Providing an introduction to good engineering practice for electrical and electronic engineers, this book is intended for first- and second-year undergraduate courses. It deals with engineering practice in relation to important topics such as reliability and maintainability, heat management and parasitic electrical effects, environmental influences, testing and safety. The coverage encompasses the properties, behaviour, fabrication and use of materials and components used in the fields of computing, digital systems, instrumentation, and control. The second edition has been revised extensively to reflect advances in technology, with new material on insulation-displacement jointing and electrical-safety testing.

DC CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF CIRCUIT ANALYSIS Introduction Electric Current, Electromotive Force, Potential Difference, Energy and Power, Resistance and ConductanceResistors in Series and in ParallelThe Measurement of Current, Voltage and ResistanceKirchoff's LawsThévenin and Norton Equivalent CircuitsNodal AnalysisAnalysing Circuits using a Computer-aided Design (CAD) PackageSIGNALS, WAVEFORMS AND AC COMPONENTSElectrical WaveformsSinusoidal Waveforms and FrequencyVoltage, R.M.S. and PowerFrequency SpectraAC ComponentsConclusion and SummaryPHASOR ANALYSIS OF AC CIRCUITSPhasorsPhasor Multiplication and DivisionPhasor Manipulations using the Operator jEquivalent Impedance and AdmittanceCircuit Analysis using the Operator jThe DecibelBode PlotsThe Frequency Response of RLC CircuitsThe Principle of DualitySummaryAMPLIFIERS AND FEEDBACKWhat are Amplifiers?The Operational AmplifierFeedback and Operational AmplifiersSummary of Feedback PrinciplesFurther Examples of Feedback CircuitsOutput Offset and Equivalent Input Offset SourcesNoise and Equivalent Noise SourcesVoltage, Current and Speed LimitationsA Summary of some Op Amp Feedback CircuitsCOMBINATIONAL LOGIC CIRCUITSA Simple Interlock ExampleBinary Inputs and OutputsTruth Tables and Boolean NotationBasic Rules of Boolean AlgebraKarnaugh MapsElectronic Combinational LogicElectrical Characteristics of Logic FamiliesSEQUENTIAL LOGIC CIRCUITSIntroductionLatchesFlip-FlopsRegistersShift RegistersCountersThe State-Transition DiagramA General Sequential MachineANALOGUE-DIGITAL CONVERSIONIntroductionDigital-to-Analogue ConversionAnalogue-to-Digital ConversionThe Conversion of AC SignalsDIODES AND POWER SUPPLIESIntroductionDiodesPower SuppliesVoltage RegulationSummaryBASIC TRANSISTOR CIRCUITSIntroductionBipolar TransistorsField-Effect Transistors (FETs)Bipolar and FET Push-Pull Output StagesBasic Switching and Digital CircuitsSummary