How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic Author: Michael Geier | Language: English | ISBN:
0071744223 | Format: EPUB
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic Description
Master the Art of Electronics Repair
In this hands-on guide, a lifelong electronics repair guru shares his tested techniques and invaluable insights. How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic shows you how to repair and extend the life of all kinds of solid-state devices, from modern digital gadgetry to cherished analog products of yesteryear.
You'll start by selecting the tools and test equipment you'll need and setting up your workbench. Then, you'll get familiar with components and how they form circuits, stages, and sections of a device. Next, you'll learn how to take a product apart, figure out what's wrong with it, replace components, and reassemble it. Real-world case studies help clarify the topics covered. Tips and tricks for specific devices, such as optical disc players, computers, and video recorders, are also included in this practical resource.
- Set up a workbench and equip it with tools and test instruments
- Ensure personal safety and avoid electrical and physical damage to devices
- Understand electrical units, circuits, and signals
- Use test equipment, including a digital multimeter, signal generator, frequency counter, and an oscilloscope
- Repair circuit boards and replace parts
- Work with components, from capacitors and ICs to transistors and zeners
- Learn to read block, schematic, and pictorial diagrams
- Disassemble devices and identify sections and stages
- Troubleshoot and diagnose to the component level
- Perform reverse-order reassembly
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition (January 6, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071744223
- ISBN-13: 978-0071744225
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
PROS
Good coverage of test equipment
Good anecdotes that demonstrate basic methodology
Good basic techniques for fixing common consumer electronics
CONS
It won't tell you how to diagnose and fix everything electronic
I'm an engineer by training, and I tend to take words literally. So when I read the title of this book, then observed that rather than an encyclopedia volume 1, these 316 pages were the entire book, I was dubious, and doubly so when I read the back cover where it promises "Master the Art of Electronics Repair," and how to repair and extend the life of "all kinds" of solid-state devices. I have read electronics books for a few decades. When I noted the publisher, Tab, I said to myself, "uh-huh". Because if there are a few things I have learned about Tab Books in particular in my years of reading them, it is these:
1. They tend to over-sell their books in the title and abstract for the book
2. If the book features projects, the circuits are often not tested and sometimes can't work as presented
3. Except for the cover, the production quality is often substandard compared to other publishers
If I was the author of the book, I would not be comfortable writing a book that promised to teach you how to fix everything electronic and to make you a master in 316 pages, because it CAN'T BE DONE.
I wondered when I saw a picture on the cover of a computer hard drive with a magnification of the electronics, because when a hard drive fails, I think it's best to do your best to recover data from it, then you move to a new one that is less likely to fail again. But the author does have a technique he says may be able to save a failing drive.
I am currently a student of aviation electronics on the verge of graduation. I have been in the A/V business primarily as an Audio Engineer (A1 or FOH) for over 20 years. I have taken numerous courses in electronics, networking, and programming. I believe this is the best electronics book I have found. I read the first 5 chapters in less than 24 hours after receiving the book.
I have books that I have spent hundreds of dollars on that are not laid out nearly as well. I particularly like the breakdown and explanation of the individual components. There is a section of the book that describes the recognition and functions\uses of each type of component in electronics along with how to test them in and out of a circuit. That section also speaks about what is likely to kill each type of component. I really wish that Michael Geier (author) was an instructor at my school! He knows how to provide the most technical information so that anybody can get a foundation of knowledge going.
I will say that you should have some general knowledge about electronics. But that does not exclude the total novice from getting started with this book. A novice just might have to look a few more things up here and there. The breakdown of all test equipment necessary to have a decent electronics work bench is fantastic. I have a much better understanding of oscilloscopes because of the knob-by-knob breakdown and explanation. Nothing was missed in this book. The author is quite an intersting person as well. I get a great vibe just off of the text and you know without question that not only does this guy know what he is talking about, he also thoroughly enjoys electronics more than anybody I have run across.
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