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This manual satisfies two needs for students and teachers using the The Art of Electronics as a text: - It sets forth 23 laboratory exercises that can form the backbone of a one- or two-semester course in electronics, both analog and digital (Ohm's Law through Microcomputers)
- It supplements the text's explanations of selected topics which have been chosen for their importancce to a student rather than a practitioner who uses the text as a reference.
In 23 units the manual guides the student through the text, providing in each case — Reading and problem assignements These break out manageable amounts of information and, very importantly, steer a student toward the material that is essential on a first reading. Tutorials These are discussions, for to fifteen pages long, explicating topics treated in the relevant text reading. These notes examine a few issues chosen for their importance to a student meeting the subject for the first time. Examples, explanations by analogy to earlier topoics, and a great many figuers, all reinforce the text's treatment of this core material. Worked examples Worked WExamples follow most tutorials, spelling out not only a solution bust also a procedure for solving the sort of problem most important within the scope of the current reading. In addition to these Units, the manual includes a reference section which consists of: A glossary In which are defined important terms, again supplementing the text's index by selecting those (including acronyms and jargon) that are most widely used and likely to puzzle a reader not yet experienced in thefield. Review summaries These contain an outline of the most important topics in each chapter and so help the student to review and organize what has been learned. Data sheets These representative data sheetes allow a student to check specifications against performance observed in the lab, and give practice in hunting for selected information. The Manual is a product of many years' teaching at Harvard University, where the authors have tested and refined both lab exercises and explanations. The result is a set of course materials tailored to students' needs, moving quickly where appropriate and slowly on those concepts that students have found most difficult.
Paul Horowitz, is Professor of Physics at Harvard University, where he teaches physics and electronics. He originated Harvard's Laboratory Electronics course, now in its 25th year. His research interests include observational astrophysics, x-ray and particle microscopy, optical interferometry, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. He is the author of some 200 scientific articles and reports, has consulted widely for industry and government, and is the designer of numerous electronic and photographic instruments.
Winfield Hill, is Director of Electronic Engineering at the Rowland Institute for Science (founded by Edwin Land), where he has designed some 250 electronic instruments. Recent interests include high-voltage RF (to 15kV) and precision high-current electronics (to 6000A). He was formerly at Harvard University, where he designed over one hundred electronic and scientific instruments; he then founded Sea Data Corporation, where as chief engineer he designed some fifty oceanographic instruments. He has collaborated in numerous deep ocean experiments, and has authored a dozen scientific and technical articles. Tags:
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