Books & Publications by Homero Daniel

You will find 11 publications in  Kindle format about different subjects in electrical engineering. You can either scroll down to view them all or utilize the index below for easy navigation.


This document contains my personal notes in the form of manuscripts from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Embedded Systems class taught by Dr. Zakhia Abichar at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of handmade annotations that I did myself about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes are inspired or sourced from the books: “MSP430 Microcontroller Basics by John H. Davis” and “Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware – Software Interphase by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy 5th edition”.

 

Embedded Systems is an elective class for some electrical engineering tracks, it is especially recommended for students that have a tendency for career paths in digital systems, product prototyping, design and related fields. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment. 

  

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Microcontrollers Introduction

• Masking Operations

• Addressing Modes

• Microcontrollers Memory Map

• MSP430 Introduction

• Timer’s Hardware and Configuration

• RC Clock configuration

• Crystal Clock configuration

• MODOSC (Module Oscillator)

• Up-mode and Continuous – mode

• Interrupts

• Read Launch-pad Board’s Data Sheet

• UART (Universal Asynchronous Rx Tx)

• I2C (Inter Integrated Circuit)

• SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface)

• Low Power Mode

• Energy Trace (ET)

• Analog to Digital Converters (ADC)

• Shannon’s Sampling Theorem

• Porting a Driver

• Graphic Libraries (gr Lib)

• Concurrent Events

• DOC (Digitally Controlled Oscillator)

• JTAG

• More Related Topics  

 

 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Semiconductor Devices class taught by Dr. M. Ashraful Islam and Electronics Devices for Integrated Circuits class taught by Dr. Avra Kundu at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits by Richard S. Muller and Theodore I. Kamins with Mansun Chan” and “Physics of Semiconductor Devices 4th Edition by Simon M Sze, Yiming LI, Kwok K Ng”.

 

The University of Central Florida is one of the few educational institutions that have a Class 100 Clean Room and also a Class 1000 Clean Room, not only for research but also for education and student’s practice. We had the opportunity of not only study the tools, machinery and procedures used in the semiconductors industry, but also to see them in the Microelectronics Laboratory at University of Central Florida, Engineering Building 1, Room 163. 

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Crystal Lattices

• Packing

• Conduction principles

• Semiconductors

• N-Type and P-Type

• Miller Index

• Fermi Level

• Doping procedures

• Diodes

• Recombination

• Generation

• The Hall Effect

• Conductivity

• MOSFETS

• MOS Capacitors

• Lithography

• Positive & Negative Resists

• Energy Band Diagrams

• Thermal Evaporation

• Chemical Decomposition

• Sputtering Technique

• Wafer Hot Point Probe Test

• Pauli Exclusion Principle

• Fermi Function

• Photolithography

• Photodiode 

• More Related Topics 

 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Linear Control Systems class taught by Dr Shady Elashhab at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field.

 

These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature. The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Katsuhiko Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall 5th edition 2010” and “R.C Dorf and R.H Bishop, Modern Control Systems, 12th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010”. I used MATLAB online to create some of the simulations.

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Modeling physical systems

•  Applied differential equations to systems.

• Definitions and introduction to control systems.

• Block diagrams.

• Transfer Functions.

• State space models.

• Transient response of first order system.

• Transient response of second order systems.

• Steady state response of first order systems.

• Steady state response of second order systems.

• Performance of feedback control systems.

• Root locus analysis and design of control systems.

• Stability of Linear Time Invariant systems

• Routh-Hurwitz criteria

• Nyquist stability criteria

• Frequency Response methods for control systems

• Output and state feedback controller design methods

• Feedback control of Linear Time Invariant systems (LTI)

 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Signal Analysis and Analog Communications class taught by Dr Ying Ma at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems by Lathi and Ding, 5th edition” and “Digital and Analog Communication Systems, by Leon W Couch, sixth edition”. 

 

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Fourier Series

• Fourier Transform

• Signals & Signals Space

• Analysis and transmission of signals

• Amplitude Modulation (AM)

• Phase Modulation (PM)

• Frequency Modulation (FM)

• Sampling Theorem

• A/D Conversion

• Principle of Digital Data Transmission

• Power and Energy Signals

• Principles of AM, SSB and VSB receivers.

• FM Transmitter and receiver.

• Digital modulation 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Digital Systems class taught by Dr Yaser Fallah at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the book: “Fundamentals of Logic Design by Charles H. Roth, Jr. Fourth Edition”

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Boolean Algebra

• Introduction to Number Systems

• Binary Arithmetic

• Minterm and Maxterm Expansions

• Truth tables

• Karnaugh Maps (K – maps)

• Multi-level Gate Networks

• Multiplexers

• Decoders

• Programable Logic Devices (PLC)

• Read Only Memories (ROM)

• Set – Reset Flip-flops

• Trigger Flip-flops

• Clocked T Flip-flops

• J-K Flip-flops

• D Flip-flops

• Counters

• State Machines

• More related topics

 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking both classes Electronics and Linear Circuits taught by Dr Chung Yong Chan at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Microelectronics Circuit Analysis and Design by Donald A. Neamen, 4 th edition” and “Electric Circuits by Nilsson Riedel 10th edition”.

 

Both classes are fundamental for electrical engineers, mastering these concepts is a must for the major. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment.

 

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Semiconductor Materials and Properties

• The PN Junction

• Diode Circuits DC Analysis and Models

• Diode Circuits AC Equivalent Circuit

• Different type of Diodes

• Rectifier Circuits (Full-wave and Half-wave)

• Clipper and Clamper Circuits

• Multiple-Diode Circuits

• MOS Filed Effect transistors.

• MOSFET DC Circuit Analysis

• MOSFET amplifiers

• MOSFET digital mode

• BJT (Bipolar Junction Transistor)

• BJT Amplifier

• Frequency Response

• Concepts of Voltage, Current, Resistance

• Mesh Currents Method

• Node Voltage Method

• Thevenin Equivalent

• Norton Equivalent

• Source Transformation

• Voltage Divider

• Current Divider

• RLC Circuits time domain

• More Related Topics

 


 

This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Analog Filter Design class taught by Dr Genevieve Sapijaszko at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field.

 

These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature. The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Design of Analog Filters by Rolf Shaumann and Mac E. Van Valkenburg” and “Microelectronics Circuit Analysis and Design by Donald A. Neamen, Fourth Edition”.

 

Analog Filter Design builds up from the concepts of electronics and linear circuits into a wide variety of frequency selective circuits. This class is an excellent choice as an elective for electrical engineering students. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment.  

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Low pass Filters (Passive and Active)

• High pass Filters (Passive and Active)

• Band pass Filters (Passive and Active)

• Band Reject Filters (Passive and Active)

• Sallen – key Filters

• Chebyshev Filters

• Tow-Thomas Filter Design

• Kerwin - Huelsman – Newcomb (KHN)

• Akerberg -Mossberg

• Maximally Flat Magnitude TF

• Butterworth Filters

• Normalization

• Transfer Functions

• Operational Amplifier Characteristics

• Instrumentation Amplifier Characteristics

• More related Topics 

 


This document contains my personal notes from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Computer Organization class taught by Dr Suboh Suboh at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of manuscripts about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field.

 

These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature. The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study.

 

Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Computer Organization and Design, the Hardware - Software interface by David A. Patterson and Jhon L. Hennessy Fifth Edition” and “Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson Sixth edition”.

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Boolean Algebra

• Fundamentals of digital systems.

• Memory Hierarchy.

• CPU Concepts.

• Cache memory.

• DRAM

• SRAM

• Data Path & control

• Amdahl’s Law

• Iron Law.

• Principles of Machine Design.

• Memory Operands

• Big Endian / Little Endian.

• Assembly Mips.

• Accessing Procedures

• Leaf procedure

• Non – leaf procedure.

• Design MIPS Arithmetic (ALU)

• 32 Bit adder

• Overflow detection.

• Long Multiplication.

• Multiplication Hardware & Algorithm

• Division Hardware and Algorithm.

• Floating point addition

• Floating point multiplication

• Guard and Round Digit Bits

• Sequential Elements.

• Clocking Methodology

• Performance & Hazards.

• Pipelining.

• Locality (Temporal & Spatial)

• Write – Through

• Write Back

• Average Access Time (AMAT)

• Replacement Policies.

• Virtual Memory.

 


This document contains my personal notes in the form of manuscripts from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Digital Signal Processing class taught by Dr Azadeh Vosoughi at the University of Central Florida.

 

This document consists of handmade annotations that I did myself about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature. The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study.

 

Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes could be sourced from the books: “Digital Signal Processing, Principles, Algorithms, and Applications by John G. Proakis, Dimitris G. Manolakis, 4th edition” and “Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems by B.P Lathi, Zhi Ding, 5th edition”.

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Classification of signals

• Processing signals

• Simple Harmonic Oscillator

• Frequency discrete time

• Discrete Time Systems

• Block Diagram Representations

•Linear Time Invariant Systems (LTI)

• Continuous Time-sinusoidal

• Quantization

• Z Domain (Complex Z – Plane)

• Z Transforms

• Inverse Z Transforms

• Causal LTI

• Anti-causal LTI

• Fourier Series

• Impulse Response

• BIBO-Stable systems

• Frequency Response

• Convolution

• Fourier Transform

• Time reversal

• Differentiation in Z domain

• Pole – Zero Plots

• Transient and Steady State Responses

• Euler Identity applied to signals.

• More topics related to the subject. 

 


This document contains my personal notes in the form of manuscripts from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Computer Architecture class taught by Dr. Suboh Suboh at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of handmade annotations that I did myself about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain images, diagrams and definitions included in my notes are sourced from the books: “Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach by John L, Hennessy, David A. Patterson, 6 th edition” and “Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware – Software Interphase by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy 5th edition”.

 

Computer Architecture is an elective class for general track electrical engineers, especially recommended for students that have a tendency for career paths in digital systems, memory management and computer design. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment. 

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

 

• Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

• Micro-Architecture

• Old ISA Styles (Accumulator, Stack, Mem to Mem)

• Newer ISA Styles (Reg to mem and Reg to Reg)

• Addressing Modes

• Memory Indirect Mode

• Autodetect Mode

• Scaled Addressing Mode

• PC – Relative Addressing Mode

• Common Data Types

• Operations in the Instruction Set

• Virtual Memory

• Private Virtual Address

• Write- Through and Write-Back

• Page Tables

• Mapping pages to Storage

• Virtual Memory Applications

• Virtual Memory Implementation

• Linear Table

• Inverted Page Table

• Multi-Level Page Table

• Replacement Policies

• Data-Path

• Pipelining

• Cache memory (Multilevel Cache)

• Cache vs TLB

• Associativity concepts

• Multilevel Cache

• MSI Protocol (Modified, Shared, Invalid)

• Two Levels of Control

• Hazards

• Smith n-bit counter predictor

• G-Select

• AMAT (Memory Access Time)

• Multiple Issue CPU

• More Related Topics 

 

 


 

This document contains my personal notes in the form of manuscripts from self-study and class lectures when I was taking the Electromagnetic Fields class taught by Dr. Xun Gong at the University of Central Florida. This document consists of handmade annotations that I did myself about the subject, it contains common and fundamental knowledge about the field. These notes represent a distilled version of what I deemed significant and readily available in literature.

 

The purpose of this document is to provide students with an additional resource for their learning, fostering curiosity and aiding in self-study. Certain diagrams and definitions included in my notes could be sourced from the books: “Fundamental of Applied Electromagnetics by Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Umberto Ravaioli, 7th edition” and “Physics for Scientists and Engineers, A Strategic Approach with Modern Physic by Randall D. Knight 4 th edition”.

 

The Electromagnetic Fields class is especially recommended for students focusing on antenna design, communications, and related electrical engineering RF subjects. Please do not use this information for graded assignments of any kind. This document is solely for self-study and enjoyment.

 

Some of the relevant topics that can be found in this document are:

 

• Direction of Wave Travel

• Euler’s Identity

• Polarization of light

• Gradients and Vectors

• Scalar Functions

• Gauss’s Law

• Electric Field

• Faraday’s Law of Induction

• Magnetic Field

• Electrostatic Force

• Point Charges in Space

• Infinite Lines of Charge

• Infinitely Long Cylindrical Shell

• Spherical Shell with Outer Radius b

• Circular Ring of Charge on Plane X – Y

• Electric Potential V at a location A

• Boundary Conditions

• Capacitor explained from Physics.

• Coaxial Capacitor (Two concentric Cylinders)

• Capacitance

• Magnetic Force & Magnetic Torque

• Infinitely Long Thin Conducting Sheet

• Magnetic Force on Long Straight Conductor

• Magnetic Force on 3 Long Parallel Wires

• Inductance per Unit Length

• Magnetic Flux

• Many More Related Topics