Best Transistor Engineering
If you finished the projects in Make: Electronics , or if you're already familiar with the material in that book, you're ready for Make: More Electronics . Experiment with sensors, analog ICs, power, and motors Charles Platt is a Contributing Editor and regular columnist for Make magazine, where he writes about electronics.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was an engineering student in college (although not electrical engineering) so I was always kind of upset that after spending countless nights of my life doing all sorts of crazy math problems with respect to circuits, I didn't know something as simple as how a relay works, or how to build anything except maybe a simple circuit with a lightbulb and a resistor. This won't make you an expert in electronics, it is definitely on the simple side of things (like algebraic simplifications of mathematical models that are actually rooted in calculus or differential equations), but that's exactly what I was looking for. Seems steep but if you plan on making use of your new-found knowledge for the foreseeable future, you will be using these tools well after you've worked through this book."
"Challenge his tech skills without been overwhelming."
"great book for learning the basics."
"Fun book, I plan on buying a ket to try out the expereiments."
"Informative yet simple."
"Of course you need to know electronics!"
"This book's layout kept me turning it's pages to learn more."
Batteries, lamps, and flashlights Light emitters and receivers Diodes, rectifiers, and associated circuits Transistors, FETs, and vacuum tubes Amplifiers and feedback Audio signals and circuits Oscillators AM and FM signals and circuits Video basics, including video signals Video circuits and systems. Ronald Quan (Cupertino, CA) is an RF circuits design engineer and holds more than 77 patents.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm a novice at electronics and this book proved to be the perfect resource for me to learn more about electronics."
"Nice, new fresh approach to learning some electronics."
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"This compact book is full of specific know-how and details that can only come from a highly skilled practitioner of the art of electronics."
"Very clear writing."
"Our son really has enjoyed this book and it is helping him with some projects he has for school."
Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist’s Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits offers complete projects with detailed schematics and insights on how the radios were designed. Calibration tools and test generators TRF, regenerative, and reflex radios Basic and advanced superheterodyne radios Coil-less and software-defined radios Transistor and differential-pair oscillators Filter and amplifier design techniques Sampling theory and sampling mixers In-phase, quadrature, and AM broadcast signals Resonant, detector, and AVC circuits Image rejection and noise analysis methods. Ronald currently holds at least 65 US patents in the areas of analog video processing, low noise audio and video amplifier design, low distortion voltage controlled amplifiers, wide band crystal VCOs, video monitors, audio and video IQ modulation, audio and video scrambling, bar code reader products, audio test equipment, and video copy protection.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It is devoted primarily to radio receivers and takes you from the very basics, to super heterodyne, and even touches on SDR."
"My favorite book back then showed me how to build a crystal radio, add a transistor to it, and even build a simple tube ham radio transmitter and receiver, but provided few details on what was going on to make them work. The author describes the circuits and components used in enough detail to get you started with parts easily available from suppliers."
"Note that this is not necessarily a point of criticism, as no book can be all things to all people. 3) I understand the desire of publishers to control costs (and thereby make their products more affordable), but the pages in this book are so thin that text and diagrams from one side of each page bleeds through to the opposing side."
"The technical info is great and he explains the parts/components well, but he basically gives you a parts list and a schematic to work with."
"For a hobbyist this might be the best choice unless one wants to make a hobby out of making RF transformers."
"This book is well suited for the experienced electronic hobbyist, would also see it helping an undergrad EE student as well."
"An excellent book to learn the ins and outs of basic radio receiver theory, including amplifiers, both Radio Frequency and Audio, varying types of tuning setups, proper handling of the Intermediate Frequency section and so on."
Best Microelectronics Engineering
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. He is an inventor/hobbyist in electronics, an area he grew to appreciate through his experience at the University’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and the Department of Plasma Physics.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's a shame too, since I thought the index was well laid out, liked the hot links within the text that take you to other referenced sections of the book and know that the content of the paper edition is probably outstanding. I've also added a couple of images from the physical and the kindle edition of the book to illustrate the issue that I'm talking about."
"I teach an introductory class in electronics at a small university. However, there were some notable gaps in the Second Edition that I typically teach in an electronics class; specifically, I teach a section on transducers and microcontrollers. I've been using the Arduino for class the last couple of years because most scientists would use a microcontroller to design a piece of equipment instead of discrete gates and logic chips. The chapters are designed to be somewhat modular; for instance, I can teach the basics of analog electronics and transistors and then move to microcontrollers without necessarily having to spend a lot of time time on discrete logic chips."
Best Stereo & Audio Equipment Engineering
This easy to understand guide walks you through: Building the optimum audio power supply; Audio amplifier power supplies and construction: Amplifier and loudspeaker protection methods; Stability, distortion, and performance; Audio amplifier cookbook designs; Construction techniques; Diagnostic equipment and testing procedures; Output stage configurations, classes, and device types; Crossover distortion physics; Mirror-image input stage topologies. 12 complete designs, ready to guild; Theory and principles for designing your own world-class amplifier; Optimal audio power supply building methods; New configurations and analyses of voltage amplifiers; New methods for increasing stability; New distortion-reduction techniques; Latest info on computer analysis and diagnostics; Popular audio myths debunked. 12 complete designs, ready to build; Theory and principles for designing your own world-class amplifier; Optimal audio power supply building methods; New configurations and analyses of voltage amplifiers; New methods for increasing stability; New distortion-reduction techniques; Latest info on computer analysis and diagnostics; Popular audio myths debunked. G. Randy Slone is an electrical engineer with nearly three decades of experience in data processing and industrial electronics.
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"An excellent book if you are interested in building amplifiers, or if you are just interested in learning exactly how they work."
"This is a very technical book."