Practical Electronic Design for Experimenters

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  • Introduction
  • 1 Introduction to Electronic Design
    • Defining Design
    • Design Perspective
    • Get a Design Notebook
    • Get a Calculator
    • A Standard Design Approach
    • Design Doctrine Dozen
    • Types of Design
    • Prerequisites for Design
    • A Design Example
    • An Alternative Beginning
  • 2 Design Resources
    • Books
    • Sources of Catalogs, Components, and Equipment
    • Magazines
    • Data Sheets
    • Applications Notes
    • Useful Web Sites
    • Educational Sources
    • Back to Basics
    • Searches
  • 3 Simulation and Prototyping
    • Circuit Simulation
    • Recommendation
    • Breadboarding
    • Dead Bug Method
    • Working with Surface-Mount Components
    • Components
    • One Good Prototyping Practice
    • A Workbench
    • Summarizing
    • A Word About Tools
    • Your Projects
  • 4 Testing and Measuring
    • Multimeters
    • How to Use a Multimeter
    • Power Supply
    • Oscilloscopes
    • Function Generators
    • Virtual Instruments
    • Circuits for Testing
    • Power Supply
    • Signal Sources
    • Making L and C Measurements
  • 5 Common Circuit Design Techniques
    • Drawing Circuits
    • Series-Dropping Resistor
    • Voltage Dividers
    • Special Sensor Resistors
    • Potentiometers
    • Error and Accuracy
    • Variable Voltage Dividers
    • Transistor Switches
    • Design Example 5.1
    • Design Example 5.2
    • Design Project 5.1
    • Design Project 5.2
    • Design Project 5.3
    • Design Project 5.4
    • Design Project 5.5
  • 6 Power Supply Design
    • Power Supply Choices and Specifications
    • The Make vs. Buy Decision
    • Common Voltages
    • Designing a Battery Supply
    • Ampere-Hour Ratings
    • Battery Supply Design Procedure
    • Battery Supply Enhancements
    • Specifying a Linear Supply
    • Linear Supply Design Procedure
    • Linear Supply Design Example
    • Switch-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS)
    • Pulse-Width Modulation
    • Design Project 6.1
    • Design Project 6.2
    • Design Project 6.3
    • Design Project 6.4
  • 7 Amplifier Design
    • Amplifier Types
    • Specifying Amplifiers
    • Understanding the Specifications
    • A Microphone Amplifier
    • Designing with Op Amps
    • Primary Op Amp Application Circuits
    • Differential Amplifier
    • Error Source Compensation
    • Comparators
    • Power Amplifiers
    • Design Projects
    • Design Project 7.1
    • Design Project 7.2
    • Design Project 7.3
    • Design Project 7.4
  • 8 Signal Source Design
    • Signal Source Specifications
    • Sine Wave Oscillators
    • Clock Oscillators
    • Multivibrators
    • Frequency Synthesizers
    • Design Project 8.1
    • Design Project 8.2
    • Design Project 8.3
    • Design Project 8.4
    • Design Project 8.5
    • Design Project 8.6
  • 9 Filter Design
    • Types of Filters
    • Filter Specifications
    • Filter Design Guidelines
    • Filter Response Options
    • RC Filter Design
    • Bandpass LC Filters
    • Band Reject Filters
    • RC Active Filters
    • Low-Pass Filter
    • LC Filter Design
    • Switched Capacitive Filters
    • DSP Filters
    • Design Project 9.1
    • Design Proje

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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