Electrical & Electronic Technology

This established text has been updated to meet the needs of today' s electrical and electronic engineering students. It retains its comprehensive and clear approach to the fundamental principles of electrical technology, while increasing the emphasis on electronics applications and digital techniques. The eighth edition has been updated throughout and includes new sections on signal processing, communications and power systems as well as an increased number of references to real-world systems. A new text design, including chapter objectives, simplifies navigation and revision. This text is suitable for all those requiring a comprehensive introduction to electrical and electronic engineering, from technicians through to first and second year undergraduates.

Features: unparalleled topic coverage and clarity; avoids unnecessary mathematical complexity and illustrates all mathematical techniques with practical examples; contains a wealth of worked examples and hundreds of end-of-chapter problems; pedagogical features include chapter objectives, highlighted key equations, summaries of formulae and key terms and concepts; divided into four sections, covering Electrical Principles, Electronic Engineering, Power Engineering and Measurements.

The late Edward Hughes was a fellow of Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. The late Ian McKenzie Smith was formerly Depute Principal, Stow College, Glasgow. Dr John Hiley and Dr Keith Brown are both lecturers in the Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.