This 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)

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles of modern electronic devices and circuits. It is suitable for adoption as the textbook for the first course in electronics found in most curricula for undergraduate physics and electronic science students. It also covers several topics of electronics being taught at the postgraduate first-year level in physics. Besides, the students pursuing degree or diploma courses in electrical, electronics and computer engineering will find this textbook useful and self-contained. The text provides a thorough and rigorous explanation of characteristics and parameters of the most important semiconductor devices in general use today. It explains the underlying principles of how different circuits work—providing valuable insights into analysis of circuits so essential for solving design problems. Coverage includes all the basic aspects of analog and digital electronics plus several important topics such as current mirrors and their applications, amplifiers with active load, composite devices and their equivalent models and applications, op-amp mathematical and circuit modelling, and logic circuits analysis. Key Features : • Emphasizes underlying physics and operational characteristics of semiconductor devices • Numerous solved examples and review questions help the students develop an intuitive grasp of the theory. • Sufficient number of conventional and short-answer type model questions included in each chapter acquaint the students with the type of questions generally asked in examinations.

The content has been carefully designed to meet the requirements of first and second year students of electronic engineering, communications engineering and telecommunications, following full honours degree programs or two-year courses including HNC/HND. A completely new analog electronics textbook for the digital age Coverage ideal for courses with a communications / wireless focus

The recent growth of industrial automation as well as wireless communication has made the Analog Electronics course even more relevant in today's undergraduate programmes. This well-written text offers a comprehensive introduction to the concepts of circuit analysis, electronic devices and analog integrated circuits. The primary aim of this textbook is to raise the analytical skills of students, required for the analysis and design of analog electronic circuits. This book exposes the students to the current trends in Analog Electronics including the complete analysis and design of electronic circuit using Diodes, BJTs, FETs, MOSFETs, CMOS and operational amplifiers.

Unlike books currently on the market, this book attempts to satisfy two goals: combine circuits and electronics into a single, unified treatment, and establish a strong connection with the contemporary world of digital systems. It will introduce a new way of looking not only at the treatment of circuits, but also at the treatment of introductory coursework in engineering in general. Using the concept of ''abstraction,'' the book attempts to form a bridge between the world of physics and the world of large computer systems. In particular, it attempts to unify electrical engineering and computer science as the art of creating and exploiting successive abstractions to manage the complexity of building useful electrical systems. Computer systems are simply one type of electrical systems. +Balances circuits theory with practical digital electronics applications.+Illustrates concepts with real devices.+Supports the popular circuits and electronics course on the MIT OpenCourse Ware from which professionals worldwide study this new approach.+Written by two educators well known for their innovative teaching and research and their collaboration with industry.+Focuses on contemporary MOS technology.