Asinthepreviouseditions,myguidingphilosophyinwritingthisbookhasthree
elements.Thefirstelementismybeliefthatinthelongrunstudentsarebestserved
bylearningbasicconceptsinageneralsetting.Second,Ibelievethatstudentsneedto
bemotivatedbyseeinghowtheprinciplesapplytospecificandinterestingproblems
intheirownfields.Thethirdelementofmyphilosophyistotakeeveryopportunity
tomakelearningfreeoffrustrationforthestudent.
Thisbookcoverscircuitanalysis,digitalsystems,electronics,andelectromechan-
icsatalevelappropriateforeitherelectrical-engineeringstudentsinanintroductory
courseornonmajorsinasurveycourse.Theonlyessentialprerequisitesarebasic
physicsandsingle-variablecalculus.Teachingacourseusingthisbookoffersopportu-
nitiestodeveloptheoreticalandexperimentalskillsandexperiencesinthefollowing
areas:
Basiccircuitanalysisandmeasurement
First-andsecond-ordertransients
Steady-stateaccircuits
Resonanceandfrequencyresponse
Digitallogiccircuits
Microcontrollers
Computer-basedinstrumentation,includingLabVIEW
Diodecircuits
Electronicamplifiers
Field-effectandbipolarjunctiontransistors
Operationalamplifiers
Transformers
Acanddcmachines
Computer-aidedcircuitanalysisusingMATLAB
Whiletheemphasisofthisbookisonbasicconcepts,akeyfeatureistheinclusion
ofshortarticlesscatteredthroughoutshowinghowelectrical-engineeringconcepts
areappliedinotherfields.Thesubjectsofthesearticlesincludeanti-knocksignal
processingforinternalcombustionengines,acardiacpacemaker,activenoisecontrol,
andtheuseofRFIDtagsinfisheriesresearch,amongothers.
Iwelcomecommentsfromusersofthisbook.Informationonhowthebookcould
beimprovedisespeciallyvaluableandwillbetakentoheartinfuturerevisions.My
e-mailaddressisarhamble@mtu.edu
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