Hands-On Electronics

A Practical Introduction to Analog and Digital Circuits

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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 in the book encourage rapid and effective learning of analog and digital circuit design theory. All the major topics for a typical one semester course are covered including RC circuits, diodes, transistors, op-amps, oscillators, TTL logic, counters, D/A converters and more. There are also chapters explaining 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.

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List of figures	p. xi
List of tables	p. xv
About the authors	p. xvi
To the Reader	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Introduction	p. xix
Equipment familiarization: multimeter, breadboard, and oscilloscope	p. 1
Multimeter	p. 1
Breadboard	p. 2
Measuring voltage	p. 4
Measuring current; resistance and Ohm's law	p. 5
Measuring resistance	p. 8
Oscilloscope	p. 8
Probes and probe test	p. 10
Display	p. 11
Vertical controls	p. 11
Horizontal sweep	p. 12
Triggering	p. 12
Additional features	p. 13
RC circuits	p. 15
Review of capacitors	p. 15
Use of capacitors; review of AC circuits	p. 17
Types and values of capacitors	p. 19
Review of current, voltage, and power	p. 20
Destructive demonstration of resistor power rating	p. 21
Potentiometer as voltage divider	p. 22
DC voltage divider	p. 23
AC voltage divider	p. 23
RC circuit	p. 24
RC circuit as integrator	p. 24
Low-pass filter	p. 25
RC circuit as differentiator	p. 27
High-pass filter	p. 28
Summary of high- and low-pass filters	p. 28
Diodes	p. 31
Semiconductor basics	p. 31
Types of diodes	p. 35
Rectification	p. 36
Diode action--a more sophisticated view	p. 37
Measuring the diode characteristic	p. 38
Exploring rectification	p. 40
Input and output impedance	p. 45
Bipolar transistors	p. 47
Bipolar-junction-transistor basics	p. 47
Basic definitions	p. 50
Simplest way to analyze transistor circuits	p. 51
Ebers-Moll transistor model	p. 52
Experiments	p. 54
Checking transistors with a meter	p. 54
Emitter follower	p. 55
Common-emitter amplifier	p. 57
Collector as current source	p. 59
Transistor switch	p. 60
Additional exercises	p. 61
Darlington connection	p. 61
Push-pull driver	p. 62
Common-base amplifier	p. 63
Transistors II: FETs	p. 65
Field-effect transistors	p. 65
FET characteristics	p. 66
Modeling FET action	p. 68
Exercises	p. 69
FET characteristics	p. 69
FET current source	p. 70
Source follower	p. 71
JFET amplifier	p. 73
Transistors III: differential amplifier	p. 75
Differential amplifier	p. 75
Operating principle	p. 76
Expected differential gain	p. 76
Measuring the differential gain	p. 77
Input offset voltage	p. 78
Common-mode gain	p. 78
Op amps and their building blocks	p. 79
Current mirror	p. 79
Differential amplifier with current-source loads	p. 80
Improved current mirror	p. 82
Wilson current mirror	p. 82
Introduction to operational amplifiers	p. 85
The 741 operational amplifier	p. 85
741 pinout and power connections	p. 86
An ideal op amp	p. 87
Gain of inverting and noninverting amplifiers	p. 88
Op amp 'golden rules'	p. 90
The nonideal op amp	p. 90
Experiments	p. 91
Testing open-loop gain	p. 91
Inverting amplifier	p. 92
Noninverting amplifier	p. 93
Voltage follower	p. 94
Difference amplifier	p. 95
Additional experiments	p. 97
Current source	p. 97
Noninverting summing amp with difference amplifier	p. 98
More op amp applications	p. 101
Op amp signal processing	p. 101
Differentiator	p. 102
Integrator	p. 103
Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers	p. 105
Experiments	p. 106
Differential and integral amplifiers	p. 106
Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers	p. 108
Op amp active rectifier	p. 108
Op amp with push-pull power driver	p. 109
Additional exercises	p. 111
Comparators and oscillators	p. 113
Experiments	p. 113
Op amp as comparator	p. 113
Unintentional feedback: oscillation	p. 115
Intentional positive feedback: Schmitt trigger	p. 116
RC relaxation oscillator	p. 117
555 timer IC	p. 118
Additional experiments	p. 121
Alarm!	p. 121
Sine/cosine oscillator	p. 122
Active bandpass filter	p. 123
Combinational logic	p. 125
Digital logic basics	p. 125
Logic levels	p. 126
Logic families and history	p. 127
Logic gates	p. 129
Summary of Boolean algebra	p. 130
CMOS and TTL compared	p. 131
Diode logic	p. 131
Transistor-transistor logic (TTL)	p. 132
Complementary MOSFET logic (CMOS)	p. 133
Powering TTL and TTL-compatible integrated circuits	p. 136
Experiments	p. 137
LED logic indicators and level switches	p. 137
MOSFETs	p. 138
CMOS NAND gate	p. 140
Using NANDs to implement other logic functions	p. 140
TTL quad XOR gate	p. 141
Additional exercises	p. 142
7485 4-bit magnitude comparator	p. 142
Flip-flops: saving a logic state	p. 143
General comments	p. 144
Schematics	p. 144
Breadboard layout	p. 144
Synchronous logic	p. 144
Timing diagrams	p. 144
Flip-flop basics	p. 145
Simple RS latch	p. 145
D-type flip-flop	p. 147
JK flip-flop	p. 148
Tri-state outputs	p. 149
Flip-flop applications	p. 151
Divide-by-four from JK flip-flops	p. 151
Contact bounce	p. 152
Electronic coin toss	p. 153
Monostables, counters, multiplexers, and RAM	p. 155
Multivibrators	p. 156
Counters	p. 156
Experiments	p. 157
Bi-quinary ripple counter	p. 157
Monostable multivibrator	p. 159
Multiplexer and finite-state machine	p. 162
RAM	p. 162
Digital [left and right arrow] analog conversion	p. 167
A simple D/A converter fabricated from familiar chips	p. 168
Tracking ADC	p. 170
080x ADC and DAC chips	p. 171
Successive-approximation ADC	p. 171
Additional exercises	p. 177
Digital recording	p. 177
Successive-approximation ADC built from components	p. 178
Further reading	p. 183
Equipment and supplies	p. 185
Common abbreviations and circuit symbols	p. 188
RC circuits: frequency-domain analysis	p. 191
Pinouts	p. 194
Glossary of basic electrical and electronic terms	p. 197
Index	p. 199
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