Introduces the student to the basic unit of electricity, the electron, and uses this building block to formulate theoretical concepts and basic electrical laws, including Ohm's and Kirchoff's laws. The text also includes over 30 experiments.

Basic Electricity and Electronics (Glencoe Tech Series)

Science & Math

Horn, Delton T.

Pallas, Abraham

Technology

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Post Secondary

Do you enjoy experimenting with electronics? Are you concerned about the security and value of your property? If so, "Build Your Own Home Security System" is the book for you. It's packed with all the hands-on instruction you need to construct and install dozens of practical, inexpensive electronic security devices. For each project, you'll find a helpful schematic and a list of the circuits and components required. With Delton Horn's expert how-to guidance and clear instructions, even beginners can easily build: Burglar alarms Fire/smoke detectors and alarms Automobile alarms Electronic combination locks Flood alarms Temperature sensors Power shut-down/reset timers

Build Your Own Home Security System

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

McGraw=Hill

A complete self-paced course and quick reference for hobbyists, students, and beginning-level technicians. Chapter-ending tests help readers gauge their progress. New editions include information on computerized test equipment, laser diodes, VMOS transistors, logic family interfacing, new computer microprocessors, and Digital Audio Tape (DAT).

Basic Electronics Theory

McGraw-Hill Companies

Electronics can be used to tell us about the environmental conditions in our homes. At low cost, readers can build electronic devices which accurately identify, measure and monitor environmental risks in the home. This text contains more than 25 projects, with easy-to-follow instructions, schematics and parts lists, for the hobbyist or DIYer who wants to make low-cost sensing and detection equipment. Projects include an electronic and digital thermometer, humidity and temperature alerts, a "smart" thermostat, a heat-leak locator, visual and audible flooding alarms, an automated ventilator, an air ionizer, a humidifier/dehumidifier controller, radiation and microwave monitors, and an electronic pest-repellant.

Electronic Projects to Control Your Home Environment

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Tab Books

Build Your Own Low-Cost Signal Generator

A signal generator is an important piece of electronic test equipment, but commercial signal generators can cost a bundle. With this book, you can learn how to generate almost any kind of electronic signal you need without emptying your wallet. Filled with interesting and useful subassembly projects, "Build Your Own Low-Cost Signal Generator" features one complete project-- an inexpensive signal generator with a wide array of electronics applications, including troubleshooting, repair, and circuit design. Respected electronics author Delton T. Horn provides you with complete circuits and parts lists for generating signals of all types, ranging from direct current to complex digital synthesis. Some of the signals you'll learn about include: Sine waves Amplitude and frequency modulation Op amp-generated square and rectangular waves Sawtooth and staircase waves Special-purpose waveforms Pink-noise and white-noise generators IC-based signal generators

The complete guide to security system installation. Design and install effective, dependable intrusion-alarm systems quickly and professional with Delton T. Horn's Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide. You'll find step-by-step instructions for installing, maintaining, and repairing everything from the most basic home alrams to sophisticated computer-controlled security systems. You'll also get expert guidance for expanding a security system to cover fire, gas, and flood hazards, as well as tips for mastering all the latest troubleshooting technqiques: master the most common alram sensors; design central control-box circuits; install alarms on doors and windows; create panic buttons; use test equipment; arm and disarm alarm systems; master lighting and landscaping techniques; and much more.

Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide

Home Improvement & Design

Cash in on the growing demand for home alarm and security systems! 
If you're an electronics technician interested in expanding your expertise to include the lucrative and rapidly growing field of intrusion-alarm systems, this is the book for you. It's filled with the information you need to get into this booming market and start installing effective, reliable home alarm systems right away. 
Delton T. Horn's well-illustrated instructions guide you every step of the way, from mapping out a cost-efficient design to troubleshooting those "tough dog" problems. Topics include: 
The basic alarm system elements; The most commonly found types of sensors in today's alarm systems; Designing central control-box circuits complete with alarm location indicators and emergency bypass systems; Installing alarms on doors and windows; Panic buttons; Using test equipment; Arming and disarming alarm systems; Maintenance procedures; Lighting and landscaping techniques; Computer-controlled security systems 
Practical, real-world examples demonstrate many of the troubleshooting techniques discussed. This comprehensive handbook also includes details on how to install gas detectors and fire, smoke, and flood alarms.

A handbook of diagrams and data on application circuits for integrated circuits (ICs), designed as a companion to The Master IC Cookbook . Similar applications for the same type of IC are grouped together in sections on devices such as audio amplifiers, timers, and signal generators, with brief introductions and large diagrams. Only ICs commercially available from major hobbyist suppliers are included. This third edition contains expanded information on sub-families of the 74xx series, and a new section on digital/analog hybrids. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Master Handbook of IC Circuit Applications

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Basic Electricity and Electronics (Glencoe Tech Series)

Build Your Own Home Security System

Basic Electronics Theory

Electronic Projects to Control Your Home Environment

Electronic Projects to Control Your Home Environment

Build Your Own Low-Cost Signal Generator

Build Your Own Low-Cost Signal Generator

Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide

Electronic Alarm and Security Systems: A Technician's Guide

The Master Handbook of IC Circuit Applications