The Electronics Workbench was created to assist the newcomer to the field of practical electronics through the creation of a personal electronics workbench. It is a place specially designed so that readers can go there to work on an electronic project, such as testing components, troubleshooting a device, or building a new project. The book includes invaluable information, such as whether to buy or build test equipment, how to solder, how to make circuit boards, how to begin to troubleshoot, how to test components and systems, and how to build your own test equipment, complete with appendix and resources, etc. This is the book for anyone entering the field or hobby of electronics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 -- The Electronic Workshop Chapter 2 -- The Multimeter Chapter 3 -- The Oscilloscope Chapter 4 -- The Function Generator Chapter 5 -- Frequency Counter Chapter 6 -- Test Bench Equipment Chapter 7 -- Power supplies Chapter 8 -- Battery Power Chapter 9 -- Electronic Components Chapter 10 -- Testing Electronic Components Chapter 11 -- Electronic Troubleshooting Techniques Chapter 12 -- Workshop Tools Chapter 13 -- Soldering Chapter 14 -- Circuit Fabrication Chapter 15 -- Buying Equipment, Components and Tools Chapter 16 -- Building your own Test Equipment Appendix Index

About the Author

Thomas Petruzzellis is an electronics engineer currently working with the geophysical field equipment in the geology department at the State University of New York, Binghamton. Tom has over 30 years' experience in electronics and he is a veteran author who has written extensively for industry publications, including Electronics Now, Modern Electronics, QST, Microcomputer Journal, Circuit Cellar and Nuts & Volts. The author of three earlier books: STAMP 2 Communications and Control Projects; Optoelectronics, Fiber Optics, and Laser Cookbook; Alarm, Sensor, and Security Circuit Cookbook, all from McGraw-Hill, he lives in Vestal, New York.