This book is different to
other electronics texts available. First, it is short. Created for a
one-semester course taken by physics students, both undergraduate and graduate
it includes only the essentials and covers those topics only as deeply as
needed in order to understand the material in the integrated laboratory
exercises. Unlike many electronics texts for physics students, this one does
not delve into the physics of devices. Instead, these are largely treated
as black boxes having certain properties that are important to know for
designing circuits. The physics comes when the students use their acquired
electronics instrumentation knowledge to construct apparatus to make
measurements. Since the detailed physics has been left out, this book should be
equally useful for students in any of the physical or life sciences. This is
the first textbook aimed at the non-electrical engineering student, that has
both the generality on analog and digital electronics circuits, coupled to the
very timely technology of embedded electronics. The book also features homework
exercises, parts list and a suite of useful appendices.
Key Features
- Combined lectures and
laboratory course
- Covers analog and digital electronics
- Includes embedded systems
- Homework problems with
solutions
- Complete inventory of
required components
Table of Contents:
Preface
I
Lectures
1
Introduction
2 RC
Circuits
3 Diodes
& Transistors
4 Op Amps
I
5 Op Amps
II: Non-Ideal Behavior & Positive Feedback
6 Digital
Gates: Combinational and Sequential Logic
7
Digital-Analog, Analog-Digital, and Phase-Locked Loops
8
Embedded Electronics
II Lab
Manual
9 Getting
Started
10 R’s
& C’s
11
Transistors
12 Op
Amps I
13 Op
Amps II: Positive Feedback, Good & Bad
14
Digital Gates: Combinational and Sequential Logic
15
Digital-Analog, Analog-Digital, and Phase-Locked Loops
16
Embedded Electronics, Featuring the Beagle Bone Black
III
Solutions to Homework
17 RC
Circuits
18 Diodes
& Transistors
19 Op
Amps 1
20
Op-Amps 2
21
Digital Gates
22
Digital-Analog, Analog-Digital and Phase-Locked Loops
Appendices
A
Glossary of Terms
B The
Linux Operating System
C
Connecting to a Remote Computer on the Internet
D Editors
E Brief
Primer on C++
F Moving
Files onto and off of a Linux USB Port
G
Introduction to Gnuplot
H
spidev.c Listing
I Pinouts
of Selected Components
J Setting
Up the Beaglebone Black
K Parts
Lists
