Table of contents
Foreword (15)
Thanks (17)
Introduction (19)
Chapter 1. Get ready, because electronics is a lot of fun! (27)
- Why fix it? (28)
- Does it always pay to fix? (30)
Chapter 2 Establishing a workshop - the necessary tools (31)
- What do you need to have? (31)
- A good workplace (31)
- Digital meter (34)
- Oscilloscope (35)
- Purchase of an oscilloscope (40)
- Soldering iron (41)
- Plastic melt soldering iron (42)
- Tin (43)
- Tin removal devices (43)
- Small hand tools (45)
- Magnifier (46)
- Cables with terminals (47)
- Cosmetic sticks (47)
- Connection cleaning spray (47)
- Alcohol (47)
- Petroleum (48)
- Thermal conductive paste (48)
- Heat shrinkable casings (48)
- Insulation tape (49)
- Cups (49)
- Internet access (49)
- What else is there to have? (49)
- Digital camera (49)
- Power supply (50)
- Transistor tester (50)
- Capacity meter (50)
- Signal generator (51)
- Frequency meter (51)
- Analogue meter (52)
- Separation transformer (53)
- Stereoscopic microscope (53)
- Vice (54)
- Hot-melt glue gun (54)
- Magnet on the bar (54)
- Cyanoacrylate glue (54)
- Freeze spray (55)
- Paper catalogues (55)
- Electronic components (55)
- Old tiles with elements (56)
- Wishlist (57)
- Inductance meter (57)
- Logical Analyzer (57)
- Soldering station for surface mounting (57)
- Spectrum analyser (58)
Chapter 3 Attention, voltage, or how to maintain safety (59)
- Electric shock (59)
- Physical injuries (62)
- Your turn (63)
- Electrical damage (63)
- Physical damage (65)
- You fixed it! But is the device safe? (66)
Chapter 4 I'm repairing, so I am, that is, the philosophy of problem solving (69)
- Why do devices work at all? (70)
- The device as a work of art (71)
- If only the devices had a brain (71)
- Good, bad and sloppy (72)
- Beginners' mistakes (73)
- Adjustment to hide a real problem (73)
- Stretching data to fit the theory (74)
- Wrong wheel (74)
- That's how it is (74)
- Postpartum mortality (75)
- Mechanical wear and tear (76)
- Calls (76)
- Soldering connections (77)
- Overheating (78)
- Electrical overload (78)
- Physical overload (80)
- The big capacitor scandal (81)
- History lesson (82)
- Please pull out the USB port and say "Aaa", which is a pre-test (84)
Chapter 5: What are these terms, i.e. important terms, theories and blocks of systems (91)
- Electricity theory (91)
- Circuit theory (94)
- Signal theory (95)
- System blocks (99)
Chapter 6: Mastering your weapon, how to use service instruments (103)
- Digital meter (103)
- General characteristics (104)
- DC voltage (104)
- Alternating voltage (105)
- Resistance (106)
- Transition (107)
- Direct current (107)
- Diode testing (108)
- Oscilloscope (109)
- General features (109)
- Screen settings (110)
- Vertical settings (111)
- Horizontal settings (111)
- Trigger settings (111)
- Signal display (112)
- What are all these knobs for? (112)
- Digital oscilloscope - differences (131)
- Soldering iron (132)
- Tools for unsoldering (136)
- Tin suction back (136)
- Suction unit (136)
- Workstations (137)
- Power supply (137)
- Connection method (137)
- Voltage (139)
- Current (140)
- Transistor tester (140)
- Capacity meter (141)
- Signal generator (142)
- Frequency meter (142)
- Analogue meter (144)
- Contact cleaning spray (145)
- Cooling spray (146)
Chapter 7: What are these miracles made of, the story of electronic elements (147)
- Capacitors (147)
- Designations (148)
- Applications (149)
- What kills them? (150)
- Off-system testing (151)
- Quartz and ceramic resonators (151)
- Designations (152)
- Applications (152)
- What kills them? (152)
- Off-system testing (153)
- Combined quartz generator (153)
- Designations (154)
- Applications (154)
- What kills them? (154)
- Off-system testing (154)
- Diodes (154)
- Designations (155)
- Applications (156)
- What kills them? (156)
- Off-system testing (156)
- Fuses (156)
- Designations (157)
- Applications (158)
- What kills them? (158)
- Off-system testing (158)
- Coils and transformers (158)
- Designations (159)
- Applications (159)
- What kills them? (160)
- Off-system testing (160)
- Integrated circuits (160)
- Designations (162)
- Applications (163)
- What kills them? (163)
- Off-system testing (163)
- Operating amplifiers (163)
- Designations (164)
- Applications (164)
- What kills them? (164)
- Off-system testing (164)
- Resistors (165)
- Designations (166)
- Applications (167)
- What kills them? (167)
- Off-system testing (167)
- Potentiometers (168)
- Markings (169)
- Applications (169)
- What kills them? (170)
- Off-system testing (170)
- Relays (170)
- Markings (171)
- Applications (172)
- What kills them? (172)
- Off-system testing (172)
- Switches (173)
- Designations (174)
- Applications (174)
- What kills them? (174)
- Off-system testing (174)
- Transistors (174)
- Markings (176)
- Applications (177)
- What kills them? (178)
- Off-system testing (178)
- Voltage regulators (178)
- Markings (180)
- Applications (180)
- What kills them? (180)
- Off-system testing (180)
- Zener diodes (181)
- Designations (181)
- Applications (182)
- What kills them? (182)
- Off-system testing (182)
Chapter 8 Road Maps and Signs, or diagrams (183)
- Dependent on electro (186)
- Good, not bad and hopeless (189)
- Good (189)
- Not bad (190)
- Hopeless (190)
- Once upon a time... (190)
- Amplifier block (191)
- Switch mode power supply (195)
- Anti-seizure amplifier (198)
- Giant maps (201)
- Try to read by yourself (201)
- Radio (201)
- CD and DVD Players (202)
- Read more (203)
- I don't have a scheme! (204)
- Your wish is not an order to me. (204)
Chapter 9 Entering and not destroying, or how to get in (209)
- Unlocking the latches (211)
- Unhooking the tapes (212)
- Pulling the cable connectors (213)
- Layers and photos (213)
- Opening closed equipment (215)
- Tuners and amplifiers (215)
- Video recorders and CD and DVD players (215)
- LCD TVs and monitors (215)
- Turntables (216)
- Projectors (217)
- Portable LCD-screen DVD players (217)
- mp3 players (218)
- Palmtops (219)
- Mobile phones (219)
- Cameras (219)
- Digital cameras (220)
- Laptops (221)
Chapter 10. What the hell is this, i.e. identifying the main sections (225)
- System energy: power supplies (226)
- Follow the copper path: input (229)
- Shake but don't mix, chop and spice: signal processing (230)
- How do we get out of here? Output sections (232)
- Let's move: mechanisms (234)
- Dangerous points (236)
Chapter 11: Hunt time to start, i.e. tracking and diagnosing (237)
- It's dead! (237)
- In a state of coma or madness (240)
- He lives and works, but not quite (241)
- Sometimes yes, sometimes no (242)
- Back and forth (244)
- Everything consists of blocks (245)
- Don't be fooled (246)
- When everything fails: desperate diagnostic techniques (247)
- Mask (247)
- Current strike (248)
- NDM (249)
Chapter 12: Time for changes, i.e. mounting plates and component replacement (251)
- Chronic elements (252)
- Surface mounted elements (254)
- Component selection (254)
- Own resources (255)
- Stack with tiles (255)
- Replacement (255)
- Installation of new elements (262)
- Chronic installation (262)
- Surface mounting (263)
- Where to find the parts? (264)
- Saving destroyed tiles (264)
- LSI and other ugly words (266)
Chapter 13, attention, packaging, i.e. installation in reverse order (267)
- Frequent errors (267)
- Let's start from the beginning. (268)
- Tape connection (270)
- Oops! (271)
- Layers and cups (271)
- Oh, crack! (271)
- Twisting without heat (272)
- Ready! (272)
Chapter 14 Aces up the sleeve, or tricks and advice on specific products (273)
- Switch mode power supply (273)
- How does it work? (273)
- What could be broken? (274)
- Is it worth fixing? (274)
- Hazards (274)
- How to fix? (275)
- Amplifiers and receivers (276)
- How do they work? (276)
- What could be broken? (277)
- Is it worth fixing? (278)
- Hazards (278)
- How to fix? (279)
- Disc Player or Writer (281)
- How do they work? (281)
- What could be broken? (282)
- Is it worth fixing? (283)
- Risks (283)
- How to fix? (284)
- Flat screen (289)
- How does it work? (289)
- What could be broken? (290)
- Is it worth fixing? (290)
- Hazards (291)
- How to fix? (291)
- Hard disk (292)
- How does it work? (292)
- What could be broken? (292)
- Is it worth fixing? (293)
- Hazards (293)
- How to fix? (293)
- Laptop (294)
- How does it work? (294)
- What could be broken? (295)
- Is it worth fixing? (296)
- Hazards (297)
- How to fix? (297)
- mp3 player (303)
- How does it work? (303)
- What could be broken? (303)
- Is it worth fixing? (303)
- Hazards (304)
- How to fix? (304)
- Video recorder and camera (304)
- How do they work? (304)
- What could be broken? (307)
- Is it worth fixing? (307)
- Risks (308)
- How to fix? (308)
- Projector (319)
- How does it work? (319)
- What could be broken? (320)
- Is it worth fixing? (321)
- Hazards (322)
- How to fix? (322)
- Let's go! (327)
Glossary (329)
Scorch (345) |