Just Enough Electronics to Impress Your Friends and Colleagues

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Electronics, Computers, Computer Hardware, Engineering

• Author: Bob Zeidman
• ISBN: 1230000119579
• Publisher: Swiss Creek Publications
• Publication: April 5, 2013
• Language: English

This book is for anyone but electrical engineers. If you work with them, work for them, manage them, market to them, or sell to them, you’ll want to read this. This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of the fundamentals of electronics. By the end, you'll be familiar with the basic concepts of various kinds of modern electronic technologies and devices. You’ll be able to impress friends at cocktail parties, enhance your standing at work, and maybe even communicate with the brainy men and women who are changing the world. The topics covered are:

1. Electricity
2. Linear Devices
3. Electricity as Sound
4. Nonlinear Devices
5. Transmission Lines
6. Digital Logic
7. Semiconductor Technology
8. Memory Devices
9. Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)
10. Programmable Devices (CPLDs and FPGAs)
11. Computer Architecture
12. Engineering Equipment