A Pragmatic Introduction to the Art of Electrical Engineering

Dietz P.H.

Table of contents :
A Pragmatic Introduction to the Art of Electrical Engineering……Page 1
CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with the BASIC Stamp 21……Page 2
CHAPTER 4 Guess the Number34……Page 3
CHAPTER 8 Taking Control97……Page 4
APPENDIX B Equipment123……Page 5
How it Works……Page 7
A Disclaimer……Page 8
A Book is Born……Page 9
And I Want to Thank All the Little People………Page 10
Cold Sandwiches, again?……Page 11
Electrical Engineering as Programming and Interfacing……Page 12
The Basic Stamp 2……Page 13
About This Book……Page 14
What You Need to Know……Page 15
How Do I Wire it Up?……Page 16
A First Example Program……Page 19
A Second Example Program……Page 20
What You Need to Know……Page 22
What is Voltage?……Page 23
What is Current?……Page 24
What is an LED?……Page 26
How Do I Interface a Switch?……Page 30
What is a Seven Segment Display?……Page 32
Where Do We Go Next?……Page 34
The Problem……Page 35
What is a Voltage Divider?……Page 36
How Do I Solve More Complex Resistive Circuits?……Page 38
Are There Any Tricks That Can Make This Easier?……Page 41
What is an Independent Source and What is Superposition?……Page 44
What is a Digital to Analog Convertor?……Page 46
What’s Next?……Page 47
What You Need to Know……Page 48
What are the limitations on our DAC?……Page 49
What is an Amplifier?……Page 53
How do you build an Analog to Digital Convertor?……Page 58
What’s Next?……Page 61
The Problem……Page 62
What is a Serial Interface?……Page 63
What is a Capacitor?……Page 67
How Do I Use a Capacitor in a Circuit?……Page 70
What is an Oscilloscope?……Page 77
What’s Next?……Page 80
The Problem……Page 81
What is an Inductor?……Page 82
How Do I Use an Inductor in a Circuit?……Page 84
How Do I Handle Nonzero Initial Conditions?……Page 91
What is an LC Circuit?……Page 93
What is a Loop Detector?……Page 96
What’s Next?……Page 98
The Problem……Page 99
What is AC Power?……Page 100
What is a Transformer?……Page 103
What is a Rectifier?……Page 105
What is a Voltage Regulator?……Page 109
What’s Next?……Page 110
The Problem……Page 111
How Do I Measure Temperature?……Page 112
What is an Appropriate Type of A/D Conversion for Measuring Temperature?……Page 114
What is a Relay, and How Do I Drive It?……Page 119
What Algorithm Do I Use to Control the Pumps?……Page 121
What’s Next?……Page 122
The Problem……Page 123
How Do I Detect Sound?……Page 124
How Do Linear Systems Respond to Sinusoids?……Page 126
How Do I Generalize Ohm’s Law?……Page 127
How Do I Detect a Clap?……Page 133
What’s Next?……Page 134
Roll Your Own……Page 135
The Connections……Page 136
The Kit……Page 137
The Smart Shower……Page 139
Test Equipment……Page 140