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.
Introduction to Electronic Power Circuits.Doing Electronics.Electrical Safety.Basic Electrical Concepts.Batteries.Electrical Power.Systems.Keeping It Cool Keeps It Reliable.Transformers.Rectifiers: Operation and Selection.Simple Ripple Filter Circuits.Switching, Metering and Control.Discrete Voltage Regulator Circuits.IC Voltage Regulator Circuits.Variable DC Power Supplies.Power Supply Protection (OVP/I-Limiting).Practical DC Power Supply Projects.Power Supply Construction.High-Voltage DC Power Supplies.Remote, Portable and Emergency DC Power Supplies.
Joseph J. Carr was a leading electronics author who has written scores of well-reviewed books and technical articles. An electrical engineer and experienced electronics bench technician with CET and CCE certifications, Carr is a former winner of ISCET's Technician of the Year award. Also a columnist for several prestigious publications, including Nuts & Volts, Carr's other best-selling books include DC Power Supplies: A Technician's Guide; Practical Antenna Handbook, Second Edition; Mastering IC Electronics; and Old Time Radios!
