Discover the inner-workings of electronics through innovative hands-on experiments
Are you fascinated by the power of even the smallest electronic device?
Electronics from the Ground Up
guides you through step-by-step experiments that reveal how electronic
circuits function so you can advance your skills and design custom
circuits. You’ll work with a range of circuits and signals related to
optical emitters and receivers, audio, oscillators, and video.
This practical resource explains components, construction techniques,
basic test equipment, circuit analysis, and troubleshooting.
Photographs, schematics, equations, and graphs are included throughout.
By the end of the book, you’ll be able to hack and modify existing
circuits to create your own unique designs.
Do-it-yourself experiments cover:
- Batteries, lamps, and flashlights
- Light emitters and receivers
- Diodes, rectifiers, and associated circuits
- Transistors, FETs, and vacuum tubes
- Amplifiers and feedback
- Audio signals and circuits
- Oscillators
- AM and FM signals and circuits
- Video basics, including video signals
- Video circuits and systems
Table of contents
IntroductionCh
1. Getting StartedCh 2. Components/SchematicsCh 3. Construction
techniques and test equipmentCh 4 Light emitter and receiversCh 5.
DiodesCh 6. Transistors, FETs, TubesCh 7. Amplifiers and feedbackCh 8.
Audio signals and circuitsCh 9. OscillatorsCh 10. Amplitude modulation
Ch 11. Frequency modulationCh 12. Video basics and associated signalsCh
13. Video circuits and systemsCh 14. High school algebra applied to
electronicsCh 15. Basic circuit analysisCh 16. Detailed analysis of
circuitsCh 17. Inventing, hacking, and designingCh 18. Troubleshooting
and final thoughtsAppendixes
Author comments
Ronald Quan (Cupertino, CA)
is an RF circuits design engineer and holds more than 77 patents. He
has worked at Ampex, Sony, Monster Cable, Portal Player, Hewlett
Packard, and Macrovision, and is the author of
Build Your Own Transistor Radios.
