Contemporary Electronics: Fundamentals, Devices, Circuits and Systems provides a modern approach to fundamental courses for the electronics and electrical fields. It is designed for the first two or three electronic courses in the typical associate degree program in electronic technology.  Frenzel addresses the numerous changes that have taken place over the past years in electronics technology, industry, jobs, and the knowledge and skills required by technicians and other technical workers. Contemporary Electronics offers the student the benefit of being able to use a single text in two or three courses minimizing expenses.

This text includes several unique features:

• Focus on Troubleshooting: The focus of this textbook is to provide students with the information they need to know to help prepare them for their careers as technicians. Three chapters emphasize the importance of troubleshooting: DC, AC and linear circuits and systems.

• System Sidebars:  These sidebars are chapter supplements that cover practical applications and related systems to tie the theory and concepts being learned to actual products and systems.

• System Approach:  The essence of the “systems approach” theme of teaching electronic technology has been incorporated into this text to help you introduce this concept into the curriculum if desired.  Two chapters on system concepts are included.

• Balanced Content:  The material in this book is a balance between the necessary theory and fundamentals and modern technology and practice.

• Examples:  Practical examples illustrate comprehensive concepts and allow the students to visualize how they can apply what they have learned.

• Experiments Manual:  A companion lab manual has been created to present circuit and test fundamentals in a modern way and more in keeping with what technicians will encounter in their jobs. 

• Online Learning Center:  This resource is complete with the following tools for students and instructors:
  • Online quizzing for each chapter.
  • ExamView and EZ Test Questions for instructors for each chapter
  • Instructor PowerPoint slides
  • An Instructor’s Manual with answers to chapter questions and problems as well as guidelines for the lab experiments and materials.