This book is for anyone but electrical engineers. If you work with them, work for them, manage them, market to them, or sell to them, you’ll want to read this. This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of the fundamentals of electronics. By the end, you'll be familiar with the basic concepts of various kinds of modern electronic technologies and devices. You’ll be able to impress friends at cocktail parties, enhance your standing at work, and maybe even communicate with the brainy men and women who are changing the world. The topics covered are: 1. Electricity 2. Linear Devices 3. Electricity as Sound 4. Nonlinear Devices 5. Transmission Lines 6. Digital Logic 7. Semiconductor Technology 8. Memory Devices 9. Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) 10. Programmable Devices (CPLDs and FPGAs) 11. Computer Architecture 12. Engineering Equipment
Bob Zeidman is an engineering consultant, Internet entrepreneur, independent filmmaker, and freelance writer living in Silicon Valley. He has won awards for his short films, short stories, and screenplays. His novel Horror Flick won an Opus Magnum Award from the Hollywood Film Festival. When he is not writing he enjoys writing software program, designing computer chips, and developing his multidimensional correlation theory."