Practical Electronics Handbook (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Practical Electronics Handbook 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Introduction 
10 
Chapter 1. Passive Components 12
Resistors 12
Band Coding 14
Code Colours 14
Capacitors 28
Inductors 38
Chapter 2. Active Discrete Components 53
Diodes 53
Transistors 59
Negative feedback 67
Chapter 3. Discrete Component Circuits 81
Chapter 4. Linear I.C.s 107
Bias Methods 109
Basic circuits 109
General notes on op-amp circuits 112
Other operational amplifier circuits 113
Current differencing amplifiers 116
Other linear amplifier i.c.s 117
Phase locked loops 120
Voltage stabiliser i.c s 123
The 555 timer 125
Chapter 5. Digital I.C.s 128
Basic logic notes 128
Sequential logic 136
Displays and decoders 143
I.C. types 145
MOS circuits 147
Computers 148
Programmability 151
Pinouts 154
Chapter 6. Microprocessors and Microprocessor Systems 156
The instruction register 157
Clocking 159
Memory 160
Read-write memory 162
The buses 163
Reading and writing actions 170
Three-state control 174
The control bus 175
Timing and bus control 176
The PC register and addressing 177
Addressing methods 179
Interrupts 180
Inputs and outputs 182
Ports 183
Keyboard interfacing 188
Video interfacing 190
Further reading 194
Chapter 7. Transferring Digital Data 196
Serial and parallel 196
The IEEE-488 bus 201
Serial transfer 203
Chapter 8. Digital-analogue Conversions 209
Analogue-to-digital conversion 209
Sampling and conversion 214
Digital-to-analogue conversion 219
Current addition methods 222
Conversion problems 225
Oversampling 226
Bitstream methods 227
Computer plug-in boards 230
Chapter 9. Computer Aids in Electronics 232
The computer 233
Linear circuit analysis by computer 234
The menus 236
Circuits and nodes 238
PCB layouts 249
Circuit diagrams 254
The Public Domain Software Library 260
Chapter 10. Hardware Components and Practical Work 262
Hardware 262
Video connectors 265
Control knobs and switches 268
Switches 268
Cabinets and cases 270
Packages for semiconductors 271
Integrated circuit packages 276
Constructing circuits 281
Surface mounting 286
Testing and trouble-shooting 287
Practical work on microprocessor equipment 291
Instruments for digital servicing work 293
Logic analysers 295
Appendix I: Standard metric wire table 297
Appendix II: Bibliography 298
Appendix III: The Hex Scale 300
Index 304