Post by thread:[OT]: Books on radio engineering.

Hi I would be really gratefull if somebody could recommend to me some good books on radio engineering.. I have picked up the arrl handbook but I am not looking at building full recievers just embedded equipment. I need a book that shows me good little reciever circuits using modern components. I am just starting out in radio electronics so something not too difficult would be handy. Thanks a lot.. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

Hi Andrew, Please let me know if you find such a book. I think the problem is that RF/radio engineering is still a pretty specialized area. You have books written for communications engineers who deal with modulation techniques and DSP, but never touch an antenna, then you have books for the RF engineers who usually build custom systems (either custom ASICs or discrete/IC combinations). Then you have books on setting up communications systems on a very high level (calculate how much power you need for a certain coverage area, etc.),but have little or no info on building a TX or RX itself. If I understand you correctly, you want a book which tells you how to go from code on a microcontroller to a signal in the air, giving you details of how to use off the shelf ICs (i.e., from Motorola, RF monolithics, etc.) to build low-parts-count RX and TX's, simple antennas, simple calculations on power needed for certain conditions, hints on protocols to use, etc. I am not sure if a book like that exists, mainly because the types of off-the-shelf ICs available change so quickly. If such a book doesn't exist, someone should write it, though, because it sure would be useful. I was eventually planning on doing some research into this area and putting info on my web page, but right now I've got so many projects in progress that there is no time. Some RF IC manufacturers have decent app notes. IIRC, RF monolithics has some appnotes on how to use their tiny TX and RX modules with microcontrollers. I have a few of their TR1000 transceiver modules which I plan on using in a couple of months in Cornell Univ's Unmanned Micro-Aerial-Vehicle on which I have been working for the past year. Good luck, Sean On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Andrew Seddon wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi I would be really gratefull if somebody could recommend to me some good > books on radio engineering.. I have picked up the arrl handbook but I am not > looking at building full recievers just embedded equipment. I need a book > that shows me good little reciever circuits using modern components. I am > just starting out in radio electronics so something not too difficult would > be handy. > > Thanks a lot.. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

>good littel receivers Good little receivers are usually used in remote control models. More recent ones are 'classified' but a few years ago books were published with schematics and detailed construction and adjustment of such devices. They have all the required characteristics for embedded use (including digital data outputs). Again I cannot give any examples in english/american ?! Which makes me (maliciously) think that if you wave a $50 bill in front of a bookstore salesman a book might appear ? Anyway, things work a little differently here, so i would not know. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.