Mims Circuit Scrapbook V.I.

by Mims

• ISBN13: 9781878707482
• ISBN10: 1878707485
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Using commonly available components and remarkable ingenuity, this comprehensive volume teaches how to build and experiment with a large array of circuit types. It also supplies information about the basics of circuit layout and construction, where to locate parts, and troubleshooting a circuit design. 5 photos, 120 line drawings, 25 tables.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Preface	ix
One Analog Circuits
Analog Computer Circuits, Part 1	3	(5)
Analog Computer Circuits, Part 2	5	(3)
The Analog Sample/Hold Circuit	8	(2)
The Analog Comparator	10	(2)
Voltage-to-Frequency Converters	12	(3)
Frequency-to-Voltage Converters	15	(2)
Dark/Light Detector	17	(1)
Experimenting with Noise	18	(2)
An Op-Amp AM Radio	20	(1)
Programmable-Gain Amplifiers	21	(3)
Remote Sensing, Part 1	24	(4)
Remote Sensing, Part 2	26	(2)
Experimenting with a Joystick, Part 1: Basic Concepts and Applications	28	(7)
Experimenting with a Joystick, Part 2: Some Typical Applications	30	(5)
Two Light and Light Communications
Phototransistor Receiver Module	35	(1)
LED Transmitter Module	36	(1)
Eavesdropping on Light	36	(2)
Optical Fiber Communications, Part 1	38	(4)
Optical Fiber Communications, Part 2	40	(2)
Light-Wave Voice Communicator	42	(1)
Experimenting with a Light Pen, Part 1	43	(6)
Experimenting with a Light Pen, Part 2	46	(3)
A Light-Sensitive Tone Generator	49	(4)
Three LED Circuits
A High-Resolution LED Display	53	(1)
LED Bargraph Display Chips	54	(3)
High-Current LED Pulser	57	(1)
Tri-State LED Demonstrator	58	(3)
Four Test and Measurement Circuits
Experimental Solid-State Oscilloscope	61	(2)
Missing-Pulse Detectors	63	(2)
A ``Matchbox'' LED Oscilloscope	65	(1)
Solid-State Oscilloscope Wrap-Up	66	(3)
Do-It-Yourself Counters	69	(2)
X100 Frequency Multiplier	71	(1)
Audible Pulse Indicator	72	(1)
A Solid-State Panel Meter	72	(5)
Five Power Sources
Miniature DC-DC Converter	77	(1)
An Integrated Polarity Converter	78	(2)
The Polapulse® Wafer Battery	80	(3)
Do-It-Yourself Batteries	83	(6)
Six Digital Circuits
The Digital Comparator	89	(3)
CMOS Tone Sequencer	92	(2)
Modifying Calculators	94	(1)
Digital Stopwatch	95	(1)
The Digital Phase-Locked Loop, Part 1	96	(6)
The Digital Phase-Locked Loop, Part 2	99	(3)
Digital Color Organ	102	(1)
Experimenting with Shift Registers	102	(3)
More on Shift Registers	105	(4)
CMOS Basics: The 4011 Quad NAND Gate	109	(3)
Model-Railroad Crossing Light	112	(1)
Simple BCD Keyboard Encoder	113	(1)
Precision CMOS Clock Generator	114	(1)
Experimenting with High-Speed Logic	114	(7)
Seven Experimenter, Hobby, and Game Circuits
Binary Hi-Lo Game	121	(1)
IC Interval Timers	121	(3)
Universal Tri-State Tone Generators	124	(1)
Pseudorandom Number Generator	125	(1)
Pocket Color Organ	126	(2)
More on Pseudorandom Number Generators	128	(1)
General-Purpose Utility Amplifier	129	(1)
Hall-Effect Magnetic Sensor	130	(1)
Programmable Countdown Timer	131	(1)
Ultra-Simple Power Flasher	132	(1)
A Simple Wind-Speed Indicator	133	(1)
Transistorized Light Flasher	134	(1)
A Liquid-Level Indicator for the Blind	135	(1)
Steam Engine and Whistle Sound Synthesizer	136	(1)
A Simple, Low-Cost Timer	137	(1)
Experimenting with an Air Pressure Switch	138