Page 17 - Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics

Contents xvii

Radio-frquency power amplifiers 544
Cathode-ray tubes 546
Video camera tubes 547
Traveling-wave tubes 549
Quiz 551
30 Basic digital principles 555
Numbering systems 555
Logic signals 557
Basic logic operations 559
Symbols for logic gates 561
Complex logic operators 561
Working with truth tables 562
Boolean algebra 564
The flip-flop 564
The counter 566
The register 567
The digital revolution 568
Quiz 568
Test: Part 3 572

Part 4 Advanced electronics and related technology

31 Acoustics, audio, and high fidelity 583
Acoustics 583
Loudness and phase 585
Technical considerations 587
Basic components 589
Other components 591
Specialized systems 596
Recorded media 597
Electromagnetic interference 601
Quiz 602
32 Wireless and personal communications systems 606
Cellular communications 606
Satellite systems 608
Acoustic transducers 612
Radio-frequency transducers 613
Infrared transducers 614
Wireless local area networks 615
Wireless security systems 616
Hobby radio 617
Noise 619
Quiz 620