Description
Design any internal or external DC power supply. Sharpen your technical mastery of dc power supplies and keep your electronics career on the fast track with DC Power Supplies,by Joseph J. Carr. It's your complete,on-to-the-job guide to building virtually every kind of internal and external dc power supply - high-voltage,remote,portable and emergency. You'll hone your skills with build-it-yourself projects and work with real-world components and values to: Design and build flawless power supply architectures. Ensure electrical safety. Understand batteries - from voltaic cells to gel-cell units. Generatealternating current. Protect transistors and IC regulators. Master switching,monitoring,metering and control. Deploy and testmtransformers. Operate and select rectifiers. Apply ripple filter circuits. And much more.Skill-building projects give you the hands-on experience you need to become proficient in all kinds of dc power supplies To succeed in electronics,you must understand dc power supplies. From the guru of accessible,technician-level electronics volumes,here is the most comprehensive,up-to-date benchtop reference to virtually every kind of internal and external dc power supply. You get down-to-earth coverage of all the necessary theory,as well as loads of practical,build-it-yourself projects and instructive experiments. Using widely available,real-world components and component values,these hands-on experiments and practical projects allow you to put into practice the theory just reviewed. There is no better way for you to truly master dc power supplies. Carr gives you helpful advice on power supply construction and protection,and offers a wealth ofeffective troubleshooting techniques. Other topics covered include: Basic electrical concepts; Metering and control circuity; Electrical safety; Batteries; Transformers; Rectifiers (operation,selection,circuits); Ripple filtering; Power supply protection.
ISBN:9780070114968
