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Bebop to the Boolean Boogie
An Unconventional Guide to Electronics
2nd Edition - December 26, 2002
Author: Clive Maxfield
Language: English
eBook ISBN:9780080476025
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From reviews of the first edition:"If you want to be reminded of the joy of electronics, take a look at Clive (Max) Maxfield's book Bebop to the Boolean Boogie." --Computer Design…Read more
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From reviews of the first edition:"If you want to be reminded of the joy of electronics, take a look at Clive (Max) Maxfield's book Bebop to the Boolean Boogie." --Computer Design "Lives up to its title as a useful and entertaining technical guide....well-suited for students, technical writers, technicians, and sales and marketing people." --Electronic Design"Writing a book like this one takes audacity! ... Maxfield writes lucidly on a variety of complex topics without 'writing down' to his audience." --EDN"A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics." -Science Books & Films"Extremely readable and easy to understand, you'll wonder how people learned about this stuff before this book came along." --New Book Bulletin, Computer Literacy Bookshops
* The difference between the analog and digital worlds.* What logic gates are and how to make them from transistors.
Section 1: Fundamental ConceptsChapter 1: Analog versus DigitalChapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and CrystalsChapter 3: Conductors and Insulators; Voltage, Current, Resistance, Capacitance, and InductanceChapter 4: Semiconductors: Diode and TransistorsChapter 5: Primitive Logic FunctionsChapter 6: Using Transistors to Build Primitive Logic FunctionsChapter 7: Alternative Numbering SystemsChapter 8: Binary ArithmeticChapter 9: Boolean AlgebraChapter 10: Karnaugh MapsChapter 11: Using Primitive Logic Functions to Build More Complex FunctionsChapter 12: State Diagrams, State Tables, State MachinesChapter 13: Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-AnalogChapter 14: Integrated Circuits (ICs)Chapter 15: Memory ICsChapter 16: Programmable ICsChapter 17: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs)Chapter 18: Circuit Boards (PWBs and DWBs)Chapter 19: HybridsChapter 20: Multichip Modules (MCMs)Chapter 21: Alternative and Future TechnologiesAppendix A: Assertion-Level LogicAppendix B: Positive Logic versus Negative LogicAppendix C: Reed-Muller LogicAppendix D: Gray CodesAppendix E: A Reed-Muller Extraction UtilityAppendix F: Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs)Appendix G: Pass-Transistor LogicAppendix H: No-Holds-Barred Seafood Gumbo
No. of pages: 500
Language: English
Edition: 2
Published: December 26, 2002
Imprint: Newnes
eBook ISBN: 9780080476025
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Clive Maxfield
Clive "Max" Maxfield received a BS in Control Engineering from Sheffield Polytechnic, England in 1980. He began his career as a mainframe CPU designer for International Computers Limited (ICL) in Manchester, England. Max now finds himself a member of the technical staff (MTS) at Intergraph Electronics, Huntsville, Alabama. Max is the author of dozens of articles and papers appearing in magazines and at technical conferences around the world. Max's main area of interest are currently focused in the analog, digital, and mixed-signal simulation of integrated circuits and multichip modules.
Affiliations and expertise
Engineer, TechBytes, and Editor of PLDesignline.com
EDA industry consultant, EDN columnist, and Embedded Systems Guru