Applied Analog Electronics
A First Course in ElectronicsThis textbook is for a first course on electronics. It assumes no prior electronics experience, but does assume that students have had calculus 1 (single-variable differential calculus) and high-school physics.A key idea of the course is that students need a lot of design experience and hands-on work, rather than a lot of theory. The course is centered around the labs, which are a mix of design labs and measurement/modeling labs.This unique volume takes students from knowing no electronics to being able to design and build amplifier and filter circuits for connecting sensors to microcontrollers within 20 weeks. Students design a digital thermometer, a blood-pressure meter, an optical pulse monitor, an EKG, an audio preamplifier, and a class-D power amplifier. They also learn how to measure and characterize components, including impedance spectroscopy of a loudspeaker and of electrochemical electrodes.Related Link(s)Contents: Why an Electronics Class’Background MaterialLab 1: Setting UpVoltage, Current, and ResistanceVoltage Dividers and Resistance-based SensorsSignalsDesign Report GuidelinesLab 2: Measuring TemperatureSampling and AliasingImpedance: CapacitorsPassive RC FiltersFunction GeneratorDebuggingLab 3: Sampling and AliasingOscilloscopesHysteresisLab 4: HysteresisAmplifiersOperational AmplifiersPressure SensorsLab 5: Strain-Gauge Pressure SensorOptoelectronicsTransimpedance AmplifierActive FiltersLab 6: Optical Pulse MonitorMicrophonesLab 7: Electret MicrophoneImpedance: InductorsLoudspeakersLab 8: Loudspeaker ModelingLab 9: Low-Power Audio AmplifierField-effect TransistorsComparatorsLab 10: Measuring FETsClass-D Power AmplifierTriangle-Wave OscillatorLab 11: Class-D Power AmpElectrodesLab 12: ElectrodesInstrumentation AmpsElectrocardiograms (EKGs)Lab 13: EKGPteroDAQ DocumentationStudy SheetReferencesIndexReadership: Researchers, professionals, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in electrical & electronic engineering, and circuits and systems.ISBN: 9789811254413, 9811254419
