Practical Electronic Fault-Finding and Troubleshooting

Book excerpt: Seasoned professional designers have that peculiar knowledge of their own work and specialized knowledge of its components to allow them to analyse and remove faults quickly on the spot (design errors take a little longer!). Fault finders can never have this depth of specialization: commercial pressures demand a minimum knowledge-to-do-the-job approach. Practical Electronic Fault Finding and Troubleshooting describes the fundamental principles of analogue and digital fault finding (although of course there is no such thing as a 'digital fault' - all faults are by nature analogue). This book is written entirely for a fault finder using only the basic fault-finding equipment: a digital multimeter and an oscilloscope. The treatment is non-mathematical (apart from Ohm's law) and all jargon is strictly avoided.