Practical Electronics Handbook

Ian Sinclair's Practical Electronics Handbook is one of the most widely used reference texts in the business. It is a unique collection of all the key data, facts, practical guidance and circuit design basics needed by a spectrum of students, electronics enthusiasts, technicians, circuit designers and other professionals. This is far more than just an encyclopaedia however - Ian Sinclair provides a wealth of clear explanations and practical guidance making this the ideal text for all students and practitioners of electronics who have progressed beyond the basics.


The fifth edition has been updated throughout and includes new sections on SHF techniques used in satellite receivers and the practical electronics of intruder alarms and other security systems.

A compact and affordable reference book.
Practical guidance and essential information across the spectrum of electronics in one volume.
A well known book by a trusted author.

Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, “Understanding Electronic Components” was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair