Circuit Troubleshooting Handbook

Book excerpt: The Circuit Troubleshooting Handbook gives you full descriptions of the operation of important circuits. And it shows you how each circuit's characteristics may figure in its failure or poor performance. Without abstract theory or complicated math, this book gives you the clear explanations and hands-on troubleshooting procedures that will quickly point you toward the villain in any circuit malfunction - whether it's the capacitor, transistor, resistor, IC, or any other component. In circuit types with many variations, you get the needed assortment of appropriate troubleshooting tactics.