Practical Electronics for Inventors - Softcover

Scherz, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070580782 ISBN 13: 9780070580787

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 1999

Synopsis

An intuitive, applications-driven guide to electronics for engineers, hobbyists, and students--one that doesn’t overload readers with technical detail. Chock-full of illustrations--over 750 hand-drawn images provide clear, detailed instructions on how to turn theoretical ideas into real-life gadgets. Covers integrated circuits (ICs), digital electronics, and various input/output devices; includes a complete chapter on the latest microcontrollers.

About this title

Synopsis:

Here's the book for every hobbyist who wants to be an inventor, but needs to learn the basics of electronics to get there. Paul Scherz's reassuring step-by-step approach teaches the fundamentals in a way that requires no background in electronics. The ultimate inventor's guide to the essentials of electronic basics, this book covers everything from electronics equipment, devices, components, and products, and skillfully describes each from a simple "what-it-is and what-it-is used for" perspective. Profusely illustrated with elaborate detailed drawings, this-easy-to follow how-to book offers all the inventors-to-be the practical learning solution they need.

About the Author:

Paul Scherz is a physicist/mechanical engineer who received his B.S. in physics from the University of Wisconsin. His area of interest in physics currently focuses on elementary particle interactions, or high energy physics, and he is working on a new theory on the photon problems with Nikolus Kauer (Ph.D. in high energy physics, Munich, Germany). Paul is an inventor/hobbyist in electronics, an area he grew to appreciate through his experience at the Universitys Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and the Department of Plasma Physics.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0070580782
• ISBN 13: 9780070580787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528