From reviews of the first edition: "If you want to be reminded of the joy of electronics, take a look at Clive (Max) Maxfields book Bebop to the Boolean Boogie." - "Computer Design". "Lives up to its title as a useful and entertaining technical guide...well-suited for students, technical writers, technicians, and sales and marketing people." - "Electronic Design". "Writing a book like this one takes audacity! ...Maxfield writes lucidly on a variety of complex topics without writing down to his audience." - "EDN". "A highly readable, well-illustrated guided tour through basic electronics." - "Science Books & Films". "Extremely readable and easy to understand, youll wonder how people learned about this stuff before this book came along." - "New Book Bulletin", Computer Literacy Bookshops. This book presents the difference between the analog and digital worlds. It explains what logic gates are and how to make them from transistors.
Section 1: Fundamental Concepts Chapter 1: Analog versus Digital Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules, and Crystals Chapter 3: Conductors and Insulators; Voltage, Current, Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance Chapter 4: Semiconductors: Diode and Transistors Chapter 5: Primitive Logic Functions Chapter 6: Using Transistors to Build Primitive Logic Functions Chapter 7: Alternative Numbering Systems Chapter 8: Binary Arithmetic Chapter 9: Boolean Algebra Chapter 10: Karnaugh Maps Chapter 11: Using Primitive Logic Functions to Build More Complex Functions Chapter 12: State Diagrams, State Tables, State Machines Chapter 13: Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Chapter 14: Integrated Circuits (ICs) Chapter 15: Memory ICs Chapter 16: Programmable ICs Chapter 17: Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) Chapter 18: Circuit Boards (PWBs and DWBs) Chapter 19: Hybrids Chapter 20: Multichip Modules (MCMs) Chapter 21: Alternative and Future Technologies Appendix A: Assertion-Level Logic Appendix B: Positive Logic versus Negative Logic Appendix C: Reed-Muller Logic Appendix D: Gray Codes Appendix E: A Reed-Muller Extraction Utility Appendix F: Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs) Appendix G: Pass-Transistor Logic Appendix H: No-Holds-Barred Seafood Gumbo