Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach (6th Edition) [Hardcover]

William Kleitz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130896292 | ISBN-13: 978-0130896292 | Publication Date: June 25, 2001 | Edition: 6

Digital electronics is the foundation of computers and microprocessor-based systems found in automobiles, industrial control systems, and home entertainment systems. Technological advances made in the past 25 years have provided us with integrated circuits and CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) that can perform complex tasks with a minimum amount oh abstract theory and complicated circuitry, bringing us to an exciting place in this important field. An understanding of digital electronics not only provides the prerequisite background (or further studies in microprocessors and microcomputer interfacing, it also (asters the job skills that are needed to open doors to a myriad of technical careers involving computers and microprocessors. This best-selling text, Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach, Sixth Edition, covers the fundamentals of digital electronics and is intended for students of technology, computer science, and engineering programs. As its name implies, the book approaches digital electronics from a practical perspective, enabling students who are taking a one- or two-semester course to learn the actual skills required to design and troubleshoot digital circuitry that they will see on the job. Stressing the importance of analytical reasoning skills and basic digital design using industry-standard integrated circuits and CPLDs, the book is written in a style that is both engaging and easy to read and understand, heavily supported by a multitude of review questions, problem sets, examples, illustrations, and troubleshooting applications. In addition, an extensive package of ancillary material is available to aid in the teaching ,and learning process, including: * Two CD-ROMs packaged with each copy of this text, containing: -- Electronics Workbench(R)/MultiSIM(R) Circuit. data files -- Solutions to in-text CPLD examples using Xilinx and Altera ,SM Texas Instruments Data Sheets * Instructor's Resource Manual (ISBN 0-13-092293-5) containing: -- Solutions and answers to in-text problems -- Solutions to Standard Logic Laboratory Manual -- Test Item File * PowerPaint(R) transparencies (ISBN 0-13-092294-3) * Three Laboratory Manuals (Standard Logic) (ISBN 0-13-092291-9) -- A Troubleshooting Approach, by Michael Wiesner and Vance Venable (Altera ,SM CPLDs) (ISBN 0-13-084256-7) -- Digital Logic Simulation and CPLD Programming, by Steve Waterman (Xilinx CPLDs) (ISBN 0-l3-088192-9) -- Digital Laboratory Experiments, by James Stewart and Chao-Ying Wang * PH Test Manager (ISBN 0-13-093417-8) * Instructor's Supplement CD (ISBN 0-13-092541-1) * CourseCompass (ISBN 0-13-094415-7) * WebCT (ISBN 0-13-062319-9) * Blackboard (ISBN 0-13-062318-0) * Companion Website: http://www. prenhall.com/kleitz

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

A new full-color edition of this widely-adopted best-seller...one that emphasizes analytical reasoning skills and basic digital design using industry-standard ICs. Students learn the practical skills they need to design and troubleshoot the digital circuitry they will face on the job. The author uses actual industry integrated circuits to demonstrate circuit operations, and a solid step-by-step progression is made from fundamentals through more complicated topics. Emphasis is on the basics of circuit design, so that students, knowing the foundational building blocks, can then teach themselves new technology as it appears. Numerous digital system design applications and troubleshooting exercises are provided, along with ample illustrations, examples, and review questions. Additionally, laboratory exercises can be created by having students build, test, debug, and analyze the operation of any of the text's examples. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Digital electronics is the foundation of computers and microprocessor-based systems found in automobiles, industrial control systems, and home entertainment systems. Technological advances made in the past 25 years have provided us with integrated circuits and CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) that can perform complex tasks with a minimum amount oh abstract theory and complicated circuitry, bringing us to an exciting place in this important field. An understanding of digital electronics not only provides the prerequisite background (or further studies in microprocessors and microcomputer interfacing, it also (asters the job skills that are needed to open doors to a myriad of technical careers involving computers and microprocessors.

This best-selling text, Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach, Sixth Edition, covers the fundamentals of digital electronics and is intended for students of technology, computer science, and engineering programs. As its name implies, the book approaches digital electronics from a practical perspective, enabling students who are taking a one- or two-semester course to learn the actual skills required to design and troubleshoot digital circuitry that they will see on the job.

Stressing the importance of analytical reasoning skills and basic digital design using industry-standard integrated circuits and CPLDs, the book is written in a style that is both engaging and easy to read and understand, heavily supported by a multitude of review questions, problem sets, examples, illustrations, and troubleshooting applications. In addition, an extensive package of ancillary material is available to aid in the teaching ,and learning process, including:

• Two CD-ROMs packaged with each copy of this text, containing:
  – Electronics Workbench^®/MultiSIM^® Circuit. data files
  – Solutions to in-text CPLD examples using Xilinx^™ and Altera^™,SM
  Texas Instruments Data Sheets
• Instructor's Resource Manual (ISBN 0-13-092293-5) containing:
  – Solutions and answers to in-text problems
  – Solutions to Standard Logic Laboratory Manual
  – Test Item File
• PowerPaint^® transparencies (ISBN 0-13-092294-3)
• Three Laboratory Manuals
• (Standard Logic) (ISBN 0-13-092291-9) — A Troubleshooting Approach, by Michael Wiesner and Vance Venable
• (Altera^™,SM CPLDs) (ISBN 0-13-084256-7) — Digital Logic Simulation and CPLD Programming, by Steve Waterman
• (Xilinx^™ CPLDs) (ISBN 0-l3-088192-9) — Digital Laboratory Experiments, by James Stewart and Chao-Ying Wang
• PH Test Manager (ISBN 0-13-093417-8)
• Instructor's Supplement CD (ISBN 0-13-092541-1)
• CourseCompass (ISBN 0-13-094415-7)
• WebCT (ISBN 0-13-062319-9)
• Blackboard (ISBN 0-13-062318-0)
• Companion Website: http://www.prenhall.com/kleitz

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 844 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (June 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130896292
• ISBN-13: 978-0130896292
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Digital Electronics: A Practical Approach (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

Digital electronics is still a rocket science to me. When I was in my aviation college, I studied this subject hard, but a "B" was the best I could pull out of the course. Those who got "A"s were naturally-smart kind of people.

If you try to read this book and start to feel nauseating, you're normal.