"This textbook is for a first course on electronics. It assumes no prior electronics experience, but does assume that students have had calculus 1 (single-variable differential calculus) and high-school physics. A key idea of the course is that students need a lot of design experience and hands-on work, rather than a lot of theory. The course is centered around the labs, which are a mix of design labs and measurement/modeling labs. This unique volume takes students from knowing no electronics to being able to design and build amplifier and filter circuits for connecting sensors to microcontrollers within 20 weeks. Students design a digital thermometer, a blood-pressure meter, an optical pulse monitor, an EKG, an audio preamplifier, and a class-D power amplifier. They also learn how to measure and characterize components, including impedance spectroscopy of a loudspeaker and of electrochemical electrodes. Related Link(s) Press Release — Hands-on approach to learning analog electronics opens design to more students Request Inspection Copy Sample Chapter(s) Preface FRONT MATTER Chapter 1: Why an Electronics Class? Chapter 2: Background Material Chapter 22: Optoelectronics Chapter 25: Lab 6: Optical Pulse Monitor Chapter 41: Electrocardiograms (EKGs) Chapter 42: Lab 13: EKG BACK MATTER Contents: Why an Electronics Class? Background Material Lab 1: Setting Up Voltage, Current, and Resistance Voltage Dividers and Resistance-based Sensors Signals Design Report Guidelines Lab 2: Measuring Temperature Sampling and Aliasing Impedance: Capacitors Passive RC Filters Function Generator Debugging Lab 3: Sampling and Aliasing Oscilloscopes Hysteresis Lab 4: Hysteresis Amplifiers Operational Amplifiers Pressure Sensors Lab 5: Strain-Gauge Pressure Sensor Optoelectronics Transimpedance Amplifier Active Filters Lab 6: Optical Pulse Monitor Microphones Lab 7: Electret Microphone Impedance: Inductors Loudspeakers Lab 8: Loudspeaker Modeling Lab 9: Low-Power Audio Amplifier Field-effect Transistors Comparators Lab 10: Measuring FETs Class-D Power Amplifier Triangle-Wave Oscillator Lab 11: Class-D Power Amp Electrodes Lab 12: Electrodes Instrumentation Amps Electrocardiograms (EKGs) Lab 13: EKG PteroDAQ Documentation Study Sheet References Index Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in electrical & electronic engineering, and circuits and systems."