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.

The main features of the book are as follows:

1. The presentation of the subject matter is very systematic and the language of the text is lucid, direct and easy to understand.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

UNIT-I : ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND MEASUREMENTS

1. D.C. Circuits
2. Single-Phase A.C. Circuits
3. Three-Phase A.C. Circuits
4. Measuring Instruments

UNIT-II : ELECTRICAL MACHINES

5. Direct Current (D.C.) Machines
6. Single-Phase Transformer
7. Single-Phase Induction Motors

UNIT-III : SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS

8. Semiconductor Devices and Applications

UNIT-IV : DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

9. Digital Electronics

UNIT-V : FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

10. Telecommunication System

Highlights
Objective Type Questions