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#683 Engineer’s Mini-Notebook: Optoelectronics Circuits

Book notes: Engineer’s Mini-Notebook: Optoelectronics Circuits, by Forrest M. Mims III. First published January 1, 1996.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
THE OPTICAL SPECTRUM
OPTICAL COMPONENTS
- SIMPLE LENSES
- POSITIVE LENS
- NEGATIVE LENS
- FILTERS
- LIGHT SHIELDS
- OPTICAL FIBERS
LIGHT SOURCES
- INCANDESCENT LAMPS
- GAS-DISCHARGE LAMPS
- LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES
- LIGHT SOURCE SPECTRA
- HOW TO USE LEDS
- SAMPLE LED CIRCUIT
- LOGIC CIRCUIT LED DRIVERS
- AC/DC POLARITY INDICATOR
- VOLTAGE-LEVEL INDICATOR
- LED BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
- LOGIC PROBE
- HOW TO USE TRI-COLOR LEDS
- HOW TO USE FLASHER LEDS
- BASIC LED FLASHERS
- DUAL LED FLASHER
- POWER FLASHER
- SINGLE LED FLASHER
- DUAL LED FLASHER
- INCANDESCENT LAMP FLASHER
- NEON LAMP FLASHER
LIGHT SENSORS
- PHOTORESISTORS
- SOLAR DELLS
- PHOTOTRANSISTORS
- SENSOR SPECTRAL RESPONSE
- HOW TO USE LIGHT DETECTORS
- PHOTORESISTORS
- SOLAR CELLS
- PHOTOTRANSISTORS
- SIMPLE LIGHT METERS
- ULTRA+ SIMPLE LIGHT METER
- SOLAR BATTERY CHARGER
- SOLAR-POWERED CIRCULTS
- LIGHT-SENSITIVE OSCILLATORS
- LIGHT-ACTIVATED RELAYS
- DARK-ACTIVATED RELAYS
- DARK-ACTIVATED LED FLASHERS
- LIGHT/DARK-ACTIVATED ALERTER
LIGHTWAVE COMMONICATIONS
- SUITABLE COMPONENTS
- OPTICAL FIBER LINKS
- FREE-SPACE LINKS
- LIGHTWAVE TONE TRANSMITTERS
- SIMPLE LIGHTWAVE RECEIVERS
- THE PHOTOPHONE
- AM LIGHTWAVE TRANSMITTER
- AM LIGHTWAVE RECEIVER
- BREAK-BEAM DETECTION SYSTEM
OPTOELECTRONIC LOGIC
- BUFFERS
- INVERTERS
- AND CIRCUITS
- OR CIRCUITS
SOURCE/SENSOR PAIRS
- INTEGRATED SOURCE/SENSORS
- OPTOCOUPLER CIRCUITS

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