Practical Electronic Design for Experimenters

Practical Electronic Design for Experimenters

by Louis E. Frenzel
Released March 2020
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education TAB
ISBN: 9781260456165

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Book description

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Learn the basics of electronics and start designing and building your own creations!

This follow-up to the bestselling Practical Electronics for Inventors shows hobbyists, makers, and students how to design useful electronic devices from readily available parts, integrated circuits, modules, and subassemblies. Practical Electronic Design for Experimenters gives you the knowledge necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. The book stresses that the real-world applications of electronics design—from autonomous robots to solar-powered devices—can be fun and far-reaching.

Coverage includes:

    • Design resources
    • Prototyping and simulation
    • Testing and measuring
    • Common circuit design techniques
    • Power supply design
    • Amplifier design
    • Signal source design
    • Filter design
    • Designing with electromechanical devices
    • Digital design
    • Programmable logic devices
    • Designing with microcontrollers
    • Component selection
    • Troubleshooting and debugging

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Introduction to Electronic Design
    1. Defining Design
    2. Design Perspective
    3. Get a Design Notebook
    4. Get a Calculator
    5. A Standard Design Approach
    6. Design Doctrine Dozen
    7. Types of Design
    8. Prerequisites for Design
    9. A Design Example
    10. An Alternative Beginning
  7. 2 Design Resources
    1. Books
    2. Sources of Catalogs, Components, and Equipment
    3. Magazines
    4. Data Sheets
    5. Applications Notes
    6. Useful Web Sites
    7. Educational Sources
    8. Back to Basics
    9. Searches
  8. 3 Simulation and Prototyping
    1. Circuit Simulation
    2. Recommendation
    3. Breadboarding
    4. Dead Bug Method
    5. Working with Surface-Mount Components
    6. Components
    7. One Good Prototyping Practice
    8. A Workbench
    9. Summarizing
    10. A Word About Tools
    11. Your Projects
  9. 4 Testing and Measuring
    1. Multimeters
    2. How to Use a Multimeter
    3. Power Supply
    4. Oscilloscopes
    5. Function Generators
    6. Virtual Instruments
    7. Circuits for Testing
    8. Power Supply
    9. Signal Sources
    10. Making L and C Measurements
  10. 5 Common Circuit Design Techniques
    1. Drawing Circuits
    2. Series-Dropping Resistor
    3. Voltage Dividers
    4. Special Sensor Resistors
    5. Potentiometers
    6. Error and Accuracy
    7. Variable Voltage Dividers
    8. Transistor Switches
    9. Design Example 5.1
    10. Design Example 5.2
    11. Design Project 5.1
    12. Design Project 5.2
    13. Design Project 5.3
    14. Design Project 5.4
    15. Design Project 5.5
  11. 6 Power Supply Design
    1. Power Supply Choices and Specifications
    2. The Make vs. Buy Decision
    3. Common Voltages
    4. Designing a Battery Supply
    5. Ampere-Hour Ratings
    6. Battery Supply Design Procedure
    7. Battery Supply Enhancements
    8. Specifying a Linear Supply
    9. Linear Supply Design Procedure
    10. Linear Supply Design Example
    11. Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS)
    12. Pulse-Width Modulation
    13. Design Project 6.1
    14. Design Project 6.2
    15. Design Project 6.3
    16. Design Project 6.4
  12. 7 Amplifier Design
    1. Amplifier Types
    2. Specifying Amplifiers
    3. Understanding the Specifications
    4. A Microphone Amplifier
    5. Designing with Op Amps
    6. Primary Op Amp Application Circuits
    7. Differential Amplifier
    8. Error Source Compensation
    9. Comparators
    10. Power Amplifiers
    11. Design Projects
    12. Design Project 7.1
    13. Design Project 7.2
    14. Design Project 7.3
    15. Design Project 7.4
  13. 8 Signal Source Design
    1. Signal Source Specifications
    2. Sine Wave Oscillators
    3. Clock Oscillators
    4. Multivibrators
    5. Frequency Synthesizers
    6. Design Project 8.1
    7. Design Project 8.2
    8. Design Project 8.3
    9. Design Project 8.4
    10. Design Project 8.5
    11. Design Project 8.6
  14. 9 Filter Design
    1. Types of Filters
    2. Filter Specifications
    3. Filter Design Guidelines
    4. Filter Response Options
    5. RC Filter Design
    6. Bandpass LC Filters
    7. Band Reject Filters
    8. RC Active Filters
    9. Low-Pass Filter
    10. LC Filter Design
    11. Switched Capacitive Filters
    12. DSP Filters
    13. Design Project 9.1
    14. Design Project 9.2
    15. Design Project 9.3
    16. Design Project 9.4
  15. 10 Electromechanical Design
    1. Switches
    2. Relays
    3. Solenoids
    4. Motors
    5. Motor Control
    6. Servo Motors
    7. Design Project 10.1
    8. Design Project 10.2
    9. Design Project 10.3
  16. 11 Digital Design
    1. Three Design Approaches
    2. Preliminary Design Decisions
    3. Combinational Logic Circuits
    4. DeMorgan’s Theorem
    5. Functional ICs
    6. Practical Digital Design Procedures
    7. Design Example
    8. Designing with a Programmable ROM
    9. TTL vs. CMOS
    10. Sequential Logic Circuits
    11. Flip Flops
    12. Counters and Registers
    13. State Machine Design
    14. Design Example
    15. Data Conversion
    16. Data Conversion ICs
    17. Design Project 11.1
    18. Design Project 11.2
    19. Design Project 11.3
    20. Design Project 11.4
    21. Design Project 11.5
    22. Design Project 11.6
    23. Design Project 11.7
    24. Design Project 11.8
    25. Design Project 11.9
  17. 12 Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs)
    1. Programmable Logic Types
    2. Programming PLDs
    3. Complex Programmable Logic Devices
    4. FPGA Dominance
    5. Application Decisions
    6. An Introduction to VHDL and Verilog
    7. Development Boards
    8. Coding the Digital Circuit with an HDL
    9. FPGA Learning Resources
    10. Development Board Sources
    11. Summary
  18. 13 Designing with Microcontrollers
    1. Embedded Controller Design Process
    2. Choosing an MCU and the Software
    3. More About Selecting an MCU or Processor
    4. Software and Programming
    5. Programming Language Examples
    6. Some Takeaways
    7. Learning to Love BASIC
    8. The Case for Assembly Language
    9. Microdesign Considerations
    10. Microinterfacing
    11. A Plan for Learning Micros
    12. Committing to a Microfuture
    13. Design Project 13.1
    14. Design Project 13.2
    15. Design Project 13.3
  19. 14 Component Selection
    1. Resistors
    2. E-24 Resistor Values—5 percent
    3. E-96 Resistor Values—1 percent
    4. Special Resistors
    5. Potentiometers
    6. Capacitors
    7. Inductors
    8. Semiconductor Selection
  20. 15 Troubleshooting and Debugging
    1. Mitigating the Need for Hardware Troubleshooting
    2. Test Equipment
    3. Prototype Troubleshooting
    4. Electrical Problems
    5. Troubleshooting Procedures
    6. Component Failure Likelihood
    7. A Troubleshooting Example
    8. Continuity Testing
    9. General Troubleshooting Suggestions
    10. Software Debugging
    11. Troubleshooting Practice
  21. A Recommended Reference Books
  22. B Solutions to Design Projects
  23. C Transistor Amplifier Design
  24. D How to Use Karnaugh Maps
  25. Index

Product information

  • Title: Practical Electronic Design for Experimenters
  • Author(s): Louis E. Frenzel
  • Release date: March 2020
  • Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education TAB
  • ISBN: 9781260456165