Publisher's Synopsis
This book is designed to help scientists who use electronic equipment in the course of their work but who have had little or no formal training in electronics.;Computer and other instrumentation connections, low level signal acquisition, radio frequency techniques, power control and electromagnetic interference are all typical but diverse aspects of electronics likely to require attention in a research laboratory. The author assumes the reader has no previous knowledge of electronics and appreciating also that many research workers will not want to get too deeply involved in the subject, introduces circuit concepts and mathematics at a very basic level.;The book provides fundamental background information on electrical signals and systems that will be encountered in a laboratory situation. The characteristics and purpose of building blocks which make up a typical electronic system and which determine the system performance are discussed, and the acquisition, measurement and processing of signals is looked at. There is a comprehensive discussion of the inter-unit connection procedures for analogue signals, including the handling of radio frequencies, and a look at standard interfaces for digital signals.
