 1.7.1: Appendix 1: More about Soldering and Good Soldering Technique
  • Chapter 2: Basic Electronic Test Equipment: What's on Your Bench?
  • 2.1: Introduction and Overview
  • 2.2: Kirchhoff's Current and Voltage Laws
  • 2.2.1: Kirchhoff's Current Law
  • 2.2.2: Kirchhoff's Voltage Law
  • 2.3: Series and Parallel Devices and Circuit Elements
  • 2.3.1: Series and Parallel Circuit Elements
  • 2.3.2: Conductance
  • 2.3.3: Voltage Dividers
  • 2.3.4: Current Dividers
  • 2.4: Potentials along Electric Field Lines
  • 2.5: Breadboards
  • 2.6: Ideal and Real Power Supplies
  • 2.6.1: Norton and Thevenin Equivalent Circuits
  • 2.7: Ground
  • 2.8: Digital Multimeters
  • 2.8.1: Voltmeter and Ammeter Functions
  • 2.8.2: Input Plugs and Jacks
  • 2.8.3: Fuses
  • 2.8.4: Resistance Measurements
  • 2.9: Waveform Generator
  • 2.10: Analog and Digital Oscilloscopes
  • 2.10.1: Oscilloscope Probes
  • 2.10.2: Digital Oscilloscopes
  • 2.11: Equipment Tutorials
  • 2.11.1: Keithley DC Power Supply
  • 2.11.2: Waveform Generator
  • 2.11.3: Digital Multimeter
  • 2.11.4: Oscilloscope, Probes, and Input Resistance
  • 2.11.4.1: Using the Front Panel
  • 2.11.4.2: Using the Touch Screen
  • 2.12: Lab 2 Activities
  • Chapter 3: Power Transmission and the Power Grid
  • 3.1: Introduction and Overview
  • 3.1.1: Power Generation and Transmission
  • 3.1.2: The Field of Power Engineering
  • 3.1.3: The U.S. Power Grid
  • 3.1.4: Electrical Energy Usage in the United States
  • 3.2: Magnetism in Power Devices
  • 3.2.1: Inductors
  • 3.2.2: Generators
  • 3.2.3: Transformers
  • 3.3: Power Transmission Systems
  • 3.3.1: Transmission Lines
  • 3.3.1.1: Three Phases
  • 3.3.2: Power Transformers and Substations
  • 3.4: The Customer
  • 3.4.1: Safety
  • 3.4.2: House Wiring