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Electronic Circuits is a unique combination of a comprehensive reference text and a practical electronics handbook in one volume. Mike Tooley provides all the essential information required to get to grips with the fundamentals of electronics, detailing the underpinning knowledge necessary to appreciate the operation of a wide range of electronic circuits, including amplifiers, logic circuits, power supplies and oscillators. The third edition now offers an even more extensive range of topics, with extended coverage of practical areas such as circuit construction and fault finding, and new topics including circuit simulation, electronic CAD and a brand new chapter devoted to the PIC microcontroller. A new companion website at http://www.key2electronics.com offers the reader a set of spreadsheet design tools that can be used to simplify circuit calculations, as well as circuit models and templates that will enable virtual simulation of circuits in the book. These are accompanied by on-line self-test MCQs per chapter with automatic marking, to enable students to continually monitor their own progress and understanding. A bank of on-line questions for lecturers to set as assignments is also available on http://textbooks.elsevier.com The book's content is matched to the latest pre-degree level courses (from Level 2 up to, and including, Foundation Degree and HND), making this an invaluable reference text for all study levels, and its broad coverage is combined with practical case studies, based in real-world engineering contexts throughout the text. The unique combination of a comprehensive reference text, incorporating a primary focus on practical application, ensures this text will prove a vital guide for students and also for industry-based engineers, who are either new to the field of electronics, or who wish to refresh their knowledge. Yet unlike general electronics reference texts available, Electronic Circuits offers this essential information at an affordable price.

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Author:   Mike Tooley (Brooklands College, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Newnes (an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd )
Edition:   3rd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.883kg
ISBN:  

9780750669238

ISBN 10:   0750669233
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   25 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781138828926
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. A word about safety. 1 Electrical fundamentals. 2 Passive components. 3 D.C. circuits. 4 Alternating voltage and current. 5 Semiconductors. 6 Power supplies. 7 Amplifiers. 8 Operational amplifiers. 9 Oscillators. 10 Logic circuits. 11 Microprocessor systems. 12 The 555 timer. 13 Radio. 14 Test equipment and measurements. 15 Fault finding. 16 Sensors and interfacing. 17 Circuit simulation. 18 The PIC microcontroller. 19 Circuit construction. Appendix 1 - Student assignments. Appendix 2 - Revision problems. Appendix 3 - Answers to problems. Appendix 4 - Semiconductor pin connections. Appendix 5 - 1N4148 data sheet. Appendix 6 - 2N3904 data sheet. Appendix 7 - Decibels. Appendix 8 - Mathematics for electronics. Appendix 9 - Some useful web links. Index.

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Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.

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