Technology : Electronics

Get the home of tomorrow, today! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will help you turn your ordinary home into a high-tech haven. Want to schedule your lights to turn on while you're on vacation? Stuck late at work and want to start the roast you put in the crock pot this morning? You can make it all happen with the help of existing 110V electrical wiring in your home and this step-by-step tutorial. Through simple, do-it-yourself instructions, you will walk through the process of outfitting every room in your home with a network connection that you can control with a few clicks on your computer keyboard. Complete with illustrations and photographs, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Automation will have you riding the wave of the future in no time. more...

Price: $17.59

FUEL YOUR EVIL URGESWHILE YOU BUILD GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS!. Go green as you amass power! Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius broadens your knowledge of this important, rapidly developing technology and shows you how to build practical, environmentally conscious projects using the three most popular and widely accessible fuel cells!. In Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius, high-tech guru Gavin Harper gives you everything you need to conduct practical experiments and build energizing fuel cell projects. You'll find complete, easy-to-follow plans that feature clear diagrams and schematics, as well as: Instructions for fascinating sustainable energy projects, complete with 180 how-to illustrations; Explanations of how fuel cells work and why the hydrogen economy will impact our lives in the near future; Frustration-factor removal-all the needed parts are listed, along with sources; Science fair project ideas that are on the cutting edge of the latest technological developments. Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius gives you complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources to: Understand how hydrogen could meet our energy needs in a post-carbon economy; Build a fuel cell car to race against your friends; Build an intelligent fuel cell car which autonomously drives; Build a simple fuel cell using adhesive bandages; Hydrogen fuel your iPod; Have a hydrogen barbecue-cook your food with zero carbon emissions!; Discover how the amounts of hydrogen supplied to fuel cells affect the amounts of electricity produced; And much more! more...

Price: $24.95

Discusses the concept of adaptation in the context of analog and mixed signal design along with different adaptive architectures used to control any system parameter. This book gives an overview of the different elements that are normally used in adaptive designs including tunable elements as well as voltage, current, and time references. more...

Price: $119.00

The fast and easy way to get up-to-speed on alternative energy  . Because of current events, geopolitics, and natural disasters, the cost of fuel is front and center in our lives. This book provides a concise look at all forms of energy, including fossil fuels, electric, solar, biodiesel, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and renewable fuel cells. You will get explanations, definitions, and analysis of each alternative energy source from a technological point of view. more...

Price: $19.95

Analog Circuits Cookbook is a collection of tried and tested recipes form the masterchef of analog and RF design. Based on articles from Electronics World, this book provides a diet of high quality design techniques and applications, and proven ciruit designs, all concerned with the analog, RF and interface fields of electronics. Ian Hickman uses illustrations and examples rather than tough mathematical theory to present a wealth of ideas and tips based on his own workbench experience. This second edition includes 10 of Hickman's latest articles, alongside 20 of his most popular classics. The new material includes articles on power supplies, filters using negative resistance, phase noise and video surveillance systems. more...

Price: $75.95