#639 Circuit Scrapbook, Vol 1

Book notes: The Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook, Vol 1, First published September 1, 2000.

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Contents

Analog Circuits

1. Analog Computer Circuits / 3
2. The Analog Sample/Hold Circuit / 8
3. The Analog Comparator / 10
4. Voltage-to-Frequency Converters / 12
5. Frequency-to-Voltage Converters / 15
6. Dark/Light Detector / 17
7. Experimenting with Noise / 18 **
8. An Op-Amp AM Radio / 20 **
9. Programmable-Gain Amplifiers / 21
10. Remote Sensing / 24
11. Experimenting with a Joystick: Basic Concepts and Applications / 28

Light and Light Communications

1. Phototransistor Receiver Module / 35
2. LED Transmitter Module / 36
3. Eavesdropping on Light / 36
4. Optical Fiber Communications / 38
5. Light-Wave Voice Communicator / 42
6. Experimenting with a Light Pen / 43
7. A Light-Sensitive Tone Generator / 49 **

LED Circuits

1. A High-Resolution LED Display / 53
2. LED Bargraph Display Chips / 54
3. High-Current LED Puiser / 57
4. Tri-State LED Demonstrator / 58

Test and Measurement Circuits

1. Experimental Solid-State Oscilloscope / 61
2. Missing-Pulse Detectors / 63
3. A “Matchbox” LED Oscilloscope / 65
4. Solid-State Oscilloscope Wrap-Up / 66
5. Do-lt-Yourself Counters / 69
6. X100 Frequency Multiplier / 71
7. Audible Pulse Indicator / 72
8. A Solid-State Panel Meter / 72

Power Sources

1. Miniature DC-DC Converter / 77
2. An Integrated Polarity Converter / 78
3. The Polapulse® Wafer Battery / 80
4. Do-lt-Yourself Batteries / 83

Digital Circuits

1. The Digital Comparator / 89
2. CMOS Tone Sequencer / 92
3. Modifying Calculators / 94
4. Digital Stopwatch / 95
5. The Digital Phase-Locked Loop / 96
6. Digital Color Organ / 102
7. Experimenting with Shift Registers / 102
8. More on Shift Registers / 105
9. CMOS Basics: The 4011 Quad NAND Gate / 109
10. Model-Railroad Crossing Light / 112
11. Simple BCD Keyboard Encoder / 113
12. Precision CMOS Clock Generator / 114
13. Experimenting with High-Speed Logic / 114

Experimenter, Hobby and Game Circuits

1. Binary Hi-Lo Game / 121
2. IC Interval Timers / 121
3. Universal Tri-State Tone Generators / 124
4. Pseudorandom Number Generator / 125
5. Pocket Color Organ / 126
6. More on Pseudorandom Number Generators / 128
7. General-Purpose Utility Amplifier / 129 **
8. Hall-Effect Magnetic Sensor / 130
9. Programmable Countdown Timer / 131
10. Ultra-Simple Power Flasher / 132
11. A Simple Wind-Speed Indicator / 133
12. Transistorized Light Flasher / 134
13. A Liquid-Level Indicator for the Blind / 135
14. Steam Engine and Whistle Sound Synthesizer / 136
15. A Simple, Low-Cost Timer / 137
16. Experimenting with an Air Pressure Switch / 138