Lessons In Electric Circuits", all volumes, all chapters
Changelog for "Lessons In Electric Circuits", all volumes, all chapters
2006 (Listed in chronological order from most recent to first of year)
Volume 2, Chapter: 11, Modified 11/04/2006 (DC) – Added Steven Jones to contributors list for suggested addition.
Volume 2, Chapter: bibliography, Modified 10/18/2006 (DC) – Moved Bibliography to end of chapters.
Volume 1, Chapter 10, Modified 10/17/2006 (DC) – Added Davy Van Nieuwenborgh to contributors list for corrections and new content. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapter 10, Modified 10/17/2006 (DC) – Added to Chapter 10, Node voltage method, new section. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST", and Ch 10 TOC.
Volume 2, Chapter 4 Modified 08/12/2006 (DC) – Added Kieran Clancy to contributors list for corrections. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 2, Chapters 6, 10, 11, Modified 08/10/2006 (DC) – Added Elmo Mäntynen to contributors list for corrections. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapters 8, 16, Modified 08/10/2006 (DC) – Added Manuel Duarte to contributors list for corrections. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 5, Chapter 3, Modified 07/31/2006 (DC) – Added Geoff Hosking to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 2, Chapters: all, Modified 06/15/2006 (DC) – Added to D Crunkilton's contributors list for major format change. Most images changed to captioned floating figures for more book like appearance of PDF. Html version also affected. Changed edition number. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapter 12, Modified 05/30/2006 (DC) – Added Brad Drum to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapter 1, Modified 06/01/2006 (DC) – Added Derek Terveer to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapter 12, Modified 05/30/2006 (DC) – Added Brad Drum to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 3, Chapter 5, Modified 04/30/2006 (DC) – Added Dino Rosaldi to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes: all, Modified 03/06/2006 (DC) – Added Jeff DeFreitas to contributors lists. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
All .pdf, Modified 02/27/2006 (DC) – All pdf's have active links in TOC, index for easier navigation.
index.htm, Modified 02/24/2006 (DC) – New "hosted by ibiblio" image .
Volumes 3, Chapter 4, Modified 02/22/2006 (DC) – Added Sulev Eesmaa to contributors list for correction. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes: all, Chapters: all but appendices, *.sed, hi.latex, Makefile, Modified 17/18/2006 (DC) – Added mini table of contents to head of chpaters. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 2 Chapter: 13, Modified 01/18/2006 (DC) – Added "AC motors" chapter. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Directory: Devel, File: Tutorial.sml, Modified 01/18/2006 (DC) – Added documentation related to new tags. See "Tutorial".
2005 (Listed in chronological order from most recent to first of year)
Volume 5 Chapter: 1, Modified 12/11/2005 (DC) – Added new content to dielectric table. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes 1, Chapter 11, Modified 12/11/2005 (DC) – Added Sridhar Chitta to contributors list for clarifications. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes 2, Chapter 10, Modified 12/11/2005 (DC) – Added Richard Cooper to contributors list for corrections. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes 2, 3 Chapters: various, Modified 10/31/2005 (DC) – Changed Makefile for bigger, less ugly nutmeg-spice plots in .ps & .pdf; no change to .htm.
Volume 5 Chapter: 1, Modified 10/30/2005 (DC) – Added new content. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
index.htm, root index Modified 10/14/2005 (DC) – Updated Xcircuit url.
Volume 4 Chapter: 9, Modified 10/08/2005 (DC) – Typographical capitalization corrections to sectiontitle. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 2 Chapter: 9, Modified 09/22/2005 (DC) – Broke "Special transformers and applications" seection into subsections. Added Scott-T transformer and LVDT subsections. Added to Air core transformers subsection. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 3 Chapter: 1.4, Modified 07/25/2005 (DC) – Added Clifford Bailey, allaboutcircuits.com to contributors list for typo's. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1 Chapter: 2.3, Modified 07/19/2005 (DC) – Added Norm Meyrowitz, nkm-allaboutcircuits.com to contributors list for typo's. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volumes 1,2,3,4,6 Chapters: various, Modified 06/29/2005 (DC) – Added line-allaboutcircuits.com to contributors list for typo's. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 1, Chapters 1, 2, 3, Modified 06/27/2005 (DC) –Added Geoffrey Lessel to contributors list for typo's. See "CONTRIBUTORS LIST".
Volume 2, Chapter 13, Modified 06/01/2005 (DC) –Added Bill Stoddard to contributors list for permission to reprint photos. See"CONTRIBUTOR LIST".
Volume 3, Chapters 4,5, 6, Modified 06/01/2005 (DC) –Replaced Spice plots withSpice-Nutmeg plots. See "CONTRIBUTOR LIST".
Volume 2, Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Modified 06/01/2005 (DC) –Replaced Spice plots withSpice-Nutmeg plots Added gnuplot Fourier plots. See "CONTRIBUTOR LIST".
Volume 4, Chapter 12: Modified 06/01/2004 (DC) – Added DennisCrunkliton's Shift Registers to the volume.
Volume 3, Chapter 4, Modified 04/09/2005 (DC) – Added correctionsbySean Donner. Typographical error correction. See "CONTRIBUTOR LIST"fordetails
Volume 1, Chapters 12, 13, 15 & 16, Modified 01/25/2005 (DC) –Addedmore corrections by Sean Donner. Numerous typographical errorcorrections inchapters. see "CONTRIBUTOR LIST" section for details
Volume 2, Chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, & 8, Modified 01/25/2005 (DC) –AddedSean Donner's name to the contributor's list. Numerous typographicalerrorcorrections in chapters, 02083.eps image changed, see "CONTRIBUTORLIST" fordetails.
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Modified 01/25/2005 (DC) – Added BernardSheehan'sname to the contributor's list – (tan /cot).
Volume 4, Chapter 8: Modified 01/13/2005 (DC)– Convertedsubsections andsubsubsections to sections for better index at www.allaboutcircuits.com
2004 (Listed in chronological order from most recent to firstofyear)
Volume 1, Chpater 1: Modified 12/30/2004 (DC) – Added Sean Donner'snameto the contributor's list. Typographical error correction in "Voltageandcurrent" section (by a the/ by the) also (current of current/ ofcurrent).
Volume 4, Chapter 8: Modified 11/14/2004 (DC) – Added Paul Stokesname tothe contributor's list . Corrected serious errors near "Fold up thecorners"change Out=B'C' to Out=B'D', 14118.eps same change.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 09/20/2004 (TK) – Corrected a serioustypographical error, thanks to Larry Cramblett. One of the sentences inthe"Nonlinear conduction" section of chapter 2 stated that voltage andcurrentwere inversely related for most conductors. Oy vay!
Volume 4, Chapter 8: Modified 07/31/2004 (TK) – Added DennisCrunkliton'sKarnaugh mapping chapter to the volume. This is a milestone for theproject:the first complete chapter submission from a contributor!
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 03/28/2004 (TK) – Corrected minortypographical error, thanks to Harvey Lew. Also added Lew's name to thecontributor list for the Reference volume, for a typographical error hespotted there about a year ago that I forgot to credit him for.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 03/28/2004 (TK) – Added Imperialgallonsconversion to table, as per request from Gerald Gardner of AngliaPolytechnic University.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 01/10/2004 (TK) – Edited section onTeslacoils, as per recommendations from Bart Anderson.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 01/01/2004 (TK) – Minor correction:changedspelling from Neils Bohr to Niels Bohr, as per suggestion from MaciejNoszczyski.
Volume 4, Chapter 16: Modified 01/01/2004 (TK) – Changed spellingof"Grey" code to "Gray" code, in honor of Frank Gray, who patented thecode in1953. Sorry, Frank!
Excuses for not writing much this year: busy taking classes atSkagitValley College, completing Socratic Electronics project, and teachingnewclasses at Bellingham Technical College.
2003 (Listed in chronological order from most recent to firstofyear)
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 11/23/2003 (TK) – Correction onAlexanderGraham Bell's nationality: he was Scottish by birth, not American.Thanks toColin Barnard for pointing this out!
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 06/25/2003 (TK) – Corrected"magneticfield" typo to "electric field."
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 05/18/2003 (TK) – Added newillustrationand accompanying text to the PLC motor control circuit example, to makethedesign fail-safe. Roger Hollingsworth was the originator of this edit.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 03/12/2003 (TK) – Minor typocorrection inthe spectroscopic notation of Neon.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 02/22/2003 (TK) – Correctedtypographicalerror, as pointed out by Aaron Forster.
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 02/17/2003 (TK) – Clarified some ofthecalculus concepts in the "Computational Circuits" section.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 01/24/2003 (TK) – Added TonyArmstrong'ssuggestion of reversing resistor polarity in terminal strip circuit.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 01/22/2003 (TK) – Clarified issuesregarding safety in ungrounded power systems, following an email fromAnilKini in India.
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Modified 01/22/2003 (TK) – Added references to"arc"functions.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 01/05/2003 (TK) – Corrected twotypographical errors, and added an unbalanced bridge circuit to theMeshCurrent analysis section. Also, added Dejan Budimir's name to thecontributor's list.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 01/03/2003 (TK) – Minor typographicalerrorcorrections.
Excuses for not writing much this year: busy teaching new class,developing new research-discussion based curriculum for this new class,andbeginning Socratic Electronics project.
2002 (Many not listed in chronological order)
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/16/2002 (TK) – Correctionillustration13047 as per Jered Wierzbicki's recommendation (I had Boltzmann'sconstantwritten incorrectly: 1.38 x 10^-22 instead of 1.38 x 10^-23 as itshould havebeen).
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 12/09/2002 (TK) – Corrected error inimage03335, with incorrect feedback resistor value (it was 2000 ohms and itshouldhave been 1000 ohms).
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 12/08/2002 (TK) – Correctionillustration03120 as per Bill Heath's recommendation (the atom had seven protonsinsteadof six like it should have).
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 12/07/2002 (TK) – Corrected severaltypographical errors, as per recommendations from contributor BillHeath.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 09/27/2002 (TK) – Correctionillustration00006 as per Bill Heath's recommendation (the atom had seven protonsinsteadof six like it should have).
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 08/23/2002 (TK) – Added capacitorphotographs from Warren Young.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 07/08/2002 (TK) – Added references to"formfactor" and "crest factor," and elaborated a bit more on analog metercalibration for AC waveforms.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 06/30/2002 (TK) – Changed screenshotcaptures of SPICE tutorial to PNG format rather than JPEG. Also,re-namedthese image files according to the new 2* filename convention for allscreenshots.
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Modified 06/30/2002 (TK) – Changed screenshotcaptures of Nutmeg analyses to PNG format rather than JPEG. Also,re-namedthese image files according to the new 2* filename convention for allscreenshots.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 06/30/2002 (TK) – Added photograph(52016)of induction heating unit, as an example of eddy current losses inferrousmaterials.
All chapters: Modified 06/29/2002 (TK) – Modified image markup tonewSubML standard (version 0.94), whereby HTML-compatible filenameextensionsare included within the "image" tags, not just the file name itself.This newmarkup standard allows for more flexibility in image file formats forHTMLoutput.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 06/23/2002 (TK) – Minor change onformatting of SPICE command-line reference.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 06/23/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 06/23/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 06/20/2002 (TK) – Changed quotationatbeginning of chapter, plus some minor editing.
All chapters: Modified 06/15/2002 (TK) – Added dates to thecontributionslisting.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 06/09/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 06/06/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 06/04/2002 (TK) – Added textdiscussingquantum numbers.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 05/25/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 05/22/2002 (TK) – Added more to the"Quantum Physics" chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Added super-largeandsuper-small metric prefixes to the list.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Minor editing oftext incalculus section, for easier readability.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.Also,added new section called "Bit groupings," discussing the various andsundryterms used to describe common collections of bits (byte, nibble, etc.).
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 05/07/2002 (TK) – Changed definitionofprefix "poly-" in accordance with Ed Beroset's suggestion, that"polymath"and "polygamy" might not be understood by non-English speakers.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Chapter 2" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 04/29/2002 (TK) – Elaborated on"average"waveform values, to clarify confusion some people had over the trueaverage(positive and negative values averaging to zero in a symmetricalwaveform)versus the practical average (all values considered in their absoluteforms).This was in response to a suggestion by Mark D. Zarella.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 04/21/2002 (TK) – Added indexreference to"RF."
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Modified 04/21/2002 (TK) – Added photographofhome-made 2.4 GHz waveguide/directional antenna to the "Waveguides"section.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 04/21/2002 (TK) – Added indexreference to"integrated circuit."
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 04/17/2002 (TK) – Added comment about"sensitive gate" SCRs.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 04/13/2002 (TK) – Added comments onheatratings, Class designations, and inter-winding force as anoise-producingfactor.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 04/10/2002 (TK) – After discoveringthat"Gate-Controlled Switch" is just another name for the Gate-Turn-Offthyristor, I deleted the pending section on GCS's and added text to theSCR/GTO section.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 04/09/2002 (TK) – Added sectionsregardingIGFET/Thyristor hybrid devices (MOS-gated thyristor and the MCT).
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 04/07/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 04/07/2002 (TK) – Added illustrationsofpotentiometer construction.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 04/07/2002 (TK) – Added commentary on"resistance" functions of multimeters having "diode-check" functions aswell.Also, corrected many typographical errors and illustrative errors.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 04/06/2002 (TK) – Added commentsregardingpositive feedback.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 04/03/2002 (TK) – Added screenshotsto theSPICE section to help readers understand better the use of thissoftware.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 04/02/2002 (TK) – Added text andphotographelaborating on skin effect and inductors in RF circuits. Also,correctedspelling of the word "gage" to "gauge."
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 04/01/2002 (TK) – Added details ofsaturated versus unsaturated (mercury) standard cells.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 03/31/2002 (TK) – Minor stylisticchangesto paragraph comparing potential energy of water reservoir to potentialenergy of an elevated rock.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 03/30/2002 (TK) – Modified textregardingexplanation of "Hertz," as per John Symonds' suggestion.
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Modified 03/24/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Modified 03/20/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Modified 03/17/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 2, Chapter 14: Created 03/10/2002 (TK) – Began developingcontentfor this chapter, learning more about the subject as I go!
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 03/07/2002 (TK) – Added indexreference to"diode check" meter function.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 03/06/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 03/05/2002 (TK) – Added some text andgraphics regarding negative feedback in multi-stage amplifiers.
Volume 2, Chapter 11: Modified 02/05/2002 (TK) – Corrected a minortypesetting error.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 01/19/2002 (TK) – Made small changesandadditions to section on 4-wire (Kelvin) resistance measurements.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 01/09/2002 (TK) – Rewrote section onpolarity markings and phase.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: Modified 01/07/2002 (TK) – Added a shortsection atthe beginning reviewing concepts of resistance, reactance, andimpedance.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 01/17/2002 (TK) – Minor changes towordingof text.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 01/05/2002 (TK) – Added text andillustrations regarding transformer inrush current. Broke "Practicalconsiderations" section into subsections.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 01/03/2002 (TK) – Minor additions totwin-T capacitive circuit text and illustrations.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 01/02/2002 (TK) – Added severaldiagramsshowing planar cross-sections of common semiconductor devices alongwiththeir schematic symbols.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 01/01/2002 (TK) – Wrote zener diodesection.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 02/13/2002 (TK) – Corrected graphicerrorsin zener diode section (I used the wrong symbol for a zener diode: theSchottky diode symbol!).
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 01/06/2002 (TK) – Wrote section onfeedback.
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 01/02/2002 (TK) – Added section onIGBTs.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 01/06/2002 (TK) – Wrote section onSilicon-Controlled Switches (SCSs).
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 01/31/2002 (TK) – Added textrecommendingthe model 353 as a performance upgrade to the 1458.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 02/21/2002 (TK) – Added commentsabout"latch-up" quirk of some op-amps.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 03/18/2002 (TK) – Corrected somenumericalerrors in images 03037 and 03038. Added schematic diagram of ahome-madeop-amp circuit, as well as the internal schematic for a model 741.AddedLM324 parameters to model list.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 05/01/2002 (TK) – Added illustrationandtext warning readers of problems caused by lack of power supply ground(acommon ground with the input signals).
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 05/19/2002 (TK) – Added "positivefeedback"as index items.
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 04/27/2002 - 04/28/2002 (TK) – Beganwriting "Computational Circuits" section.
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 05/01/2002 (TK) – Added somecomments, andone illustration, to the "Computational Circuits" section, regardingnoiseerrors and drift errors.
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 06/23/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 9: Modified 08/23/2002 (TK) – Added WarrenYoung's(modified) text as the first installment of a new "Power Supplies"section.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 04/02/2002 (TK) – Added some text inthelast section, regarding the advantages and disadvantages of tubes incomparison to semiconductors.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 04/06/2002 (TK) – Minor editingchanges,plus comments on "ultralinear" tetrode connections for audio poweramplifiersand tube use in audio equipment. Also added photograph of a "cat-eye"tube.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 04/10/2002 (TK) – Added twoparagraphs tothe last section (Tubes versus Semiconductors).
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 07/21/2002 (TK) – Minor errorcorrectionsand stylistic changes.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 03/03/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.Also,corrected source code error: two "comment" lines weren't closed,resulting inseveral important sections at the end of the chapter being hidden fromview!
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/17/2002 (TK) – Altered some CMOSschematic diagrams for better clarity and accuracy, and added text andgraphics regarding CMOS bilateral switches.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/19/2002 (TK) – Minor grammarcorrection.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 05/14/2002 (TK) – Added a newsection:"Logic signal voltage levels".
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Continued writingnewsection: "Logic signal voltage levels".
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 05/19/2002 (TK) – Continued writingnewsection: "Logic signal voltage levels". Added illustrations and textregarding Schmitt trigger gates. Modified section on DIP gate packaging.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 06/26/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 03/03/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 04/17/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 5: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Added photographsandtext of octal-based relays and a three-phase motor contactor.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 03/03/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 05/19/2002 (TK) – Added "ProgrammableLogicController" section.
Volume 4, Chapter 7: Created 02/23/2002 to 02/24/2002 (TK)
Volume 4, Chapter 7: Modified 03/03/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 7: Modified 06/16/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 7: Modified 06/23/2002 (TK) – Minor changes.
Volume 4, Chapter 10: Modified 05/22/2002 (TK) – Minortypographicalcorrection.
Volume 4, Chapter 11: 06/02/2002 (TK) – Started writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 11: 06/03/2002 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 13: Modified 04/09/2002 (TK) – Modified commentson ADCresolution.
Volume 4, Chapter 14: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 05/18/2002 (TK) – Added super-largeandsuper-small metric prefixes to the list.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 07/02/2002 (TK) – Minor revisions toconversion factors. Also added section crediting source of conversiondata.
Volume 5, Chapter 4: Modified 05/25/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 02/03/2002 (TK) – Minor typocorrections insome of the op-amp netlists (had inverting and noninverting inputsswapped inthe simulations). Oddly enough, this didn't produce any significanterrors inthe analyses!
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 03/20/2002 (TK) – Added comments to.plotand .print sections regarding difference between SPICE2 and SPICE3.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 01/13/2002 (TK) – Modified as persuggestions from Alejandro Gamero Divasto, a maintenance engineer forSiemensChile.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 05/25/2002 (TK) – Minor typocorrections.
Volume 5, Chapter 9: Modified 05/19/2002 (TK) – Added to integratedcircuit symbol illustrations.
Volume 6, Chapter 1: Modified 01/13/2002 (TK) – Wrote initialcontent forchapter.
Volume 6, Chapter 1: Modified 01/26/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 1: Modified 04/14/2002 (TK) – Added section onsetup ofa home lab, as per Michael Warner's suggestion.
Volume 6, Chapter 1: Modified 05/12/2002 (TK) – Added photo andtext tothe "home lab" section.
Volume 6, Chapter 2: Modified 01/12/2002 - 01/14/2002 (TK) – Wrotecontent for some sections.
Volume 6, Chapter 2: Modified 01/21/2002 (TK) – Wrote "powerdissipation"section. Added text discussing "electrically common" points in relationtocontinuity.
Volume 6, Chapter 2: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Correctedreferences of"Ohm's Law" power calculations to "Joule's Law".
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/14/2002 (TK) – Wrote series andparallelbattery experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/15/2002 (TK) – Wrote voltagedividerexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/17/2002 (TK) – Wrote currentdividerexperiment. Copied "Audio Detector" experiment from AC chapter to thischapter, and made appropriate modifications to the text for studentswhohaven't studied any AC yet.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/20/2002 (TK) – Wrote"Potentiometer asvoltage divider" experiment. Also wrote "A very simple computer"section.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/22/2002 (TK) – Minor editing tothe"Potentiometer as voltage divider" and "Sensitive voltage detector"experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/26/2002 (TK) – Wrote"Potentiometer asrheostat," "Thermocouple," "Rheostat range limiting," and "Make yourownMultimeter" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 01/27/2002 (TK) – Wrote"Potentiometricvoltmeter" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 02/07/2002 (TK) – Wrote"Rate-of-changeindicator" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 03/27/2002 (TK) – Eliminated"ElectricMotor" section until I has some content to put there. Completed theexperiment on "4-Wire Resistance Measurement."
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Deleted relayexperimentsections, not wanting them to remain empty forever. When I finally getaroundto writing the content, I'll put those sections back in.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 05/12/2002 (TK) – Deleted Wheatstonebridgeexperiment section, not wanting it to remain empty forever. When Ifinallyget around to writing the content, I'll put this section back in.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 05/26/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 06/25/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 09/01/2002 (TK) – Corrected minormarkupsyntax error.
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 10/30/2002 (TK) – Simplified"Thermocouple"experiment by removing the part where voltage along a continuous pieceofwire was measured as a result of moving a source of heat along thewire'slength. This is the Thompson effect, not the Seebeck effect, and it issosmall, anyway, that incorporating it into this discussion onthermocoupleswas a recipe for confusion.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/06/2002 (TK) – Wrote alternatorexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/08/2002 (TK) – Wrote keyboardexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/09/2002 (TK) – Wrote PCoscilloscopeexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/10/2002 (TK) – Wrote waveformanalysisexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/17/2002 (TK) – Modified textslightly in"Audio Detector" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/20/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/21/2002 (TK) – Added suggestionfor afuse in the AC power supply project.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/22/2002 (TK) – Minor editing toaudiodetector experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/26/2002 (TK) – Minor editing toaudiodetector experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/27/2002 (TK) – Wrote signalcouplingexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 01/28/2002 (TK) – Modified signalcouplingexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 02/07/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Soundcancellation" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/20/2002 (TK) – Added project ideasinthe form of "commented" lines, so that nothing appears on the page thatisn'tcomplete.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/21/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Commutatingdiode"and "Half-wave rectifier" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/22/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Full-wavecenter-tap rectifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/28/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Full-wavebridgerectifier" and "Rectifier/filter circuit" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/29/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Currentmirror"experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 01/30/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Voltagefollower"experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/04/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Transistorasswitch" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/11/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Differentialamplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/13/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Voltageregulator"and "Common-emitter amplifier" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/16/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Multi-stageamplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/17/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Simpleoscillator"and "Simple op-amp" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/24/2002 (TK) – Wrote "JFET currentregulator" experiment, modified "Current mirror" experiment text andgraphics.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 02/25/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Pulsed-lightsensor" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 05/05/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Vacuum tubeaudioamplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 05/07/2002 (TK) – Added illustrationto the"Vacuum tube audio amplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 05/08/2002 (TK) – Minor alterationsto"Vacuum tube audio amplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Modified 05/12/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 01/20/2002 (TK) – Added project ideasinthe form of "commented" lines, so that nothing appears on the page thatisn'tcomplete.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 01/31/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Comparator"experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 02/02/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Precisionvoltagefollower" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 02/03/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Integrator"experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 02/04/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Noninvertingamplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 02/18/2002 (TK) – Wrote "555 audiooscillator," "555 ramp generator," and "PWM power controller"experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 02/26/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Highimpedancevoltmeter" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 03/03/2002 (TK) – Corrected an errorin the"High impedance voltmeter" experiment: I referred to a 741 op-amp whenIshould have referred to a 1458. Also, completed graphics for thatexperiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 03/26/2002 (TK) – Added paragraph tothe"Integrator" experiment discussing measurement of input vs. output.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 05/26/2002 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Modified 07/21/2002 (TK) – Added "Class Baudioamplifier" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 01/20/2002 (TK) – Added project ideasinthe form of "commented" lines, so that nothing appears on the page thatisn'tcomplete.
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 04/21/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Basic gatefunction," "NOR gate S-R latch," and "LED Sequencer" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 04/22/2002 (TK) – Wrote "NAND gateS-Renabled latch" and "NAND gate S-R flip-flop" experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 05/08/2002 (TK) – Added to the "NORgateS-R latch" experiment, showing how output signal loading affects thecircuit's ability to "latch."
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 05/09/2002 (TK) – Wrote "Simplecombinationlock" experiment.
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Modified 05/26/2002 (TK) – Wrote "3-bit binarycounter" experiment.
2001 (Not listed in chronological order – it's old enoughthat itdoesn't matter anyway!)
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 01/14/2001 (TK) – Revisedexplanations ofelectrostatic charge, as per suggestions by Ben Crowell on 01/13/2001.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 01/15/2001 (TK) – Clarifieddescriptionsand analogies of voltage to make them more technically accurate.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 05/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 06/20/2001 (TK) – Minor editingchanges.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 07/06/2001 (TK) – Changed list ofconductors and insulators from an itemized list to a pair of paragraphs.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Changed sectionname from"Practical electric circuits and the concept of electrical resistance"tosimply "Resistance." Also, changed section name from "Conductors,insulators,and the flow of electrons" to "Conductors, insulators, and electronflow."
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Updated somephotographsto better-quality pictures.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Added sectiondiscussingconventional flow versus electron flow.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 10/24/2001 (TK) – CorrectedTannenbaumquote.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 11/04/2001 (TK) – Mentioned thatglass andair – normally insulators – may become conductors with sufficienttemperature. Also added comments regarding conductors vs. insulatorsand mademinor changes to the text.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 01/14/2001 (TK) – Minor editing totext.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 01/15/2001 (TK) – Clarified terms ofvoltage, current, and (especially) power. After having discussions withBenCrowell, I want this text to be as technically accurate as possiblewithoutbewildering the beginning student.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 01/18/2001 (TK) – Error correction:JamesBoorn pointed out that a line in the REVIEW portion of the "analogy"sectionwas incorrect.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 03/03/2001 (TK) – Expanded discussiononnonlinear conduction to include negative resistance.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Minor change toformatting of quotation in nonlinear conduction section. Also, addedquotation to the beginning of the chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 05/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 06/20/2001 (TK) – Added reference toalternative resistor symbol (rectangular box instead of zig-zag line).
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Made minorformattingchanges to SPICE output, and added a bit more descriptive text.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Improved some ofthephotographs, and made minor edits to the text.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 10/17/2001 (TK) – Added comment aboutinsulation breakdown.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 01/03/2001 (TK) – Minor text editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 01/17/2001 (TK) – Minor text editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 03/10/2001 (TK) – Added "nuclearenergy" tolist of potentially hazardous energy sources to be considered for ZeroEnergyState.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 06/24/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 07/06/2001 (TK) – Modified table ofshockcurrent figures to fit better on a narrow typeset. Also addedcommentary onthe meaning of "Hz" unit found in that table.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 07/09/2001 (TK) – Expanded commentaryonbody resistance, and updated source information on body resistance,shockcurrent research.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Italicized "IEEESpectrum" as a magazine title.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 08/13/2001 (TK) – Minor typocorrections.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 11/04/2001 (TK) – Slightly alteredURLinclusion, to match new update in SubML standard (version 0.90).
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 07/02/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 07/06/2001 (TK) – Changedmathematicalexpressions from
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Changed sectionname from"Metric and scientific notation in hand calculators" to simply "Handcalculator use."
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Added indexreference toSPICE "netlist," and made some minor changes to SPICE output formatting.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Added section on"new"style of metric notation (i.e. 4k7 for a 4.7k resistor).
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 01/03/2001 (TK) – Fixed a smalltypographical error.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Elaborated a bit ontroubleshooting in the "component failure" section.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 02/28/2001 (TK) – Corrected mistake:unitof "siemens" is never spoken or spelled as "siemen," even whenexpressed insingular form.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 04/02/2001 (TK) – Minor textualediting in"conductance" section.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 07/03/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Changed sectionname from"Conductance, and the parallel resistance equation" to simply"Conductance."Also, changed section name from "Component failure in series andparallelcircuits" to simply "Component failure analysis." Finally, changedsectionname from "Power calculations in series and parallel circuits" tosimply"Power calculations."
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Added indexreference toSPICE "netlist," and made some minor changes to SPICE output formatting.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 08/25/2001 (TK) – Minor changes.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 11/19/2001 (TK) – Added section atthe enddescribing how to construct simple circuits.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 11/22/2001 (TK) – Added photographsof twoterminal strips.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 03/27/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on theuse ofa potentiometer as a variable voltage divider.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 07/03/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Correctedinconsistencieson double-subscript voltage notation for the section on Kirchhoff'sVoltageLaw. Also, improved schematic diagrams illustrating KVL.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 10/15/2001 (TK) – Added photographsandtext on potentiometers.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Elaborated a bit ontheimportance of qualitative analysis skills in the "component failure"section.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Minor change toformatting of quotation.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 07/04/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Changed sectionname from"Component failure in series-parallel combination circuits" to simply"Component failure analysis."
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Made a minor changetothe SPICE output formatting.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Minor clarificationonqualitative analysis.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 11/20/2001 (TK) – Added section atthe enddescribing how to construct circuits using breadboards and terminalstrips.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 07/05/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Added section on"Highvoltage ohmmeters".
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 07/26/2001 (TK) – Correctedformattingerror of missing "para" tags around a paragraph.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 08/13/2001 (TK) – Minor change inlinespacing in "ohmmeter design" section.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 09/30/2001 (TK) – Added section onthedesign of limited-range rheostat networks.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 10/04/2001 (TK) – Added schematic anddescription of analog multimeter circuit.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 10/06/2001 (TK) – Added to section onbridge circuits, discussing the Kelvin Double bridge. Added the term"bifilar" to the section on creating custom resistances. Added text andimages describing how a pair of audio headphones may be used as a nulldetector.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 10/08/2001 (TK) – Slight changes tosectionon audio headphone detector.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Added reference toandphotographs of galvanometers.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 10/17/2001 (TK) – Alteredillustration ofionization (breakdown) voltage for greater clarity.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 11/22/2001 (TK) – Altered photograph50021of multimeter. Also added a photograph and some commentary on readinganalogmultimeter scales.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 12/02/2001 (TK) – Added photograph ofahand-crank megger.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 12/31/2001 (TK) – Added section on4-wire(Kelvin) resistance measurements.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 01/14/2001 (TK) – Added some indexentriesfor signal standards (3-15 PSI, 4-20 mA, and 10-50 mA).
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 07/07/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 09/23/2001 (TK) – Minor spellingcorrections.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 10/06/2001 (TK) – Changed "nullmeter" to"null detector" so as to not exclude null devices other than metermovements.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 10/11/2001 (TK) – Major rewrite ofstraingauge section.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Minor editing ofthestrain gauge text.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 12/31/2001 (TK) – Added paragraphcomparinglinearity of quarter-, half-, and full-bridge strain gauge sensorcircuits.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 07/10/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Minortypographicalcorrections.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 07/11/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Minor additions.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 01/01/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onsuperconductivity section, with data obtained from Collier'sEncyclopedia(volume 21, 1968).
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 03/25/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on wireinsulation types.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 07/11/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 10/11/2001 (TK) – Corrected spellingofthe word "gage" to "gauge."
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 07/12/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 07/14/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on acapacitor's opposition to change in voltage, introducing the concept ofthederivative (calculus).
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 08/15/2001 (TK) – Correctedinconsistencyin the use of ``e'' and ``v'' terms in the calculus section.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 03/04/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 04/02/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 07/13/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 11/22/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 07/12/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 07/14/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on aninductor's opposition to change in current, reinforcing the concept ofthederivative (calculus).
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 08/15/2001 (TK) – Correctedinconsistencyin the use of ``e'' and ``v'' terms in the calculus section.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 04/02/2001 (TK) – Added sectionexplainingwhy L/R is not like RC. Also, made minor editing changes to the rest ofthetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 07/15/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some editing.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 07/23/2001 (TK) – Elaborated a bitmore onthe use of the SPICE ".plot" command.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onfrequency,relating it to musical pitch. Also added a table showing an octave ofnotesand their respective frequencies, and a piano keyboard graphic to showtherepeating pattern of an octave scale.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 01/16/2001 (TK) – Improved precisiononfrequency figures for musical scale, and altered the accompanying textsomewhat.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 06/24/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformatand made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 01/03/2001 (TK) – Altered text tomatch thenew graphic images on vector addition.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 01/05/2001 (TK) – Fixed problem inimage02035 (wrong vector angle). Also, broke up beginning into severalsectionsand added a section on understanding AC "polarity."
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 07/15/2001, 07/18/2001 (TK) –Converted toSubML format and made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 11/19/2001 (TK) – Fixed indexreference toimaginary operator symbols.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 07/21/2001 - 07/22/2001 (TK) –Converted toSubML format and made minor revisions. Corrected type in image # 12030,asper suggestion from Jim Palmer.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 11/19/2001 (TK) – Added reference toangular velocity.
Volume 2, Chapter 4: 07/22/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubML formatand mademinor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 4: 08/04/2001 (TK) – Minor SubML markupcorrection(there was a "pagebreak" tag where a "bigspace" tag should have been!).
Volume 2, Chapter 4: Modified 11/19/2001 (TK) – Added reference toangular velocity.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: 07/22/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubML formatand mademinor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: 11/18/2001 (TK) – Added section discussingsusceptance (B) and admittance (Y).
Volume 2, Chapter 6: Modified 07/22/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformatand made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Clarified someissuessurrounding the terms "harmonic" and "overtone."
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 01/22/2001 (TK) – Typo corrections,corrections also made to image 02110.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 03/20/2001 (TK) – Added section onharmonicanalysis with oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer displays.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 03/21/2001 (TK) – Corrected smallerror inimage 02112 (bridge rectifier) from way back: polarity incorrect acrossloadresistor.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 07/26/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformatand made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Added schematics toclarify concept of signal coupling between circuits.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 12/24/2001 (TK) – Added indexreference tosymmetry and harmonic content.
Volume 2, Chapter 8: Modified 07/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformatand made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 8: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Added decouplingcapacitors as a common lowpass filter application.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 01/23/2001 (TK) – Added reference topowdered iron transformer cores.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 02/08/2001 (TK) – Corrected incorrectwireconnection points (no dots!) in images 02147, 02148, and 02149. Also,addedscopemeters to phasing illustrations 02138, 02139, and 02140.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 02/17/2001 (TK) – Added comment ontheeffect of leakage inductance on voltage regulation.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 02/26/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onferroresonant transformers, adding schematic.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 03/29/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onmotor/generator sets.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 07/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformatand made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 09/02/2001 (TK) – Added sometransformerphotographs (52006, 52007, and 52008) and added references in the texttothese images.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 09/03/2001 (TK) – Changed transformerphotograph 52002, and edited the text for this image. Also, addedphotograph52010 (multiple-winding transformer) and associated text.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 10/14/2001 (TK) – Added photograph oftransformer bank at Grand Coulee dam, and also a reference totransformernoise and its cause (magnetostriction).
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 11/03/2001 (TK) – Corrected analysisoftransformer performance with regard to winding inductances. Earlierversionsof this chapter attributed voltage sag under heavy load to excessiveinductance. In reality, this was due to LEAKAGE inductance and couldhavebeen fixed by improving magnetic coupling, not just by reducing coilinductances.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 11/04/2001 (TK) – Rewrote much of thefirstsection, to include more detail on mutual inductance and theinteraction ofcoil currents, coil voltages, flux, etc.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 11/18/2001 (TK) – Added photographsof atransformer cut in half. Also, modified text so as to comment on thisphotograph wherever appropriate.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 12/24/2001 (TK) – Clarifieddistinctionbetween magnetizing current and exciting current. Discussed harmonicdistortion of exciting current due to B/H nonlinearity.
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 01/01/2001 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 07/29/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat and made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 11/23/2001 - 11/26/2001 (TK) – Addedsection on harmonics in AC power systems.
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 12/24/2001 (TK) – Added indexreference toharmonics and waveform symmetry.
Volume 2, Chapter 11: Modified 01/01/2001 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 11: Modified 07/30/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat and made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 01/01/2001 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext. Quite a few spelling error corrections!
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onovertoneswith reference to the power quality meter, noting how even-numberedharmonicsare negligible in three-phase power systems.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 03/19/2001 (TK) – Minor editing,added afew index tags for diodes and rectifiers.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 07/30/2001 - 07/31/2001 (TK) –Convertedto SubML format and made minor revisions.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 09/03/2001 (TK) – Added CTphotograph(52009), and added text for this image.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 10/04/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on theuse ofheadphones as a bridge circuit null detector.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 10/08/2001 (TK) – Minor changes tonulldetector references.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 11/07/2001 (TK) – Added reference tocapacitive voltage dividers and Wagner earth circuits. Also madeseveralstylistic revisions to the text.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 12/24/2001 (TK) – Added reference totwin-T differential capacitive circuit, as an alternative to standardbridgecircuits for capacitive sensors.
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 01/28/2001 (TK) – New file.
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 03/01/2001 (TK) – Started writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 03/03/2001 - 03/04/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting.
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 03/05/2001 (TK) – Added paragraph onthedBm scale (0 dBm = 1 mW across 600 ohms).
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 03/08/2001 (TK) – Expanded decibelssection.
Volume 3, Chapter 1: Modified 06/24/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 02/03/2001 (TK) – Added new sectiontitlefor SPICE simulations.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 02/13/2001 (TK) – Began writingquantumphysics section.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Added a quotationfromEnrico Fermi to the quantum physics section.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 08/15/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 09/30/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 08/15/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/09/2001 (TK) – Wrote andillustratedfirst section.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/10/2001 - 12/11/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting and illustrating other sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/16/2001 (TK) – Continued writingandillustrating other sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/24/2001 (TK) – Continued writingandillustrating other sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 12/27/2001 (TK) – Continued writingandillustrating other sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 01/28/2001 (TK) – Created sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 01/29/2001 (TK) – Wrote"Introduction" and"Switch" sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 01/30/2001 (TK) – Continued writing,finishing "Characteristics" section and beginning the "Active-mode"section.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 02/03/2001 to 02/06/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting up through common-collector section.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 02/08/2001 (TK) – Finishedcommon-basesection.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 02/15/2001-02/18/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting, concentrating on "Biasing" section.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 02/22/2001 (TK) – Wrapped up chapterforthe time being by commenting out tags for two proposed sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 02/28/2001 (TK) – Elaborated oncharacteristic curves and the meaning of the non-horizontal portions(saturation!).
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 04/17/2001 (TK) – Refined thedefinition of"saturation," making it clearer that a saturated transistor actuallypassesless collector current than the base would normally allow ("the pedal'stothe floor!").
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 08/16/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing. Also added a couple of paragraphs andanillustration describing class D amplifier operation.
Volume 3, Chapter 4: Modified 12/31/2001 (TK) – Added section oncurrentmirrors.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 01/28/2001 (TK) – Created sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 02/22/2001 (TK) – Started writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 02/26/2001 - 02/28/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 03/05/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 5: Modified 08/17/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 01/28/2001 (TK) – Created sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 02/22/2001 (TK) – Modified sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 03/05/2001 (TK) – Started writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 03/12/2001 (TK) – Added comment aboutD-type IGFETs being normally "half-on."
Volume 3, Chapter 6: Modified 08/17/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 01/28/2001 (TK) – Created sections.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 03/11/2001 (TK) – Started writing.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 03/12/2001 - 03/14/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 08/12/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with a few minor editing changes.
Volume 3, Chapter 7: Modified 12/24/2001 - 03/14/2001 (TK) – Addedreference to GTOs, and to "reverse-triggering" of SCRs.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 01/15/2001 (TK) – Converted ASCII-artimages, equations, and tables into graphic (.eps and .jpg) images.Capitalized words replaced with the @emph{} tag. Some editing done totext.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 03/27/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 04/19/2001 (TK) – Slight modificationto8-pin DIP illustration.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 08/18/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 08/21/2001 (TK) – Minor spellingcorrections.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 09/30/2001 (TK) – Created nulldetector/potentiometer model of op-amp, and used it to better describeoperational amplifier circuit function, especially current pathways inthefeedback loop.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 10/04/2001 (TK) – Added reference totransconductance in the voltage-to-current converter circuit.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 10/09/2001 (TK) – Minor edits to"nulldetector" references.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 10/16/2001 (TK) – Began a section onop-ampmodels, including a schematic of George Philbrick's K2-W vacuum-tubeop-amp.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 10/18/2001 (TK) – Continued writingop-ampmodel section.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Added CA3130 toop-ampmodel list.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 11/05/2001 (TK) – Added sectionexplainingfeedback amplification via an analogy of mechanical levers.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 11/06/2001 (TK) – Added "Data"section atend of chapter accounting for op-amp parametric spec's. Also, addedpinoutfor dual op-amp models in 8-pin DIP packages.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 01/07/2001 (TK) – Fixed theliec_smi.lpslibrary so that tube grid symbols (dashed lines) weren't obliterated by'mogrify' upon eps to jpg file conversion. Clarified explanation for"Cat-Eye" tube. Added index tags.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 03/03/2001 (TK) – Elaborated onmulti-gridtubes (beyond the pentode), and the beam tetrode tube.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 03/04/2001 (TK) – Added section ontubeperformance parameters. Also wrote content on microwave tubes(klystrons andmagnetrons).
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 08/05/2001, 08/12/2001 (TK) –Converted toSubML format, with a few minor editing changes.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 03/29/2001 (TK) – Introduced properemphasizing into the text (italics, etc.) rather than CAPITALIZATION.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 04/09/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Minor change toformatting of quotation.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 08/19/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 03/29/2001 (TK) – Introduced properemphasizing into the text (italics, etc.) rather than CAPITALIZATION.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 04/06/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 04/09/2001 (TK) – Minor editing,elaboratedon binary addition overflow.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 08/19/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/06/2001 (TK) – Began writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/08/2001 to 04/09/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/14/2001 to 04/15/2001 (TK) –Continuedwriting.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/17/2001 (TK) – Elaborated on theactionof steering diodes in the input circuitry of TTL gates. Also elaboratedonthe difference between a gate "sourcing" and "sinking" current, and itsrelevance to TTL.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 04/19/2001 (TK) – Corrected a serioussetof errors in the illustrations regarding the universality of NOR gates.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 08/21/2001 (TK) – Began conversion toSubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 08/22/2001 (TK) – Continuedconverting toSubML format, and added some text describing gate universalityrelationships.Also, added 54/74xx86 Quad XOR gate pinout diagram to last section.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 01/21/2001 (TK) – Converted ASCII-artdiagrams into real graphic (.eps and .jpg) format. Some editing done totext.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 05/12/2001 (TK) – Eliminated"IndustrialControl Logic" from the title of this chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 08/22/2001 (TK) – Conversion to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Added a new sectiondiscussing switch contact "bounce" and a few "debouncing" techniques.
Volume 4, Chapter 5: Modified 01/21/2001 - 01/28/2001 (TK) –ConvertedASCII-art diagrams into real graphic (.eps and .jpg) format. Someeditingdone to text.
Volume 4, Chapter 5: Modified 05/12/2001 (TK) – Eliminated"IndustrialControl Logic" from the title of this chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 5: Modified 08/22/2001 (TK) – Conversion to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 01/16/2001 - 01/21/2001 (TK) – Begantoconvert ASCII-art diagrams into real graphic (.eps and .jpg) format.Someediting done to text.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 03/08/2001 (TK) – ContinuedconvertingASCII-art diagrams into real graphics. Some editing done to the text.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 04/14/2001 (TK) – Changed referencetoDeMorgan's Theorem so as not to confuse readers who aren't yet familiarwithBoolean algebra.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 05/12/2001 (TK) – Eliminated"IndustrialControl Logic" from the title of this chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 08/22/2001 (TK) – Conversion to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 10: Modified 04/08/2001 (TK) – Elaborated oncircuit"race" conditions.
Volume 4, Chapter 10: Modified 05/12/2001 (TK) – ConvertedASCII-artillustrations to true graphic form. Also, minor editing to the text.
Volume 4, Chapter 10: Modified 08/22/2001 - 08/23/2001 (TK) –Conversionto SubML format, and some minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 13: Modified 06/17/2001 (TK) – Began writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 13: Modified 06/20/2001 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 13: Modified 06/23/2001 (TK) – Continued writing.
Volume 4, Chapter 14: Modified 06/17/2001 (TK) – Continuedconversion toSubML formatting, with some editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 14: Modified 08/23/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 15: Modified 03/29/2001 (TK) – Introduced properemphasizing into the text (italics, etc.) rather than CAPITALIZATION.
Volume 4, Chapter 15: Modified 05/28/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with some editing. Also converted ASCII-art images to truegraphicsformat.
Volume 4, Chapter 15: Modified 08/22/2001 (TK) – Improved the B/Hcurveillustration for ferrite, borrowing from the DC volume (I) chapter onmagnetism (image #00317).
Volume 4, Chapter 15: Modified 10/15/2001 (TK) – Added photographsofcore memory and hard disk drives.
Volume 4, Chapter 16: Modified 05/29/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with some editing. Also converted ASCII-art images to truegraphicsformat.
Volume 4, Chapter 16: Modified 06/10/2001 (TK) – Continuedconversion toSubML formatting, with some editing.
Volume 4, Chapter 16: Modified 03/12/2001 (TK) – Minor formattingchange:added "bigspace" tags around certain sections of "literal" text thatneededthem.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 01/13/2001 (TK) – Replaced equationswithgraphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done to the text.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 03/08/2001 (TK) – Added section ondecibelcalculations.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 06/22/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, added section on how to perform unit conversions (the "unityfraction" method).
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 08/26/2001 (TK) – Minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 2: Modified 01/13/2001 (TK) – Added color graphicimages for resistor examples (1*.eps and 1*.jpg).
Volume 5, Chapter 2: Modified 08/26/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, with some editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 3: Modified 03/03/2001 (TK) – Added tablesuperconductor critical temperatures (same as table found in"Conductors andInsulators" chapter of DC volume).
Volume 5, Chapter 3: Modified 08/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 4: Modified 01/13/2001 (TK) – Replaced equationswithgraphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Edited some of the text.
Volume 5, Chapter 4: Modified 08/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 4: Modified 10/29/2001 - 10/30/2001 (TK) –Created anew section on the solution of simultaneous equations. Also, added somecomments in other sections.
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Modified 01/13/2001 (TK) – Replaced equationswithgraphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Edited some of the text.
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Modified 08/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 6: Modified 01/14/2001 (TK) – Replaced equationswithgraphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Edited some of the text.
Volume 5, Chapter 6: Modified 08/27/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and some minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 01/31/2001 (TK) – Added examplecircuit fora transformer (mutually coupled inductors). Also, edited many of theschematic diagram images, bringing all the fonts into conformance withthegeneral scheme for the book (Helvetica for descriptions, Times Romanforfigures and variables, and using subscripts properly.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 02/18/2001 (TK) – Utilized @quotationcommand to typeset quote from EWB manual.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Minor change toformatting of quotation.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 08/26/2001 - 08/27/2001 (TK) –Converted toSubML format, and some minor editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 11/23/2001 (TK) – Added comments on"options" and "fourier" cards.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 12/30/2001 (TK) – Expanded discussiononinvoking SPICE from the command prompt.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 03/18/2001 (TK) – Added two sectionsoncomponent failure probabilities.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 03/19/2001 (TK) – Minor typocorrections.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 04/15/2001 (TK) – Added quotationfrom JohnLocke.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 04/25/2001 (TK) – Added note aboutlow-voltage switch contacts and connectors being more troublesome thanhigh-voltage ones.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 08/29/2001 (TK) – Converted to SubMLformat, and also added some commentary on the art and science oftroubleshooting.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 08/30/2001 (TK) – Continued editing.
Volume 5, Chapter 9: Created 09/30/2001 (TK)
Volume 5, Chapter 9: Modified 10/21/2001 (TK) – Continued creatingillustrations.
Volume 5, Chapter 9: Modified 11/18/2001 (TK) – Continued creatingillustrations.
Volume 5, Chapter 9: Modified 12/02/2001 - 12/03/2001 (TK) –Continuedcreating illustrations.
Volume 5, Chapter 10: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 1: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 2: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 3: Modified 12/30/2001 (TK) – Set up sections forseveral experiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 4: Modified 12/30/2001 (TK) – Wrote firstexperiment(transformer/power supply), and set up sections for several otherexperiments.
Volume 6, Chapter 5: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 6: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
Volume 6, Chapter 7: Created 12/16/2001 (TK)
2000 (Not listed in chronological order – it's old enoughthat itdoesn't matter anyway!)
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 1: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 2: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg).
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 3: Modified 12/20/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg).
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 4: Modified 12/20/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg).
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 5: Modified 12/21/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Also, minor editingto thetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 6: Modified 12/26/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Minor editing oftext.Also, added a few schematic diagram sequences to make KVL a littleeasier tounderstand.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 7: Modified 12/21/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Modified someschematicdiagrams to bring numerical values into strict conformance to newtables,also adding "omega" symbol to more properly represent resistance. Also,elaborated on qualitative analysis at the end with some bulleted points.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 8: Modified 12/22/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 1, Chapter 9: Modified 12/22/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 10: Modified 12/24/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 11: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 10/20/2000 (TK) – added moredetailedinformation on quantum mechanics with regard to conductivity. Also,correctedsome disparities between table entries and formula examples in thetext: thespecific resistances of copper and aluminum in the text examples were"old"figures, as was the "alpha" figure for copper, prior to my last updateof thetable entries as per the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 12: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 13: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 12/2/2000 (TK) – Revised discussionofOersted's discovery of electromagnetism to reflect new information. Hisdiscovery may not have been as accidental as I had previously thought!
Volume 1, Chapter 14: Modified 12/28/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 12/4/2000 (TK) – Typo correction.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 1, Chapter 15: Modified 12/26/2000 (TK) – Elaborated oninductanceequation, and the effects of core hysteresis and saturation.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main DC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 11/21/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 11/25/2000 (TK) – Added indexentries.
Volume 1, Chapter 16: Modified 12/25/2000 (TK) – Replaced tablesandequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 11/22/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
All chapters: Modified 11/26/2000 (TK) – Added index entries.
Volume 2, Chapter 1: Modified 12/27/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 11/22/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 2, Chapter 2: Modified 12/28/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 11/22/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 2, Chapter 3: Modified 12/29/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Created a "series"sectionfrom the old text and added a "parallel" section to illustrate how alltheold rules of DC still apply to AC. Added analysis tables.
Volume 2, Chapter 4: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 4: Modified 11/22/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 2, Chapter 4: Modified 12/29/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Created a "series"sectionfrom the old text and added a "parallel" section as well. Addedanalysistables.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: Modified 11/22/2000 (TK) – Got rid ofcapitalizedemphasis lettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 2, Chapter 5: Modified 12/30/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 6: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
All chapters: Modified 11/23/2000 (TK) – Got rid of capitalizedemphasislettering in favor of the @emph{} command.
Volume 2, Chapter 6: Modified 12/30/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 12/18/2000 (TK) – Fixed @groupformattingproblem with some of the SPICE waveform plots and Fourier analysisreports.
Volume 2, Chapter 7: Modified 12/31/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 8: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 8: Modified 12/31/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 9: Modified 12/31/2000 (TK) – Replaced tables andequations with graphic images (1*.eps and 1*.jpg). Some editing done tothetext.
Volume 2, Chapter 10: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 11: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 2, Chapter 12: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main AC fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 3, Chapter 2: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 3, Chapter 3: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 3, Chapter 8: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 3, Chapter 13: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 1: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 2: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 3: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 4: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 5: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 6: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 10: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 14: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 15: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 4, Chapter 16: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 1: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 2: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 3: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 4: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 5: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 6: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 7: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
Volume 5, Chapter 8: Modified 11/12/2000 (TK) – Split main REF fileintoindividual files, one for each chapter.
