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The Electronics Component Bible: A Complete Part Number, Substitution, and Reference Guide for Repair, Replacement, and Design
Finding a replacement electronic component is easy—until the original part is obsolete, unavailable, marked differently, packaged differently, or only looks compatible.
The Electronics Component Bible is a practical reference for identifying components, comparing part numbers, evaluating possible substitutes, checking key specifications, and avoiding common replacement mistakes during repair, troubleshooting, and design.
Built for technicians, hobbyists, engineers, students, makers, and repairers, this book brings frequently needed component information together in one organized reference.
Inside, you’ll find 16 major reference sections
• Transistors, BJTs, and MOSFETs
• Rectifier, Schottky, Zener, fast-recovery, and protection diodes
• Fixed, adjustable, LDO, and switching voltage regulators
• Op-amps, comparators, timers, logic ICs, buffers, and voltage references
• Resistors, capacitors, inductors, chokes, markings, and passive components
• Connectors, switches, relays, contact ratings, and wiring
• Fuses, PTCs, MOVs, TVS devices, thermistors, and protection components
• Crystals, oscillators, resonators, timing ICs, and clock components
• LEDs, seven-segment displays, LCDs, OLEDs, modules, and drivers
• Temperature, humidity, pressure, light, motion, position, distance, and presence sensors
• DC motors, steppers, servos, solenoids, actuators, and motor drivers
• Batteries, charging ICs, protection circuits, connectors, and supercapacitors
• Mains, SMPS, and audio transformers, chokes, and power magnetics
• Antennas, RF modules, transceivers, wireless components, and matching hardware
• Speakers, buzzers, microphones, amplifier ICs, and audio connectors
• Master reference tables and an alphabetical component index for fast lookup
MORE THAN A PART-NUMBER LIST
A possible substitute is not automatically a safe or functional replacement.
The book emphasizes the specifications that must be checked before installing a replacement, including voltage, current, power dissipation, polarity, package, pinout, thermal limits, switching characteristics, frequency response, tolerance, ESR, impedance, connector dimensions, logic levels, interfaces, and application-specific requirements.
This helps you understand not only what might replace a component, but why two similar-looking parts may not actually be interchangeable.
BUILT FOR FAST WORKBENCH REFERENCE
Each Part is organized so you can go directly to the component family you need without reading the book from beginning to end.
You’ll find practical explanations, part-number tables, substitution guidance, compatibility notes, common pitfalls, form-factor references, summaries, and quick-reference tables.
If you know the part number but not its category, the Master Reference section and alphabetical component index help you locate the correct component family quickly.
USE IT
• Electronic repair and troubleshooting
• Finding replacements for unavailable or obsolete parts
• Comparing component families
• Checking substitution requirements before installation
• Identifying package, pinout, polarity, and rating concerns
• Evaluating SMD and through-hole alternatives
• Sourcing parts for restoration and maintenance
• Supporting prototypes and general circuit design
The Electronics Component Bible is designed to work alongside manufacturer datasheets, schematics, service documentation, and proper test equipment—not replace them.
Use it to narrow the possibilities, identify the specifications that matter, avoid common substitution traps, and reach the right technical information faster.
Keep it in your Kindle library as a practical component reference whenever a part number, replacement, or compatibility question comes up.
The Electronics Component Bible is a practical reference for identifying components, comparing part numbers, evaluating possible substitutes, checking key specifications, and avoiding common replacement mistakes during repair, troubleshooting, and design.
Built for technicians, hobbyists, engineers, students, makers, and repairers, this book brings frequently needed component information together in one organized reference.
Inside, you’ll find 16 major reference sections
• Transistors, BJTs, and MOSFETs
• Rectifier, Schottky, Zener, fast-recovery, and protection diodes
• Fixed, adjustable, LDO, and switching voltage regulators
• Op-amps, comparators, timers, logic ICs, buffers, and voltage references
• Resistors, capacitors, inductors, chokes, markings, and passive components
• Connectors, switches, relays, contact ratings, and wiring
• Fuses, PTCs, MOVs, TVS devices, thermistors, and protection components
• Crystals, oscillators, resonators, timing ICs, and clock components
• LEDs, seven-segment displays, LCDs, OLEDs, modules, and drivers
• Temperature, humidity, pressure, light, motion, position, distance, and presence sensors
• DC motors, steppers, servos, solenoids, actuators, and motor drivers
• Batteries, charging ICs, protection circuits, connectors, and supercapacitors
• Mains, SMPS, and audio transformers, chokes, and power magnetics
• Antennas, RF modules, transceivers, wireless components, and matching hardware
• Speakers, buzzers, microphones, amplifier ICs, and audio connectors
• Master reference tables and an alphabetical component index for fast lookup
MORE THAN A PART-NUMBER LIST
A possible substitute is not automatically a safe or functional replacement.
The book emphasizes the specifications that must be checked before installing a replacement, including voltage, current, power dissipation, polarity, package, pinout, thermal limits, switching characteristics, frequency response, tolerance, ESR, impedance, connector dimensions, logic levels, interfaces, and application-specific requirements.
This helps you understand not only what might replace a component, but why two similar-looking parts may not actually be interchangeable.
BUILT FOR FAST WORKBENCH REFERENCE
Each Part is organized so you can go directly to the component family you need without reading the book from beginning to end.
You’ll find practical explanations, part-number tables, substitution guidance, compatibility notes, common pitfalls, form-factor references, summaries, and quick-reference tables.
If you know the part number but not its category, the Master Reference section and alphabetical component index help you locate the correct component family quickly.
USE IT
• Electronic repair and troubleshooting
• Finding replacements for unavailable or obsolete parts
• Comparing component families
• Checking substitution requirements before installation
• Identifying package, pinout, polarity, and rating concerns
• Evaluating SMD and through-hole alternatives
• Sourcing parts for restoration and maintenance
• Supporting prototypes and general circuit design
The Electronics Component Bible is designed to work alongside manufacturer datasheets, schematics, service documentation, and proper test equipment—not replace them.
Use it to narrow the possibilities, identify the specifications that matter, avoid common substitution traps, and reach the right technical information faster.
Keep it in your Kindle library as a practical component reference whenever a part number, replacement, or compatibility question comes up.
168 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 6, 2026
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