- Electrical Engineering Practicum - Third Edition - Purchase for Individual Use (NOT FOR A COURSE)

Important: If you are a student interested in purchasing a copy of this book for your class, you should search for your school, course name, or professor. Each instructor has a unique book created for their course, which you will not be added to if you purchase this version of the text. Digital textbooks on the Trunity eLearning platform also include interactive quizzes and other material for your class, so it is very important that you purchase the correct course. If you are a student, please click here to find your course. If you are an educator planning on adopting this book for your class, please click here to request an examination copy. Overview Hands-on learning with student-owned test equipment has proven to be a very effective way to inspire students at all levels to explore the world around them. The ability to freely explore inevitably stimulates ones curiosity to examine the natural world and begins the process of developing design instincts that are so valued in many professions.Electrical Engineering Practicum provides a hands-on path to exploring the fascinating world of electronics. Each of the fifteen lectures introduces the student to a new electronic device or technology and an associated application. A follow-on laboratory exercise is then conducted individually by the student anytime, anywhere, using their own Personal Test Lab. An online video teaching assistant is provided to assist the student with each lab exercise. In university settings, the lab exercise is then demonstrated by the student to an instructor in small lab sections. No previous experience in electronics is required by the student. Required Additional Material Personal Test LabThe Personal Test Lab is required for conducting the laboratory exercises in Electrical Engineering Practicum. The Personal Test Lab includes the Analog Discovery™, a USB-powered, multi-function test instrument and the Analog Parts Kit™. The test instrument and parts kit were co-developed by Analog Devices, Inc. and Digilent Inc., and are available from the Digilent online store. Click here to purchase.  Table of Contents IntroductionChapter 1. Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Laboratory Instrumentsand Procedures, and the Personal Test LaboratoryChapter 2. Power Supplies and Electrical PowerChapter 3. Signal Generators and WaveformsChapter 4. Resistors and Ohm's LawChapter 5. Diodes and RectificationChapter 6. Capacitors and Time ConstantsChapter 7. Inductors and ResonanceChapter 8. Thermal Sensors and TemperatureChapter 9. Accelerometers and Tilt SensingChapter 10. Microphones and Sound SensingChapter 11. Radio Frequencies and Amplitude ModulationChapter 12. Radio Frequencies and Amplitude DemodulationChapter 13. Amplifiers and Sound AmplificationChapter 14. Infrared (IR) Emission and IR TransmitterChapter 15. Infrared (IR) Detection and IR ReceiverAppendices About the Author Dr. Robert J. Bowman Dr. Bowman is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he also is the Lab Director of the RIT Analog Devices Integrated Microsystems Laboratory. His areas of interest include analog integrated circuit design and technology, semiconductor device physics, integrated transducers, biomedical sensors, and RF integrated circuits. His research has resulted in seven patents.  Dr. Bowman has consulted or has held engineering positions with IBM, Siemens Corp., Analog Devices, Chevron Research, Eastman Kodak Company, Mint Technology, and LSI Logic. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Penn State University, a M.S. degree in electrical engineering from San Jose State University, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and in bioengineering from the University of Utah.