Modern Electronic Test Equipment

Modern Electronic Test Equipment.

A comprehensive work which examines modern instrumentation for testing and measurement. The author groups together common families of electronic instruments for ease of reference, provides discussion of VLSIs and ASICs, and describes the design trends of future instrument groups.

Electronic Test Instruments: Analog and Digital Measurements, Second Editionoffers a thorough, unified, up-to-date survey of electronics instrumentation, digital and analog. Start with basic measurement theory, then master all mainstream forms of electronic test equipment through real-world application examples. This new edition is now fully updated for the latest technologies, with extensive new coverage of digital oscilloscopes, power supplies, and more.

A comprehensive work which examines modern instrumentation for testing and measurement. The author groups together common families of electronic instruments for ease of reference, provides discussion of VLSIs and ASICs, and describes the design trends of future instrument groups.

Heathkit was world renowned as a manufacturer of electronics in kit form. This book covers Heathkit's test equipment, starting with a brief history of Heathkit, an overview of the test equipment product lines and tips on buying and restoring vintage test equipment from sources like eBay. Separate chapters cover the major categories of component testers and substitution boxes, frequency counters, meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, tube testers and checkers and miscellaneous test equipment. Each chapter includes one or more "In-Depth" sections that look at a representative model from the author's Heathkit collection covering its features, operation, and notable quirks or trivia. The appendix provides a list of references and resources including books, web sites, and suppliers of parts, manuals and related products and services as well as a detailed product listing of every known model of test equipment produced by Heathkit.

In the testing and inspection of electrical and electronic equipment, a variety of electronic test instruments is required. Although many of these are commercially available, for many reasons (cost, challenge) many researchers, enthusiasts, and experimenters like to build such instruments themselves.

Using the book and the software provided with it, the reader can build his/her own tester arrangement to investigate key aspects of analog-, digital- and mixed system circuits Plan of attack based on traditional testing, circuit design and circuit manufacture allows the reader to appreciate a testing regime from the point of view of all the participating interests Worked examples based on theoretical bookwork, practical experimentation and simulation exercises teach the reader how to test circuits thoroughly and effectively