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Grob's Basic Electronics, 10/e

Mitchel E. Schultz, Western Wisconsin Technical College, La Crosse

ISBN: 0072988215
Copyright year: 2007

Comparison of the Grob1e and 10e text features



FEATURES OF BOTH VERSIONS:

    You now have a choice; Grob’s Basic Electronics with or without the electronic devices chapters!
    A new chapter entitled “Introduction to Powers of 10” has been added at the beginning of the book. This new chapter provides complete and comprehensive coverage of scientific notation, engineering notation and metric prefixes. It also covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squaring and square roots of numbers expressed in powers of 10 notations.
    Each chapter provides a list of Important Terms appearing within the chapter and their corresponding definitions.
    Each chapter has a feature called “Good to Know” which appears in the margins of the text. The “Good to Know” feature appears several times within a chapter and includes additional information about the topics covered.
    Troubleshooting Challenge problems have been placed in the appropriate chapters to give students a near real-life troubleshooting experience.
    Strong emphasis is placed on “What a technician really needs to know.” This includes a strong emphasis on component coding systems, component ratings, component testing and troubleshooting defective electronic circuits.
    The chapter entitled “Analog and Digital Multimeters” has been condensed to down-play the coverage of analog meters and to increase the coverage of digital multimeters.
    The chapter entitled “Batteries” has been significantly revised. The chapter now includes coverage of nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries as well as fuel cells. In addition, this chapter now provides more streamlined coverage of both primary and secondary cells.
    The coverage of magnetism and electromagnetism has been reduced to two chapters instead of three as in previous editions. The material in these two chapters has been significantly reworked to provide complete coverage of only the most essential topics.
    Two-thirds of all chapter introductions have been completely rewritten and updated.
    Every chapter concludes with a comprehensive summary of the material presented within the chapter.
    Every chapter now concludes with a standardized multiple-choice self-test. These self-tests are completely brand new in this edition. The self-tests allow students to test their understanding of the material presented in the chapter. (Answers for all self-tests appear at the back of the book.)
    All end-of-chapter problems are now organized by chapter section! This is a brand new feature for this edition. This feature allows instructors to zero-in on key concepts as they assign homework problems. (Answers to all odd-numbered problems appear at the back of the book.)
    Critical Thinking Problems appear at the end of each chapter to provide students with more challenging problems.
    The Appendices have been majorly revised in this edition. Appendix E, “Using the Oscilloscope” has been completely rewritten and now includes coverage of digital storage oscilloscopes. Appendix F “Introduction to MultiSim” is a brand new addition to the appendix. This appendix introduces the student to the capabilities and key features of MultiSim 8. This appendix provides the most comprehensive coverage of MultiSim of any dc/ac book on the market.
    MultiSim activities are provided throughout the entire book. MultiSim icons (placed throughout the book) identify those circuits for which a MultiSim activity exists.
    A MultiSim CD is included with the textbook.

GROB’S BASIC ELECTRONICS, TENTH EDITION FEATURES:

    Seven additional chapters covering semiconductor devices and circuits are provided in this version of Grob’s Basic Electronics. These chapters are at the end of the book following the chapters covering DC and AC.

These chapters are titled:

  • Chapter 27: Diodes and Diode Applications
  • Chapter 28: Bipolar Junction Transistors
  • Chapter 29: Transistor Amplifiers
  • Chapter 30: Field Effect Transistors
  • Chapter 31: Power Amplifiers
  • Chapter 32: Thyristors
  • Chapter 33: Operational Amplifiers
  • These chapters provide an overview of basic semiconductor devices and circuits but do not provide the depth and breadth of coverage needed for a one-semester course in Electronic Devices. In other words – It is not intended to replace Electronic Principles, 7/e by Malvino & Bates! It provides only one-third the coverage of that more comprehensive devices textbook.


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