There are no printed texts required for this class.
There is no equipment required for this class. However, since you’re saving money by not purchasing a textbook, it might behoove you to get some minor hardware of your own. Sharing multimeters and breadboards with the rest of the university can be a pain. Buying your own can save you the hassle of blown fuses, lost components, and the like.
Again, there are no purchasing requirements, but if you have a few bucks to make your life easier, you might pick up a digital multimeter for anywhere from a few dollars to a few hundred. You might also want to get a solderless breadboard of your own.
We have access to electronic versions of textbooks through the database at Sherrod Library and those new-fangled interwebs that I keep hearing about. We will be using Volumes I and II of Kuphaldt’s Lessons in Electric Circuits. They are available free under the Design Science License at http://openbookproject.net/electricCircuits/ and at http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/. You can view them online or download them in either .html or .PDF format. Please don't print them. That's a lot of paper.
If you need a physical book to hold, Ugly's Electrical Reference Book is usually around ten bucks and is a very good reference for almost all things electrical. It isn't required, but will come in handy in classes and life. I always have mine with me.
If you still need more references, the library’s database (http://ezproxy.etsu.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.engnetbase.com) has handy books like:
Comprehensive dictionary of electrical engineering / Phillip Laplante, editor-in-chief
ISBN 0-8493-312805 (alk. paper)
ISBN 3-540-64835-6 (alk. paper)
1.Electric engineering – Dictionaries. I. Laplante, Phillip A.
TK9.C575 1999 621.3’03-dc21
The electronics handbook / edited by Jerry C.Whitaker.—2nd ed.
p. cm.—(Electrical engineering handbook series; v. 34)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8493-1889-0 (alk. paper)
1. Electronic circuits–Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Whitaker, Jerry C. II. Series.
TK7867.E4244 2005 621.381—dc22 2004057106