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A GIANT COLLECTION OF THE LATEST, MOST WIDELY-USED ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS--AN INVALUABLE REFERENCE TOOL!The Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits is back! Not a revision of the past two volumes, this third edition in the bestselling series offers you hundreds of schematics for the latest electronics circuits from the leaders in the industry, such as Motorola, Teledyne, Texas Instruments, and many others.
Easy to use, this giant collection of original circuits is tightly organized and includes a meticulous index and cross-reference. You'll find more than 100 separate chapters, including complete descriptions of:
* The latest available alarm and security circuits
* Smoke, moisture, and metal detectors
* Capacitance, current, voltage, and frequency meters
* Computer, fiberoptic, and laser circuits
* Amplifiers, receivers, and transmitters
* And much more!
Locating a wide variety of circuits is virtually effortless in this incredibly convenient, yet comprehensive sourcebook, the perfect reference guide for all levels of electronics practitioners.
Praise for the previous volumes:
"Highly recommended for any library that serves people interested in electronics, from the hobbyist to the professional." -- American Reference Books Annual
"A good quick-reference guide for professionals who need fast answers to specific design problems." -- The Industrial and Process Control Magazine
About the Author
Rudolf F. Graf has 45 years of engineering, sales, and marketing experience in the electronics field. He has written more than 30 books (about three million copies printed)and well over 100 articles. He is a senior member of the IEEE, a licensed amateur radio operator (KA2CWL), and has a BSEE degree from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and an MBA from NYU. He is self-employed.
William Sheets is a self-employed circuit design engineer. He has more than 25 years of experience in RF, analog, and digital electronics. He has written numerous articles in electronics publications and co-authored five books with Graf. His interests include amateur radio (K2MQJ), photography, and travel. He has designed and built numerous items, including a satellite TV system, many transmitters and receivers, and a computer. He has an MEE degree from NYU, is married, and lives in up-state New York.
Table of Contents
1. Active Antennas2. Alarm and Security Circuits3. Amplifiers4. Analog-to-Digital Converters5. Annunciator6. Attenuators7. Audio Amplifiers8. Automotive Circuits9. Battery Chargers10. Battery Monitors11. Bridge Circuits12. Burst Generators13. Capacitance Meters14. Carrier-Current Circuits15. Clock Circuits16. Comparators17. Compressor/Expander Circuits18. Computer Circuits19. Converters20. Counters21. Crystal Oscillators22. Decoders23. Delay Circuits24. Demodulator25. Detectors26. Digital-to-Analog Converters27. Display Circuits28. Drive Circuits29. Fiber Optic Circuits30. Field-Strength Meters31. Filter Circuits32. Flashers and Blinkers33. Flow Detector34. Fluid and Moisture Detectors35. Followers36. Frequency Multipliers and Dividers37. Frequency-to-Voltage Converter38. Function Generators39. Games40. Gas and Smoke Detectors41. Hall-Effect Circuits42. High-Frequency Amplifiers43. Humidity Sensor44. Indicators45. Infrared Circuits46. Instrumentation Amplifiers47. Integrator Circuits48. Intercom Circuits49. Inverters50. Lamp-Control Circuits51. Laser Circuits52. Light-Controlled Circuits53. Limiters54. LVDT Circuit55. Mathematical Circuits56. Measuring and Test Circuits57. Medical Electronics Circuits58. Metronome59. Miscellaneous Treasures60. Mixers61. Modulators62. Motor-Control Circuits63. Multiplexers64. Noise Reduction Circuits65. Notch Filters66. Operational Amplifiers67. Optically Coupled Circuits68. Oscillators69. Oscilloscope Circuits70. Phase Detectors71. Photography-Related Circuits72. Power Amplifiers73. Fixed Power Supplies74. High-Voltage Power Supplies75. Variable Power Supplies76. Power Supply Monitors77. Probes78. Programmable Amplifiers79. Protection Circuits80. Proximity Sensors81. Pulse Generators82. Ramp Generators83. Receivers84. Rectifier Circuits85. Resistance/Continuity Meters86. RF Amplifiers87. Sample-and-Hold Circuits88. Signal Injectors89. Sine-Wave Oscillators90. Sirens, Warblers, and Wailers91. Solid-State Relay Circuits92. Solenoid Drivers93. Sound Effects Circuits94. Sound-Operated Circuits95. Splitters96. Square-Wave Generators97. Staircase Generators98. Strobe Circuit99. Switching Circuits100. Tachometer Circuits101. Tape-Recorder Circuits102. Telephone-Related Circuits103. Temperature Controls104. Temperature Sensors105. Temperature-to-Time Converters106. Tesla Coils107. Thermometer Circuits108. Tilt Meter109. Time Delay Circuits110. Timers111. Tone Control Circuits112. Touch-Switch Circuits113. Tracking Circuits114. Transducer Amplifiers115. Transmitters116. Tremolo Circuits117. Ultrasonics118. Video Amplifiers119. Video Circuits120. Voice Circuits121. Voltage-Controlled Oscillators122. Voltage Converters123. Voltage-to-Frequency Converters124. Voltage Meters/Monitors/Indicators125. Voltage References126, Window Detectors/Comparators/DiscriminatorsSOURCESINDEX