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List of figures | |
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List of tables | |
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About the authors | |
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To the Reader | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Equipment familiarization: multimeter, breadboard, and oscilloscope | |
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Multimeter | |
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Breadboard | |
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Measuring voltage | |
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Measuring current; resistance and Ohm's law | |
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Measuring resistance | |
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Oscilloscope | |
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Probes and probe test | |
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Display | |
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Vertical controls | |
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Horizontal sweep | |
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Triggering | |
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Additional features | |
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RC circuits | |
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Review of capacitors | |
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Use of capacitors; review of AC circuits | |
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Types and values of capacitors | |
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Review of current, voltage, and power | |
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Destructive demonstration of resistor power rating | |
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Potentiometer as voltage divider | |
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DC voltage divider | |
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AC voltage divider | |
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RC circuit | |
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RC circuit as integrator | |
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Low-pass filter | |
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RC circuit as differentiator | |
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High-pass filter | |
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Summary of high- and low-pass filters | |
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Diodes | |
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Semiconductor basics | |
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Types of diodes | |
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Rectification | |
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Diode action--a more sophisticated view | |
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Measuring the diode characteristic | |
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Exploring rectification | |
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Input and output impedance | |
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Bipolar transistors | |
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Bipolar-junction-transistor basics | |
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Basic definitions | |
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Simplest way to analyze transistor circuits | |
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Ebers-Moll transistor model | |
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Experiments | |
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Checking transistors with a meter | |
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Emitter follower | |
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Common-emitter amplifier | |
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Collector as current source | |
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Transistor switch | |
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Additional exercises | |
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Darlington connection | |
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Push-pull driver | |
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Common-base amplifier | |
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Transistors II: FETs | |
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Field-effect transistors | |
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FET characteristics | |
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Modeling FET action | |
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Exercises | |
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FET characteristics | |
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FET current source | |
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Source follower | |
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JFET amplifier | |
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Transistors III: differential amplifier | |
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Differential amplifier | |
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Operating principle | |
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Expected differential gain | |
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Measuring the differential gain | |
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Input offset voltage | |
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Common-mode gain | |
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Op amps and their building blocks | |
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Current mirror | |
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Differential amplifier with current-source loads | |
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Improved current mirror | |
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Wilson current mirror | |
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Introduction to operational amplifiers | |
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The 741 operational amplifier | |
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741 pinout and power connections | |
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An ideal op amp | |
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Gain of inverting and noninverting amplifiers | |
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Op amp 'golden rules' | |
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The nonideal op amp | |
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Experiments | |
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Testing open-loop gain | |
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Inverting amplifier | |
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Noninverting amplifier | |
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Voltage follower | |
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Difference amplifier | |
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Additional experiments | |
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Current source | |
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Noninverting summing amp with difference amplifier | |
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More op amp applications | |
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Op amp signal processing | |
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Differentiator | |
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Integrator | |
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Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers | |
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Experiments | |
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Differential and integral amplifiers | |
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Logarithmic and exponential amplifiers | |
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Op amp active rectifier | |
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Op amp with push-pull power driver | |
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Additional exercises | |
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Comparators and oscillators | |
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Experiments | |
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Op amp as comparator | |
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Unintentional feedback: oscillation | |
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Intentional positive feedback: Schmitt trigger | |
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RC relaxation oscillator | |
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555 timer IC | |
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Additional experiments | |
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Alarm! | |
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Sine/cosine oscillator | |
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Active bandpass filter | |
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Combinational logic | |
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Digital logic basics | |
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Logic levels | |
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Logic families and history | |
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Logic gates | |
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Summary of Boolean algebra | |
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CMOS and TTL compared | |
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Diode logic | |
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Transistor-transistor logic (TTL) | |
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Complementary MOSFET logic (CMOS) | |
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Powering TTL and TTL-compatible integrated circuits | |
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Experiments | |
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LED logic indicators and level switches | |
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MOSFETs | |
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CMOS NAND gate | |
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Using NANDs to implement other logic functions | |
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TTL quad XOR gate | |
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Additional exercises | |
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7485 4-bit magnitude comparator | |
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Flip-flops: saving a logic state | |
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General comments | |
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Schematics | |
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Breadboard layout | |
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Synchronous logic | |
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Timing diagrams | |
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Flip-flop basics | |
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Simple RS latch | |
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D-type flip-flop | |
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JK flip-flop | |
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Tri-state outputs | |
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Flip-flop applications | |
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Divide-by-four from JK flip-flops | |
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Contact bounce | |
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Electronic coin toss | |
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Monostables, counters, multiplexers, and RAM | |
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Multivibrators | |
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Counters | |
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Experiments | |
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Bi-quinary ripple counter | |
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Monostable multivibrator | |
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Multiplexer and finite-state machine | |
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RAM | |
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Digital [left and right arrow] analog conversion | |
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A simple D/A converter fabricated from familiar chips | |
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Tracking ADC | |
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080x ADC and DAC chips | |
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Successive-approximation ADC | |
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Additional exercises | |
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Digital recording | |
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Successive-approximation ADC built from components | |
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Further reading | |
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Equipment and supplies | |
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Common abbreviations and circuit symbols | |
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RC circuits: frequency-domain analysis | |
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Pinouts | |
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Glossary of basic electrical and electronic terms | |
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Index | |