#867 Electronics for Today and Tomorrow
Book Notes: Electronics for Today and Tomorrow, by Tom Duncan, John Murray. First published December 31, 1985
Notes and References
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Contents
Basic electricity
- 1 Electric current
- 2 E.M.F., P.D. and voltage
- 3 Resistance and Ohm’s law
- 4 Meters and measurement
- 5 Potential divider
- 6 Electric power
- 7 Alternating current
- 8 Progress questions
Components and circuits
- 9 Resistors
- 10 Capacitors
- 11 Inductors
- 12 CR and LR circuits
- 13 LCR circuits
- 14 Transformers
- 15 Switches
- 16 Progress questions
Transducers
- 17 Microphones
- 18 Loudspeakers, headphones and earpieces
- 19 Heat and light sensors
- 20 Digital displays
- 21 Cathode ray tube
- 22 Pick-ups
- 23 Relays and reed switches
- 24 Electric motors
- 25 Progress questions
Semiconductor diodes
- 26 Semiconductors
- 27 Junction diode
- 28 Other diodes
- 29 Progress questions
Transistors
- 30 Transistor as a current amplifier
- 31 Transistor as a switch
- 32 More about transistors
- 33 Field effect transistor
- 34 Integrated circuits
- 35 Progress questions
Power supplies and safety
- 36 Electricity in the home
- 37 Dangers of electricity: safety precautions
- 38 Generating electricity
- 39 Sources of E.M.F.
- 40 Rectifier circuits
- 41 Smoothing circuits
- 42 Stabilizing circuits
- 43 Power control
- 44 Progress questions
Measuring instruments
- 45 Multimeters
- 46 Oscilloscopes
- 47 Signal generators
- 48 Progress questions
Analogue electronics
- 49 Transistor voltage amplifiers I
- 50 Transistor voltage amplifiers II
- 51 Transistor voltage amplifiers III
- 52 FET voltage amplifier
- 53 Amplifiers and feedback
- 54 Amplifiers and matching
- 55 Impedance matching circuits
- 56 Transistor oscillators
- 57 Progress questions
- 58 Operational amplifier
- 59 Op amp voltage amplifiers
- 60 Op amp summing amplifier
- 61 Op amp voltage comparator
- 62 Op amp integrator
- 63 Analogue computing
- 64 Op amp oscillators
- 65 Progress questions
Digital electronics
- 66 Logic gates
- 67 Logic families
- 68 Binary adders
- 69 Logic circuit design I
- 70 Logic circuit design II
- 71 Logic circuit design III
- 72 Progress questions
- 73 Bistable multivibrators I
- 74 Bistable multivibrators II
- 75 Astables and monostables
- 76 Binary counters
- 77 Registers and memories
- 78 Some digital systems
- 79 Progress questions
Information and electronics
- 80 Information technology
- 81 Communication systems
Audio systems
- 82 Sound recording
- 83 Audio amplifiers
- 84 Complete hi-fi system
- 85 Progress questions
Radio and television
- 86 Radio waves
- 87 Radio systems
- 88 Black-and-white television
- 89 Colour television
- 90 Cable and satellite TV
- 91 Progress questions
Telephone system
- 92 Simple telephone circuits
- 93 Telephone dial and keypad
- 94 Telephone exchan
- 95 Telephone links
- 96 Other telephone services
- 97 Progress questions
Computers and microprocessors
- 98 Digital computers
- 99 Computer peripherals
- 100 Analogue/digital converters
- 101 Programs and flowcharts
- 102 Microprocessors
- 103 Progress questions