Recommend electronic text books?

[tubeampking]

Someone I met recently has a bunch of electronics equipment he's giving me. An oscilloscope, signal generator and a miscellaneous buch of caps, resistors etc. Problem is I have no idea how to use either of them, but it's a good opportunity to learn. Can anyone point me to any educational material to help me learn how to use them. I'm pretty stoked at the idea of being able to properly diagnose problems. Any input is greatly appreciated.

 

[djnagle]

Just got an o-scope and have no idea about how to use it either. I'll be watching.

 

[djnagle]

Just found this on the tube

 

[WBCN]

Troubleshooting Analog Circuits by Robert A. Pease is a good book, though possibly more than you want if you're just starting out...

 

[GuyK]

There's a link to NEETS (Naval Electrical Engineering Training Series) in the DIY forum. Kind of dry, but lots of very good info.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/in...al-engineering-training-series-online.163636/

 

[ghazzer]

One of the best ways to learn some of this is to be able to "look over someone's shoulder". Do you know of any helpful AKers within reasonable driving distance?

Is there a local college or vocational school that might offer a course?

 

[babblefish]

YouTube has a lot of videos on how to use various test instruments and basic electronics. There are even quite a few that concentrate on vacuum tube electronics.
For online reading material, Google "learning the basics of electronics" and you'll be presented with a gold mine of choices.
I've been playing around with/studying electronics for over fifty years (half a century!!!), but find there's always something new to learn, especially with the continuous new developments and microcontrollers coming out.