Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, “Understanding Electronic Components” was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair

• 1. Resistors2. Capacitors3. Inductive and Tuned Circuit Components4. Chemical Cells and Batteries5. Active Discrete Components6. Linear ICs7. Familiar Linear Circuits8. Sensors and Transducers9. Digital Logic10. Programmable Devices11. Microprocessors and Microcontrollers12. Microprocessor Interfacing13. Data converters14. Transferring Digital Data15. Microcontroller Applications16. Digital Signal Processing17. Computer Aids to Circuit Design18. Connectors, Prototyping and Mechanical Construction19. Testing and TroubleshootingAppendixA. Standard Metric Wire TableB. Arithmetic and Logic Instructions TablesC. Hex Record FormatsD. Gerber Data FormatE. Pinout Information LinksF. SMT Packages and Guides