[ELECTRON] Teach yourself electronics books?

[DAVID BALL]

Alice you could also look at downloading YENKA http://www.yenka.com/
which is used to teach electronics in  some schools.
its free for home use and shows how various circuits work, also lets
you simulate   circuits as well.
regards
dave


On 11 April 2013 12:53, DAVID BALL <dave.ball2 at virgin.net> wrote:
> Alison it sort of depend on what you want to learn. i have a book
> which unfortunately I've  lent to a friend on radio electronic. it is
> basically the old course of the us navy  for WWII but is  basically
> the uk reprint.
>  this book mainly deals with valve electronics but  it covers all of
> the core principal in electronics.
> its called the BASIC ELECTRONICS course  in 6 parts, it can come as 1
> volume or it can be in 6 separate parts  as  can be seen here
> (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Illustrated-Course-BASIC-ELECTRONICS-Parts-4-5-6-1959-/380616985594?pt=Antiquarian_Books_UK&hash=item589e8a4bfa)
> or Basic Electronics.  Navy Training Course.  Navpers 10087
> it's  also  a good idea is to go to either to the second  hand book
> shop in otago lane or an oxfam bookshop as you can quite often  find
> electronics books there   for a couple of quid. the good thing  about
> electronics is that regardless of how old a book is  the information
> in them  are still correct  they just don't cover some of the more
> modern  discoveries.
> I hope  this is of help.
> regards
> dave
>
>
> On 11 April 2013 12:05, Alice <fleabite531 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm wanting to teach myself electronics by working through a book. There's
>> a load of options on Amazon but zip in waterstones. I was wanting to flick
>> through and see if the style suits me before buying so was wondering if
>> anyone had any I could look at. And if you do, and were planning on coming
>> to the ec social next week maybe you could bring it for me to peruse? I
>> have a kindle so ebooks or pdfs might be ok. Think that a full size book
>> would be better for colour diagrams and pics though. Then I have better
>> idea which one to get.
>>
>> I have a rubbish internet connection at home (tethering from my phone!) so
>> watching lots of youtube vids is not an option. Basically my plan is to
>> make a regular thing of sitting in the corner of the club during the
>> Wednesday radio meets with my book and bits and work through it there as
>> that would suit my learning style.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alice
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