Re: Straight Forward Answers

On 2006-01-31, Dennis Walter <dennisj.walter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am not necessarily new to the hobby, i build a lot of pre-made 
> schematics and kits and such. Now i am looking for an electronics book 
> that tells me exactly what a component does, without going into all of 
> the math and extraneous material, i have enough books that do that. For 
> example, i want a book that says what a resistor does, and why you would 
> need that to be done, not necessarily how it does it, frankly i don't 
> care at this stage of my hobbying. Does that make sense? Most books or 
> tutorials i have read are not vague, but not written in the right 
> context for what i want.

it's not that simple,

 like in a car the clutch pedal makes it slow, or speed-up depending on
 what the rest of the system is doing. resistors which are probably the simplest
 component after plain wires, can also do many different things.

if you're wanting to get a feel for the different ways the components behave 
read a few hobby magazines at the same time as referring to a textbook.


Bye.
   Jasen
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