Build Your Own Electronics Workshop : Everything You Need to Design a Work Space, Use Test Equipment, Build and Troubleshoot Circuits

by Petruzzellis, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780071447249
• ISBN10: 0071447245
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics

Summary

This work provides everything a newcomer to electronics needs to know to create a personal electronics workbench, from choosing the right space, selecting the proper components, building and/or buying equipment, testing and troubleshooting systems, and doing it all on a budget Includes:How to identify the best place for your electronics workbenchLighting and power requirementMethods for testing components, useful sources for equipment and resources

Author Biography

Tom Petruzzellis (Vestal, NY) is an engineer, who is currently working with the geophysical field equipment department at the University of Binghamton. He has authored several books for McGraw-Hill, most recently, STAMP 2 Communications and Control Projects.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 — The Electronic Workbench

Chapter 2 — The Multi-meter

Chapter 3 — The Oscilloscope

Chapter 4 — The Function Generator

Chapter 5 — The Frequency Counter

Chapter 6 — Additional test equipment

Chapter 7 — Power supplies

Chapter 8 — Battery Power

Chapter 9 — Electronic Components

Chapter 10 — Testing Electronic Components

Chapter 11 — Electronic Troubleshooting Techniques

Chapter 12 — Tools

Chapter 13 — Soldering

Chapter 14 — Circuit Fabrication

Chapter 15 — Buying Equipment, Components and Tools

Chapter 16 — Building your own test equipment

Appendix

Index