This book on 'Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering' has been specifically written for B.E. 1st Year (Common to Mechanical, Production, Automobile, Aeronautical and Marine Engineering disciplines) of Anna University, Tamil Nadu, strictly according to the latest syllabus. It consists of ten chapters in all, covering exhaustively the various topics in different chapters of the complete syllabus.Salient Features :The Presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of the text is lucid, direct and easy to understand.Each chapter of the book is saturated with much needed text supported by neat and self-explanatory diagrams to make the subject self-speaking to a great extent.A large number of solved examples, properly graded, have been added in various chapters to enable the students to attempt different types of questions in the examination without any difficulty.At the end of each chapter Short Answer Questions, Highlights, Objective Type Questions, Theoretical Questions and Unsolved Examples have been added to make the book a complete unit in all respects.Table Of Contents :PART I : ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGUNIT-I : D.C. AND A.C. CIRCUITS1.D.C. Circuits2.Single-Phase A.C. Circuits3.Measuring InstrumentsUNIT-II : D.C. MACHINES AND TRANSFORMERS4.Direct Current (D.C.) Machines5.TransformersUNIT-III : INDUCTION MACHINES6.Single Phase Motors7.Synchronous MachinesPART II : ELECTRONICS ENGINEERINGUNIT-IV : ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, DEVICES AND POWER CONVERTERS8.Electronic Components, Devices and Power ConvertersUNIT-V : DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS9.Digital Electronics10.Telecommunication SystemHighlightsObjective Type QuestionsTheoretical QuestionsAbout Author :Er. R.K. Rajput, born on 15th September, 1944 (coincident with Engineer's Day) is a multi-disciplinary engineer. He obtained his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (with Hons.-Gold Medal) from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. He is also a Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering. A part from this he holds memberships of various professional bodies like Member Institution of Engineers (MIE); Member Indian Society of Technical Education (MISTE) and Member Solar Energy Society of India (MSESI). He is also a Chartered Engineer (India). He has Served for several years as Principal of 'Punjab College of Information Technology, Patiala' and 'Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala'.He has more than 35 years of experience in teaching different subjects of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering disciplines. He has published/presented a large number of technical papers. He is the author of several books on the important subjects of Mechanical as well as Electrical Engineering disciplines.He has earned, by dint of hard work and devotion to duty, the following awards/honours :* Best Teacher (Academic) Award* Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Gold Medal for an outstanding research paper (Institution of Engineers).* Distinguished Author Award.* Man of Achievement Award.
