Learn how to interface hardware with the physical world. This includes light-sensitive triggers, temperature sensors, capacitive touch switches, and precision timing circuits built around classic multivibrator architectures. 5. Test Equipment and Measurement

If you are using this handbook to build circuits today, keep a few modern realities in part of your planning:

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