Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

Just got the encyclopedia. Has a few bends and scraps. That's on the delivery. I've heard good things about this book and briefly looked through it. I love the pictures and information I see so far. I hope my partner likes it! :)

This book is an outstanding reference book on a number of electronic components. Anyone interested in learning more about electronic components or reviewing should have this book in their library.

This book is great as an introduction into Electronics. I think it's useful to have around in case you ever want to look anything up but I was under the assumption it would be more encyclopedic whereas this is sort of like a 6th graders reference book for not any sort of actual practical referencing but just something need to look at in read. There are some chapters that are incredibly long on things like relays that, while correct and useful to people who use a lot of relays, are incredibly boring for 90% of the people that are going to be reading this book. Relay is a great device if you're making an oven but if you're making an oven you're not reading this book. That is to say, the writer is very intelligent as far as electrical engineering goes however the writer is not cognizant of who he is writing to, he switches between thinking his audiences incredibly developed in their Electronics knowledge and thinking that his audience knows nothing about Electronics. For example, the DC motor and AC motor section is the majority of the book. I mean not exactly but it's very long however a DC motor has two connectors and we all know how to wire it up to get it to work it's the simplest electronic component in the world. The mosfet is given 2 pages and is lumped in with the JFET, and enhancement mode, depletion mode, and channel, P Channel, the various regions, and it's applications (of which the P Channel mosfet application listed was something like "no one uses p channel mosfets") are zoomed through. The incongruity there being that the mosfet is very likely the most used electronic component in history and the relay is giving much more detail.however I got this book when I didn't know s*** about electronics and now I do so maybe I can sound all high-and-mighty like this because I read the book and having read the book I Now understand Electronics. It's a chicken or the egg kind of thing. But this is a genuine review and if this is what you want, and I'm sure it is, then you should buy the book because I did and now I know electronics well enough to write a review ragging on this book (chicken/egg...ya know).

I like it. It is what I am looking for.

You get a lot of great information out of it.

Very informative.

Gave as a gift to my computer loving kid! Seems to really like it.

product received on-time and in good condition

Very concise information and good exercises examples.I like it very much.

Great reference book, absolutely purrrrrfect, easy to understand even for an artist LOL, nice pics and disposition, gonna buy the other two volumes!!! Can absolutely recommend.

uitgebreide omschrijvingen. Hoeveelheid van beschreven onderdelen had at meer kunnen zijn is mijn mening. Vandaar dat er natuurlijk 3 banden zijn.

Ho acquistato tutti 3 i volumi dell' Encyclopedia of electronic components.Sono presenti praticamente tutti i componenti utilizzati solitamente nelle schede elettroniche, con immagini a colori, foto, componenti sezionati.Vengono spiegati i principi di funzionamento e i comuni utilizzi .Il libro è ideale sia per i principianti, per gli appassionati che vogliono capire come funziona un componente, ma anche per chi conosce già bene l'elettronica e vuole avere un riferimento a portata di mano.I libri si concentrano maggiormente sul funzionamento e utilizzo dei componenti, e non su calcoli e teorie di progettazione.È scritto in inglese facile, quindi va bene anche per chi non conosce bene la lingua.Le pagine sono abbastanza spesse , la qualità di stampa / risoluzione delle immagini è abbastanza buona.

The author said that he wrote these because nothing equivalent already existed and I think he is correct. In these modern times of "everything on the internet", these books are still very useful for quick and clear reference.Each volume covers a subset of common electronic components and goes into a reasonable level of detail about what they are and how they work - certainly enough depth for a teenager or keen youngster but also enough for many older hobbyists to quickly remind themselves what the bias voltage of a particular transistor is or to work out how much gate voltage will ensure a MOSFET is fully conducting etc.The print is very clear and easy to read so great to keep a set on your shelves.