Lessons in Electronics - Experiments

• Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 2: BASIC CONCEPTS AND TEST EQUIPMENT
• Chapter 3: DC CIRCUITS
• Chapter 4: AC CIRCUITS
• Chapter 5: DISCRETE SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS
• Chapter 6: ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
• Chapter 7: DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Write new experiments for any and all chapters.

This is perhaps the easiest way for someone to contribute to the book: write a short electric/electronic circuit experiment, complete with parts list, diagrams and illustrations, and instructions. A lot less work than writing a whole chapter or chapter section!

Lessons in Electronics - References

• Chapter 1: USEFUL EQUATIONS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
• Chapter 2: RESISTOR COLOR CODES
• Chapter 3: CONDUCTOR AND INSULATOR TABLES
• Chapter 4: ALGEBRA REFERENCE
• Chapter 5: TRIGONOMETRY REFERENCE
• Chapter 6: CALCULUS REFERENCE
• Chapter 7: USING THE SPICE CIRCUIT SIMULATION PROGRAM
• Chapter 8: TROUBLESHOOTING -- THEORY AND PRACTICE
• Chapter 9: CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC SYMBOLS
• Chapter 10: PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Write a chapter on basic algebra techniques, especially equation-solving and "story problem" solving.
• Write a chapter on oscilloscope usage.

Lessons in Electronics - Digital Circuits

• Chapter 1: NUMERATION SYSTEMS
• Chapter 2: BINARY ARITHMETIC
• Chapter 3: LOGIC GATES
• Chapter 4: SWITCHES
• Chapter 5: ELECTROMECHANICAL RELAYS
• Chapter 6: LADDER LOGIC
• Chapter 7: BOOLEAN ALGEBRA
• Chapter 8: KARNAUGH MAPPING
• Chapter 9: COMBINATIONAL LOGIC FUNCTIONS ***PENDING***
• Chapter 10: MULTIVIBRATORS
• Chapter 11: COUNTERS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 12: SHIFT REGISTERS
• Chapter 13: DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERSION
• Chapter 14: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION
• Chapter 15: DIGITAL STORAGE (MEMORY)
• Chapter 16: PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMPUTING
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Complete chapter 7: "Boolean Algebra."
• Write "Combinational Logic Functions" chapter (#9).
• Complete chapter 11: "Counters."
• Write "Shift Registers" chapter (#12).
• Expand coverage of microprocessor architecture and function in chapter 16.
• Expand coverage of digital memory to include more modern technology in chapter 15, especially optical and magnetic media.

Lesson in Electrionics - Semiconductors

• Chapter 1: AMPLIFIERS AND ACTIVE DEVICES
• Chapter 2: SOLID-STATE DEVICE THEORY ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 3: DIODES AND RECTIFIERS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 4: BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 5: JUNCTION FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 6: INSULATED-GATE FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 7: THYRISTORS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 8: OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 9: PRACTICAL ANALOG SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUITS ***INCOMPLETE***
• Chapter 10: ACTIVE FILTERS ***PENDING***
• Chapter 11: DC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
• Chapter 12: INVERTERS AND AC MOTOR DRIVES ***PENDING***
• Chapter 13: ELECTRON TUBES
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Complete chapter 6: "Insulated-Gate Field-Effect Transistors."
• Complete chapter 3: "Diodes and Rectifiers."
• Complete "Practical Analog Semiconductor Circuits" chapter. See section headings within this chapter for an idea of the content I'm planning on. The completion of the first section ("Power supply circuits") should be top priority in this chapter.
• Write "Active Filters" chapter (#10).
• Write "DC Motor Drives" chapter (#11).
• Write "Inverters and AC Motor Drives" chapter (#12).
• Complete chapter 2: "Solid-State Device Theory." What I'm looking for is a chapter that explains the quantum mechanisms of semiconductor devices in as much detail possible without involving calculus. Impossible? Perhaps, but it's worth a try! I cringe every time I read an introductory text on semiconductors that attempts to describe electron and hole interaction in terms of classical physics . . .
• Complete chapter 4: "Bipolar Junction Transistors."
• Complete chapter 5: "Junction Field-Effect Transistors."
• Complete chapter 7: "Thyristors." Discuss 4-quadrant firing of TRIACs.
• Complete chapter 8: "Operational Amplifiers." Add section on chopper-stabilization of amplifiers.
• Expand coverage of electron tubes in chapter 13.

Lessons in Electronics - DC Circuit

• Chapter 1: BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY
• Chapter 2: OHM'S LAW
• Chapter 3: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
• Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND METRIC PREFIXES
• Chapter 5: SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
• Chapter 6: DIVIDER CIRCUITS AND KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
• Chapter 7: SERIES-PARALLEL COMBINATION CIRCUITS
• Chapter 8: DC METERING CIRCUITS
• Chapter 9: ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS
• Chapter 10: DC NETWORK ANALYSIS
• Chapter 11: BATTERIES AND POWER SYSTEMS
• Chapter 12: THE PHYSICS OF CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
• Chapter 13: CAPACITORS
• Chapter 14: MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
• Chapter 15: INDUCTORS
• Chapter 16: RC AND L/R TIME CONSTANTS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Write "Electric Motors" chapter.
• Discuss strain gauge "Rosettes" and Anderson Loops in the "Electrical Instrumentation Signals" chapter (#9).
• Discuss RTDs and Thermistors in the "Electrical Instrumentation Signals" chapter (#9).
• Expand coverage of Magnetism (chapter 14) to include magnetic circuit calculations.
• Include a discussion of Murray and Varley loop testing in the "DC Metering Circuits" chapter.
• Edit section on circuit grounding in Safety chapter -- tree touching power line wire may not be best illustration of why we ground power systems.

Lesson in Electronics - AC Circuits

• Chapter 1: BASIC AC THEORY
• Chapter 2: COMPLEX NUMBERS
• Chapter 3: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE -- INDUCTIVE
• Chapter 4: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE -- CAPACITIVE
• Chapter 5: REACTANCE AND IMPEDANCE -- R, L, AND C
• Chapter 6: RESONANCE
• Chapter 7: MIXED-FREQUENCY AC SIGNALS
• Chapter 8: FILTERS
• Chapter 9: TRANSFORMERS
• Chapter 10: POLYPHASE AC CIRCUITS
• Chapter 11: POWER FACTOR
• Chapter 12: AC METERING CIRCUITS
• Chapter 13: AC MOTORS
• Chapter 14: TRANSMISSION LINES
• Appendix 1: ABOUT THIS BOOK
• Appendix 2: CONTRIBUTOR LIST
• Appendix 3: DESIGN SCIENCE LICENSE

• Write "AC Motors" chapter (#13).
• Add section(s) discussing modulation to chapter 7 (Mixed-Frequency AC Signals), including AM and FM sidebands.
• Make "Filters" chapter (#8) more mathematically rigorous.
• Upgrade SPICE plots in "Filters" chapter (#8) using Nutmeg graphical image output instead of plain-text output.
• Add "Scott-T" transformer discussion to Transformers chapter (#9).
• Add a section or two discussing "Smith charts" to chapter 14: "Transmission Lines"
• Discuss balanced versus unbalanced transmission lines in chapter 14, and the operation of "balun" transformers.
• Re-take screenshots of Winscope in time-domain and frequency-domain modes. Designate the new screenshot files 22*.png, according to the naming convention for screenshot image files.