Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th Edition

Title: Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th Edition
Author: Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
ISBN: 1259587541 / 9781259587542
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 1056
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2016
Availability: 45-60 days

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A Fully-Updated, No-Nonsense Guide to Electronics

Advance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, lays out the essentials and provides step-by-step instructions, schematics, and illustrations. Discover how to select the right components, design and build circuits, use microcontrollers and ICs, work with the latest software tools, and test and tweak your creations. This easy-to-follow book features new instruction on programmable logic, semiconductors, operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, power supplies, digital electronics, and more.
 
Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, covers:

  • Resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers
  • Diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits
  • Optoelectronics, solar cells, and phototransistors
  • Sensors, GPS modules, and touch screens
  • Op amps, regulators, and power supplies
  • Digital electronics, LCD displays, and logic gates
  • Microcontrollers and prototyping platforms
  • Combinational and sequential programmable logic
  • DC motors, RC servos, and stepper motors
  • Microphones, audio amps, and speakers
  • Modular electronics and prototypes

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Preface
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Electronics
Chapter 2 : Theory
Chapter 3 : Basic Electronic Circuit Components
Chapter 4 : Semiconductors
Chapter 5 : Optoelectronics
Chapter 6 : Sensors
Chapter 7 : Hands-On Electronics
Chapter 8 : Operational Amplifiers
Chapter 9 : Filters
Chapter 10 : Oscillators and Timers
Chapter 11 : Voltage Regulators and Power Supplies
Chapter 12 : Digital Electronics
Chapter 13 : Microcontrollers
Chapter 14 : Programmable Logic
Chapter 15 : Motors
Chapter 16 : Audio Electronics
Chapter 17 : Modular Electronics

Appendix A : Power Distribution and Home Wiring
Appendix B : Error Analysis
Appendix C : Useful Facts and Formulas
Index