Comprehensive textbook on electronics for physicists, now with more examples, exercises, hands-on electronics labs, troubleshooting tips, and practical exercises Electronics with Discrete Components delivers a comprehensive overview of electronics from the perspective of a physicist. In the first part on digital components, after an introduction to digital electronics, the text covers fundamentals of combinational logic and its implementation in combinational logic devices, followed by sequential-logic devices such as flip-flops and memory components. The second part on analog components deals with the fundamentals of signal processing, filters, components such as diodes and transistors, and a lengthy coverage of operational amplifiers. Each chapter ends with problem sets and “lab projects” that have been proven to work well for instruction. Questions on simple aspects of the lab that students should know are also included, such as regarding powering components and diagnosing signals with the oscilloscope and providing “troubleshooting tips” to help students find out why a particular circuit does not work. The new edition of this textbook adds more worked examples, exercises with answers for the self-learner, and end-of-chapter problems. It adds new electronic components, covers the latest digital technologies plus adds a new section of Fourier transforms in electronics. In addition, it features labs with Arduino or Teensy boards which have become widespread in the community as inexpensive, easy-to-use electronics platforms. Electronics with Discrete Components includes information on: Number systems, codes, signed numbers, binary functions, logic families, and IC wirings Filters and the frequency domain, covering RC, high- and low-pass, and cascading filters, FFTs, as well as important considerations for filter design Connecting digital to analog and to the world through TTL, CMOS, and LV gates and interfacing between the logic families Charge and potential, capacitors, electrical current, resistors, magnetic components, power, circuits, and abstractions and symbol jargon in the field The Second Edition of Electronics with Discrete Components is an ideal textbook resource for a one-semester course on electronics for second-year physics students, as well as students from other disciplines or levels who understand elementary notions of circuits and complex numbers.

Table of Contents:
Preface to the Second Edition xvii Preface to the First Edition xix About the Companion Website xxiii 1 The Basics 1 1.1 Foreword: Welcome to Electronics! 1 1.2 Charge and Potential 2 1.3 Capacitors 4 1.4 Electrical Current 8 1.5 Resistors 10 1.6 Magnetic Devices 17 1.7 Power 22 1.8 Circuits 24 1.9 Abstractions and Symbol Jargon 35 1.10 Answers to Exercises 36 1.11 Problems 37 1.12 Lab Projects 42 1.13 Practicum Test 44 Part I Digital 45 2 Introduction to Digital Electronics 47 2.1 Number Systems 48 2.2 Codes 51 2.3 Signed Numbers 52 2.4 Binary Functions 54 2.5 Logic Families 63 2.6 IC Wirings 71 2.7 Answers to Exercises 72 2.8 Problems 73 2.9 Lab Projects 78 2.10 Practicum Problems 87 3 Combinational Logic 89 3.1 Boolean Algebra 89 3.2 Theorems 90 3.3 NAND-gate Implementation 91 3.4 Representation of Boolean Functions 92 3.5 Simplification of Functions 93 3.6 Karnaugh Maps 95 3.7 More Than Four Variables 104 3.8 Wrap-up 104 3.9 Answers to Exercises 104 3.10 Problems 105 3.11 Lab Projects 111 3.12 Practicum Test 117 4 Advanced Combinational Devices 119 4.1 Pragmatic Designing 119 4.2 Adders 120 4.3 Decoders 122 4.4 Demultiplexers 127 4.5 Multiplex Expansion 128 4.6 Encoders 129 4.7 Multiplexers 130 4.8 Answers to Exercises 133 4.9 Problems 135 4.10 Lab Projects 139 5 Sequential Logic 143 5.1 Definitions 143 5.2 RS Flip-flops 146 5.3 d Flip-flop 148 5.4 Edge Trigger 150 5.5 JK Flip-flops 152 5.6 Applications of Flip-flops 153 5.7 Shift Registers 162 5.8 Multivibrators 163 5.9 Memory 164 5.10 Epilogue to Digital: Digital I∕O 169 5.11 Answers to Exercises 173 5.12 Problems 176 5.13 Lab Projects 185 5.14 Practicum Test 192 Part II Analog 193 6 AC Signals 195 6.1 Connecting Analog with Digital: Analog-to-Digital Conversion 196 6.2 AC Circuits 200 6.3 Equivalent Circuits 215 6.4 Circuit Loading 217 6.5 Input and Output Impedance 220 6.6 Answers to Exercises 220 6.7 Problems 221 6.8 Lab Projects 225 6.9 Practicum Test 231 7 Filters and the Frequency Domain 233 7.1 RC Filters 234 7.2 High-pass Filters 235 7.3 Low-pass Filter 239 7.4 Cascading Filters 240 7.5 Recap: Important Considerations for Filter Design 243 7.6 Transformer 244 7.7 Resonant Circuits and Band-pass Filters 246 7.8 Fourier Analysis 249 7.9 Answers to Exercises 257 7.10 Problems 258 7.11 Lab Projects 262 7.12 Practicum Test 265 8 Diodes 267 8.1 Physics of Semiconductors 268 8.2 Diodes 273 8.3 Designing Diode Circuits 276 8.4 Diode Fauna 278 8.5 Diode Applications 284 8.6 Answers to Exercises 292 8.7 Problems 294 8.8 Lab Projects 299 8.9 Practicum Test 303 9 Transistors 305 9.1 The Bipolar-junction Transistor 306 9.2 Field-effect Transistors 320 9.3 Answers to Exercises 329 9.4 Problems 331 9.5 Lab Projects 337 9.6 Practicum Test 341 10 Operational Amplifiers 343 10.1 Negative Feedback 344 10.2 Closed-loop Circuits 346 10.3 Open-loop Circuits 362 10.4 Real Op-Amps 368 10.5 Interfacing the World 374 10.6 Answers to Exercises 375 10.7 Problems 377 10.8 Lab Projects 385 10.9 Practicum Test 391 Appendix A Logic Board 393 Appendix B If the Circuit Does Not Work 395 B. 1 Design 395 B. 2 The Obvious 395 B. 3 Placement 396 B. 4 Pins 396 B. 5 Breadboards 396 B.5. 1 Past the Obvious 396 B.5. 2 Digital Circuits 396 B.5. 3 Analog Circuits 397 B. 6 Abusive Power 397 B. 7 Stuck 397 B. 8 Done! 397 Appendix C Curve Tracer 399 C.1 I–V Curves for Diodes 399 C.2 I–V Curves for Transistors 400 Index 403