Fundamental Electrical and Electronic Principles, Third Edition

PrefaceThis Textbook supersedes the second edition of FundamentalElectrical and Electronic Principles. In response to commentsfrom colleges requesting that the contents more closely match theobjectives of the BTEC unit Electrical and Electronic Principles,some chapters have been removed and some exchanged with thecompanion book Further Electrical and Electronic Principles, ISBN9780750687478. Also, in order to encourage students to use otherreference sources, those chapters that have been totally removedmay be accessed on the website address http://books.elsevier.com/companions/9780750687379. The previous edition includedSupplementary Worked Examples at the end of each chapter. Themajority of these have now been included within each chapter asWorked Examples, and those that have been removed may be accessedon the above website.This book continues with the philosophy of the previous editionsin that it may be used as a complete set of course notes for studentsundertaking the study of Electrical and Electronic Principles in thefirst year of a BTEC National Diploma/Certificate course. It alsoprovides coverage for some other courses, including foundation/bridging courses which require the study of Electrical and ElectronicEngineering.Fundamental Electrical and Electronic Principles contains 349illustrations, 112 worked examples, 26 suggested practical assignmentsand 234 assignment questions. The answers to the latter are to be foundtowards the end of the book.The order of the chapters does not necessarily follow the orderset out in any syllabus, but rather follows a logical step-by-stepsequence through the subject matter. Some topic areas may extendbeyond current syllabus requirements, but do so both for the sake ofcompleteness and to encourage those students wishing to extend theirknowledge.Coverage of the second year BTEC National Diploma/Certificateunit, Further Electrical Principles, is found in the third edition of thecompanion book Further Electrical and Electronic Principles.C. RobertsonTonbridgeMarch 2008ix