ELECTRONICS LABORATORY PRIMER
PART 1 ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS 1 CHAPTER 1 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 1 2 CHAPTER 2 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 2 9 CHAPTER 3 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 3 17 CHAPTER 4 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 4 27 CHAPTER 5 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 5 35 CHAPTER 6 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 6 43 CHAPTER 7 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 7 51 CHAPTER 8 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 8 60 CHAPTER 9 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 9 68 CHAPTER 10 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 10 74 CHAPTER 11 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS IN PRACTICE 85 CHAPTER 12 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS IN PRACTICE 91 CHAPTER 13 OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS IN PRACTICE 98 CHAPTER 14 EMV EMC LIMIT VALUES AND CE DECLARATION 107 CHAPTER 15 LED LDR RING OSCILLATOR 114 CONTENTS CHAPTER 16 PICOAMMETER 115 CHAPTER 17 LC OSCILLATOR WITH POT TUNING 117 CHAPTER 18 FET RADIATION METER 119 CHAPTER 19 GREEN SOLAR LAMP 120 CHAPTER 20 BATTERY MAINTAINER 121 CHAPTER 21 ONE TRANSISTOR VOLTAGE CONVERTER 122 CHAPTER 22 ANALOGUE LED CHASER LIGHT 124 CHAPTER 23 EXPERIMENTAL HALL SENSOR 125 CHAPTER 24 MINIMALIST DIP METER 127 CHAPTER 25 WIDEBAND RECEIVER FOR SPARK TRANSMISSIONS 128 CHAPTER 26 RING OSCILLATOR 129 CHAPTER 27 LED MULTI FLASHER 131 CHAPTER 28 EMITTER FOLLOWER AUDION 133 CHAPTER 29 NPN RELAXATION OSCILLATORS 134 CHAPTER 30 MEASURE GAMMA RAYS WITH A PHOTODIODE 136 CHAPTER 31 SHORT WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVER 145 CHAPTER 32 DRM DOUBLE SUPERHET RECEIVER 147 CHAPTER 33 TRANSISTOR DIP METER 149 CHAPTER 34 DRM DIRECT MIXER USING AN EF95 6AK5 151 CHAPTER 35 MEDIUM WAVE MODULATOR 152 CHAPTER 36 EE TERNAL BLINKER 154 CHAPTER 37 SHORT WAVE SUPERREGENERATIVE RECEIVER 156 CHAPTER 38 SHORT WAVE CONVERTER 158 PART 2 MICROCONTROLLER 159 CHAPTER 39 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 1 160 CHAPTER 40 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 2 171 CHAPTER 41 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 3 185 CHAPTER 42 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 4 201 CHAPTER 43 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 5 214 CHAPTER 44 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 6 230 CHAPTER 45 MICROCONTROLLER BOOTCAMP 7 248 CHAPTER 46 SENSORS MAKE SENSE 1 261 CHAPTER 47 SENSORS MAKE SENSE 2 276 CHAPTER 48 SENSORS MAKE SENSE 3 289 CHAPTER 49 SENSORS MAKE SENSE 4 301 CHAPTER 50 A BEGINNER S GUIDE TO MICROCONTROLLER DEVELOPMENT KITS 313 CHAPTER 51 BBC MICRO BIT FOR ELECTRONICISTS 1 328 CHAPTER 52 BBC MICRO BIT FOR ELECTRONICISTS 2 338 CHAPTER 53 RF DETECTOR USING AN ARDUINO 347 CHAPTER 54 RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT WITH THE ARDUINO 353 CHAPTER 55 ARDUINO POWERED AM TRANSMITTER 359 CHAPTER 56 SECURITY LABELS ARE THE KEY 365 PART 1 ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS 1 CHAPTER 1 ELECTRONICS FOR STARTERS 1 DIODES AND LEDS ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMPLEX WITH SIMPLE CIRCUITS AND DISCRETE TRANSISTORS PRACTICALLY A THING OF THE PAST THIS MAKES IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR BEGINNERS TO GET UP TO SPEED IN THIS SERIES WE THEREFORE WANT TO GET BACK TO BASICS AND IN ELECTRONICS THE BASICS ARE ANALOGUE HOWEVER WE REALISE THAT MANY BEGINNERS ARE INTERESTED IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SO A MICROCONTROLLER CIRCUIT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COURSE MATERIAL TWO LEDS WITH SERIES RESISTOR ONE WAY TO APPROACH A BASICS COURSE WOULD BE TO START WITH BASIC THEORY AND CONCEPTS INCLUDING CURRENT VOLTAGE AND POWER OHM S LAW PARALLEL AND SERIES CIRCUITS AND SO ON IN OTHER WORDS EVERYTHING TAUGHT IN ELECTRONICS 101 WHICH YOU ACTUALLY ALREADY KNOW OR SHOULD KNOW BUT THAT S DEADLY DULL SO IT S BETTER TO START WITH REAL CIRCUITS IN SMALL PRACTICAL EXAMPLES AND PROJECTS YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT WE AIM TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS COURSE IDEALLY IT SHOULD HELP TO BRING NEW READERS OF ELEKTOR UP TO THE USUAL ELEKTOR LEVEL SOME OF OUR READERS WHO FOLLOW THIS COURSE MAY BE THE SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF LONG TERM ELEKTOR READERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO EMULATE THEIR PARENTS IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE HELPFUL FOR EXPERIENCED ELECTRONICS ENTHUSIASTS AND BEGINNERS TO FOLLOW THE COURSE TOGETHER WE HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED A FORUM FOR THIS COURSE SERIES AT WWW ELEKTOR COM STARTERS FORUM IT WOULD BE NICE IF OLD HANDS COULD CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING FROM THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS FORUM THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW ELEKTOR READERS WHO HAVE ALREADY BUILT LOTS OF PROJECTS BUT NEV ER REALLY UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY HOW THEY WORK OF COURSE YOU CAN T EXPECT MIRACLES FROM A COURSE SUCH AS THIS BUT IT SHOULD HELP CLEAR AWAY A FEW COBWEBS THE BASICS LIE LARGELY THE REALM OF OLD FASHIONED ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS BUT THE FACT THAT SO MUCH OF MODERN ELECTRONIC IS DIGITAL DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE BASICS ARE NO LONGER RELEVANT 2