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Electronics Explained, 2nd Edition

by Louis E. Frenzel

May 2017

Intermediate to advanced

400 pages

12h 20m

English

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IntroductionIt Is Not Like It Used to BeWhat Is in It for You?Electronics: The Big PictureHow the Electronics Industry Works?The Painful Truth
IntroductionElectricity and ElectronicsMagnetismVoltage SourcesPractical Direct Current and Alternating Current Voltage Sources

IntroductionWhy Systems and Not Circuits?Electronic Components
IntroductionLinear Circuits
IntroductionBinary NumbersDigital Logic ElementsCommon Logic CircuitsDigital MemoriesProgrammable Logic DevicesData Conversion
IntroductionConcepts and DefinitionsComputer Organization and OperationOperational DetailsPopular MicrocomputersDigital Signal Processing
IntroductionRadio Communication SystemsThree Basic Ways of CommunicationsWhat Is a Radio Wave Anyway?Electromagnetic Frequency SpectrumRadio Wave PropagationModulationRadio HardwareAntennasTwo-Way RadioSatellitesRadio Telescopes
IntroductionCan You Hear Me Now?The Cellular ConceptWhat Is Inside a Cell Phone?Digital Modulation and Wireless Transmission MethodsAccess Methods and DuplexingA Look Inside a 4G Cell PhoneThe Latest Cell Phone Technology
IntroductionIs Everything Networked?Types of NetworksNetwork Interconnection MethodsWired Networking TechnologiesHow the Internet WorksWireless NetworksBroadband TechnologyThe Internet of Things
IntroductionThe Nature of SoundDigital AudioAudio–Video ReceiverSpecial Sound Applications
IntroductionVideo Fundamentals for the Impatient3D TVCable TelevisionSatellite TVOver-the-Top TVCell Phone TVClosed-Circuit TVDigital Video Discs
IntroductionOpen- and Closed-Loop ControlSensorsOutput DevicesThyristorsProgrammable Logic Controllers
IntroductionSoftware FundamentalsProgrammingPlatforms for Learning ProgrammingLearning Programming
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Chapter 6

How Microcomputers Work

The Brains of Every Electronic Product Today

Abstract

This chapter explains all about microcomputers. It includes a discussion of microcontrollers, embedded controllers, or microcontroller units (MCU) as they are called. First the stored program concept is introduced. Then a central processing unit (CPU) is defined as the core of most computers. The basic architecture of a computer includes the CPU, memory and input/output interfaces, and internal buses. Computer word and instruction formats are discussed, and a simple programming example is given. Popular 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers are identified. Commonly used 32- and 64-bit processors are also covered. The concept of digital signal processing in introduced. ...