Principles Of Electric Circuits Conventional Current

For DC/AC Circuits courses requiring a comprehensive, classroom tested text with an emphasis on troubleshooting and the practical application of DC/AC principles and concepts. This text provides an exceptionally clear introduction to DC/AC circuits supported by superior exercises, examples, and illustrations and an emphasis on troubleshooting and applications. Throughout the text's coverage, the use of mathematics is limited to only those concepts that are needed for understanding. Floyd's acclaimed troubleshooting emphasis provides students with the problem solving experience they need to step out of the classroom and into a job!

This book provides an exceptionally clear introduction to DC/AC circuits supported by superior exercises, examples, and illustrations--and an emphasis on troubleshooting and applications. It features an exciting full color format which uses color to enhance the instructional value of photographs, illustrations, tables, charts, and graphs. Throughout the book's coverage, the use of mathematics is limited to only those concepts that are needed for understanding. Floyd's acclaimed troubleshooting emphasis, as always, provides learners with the problem solving experience they need for a successful career in electronics. Chapter topics cover components, quantities and units; voltage, current, and resistance; Ohm's Law; energy and power; series circuits; parallel circuits; series-parallel circuits; circuit theorems and conversions; branch, mesh, and node analysis; magnetism and electromagnetism; an introduction to alternating current and voltage; phasors and complex numbers; capacitors; inductors; transformers; RC circuits; RL circuits; RLC circuits and resonance; basic filters; circuit theorems in AC analysis; pulse response of reactive circuits; and polyphase systems in power applications. For electronics technicians, electronics teachers, and electronics hobbyists.

The eighth edition of this best-selling dc/ac circuits text represents significant positive changes for instructors and students alike. As in prior editions, Principles of Electric Circuits, Eighth Edition, retains its best features: Comprehensive, straightforward coverage of the basics of electrical components and circuits, Clear explanations and applications of fundamental circuit laws and analysis in a variety of basic circuits, with an emphasis on applications, Extensive troubleshooting coverage.

For courses in DC/AC circuits: conventional flow. Complete, accessible introductionto DC/AC circuits Principles of Electric Circuits: Conventional Current Version provides a uniquely clear introduction tofundamental circuit laws and components, using math only when needed forunderstanding. Floyd’s acclaimed coverage of troubleshooting — combined with exercises,examples, and illustrations — gives students the problem-solving experience they need to step outsidethe classroom and into a job. The 10th edition has beenheavily modified to improve readability and clarity and to update the text toreflect developments in technology since the last edition. This edition alsoadds new step-by-step procedures for solving problems with the TI-84 Plus CEgraphing calculator.

A text/CD-ROM introducing basic electrical concepts and circuits, featuring chapter section reviews, worked examples, summaries, glossaries, key formulas, self-tests, problems, and selected answers. This fifth edition contains new PSpice sections in all chapters, a full-color format, and related exe