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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #1: Sensors |
Author: Joseph J. Carr |
SAMS#: 61098 |
Price: $32.95 |
Summary |
Electronic instrumentation
today is largely computer-based. The use of the digital computer
has greatly improved the design of electronic instruments, control
systems and related devices. Many texts are available that discuss
electronic instrumentation and computer interfacing. A topic usually
lacking in these texts, however, is extensively covered in Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume 1: Sensors -- namely, the analog interface.
Most sensors are inherently analog in nature, so their outputs
are not usable by the digital computer. Even if the sensor is
supposedly a "digital output" design, it is likely that
an inherently analog process is paired with an analog-to-digital
converter. In Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 1: Sensors,
you will find information you need about typical sensors, along
with a large amount of information about analog sensor circuitry.
Amplifier circuits are especially well covered, along with differential
amplifiers, analog signal processing circuits, and more. |
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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #2: IC Timers |
Author: Joseph J. Carr |
SAMS#: 61106 |
Price: $32.95 |
Summary |
Timer circuits used to be a
lot of trouble to build and tame for several reasons. One major
reason was the fact that DC power supply variations would cause
a frequency shift or slow drift-modern timers are designed to
permit a wide variation in the DC supply voltage without affecting
the output frequency or single-pulse duration. Another reason
is that the equations determining the frequency or timing were
little more than approximate, despite the appearance of great
precision in the textbooks-modern timers will work very closely
to the way the textbooks say they do. Electronic Circuit Guidebook,
Volume 2: IC Timers will show you how it is done. Part 1 of this
book is organized to demonstrate the theory of how various timers
work. This is done by way of an introduction to resistor-capacitor
circuits, and in-depth chapters on TTL and CMOS digital IC timers,
the LM-555 and other IC devices, operational amplifier timer circuits,
retriggerable timers and long duration timers. Through simplified
equations and detailed graphics, the information presented is
perfect for both practicing technician's and enthusiastic hobbyists.
Part 2 presents a variety of different circuits and projects.
Some of the circuits are standalone, while others are for incorporation
into other circuits. Examples of some of the circuits included
are: touchplate trigger, missing pulse detector, analog audio
frequency meter, one-second timer/flasher, relay and optoisolator
drivers, two-phase digital clock, 100kHz crystal calibrator and
many more. Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 2: IC Timers will
teach you enough that you will not only be able to rework and
modify the circuits covered here, but also design a few of your
own.
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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #3: Op Amps |
Author: Joseph J. Carr
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| SAMS#: 61131
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Price: $32.95 |
Summary |
The operational amplifier
(op amp) is the most commonly used linear IC amplifier in the
world. The range of applications for the op amp is truly awesome-it
has become a mainstay of audio, communications, TV, broadcasting,
instrumentation, control and measurement circuits. Third
in a series covering electronic instrumentation and circuitry,
Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 3: Op Amps is designed to
give you some insight into how practical linear IC amplifiers
work in actual, practical real-life circuits. Because of their
widespread popularity, operational amplifiers figure heavily in
this book, though other types of amplifiers are not overlooked.
Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 3: Op Amps allows you to
design and configure your own circuits and is intended to be a
practical workshop aid.
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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #4: Electro-Optics |
Author: Joseph J. Carr |
SAMS#: 61132 |
Price: $32.95 |
Summary |
Electro-optics is the marriage
of electronics and optics to form a wide variety of instruments,
circuits, and devices with a large number of uses. The "electric
eye" used by the shopkeeper to alert when customers arrive
is an electro-optical device. Other devices include industrial
production machinery, scientific and medical instruments, television
cameras, and many others. Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume
4: Electro-Optics is mostly about E-O sensors-those electronic
transducers that convert light waves into a proportional voltage,
current or resistance. The coverage of the sensors is wide enough
to allow you to understand the physics behind the theory of operation
of the device, and also the circuits used to make these sensors
into useful devices. This book examines the photoelectric effect,
photoconductivity, photovoltaics, and PN junction photodiodes
and phototransistors. Also examined is the operation of lenses,
mirrors, prisms, and other optical elements keyed to light physics. |
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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #5: Digital Electronics |
Author: Joseph J. Carr |
SAMS#: 61129 |
Price: $32.95 |
Summary |
Have you noticed the digital
revolution in electronics? Nearly everything electronic is "coming
up digital." Digital electronics includes personal computers,
large computers, hand-held calculators, industrial instruments,
test equipment, household appliances, and a host of other devices.
Even traditional analog devices such as television sets and radio
receivers contain a large amount of digital circuitry. Some products
are made better using the digital implementation, while still
others are made either possible or affordable by the use of digital
circuitry.Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume 5: Digital Electronics
is about the basics of digital electronics. It is not a computer
book, but rather a book about the fundamental circuits that make
up not only computers, but all digital products. It joins other
books in the Electronic Circuit Guidebook series by providing
you with encapsulated practical information about specific areas
of electronics technology. Electronic Circuit Guidebook, Volume
5: Digital Electronics looks at logic gates, flip-flops, counters
and the ways they are combined to make practical circuits.
This book
also covers the following digital topics: |
Introduction to Digital
Electronics |
Number Systems |
Digital Codes |
Gates: The Basic Building
Block |
Unclocked Flip-Flops |
Clocked Flip-Flops
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Arithmetic Circuits
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Counters |
Display and Decoder
Devices |
Registers |
Data Multiplexers and
Selectors |
Monostable Multivibrators
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Clocks and Astable
Multivibrators |
Data Converters |
Microcontrollers |
AND MORE!! |
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Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume #6: Oscillators |
Author: Joseph J. Carr |
SAMS#: 61185 |
Price: $38.95 |
Summary |
Electronic oscillator circuits are used to generate
repetitive or periodic waveforms. These waveforms may be sine
waves, square waves, triangle waves, sawtooth waves or pulses,
depending on the needs of the circuit being developed. It is
relatively easy to make a circuit oscillate, as anyone who has
tried to build certain types of amplifiers will (to their misery)
testify. But to make the oscillator produce the correct amplitude,
frequency and waveshape takes a little doing. In this book,
you will learn how to make the "doing" a little less
traumatic. The approach taken is largely practical and straightforward,
and the math is kept to a minimum, but the math that is included
is intended to help the reader understand the circuits well
enough to be able to modify them to fit a certain need, or,
just to experiment - which is where the real fun begins!
Electronic
Circuit Guidebook, Volume 6: Oscillators covers the following:
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Relaxation Oscillators |
RC Timing Networks
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Feedback Oscillators |
Resonant Tuned RF Circuits |
The 555 Integrated
Circuit Timer |
Effect of RLC Networks
on Waveforms |
Monostable and Astable
Multivibrators |
Integrators and Differentiators
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Triangle and Sawtooth
Generators |
Sine Wave Audio Oscillators
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Voltage-Controlled
Oscillators
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LC H.F. Variable-Frequency
Oscillators |
Crystal Oscillator
Circuits |
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Tactics
to Improve Oscillator Accuracy and Stability |
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Electronics
for the Electrician |
Author: Newton Braga |
SAMS#: 61218 |
Price: $38.95 |
Summary |
Author Newton Braga takes an
innovative approach to helping the electrician advance his or
her career. Electronics have become more and more common in the
world of the electrician, and this book will help the electrician
become more comfortable and proficient at tackling the new tasks
required. |
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Electronic
Troubleshooting & Servicing Techniques |
| Author: J.A. Sam Wilson &
Joseph A. Risse
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SAMS#: 61107 |
Price: $29.95 |
Summary |
Learn the procedures you need
to know in order to service and repair electronic devices! Electronic
Troubleshooting and Servicing Techniques is a compendium of troubleshooting
tests, measurement procedures, and servicing techniques designed
to help the reader through typical repair procedures of household
electronics. Techniques are presented to the reader in a hierarchy
of electronics, from the simplest to the most complicated - starting
with basic components and working up to the complete electronic
system itself. Electronic Troubleshooting and Servicing Techniques
covers the description and use of both analog and digital electronics
instruments. Since the earliest days of electronics, an increasing
dedication has been required to keep pace with the advancement
of technology. The book will help you to service that new technology
from the simplest to the most complicated. |
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Electric
Motors and Controls Techniques |
| Author: Irving Gottlieb |
SAMS#: 70002 |
Price: $24.95
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Summary |
Achieve Maximum energy Efficiency
in Electric Motors. ELECTRIC MOTORS AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES 2ND,
EDITION Get greater flexibility, reliability, and reduced energy
consumption from household appliances to automobiles. This book
will show you how different types of motors operate and how electronic
control devices can be used to improve efficiency in a wide range
of applications.
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Electrical
Pocket Book, 23E |
Author: E.A. Reeves |
| SAMS#: 67284
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Price: $29.99 |
Summary |
This well-established pocket
book provides handy and concise coverage of an extremely wide
range of topics, from electronics to nuclear power. The book is
updated to include the latest changes to relevant standards and
the 16th edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations. A perfect complement
to your workbench! |
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Electrician's
Pocket Manual |
Author: Rex Miller |
SAMS#: 70028 |
| Price:
$24.95 |
Summary |
This toolbox-sized
time-and-trouble saver makes short shrift of all those questions
that pop up during your day's work, whether they relate to tools
of the trade...standard electrical procedures...working with fiber
optics and installing the newest communications equipment...basic
math and measurement, including conversion...reading blueprints.
It's also loaded with 100 tables and charts, 100 formulas and
300 diagrams. An appendix looks at codes, standards and regulations. |
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Electrician's
Troubleshooting & Testing Pocket Guide |
Author: John E. Traister, H.
Brooke Stauffer, & Brooke Stauffer |
SAMS#: 70003 |
Price:
$29.95 |
Summary |
Whether you're an electrician
or a consulting or plant engineer, if you use portable meters
to test, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical equipment and systems,
this quick look-up, pocket-sized resource delivers key information
where you need it most--on the job. Completely updated, the Electrician's
Troubleshooting and Testing Pocket Guide covers it all, from lighting
systems and motors, to wiring methods and transformers. |
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Embedded
Microprocessor Systems |
| Author: Stuart Ball
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SAMS#: 67283 |
Price: $44.95 |
Summary |
Embedded Microprocessor Systems
is a revised and expanded new edition by the original author which
covers both hardware and software for a variety of embedded systems.
This book provides a clear, comprehensive introduction to embedded
systems design with real-world examples. |
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ES&T
Magazine TV Troubleshooting and Repair |
| Author: ES&T
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SAMS#: 61086
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ISBN: 0790610868
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Price: $29.95 |
Summary |
TV set servicing has never
been easy. This book presents information that will make it possible
for technicians and hobbyists to service TVs faster, more efficiently,
and more economically, thus making it more likely that customers
will opt for repair versus replacement. |
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ES&T
Magazine VCR Troubleshooting and Repair |
| Author: ES&T
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SAMS#: 61158
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ISBN: 0790611589
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Price: $29.95 |
Summary |
This book provides
information that can help solve troubleshooting repairs before
they interfere with your deadlines. Whether you’re an electronics
hobbyist or a professional technician, this book reveals insider
tips and secrets that can increase your proficiency and production. |
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Exploring
LANs for the Small Business and Home Office |
Author: Louis Columbus |
SAMS#: 61229 |
Price: $43.95 |
Summary |
Part of Sams Connectivity Series, Exploring
LANs for the Small Business and Home Office covers everything
from the fundamentals of small business and home-based LANs
to choosing appropriate cabling systems. Columbus puts his knowledge
of computer systems to work, helping entrepreneurs set up a
system to fit their needs.
PROMPT® Pointers:
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Includes small business
and home-office Local Area Network examples.
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Covers cabling issues.
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Discusses options for specific
situations.
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TCP/IP (Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol) coverage.
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Coverage of protocols and
layering
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Exploring
Programmable ICs |
| Author: Clement S. Pepper |
SAMS#: 61208 |
Price: $38.95 |
Summary |
Programmable ICs are devices
designed for operation under program control from a computer or
microcontroller. This book takes the reader through an introduction
to the world of ICs, and explores varied programmable ICs along
with selected applications with relevance to popular projects. |
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Exploring
the World of SCSI |
Author: Louis Columbus |
SAMS#: 61210 |
Price: $38.95 |
Summary |
So many peripherals, so little
time! With Exploring the World of SCSI, you will gain the knowledge
needed to get the most out of your peripheral devices, including
scanners, printers, external disc drives and more. Focusing on
the needs of the hobbyist, PC enthusiast, as well as system administrator,
This is a comprehensive book for anyone interested in learning
the hands-on aspects of SCSI. It includes how to work with the
Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) within SCSI, how termination works,
bus mastering, caching, and how the different levels of RAID provide
varying levels of performance and reliability. This book offers
the functionality that intermediate and advanced system users
need for configuring SCSI on their systems, while also providing
the experienced professional with the necessary diagrams, descriptions,
information sources, and guidance on how to implement SCSI-based
solutions. Exploring the World of SCSI contains both real-world
applications and theoretical information for the technical professional
who wants to get the most out of SCSI, including how to configure
it on a workstation or server. This book can be used as both a
desktop reference as well as a guide to configuring SCSI. Included
are troubleshooting tips and tricks for getting SCSI devices configured
on a network as well as information about the role of SCSI in
network-based storage. Exploring the World of SCSI will provide
both technicians and administrators with assistance in defining
network topology issues.
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