Electrical Engineering - Principles and Applications, 6ed, 2014.pdf

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