Paperback, Pearson
Comprehensive coverage of new or improved technologies
- EXPANDED - Recent advances in and applications of electronics technology have been expanded upon, such as batteries, SMD components, LED applications, Hall effect sensors, and multilayer PC boards.
- REVISED - A thoroughly revised Chapter 20 addresses updated instrumentation amplifiers, isolation amplifiers, and Schmitt trigger circuits. The chapter's Application Assignment uses a multilayer PC board and illustrates the use of a precision instrumentation amplifier in a monitoring system.
- NEW - Green technologies, initiatives, and directives are now discussed in several chapters.
- EXPANDED - New and expanded coverage of instruments, additional passive components, and solid-state devices and design consideration constitutes a substantial portion of the revised material.
Examples aiding comprehension
- EXPANDED - Numerous worked examples throughout, many new or revised, illustrate concepts and procedures and are followed by a problem-solving exercise with answers. Select examples have Multisim and LTSpice exercises linked to a circuit file and calculator examples on the companion website.
- Many examples are supported by graphing calculator features, methods, and related examples found in an online supplement, Introduction to Scientific Calculators, which is available on the companion website.
- An Application Assignment at the end of each chapter (except Chapter 1) presents a practical application of chapter topics in a step-by-step format requiring students to perform certain tasks.
Learning resources
- A section devoted to a troubleshooting topic appears in many chapters, with each emphasizing logical thought and presenting a structured approach.
- A Section Checkup at the end of each section provides questions or exercises emphasizing the main concepts presented in the chapter. Answers are given at the end of the chapter.
- Practice exercises, with answers, at the end of each chapter include a true/false quiz, a self-test, troubleshooting exercises, and a sectionalized problem set organized into basic and advanced categories.
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EXPANDED - New original drawings, within a full-color format, clarify and support the content revisions.