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9780071448819

Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius : 57 Lessons with Projects

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    9780071448819

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    0071448810

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-11-24
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics
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Summary

There is truly a lack of good, basic hardwire electronic "how-to" books. The market seems interested in this type of fun project compilation. This is another book in our extremely successful "Evil Genius" series. So far, each of the books has sold about $50,000 in less than 3 months.The perfect addition to our "Evil Genius" series, this book details everything an electronics hobbyist would want to know about circuits and circuit design through 57 Lessons. Readers work through 5 distinct, useful projects to reinforce their learning.

Author Biography

Dave Cutcher (Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA) is a technology, electronics and industrial teacher. He is also an avid electronics hobbyist, and a member of the Vancouver Robotics Club. Dave has offered many fellow teachers various parts of this book to help as instructional guides. He has received much praise, and has been urged to officially publish it.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Preface xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Part I Components
1(2)
Section One Components
3(10)
Inventory of Parts Used in Part I
3(3)
Major Equipment
6(3)
Your First Circuit
9(4)
Section Two Resist If You Must
13(10)
Reading Resistors
13(2)
The Effect Resistors Have on a Circuit
15(2)
The Potentiometer
17(2)
Light-Dependent Resistors
19(4)
Section Three More Components and Semiconductors
23(24)
Capacitors and Push Buttons
23(6)
Introducing Transistors
29(4)
The PNP Transistor
33(3)
Your First Project: The Automatic Night Light
36(5)
Specialized Transistors---The SCR
41(6)
Part II Introducing Digital Electronics
47(2)
Section Four Digital Logic
49(16)
A Spoiled Billionaire
49(5)
The Basic Digital Logic Gates
54(6)
Integrated Circuits CMOS ICs
60(5)
Section Five The First NAND Gate Circuit
65(14)
Building the First NAND Gate Circuit
65(2)
Testing the Input at Test Point 1
67(2)
Test Point 2---The NAND Gate Processor at Work
69(1)
Test Point 3---Introducing the Resistor Capacitor Circuit
70(3)
Test Point 4---The Inputs Are Switches
73(6)
Section Six Analog Switches for Digital Circuits
79(8)
Understanding Voltage Dividers
79(4)
Create a Light-Sensitive Switch
83(2)
The Touch Switch
85(2)
Section Seven The NAND Gate Oscillator
87(18)
Knowledge, Design, Control
87(1)
Building the NAND Gate Oscillator
87(3)
Understanding the NAND Gate Oscillator
90(3)
Controlling the Flash Rate
93(3)
Create a Sound Output and Annoy the Person Next to You!
96(2)
Introducing the Oscilloscope
98(4)
Using a Transistor to Amplify the Output
102(3)
Section Eight Digital Logic Design
105(16)
System Design
105(13)
Consider What Is Realistic
118(3)
Section Nine Digital Logic Application
121(4)
Building Your Project
121(4)
Part III Counting Systems in Electronics
125(2)
Section Ten Introducing an Analog-to-Digital Converter
127(10)
Introducing Possibilities---Electronics That Count
127(1)
RC1---Creating the Switch
128(3)
Introducing the 4046 Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
131(6)
Section Eleven The 4017 Walking Ring Counter
137(10)
Introducing the Walking Ring 4017 Decade Counter
137(4)
Understanding the Clock Signal and the 4017
141(2)
Controlling the Count by Using Reset and Enable
143(4)
Section Twelve Running a Seven-Segment Display
147(14)
Introducing the Seven-Segment Display
147(1)
Control the Seven-Segment Display Using the 4511 BCD
148(4)
Decimal to Binary---The 4516
152(5)
Automatic Display Fade-Out
157(4)
Section Thirteen Define, Design, and Make Your Own Project
161(12)
Defining and Designing Your Project
161(6)
Your Project: If You Can Define It, You Can Make It!
167(6)
Part IV Amplifier Introduced and Applied
173(2)
Section Fourteen What Is an Amplifier?
175(16)
Transistors as Amplifiers and Defining Current
175(6)
Defining Work, Force, and Power
181(4)
What Do I Have to Gain? Defining Gain
185(3)
The World Is Analog, So Analog Is the World
188(3)
Section Fifteen Exploring the Op Amp
191(16)
Alternating Current Compared with Direct Current
191(5)
AC in a DC Environment
196(3)
Comparing Inputs and Audio Coupling
199(3)
Using Feedback to Control the Gain
202(5)
Section Sixteen Applying the Op Amp; Building the Intercom
207(10)
Building a Power Amplifier Controlled by an Op Amp
207(2)
Using the Speaker as a Microphone
209(3)
Introducing Transformers and Putting It All Together
212(5)
Section Seventeen Putting It All Together
217(4)
Switching to the Two-Way Door Phone
217(3)
Assembling the Project
220(1)
Index 221

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