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Practical Electronics Handbook 6th Edition
Ian Sinclair's Practical Electronics Handbook combines a wealth useful day-to-day electronics information, concise explanations and practical guidance in this essential companion to anyone involved in electronics design and construction. The compact collection of key data, fundamental principles and circuit design basics provides an ideal reference
for a wide range of students, enthusiasts, technicians and practitioners of electronics who have progressed beyond the basics.
The sixth edition is updated throughout with new material on microcontrollers and computer assistance, and a new chapter on digital signal processing
Invaluable handbook and reference for hobbyists, students and technicians
* Essential day-to-day electronics information, clear explanations and practical guidance in one compact volume
* Assumes some previous electronics knowledge but coverage to interest beginners and professionals alike
Chapter 1 Resistor section (from current chapter 1) to include 5-band code, E96 tolerance table and packaging (including surface mounting).
Chapter 2 Capacitor section (from current chapter 1) to include ceramic types with coding explained, metallized polyester, polypropylene film and tantalum. Topic of ESR (particularly for electrolytics) added. For time constants, charging and discharging formulae explicitly stated.
Chapter 3 Inductors section now adds toroidal and pot cores, autotransformers and surface mounted types. Inductor theory now covers AC resistance (FR) due to proximity and skin effects, effect on Q-factor and use of spaced and interleaved windings. The core size requirement and variation of permeability now covered. For coupled inductors, plot of coupling showing loose, critical and overcoupling. Quartz crystal section now deals with load capacitance, AT cuts (frequency stability), miniature watch crystals (starting problems), and ESR (also a starting issue). Ceramic resonators have been added.
Chapter 4 Covers cells and batteries.
Chapter 5 Covers discrete semiconductors, as before, but totally re-written. Schottky diodes now included, SMD packaging, LED (added table of types and characteristics). Photodiodes added. Gunn and tunnel diodes deleted. Bipolar Junction Transistor now explained in detail, including structure, types of connection (common-emitter, collector, base). Add Load lines and calculations. Add Bias circuits and stability. Add Packaging (add SM) photo-transistor, Darlington pair. FET section rewritten. Bode plots for feedback treatment of feedback. In switching section, add Schottky diode clamp, note RET transistors. Add bilateral MOS switch circuit. Add optoisolators and optotriac.
Chapter 6 Linear ICs. Several corrections. Internal 741 circuit to show use of balanced circuit and current mirror. Table of characteristics of modern opamps. Add waveform generator IC, active filters, switched capacitor filters.
Chapter 7 Now mainly illustrating IC rather than discrete circuits, apart from some seminal discrete types.
Chapter 8 Sensors and transducers. Adding some topics, such as flux gate magnetometer, magnetoresistive devices, diode as temperature sensor, integrated temperature sensors, PIR sensors, thermal imaging devices, capacitor microphones.
Chapter 9 Digital ICs (1) Now deals with fundamental actions such as gates, logic, adders, sequential logic devices such as counters and shift registers. Designing logic systems.
Chapter 10 Introduction to microcontrollers. Digital ICs(2) Dealing with complex ICs such as memory, field programmable gate arrays and how to program them. Examples of LSI device use.
Chapter 11 Digital input and output. Peripherals.
Chapter 12 Analogue & Digital conversions. Totally rewritten old Chapter 9. Principles of conversion. Use of comparators. Speed and dynamic range. Types of converters.
Chapter 13 Transferring digital data. Reduce portion on RS232, add I2C and SRD wireless modules.. Add interfacing examples, SPI bus, RS422/485. TCP/IP. Hobs, switches, routers. DNS/DHCP/IP address.
Chapter 14 Microcontrollers and PLCs. Totally rewritten around PIC, AVR and ARM. Interfacing, programming.
Chapter 15 Digital signal processing. NEW CHAPTER. Digital filtering, FIR, IIR, convolution. Examples.
Chapter 16 Computer assistance. Now completely rewritten. Three sections: (a) CAD for schematic drawing. (b) Analysis (SPICE) of circuits. (c) PCB design and manufacture.Illustrated with free or low-cost software, but mention UK based sources of software such as Number One Systems.
Chapter 17 Connectors, prototyping and practical work. Construction of experimental circuits. Working with SM components. Soldering processes.
Chapter 18 Testing and troubleshooting. Instruments. The Oscilloscope, emphasizing LCD digital oscilloscope. Virtual instruments using PC. Probes.
Appendices SWG. Bibliography. Hex scale. SMT packages and recommendations. Websites for pinouts of common types. PLL filter design example. Crystal oscillator design guide. Gerber & NC drill data. PCB layout examples.
Importantly, the authors are dropping material on security systems and digital TV, which reviewers felt added nothing to the previous edition and doesn't fit with the overall approach of the book. Also, a large section of integrated circuit pin connection details is being dropped with the authors referring readers to web resources. The combination of this loss of material and the updates/additions as above should result in a book of similar extent to the current edition
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