Welcome to the Companion Website for Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications, 3e, by Allan R. Hambley.

This site is a resource for both students and instructors. For instructors only, you must register one time to access instructor resources that include PowerPoint lecture slides.

BASIC APPROACH

The book introduces basic concepts of electrical engineering for nonmajors. It is written at a level suitable for students who have completed at least one term of college physics and mathematics.

The author's approach is to solve real problems and show connections between basic principles and advanced applications, especially those closely related to other engineering fields. The third edition introduces several timely new topics and a number of innovative learning features. It provides engineering students with a solid foundation in the basics of circuits, digital systems, analog electronics, and electromechanics.

NEW IN THE THIRD EDITION

• End-of-chapter problems have been added to nearly every chapter, increasing the total number by over twenty percent.
• Solutions for the exercises and problems in Appendices A and C are now provided on the OrCAD CD for student reference.
• Extensively revised chapter content—
  • An example using KVL, KCL, and Ohm's Law to solve a circuit has been added to Chapter 1.
  • A discussion of how to use MATLAB to generate Bode plots has been added to Section 6.5.
  • Chapter 9 on computer-based instrumentation systems including LabVIEW™ has been extensively revised.
  • Practical Application 9.1 The Virtual First Down Line has been added.
  • Practical Application 11.1 Electronic Stud Finder has been added to illustrate the use of several electrical-engineering principles.
  • Chapter 14 Operational Amplifiers has been reorganized, absorbing the discussion of the summing-point constraint into the section on inverting amplifiers.
  • Section 16.7 DC Generators has been added.
  • A discussion of brushless dc machines has been added to Chapter 17.
• Two CDs are included that contain the full SE version of LabVIEW™ 7 Express and the student version of PSpice with the example files discussed in the book.

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