Electronics For Dummies,   ISBN:9780470286975

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I have an electronics degree and after 25 years I wanted a refresher course.This is a good basic electrical/electronics book.

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item came very quickly and in excellent condition. would do business with this vendor again.

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Perhaps it'll help if I shortly give you an overview of my background.

I am an IT guy. The interesting thing about that is, that here in Switzerland, electronics fundamentals were a part of my education. We didn't go deep, but I know what resistors, capacitors and diodes are. I know what they're used for and what they do.

What I was looking for in a book was a refresher of the fundamentals plus a kick-start to building my own stuff.

This said, what I can say about this book is that it provided the former in a nicely presented way but completely lacks the latter. The book is well written and doesn't get too boring but the problem is it suddenly ends there.

The offered do-it-yourself-projects in the book are merely provided schematics for you to copy. They do not explain why they connect the timer IC the way they do. They just expect you to put the parts together and be happy about the flashing lights.


So what I don't like isn't particularly what the book contains but the description of its scope. As others who have left a review, I had expected a tad more from this book. I had expected to be presented a schematic and receive an explanation as to why the problem was solved the way it was.

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Great fast fact book. Bought it for a relative who has just entered an electronics training program. After looking thought the schools textbook and its jumbled pedantic information, I found this book and my relative LOVES IT!!
Has definitely made learning and reference checking much faster!

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I always wanted to explore and experiment with electronics, so I picked up this book. It's easy to read, and kept me interested enought to read on. The projects look very interesting, and I am working on starting them. Learning about the multimeter was a valuble chapter. This would be a great book for getting a basic understanding of electronics.