Hands-On Electronics: A Practical Introduction to Analog and Digital Circuits

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521893518 ISBN 13: 9780521893510

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Packed full of real circuits to build and test, Hands-on Electronics is an unique introduction to analog and digital electronics theory and practice. Ideal for teaching and self-study, the book's friendly style, clear illustrations and construction details encourage rapid and effective learning of analog and digital circuit design theory. All the major topics are covered including RC circuits, diodes, transistors, op-amps, oscillators, TTL logic, counters, D/A converters and more. It explains how to use the equipment needed for the examples (oscilloscope, multimeter and breadboard) together with pin-out diagrams and manufacturers' specifications for all the key components referred to in the book.

Book Description:

Packed full of real circuits to build and test, Hands-on Electronics is a unique introduction to analog and digital electronics theory and practice. Ideal both as a college textbook and for self-study, the friendly style, clear illustrations and construction details included encourage rapid and effective learning of analog and digital circuit design theory. All major topics for a typical one semester course are covered, together with instructions for using the equipment needed (oscilloscope, multimeter and breadboard) and manufacturers' specifications for key components referred to in the book.

About the Author:

Daniel M. Kaplan received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1979 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has taught electronics laboratory courses for non-electrical-engineering majors over a fifteen-year period at Northern Illinois University and at the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he is currently Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics.