Chapter 29

Testing and Safety

Simulating Amplifiers

Prototyping Amplifiers

Testing and Fault-finding

Powering up for the First Time

Power Supplies for Testing

Safety when Working on Equipment

Warning

Safety Regulations

Electrical Safety

Shocks from the Mains Plug

Touch Current

Case Openings

Equipment Temperature and Safety

Touching Hot Parts

Instruction Manuals

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

William Shakespeare, Henry IV.1

Simulating Amplifiers

The use of SPICE simulation is invaluable in amplifier design, cutting out the need for most of the mathematics and allowing purely conceptual models to be evaluated. I use it all the time. There are, however, some limitations which should be appreciated:

Firstly, ...

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