Electronics Pocket Reference [Paperback]

Edward Pasahow (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070487375 | ISBN-13: 978-0070487376 | Publication Date: November 1993 | Edition: 2nd

Covers the many innovations and applications that have occurred in the electronics field since the publication of the original edition. New topics include high-definition television, information theory, 80486 and 68040 microprocessors, digital bus protocols, communications standards, error detection and correction, transmission lines, power parameters, antenna design, pulse modulation, time standards, digital and computer interfaces. Specially designed and meticulously indexed for instant access to the definitions, equations, techniques and data most often needed, this pocket-sized reference is user-friendly, including indexes, graphs, charts, figures and diagrams, as well as tables of physical constants, transforms, functions, symbols, conversion formulae, units and temperature conversion factors.

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"Provides a single source of current information for engineers, technicians, students and hobbyists." -- Electronic Packaging & Production, 7/1/94

About the Author

Edward Pasahow (San Diego, CA) is a consultant and instructor at San Diego Community College. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill; 2nd edition (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070487375
• ISBN-13: 978-0070487376
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,746,137 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All you need in a little book!, March 13, 2002

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Stanward S. M. Oshiro (Keaau, Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronics Pocket Reference (Paperback)

I'm an Electrical Engineer working for a private R&D company. This handy book has all the major things you need to know. It shows electrical concepts, formulas, tables, etc. This book would go really well for Electronics Technicians and Electronic Engineers as well. I've been out of school only for 3 years, but I sure did forget a lot of the theory that was thought in school. Instead of rummaging through my school books, I can open up this pocket reference and find out how to calculate "this" and how to do "that."

Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Electronic Pocket Ref, August 20, 2004

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S. Melhem "ASME92" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronics Pocket Reference (Paperback)

This book is very small to have a Mega loads and loads of information. It would be nicer if the book has less detailed information and short talk.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars God help the person who uses this book, August 3, 2004

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Philip Palmer "former electronics hobbyist" (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Electronics Pocket Reference (Paperback)

I came across the third edition (2000) of this book in a local electronics store. At first glance it is utterly brilliant, and just the thing I have always been looking for, not just for the data but for the wisdom that this canonical information is what real electronics engineers need to use to construct working circuitry.

But oh dear. In many cases it would seem that the printing gremlins have struck, and the denominators of formulae have not been printed. Many of these formulae are ones I need to use, such as inductance formulae for coils. In these cases I spotted there was an error; in the case of transistor biasing I am not so well-informed and I have no way of knowing if the formulae are right or wrong. Now that I am suspicious I think some of them are wrong, but I have no means of correcting them.

I am quite angry that McGraw-Hill should have released a book in such a condition. I don't want to be reading about lawsuits arising from the fires started by equipment built according to these guidelines. Amazon, please be warned.