30 octobre 2005
Quelques ouvrages consacrés à l'electronique grand public.
Digital Consumer Electronics Handbook by Ronald K. Jurgen
Books in English
Book Description
Here is the most comprehensive guide to
todayOs fast-changing world of digital consumer electronics. The
handbook offers you complete details on key enabling technologies,
standards, delivery and reception systems, imaging and audio products,
information and communications products, appliances, and residential
automation. Packed with 650 illustrations, this surefire reference
covers optical disk systems...the digital video disk
(DVD)...HDTV...digital cable systems...video dialtone...digital VCRs
and camcorders...digital photography...CD players...PCs...and much more!
Troubleshooting & Repairing Consumer Electronics Without a Schematic by Homer Davidson
Book description
In this completely updated new edition of his best-selling guide, Homer
Davidson gives you hands-on illustrated guidance on how to troubleshoot
and repair a wide range of electronic products -- when you can't get
your hands on the schematic diagrams. One of the most respected names
in consumer electronics, Davidson -- who actually ran his own
successful radio and TV repair business for more than 40 years -- shows
you how to diagnose and solve circuit and mechanical problems in car
stereos, cassette players, CD players, VCRs, TVs and TV/VCR combos, DVD
players, power supplies, remote controls, and more. Included are more
than 400 detailed drawings and photographs that illustrate the most
efficient methods for locating, testing, and repairing defective
components. In addition, Davidson offers:
* A list of common problems that crop up in each type of electronic unit
* A corresponding chart that points out where to check for those problems
* An abundance of case histories that demonstrate how repairs were actually made
* Instruction on how to tackle "tough dog" problems
Indispensable to today's professional electronic repair technicians,
this gold mine of practical guidance will also prove highly useful to
electronic engineers, sophisticated hobbyists, and advanced students of
electronics.
Irresistible! Markets, Models, and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics by George Bailey and Hagen Wenzek
In this book, two world-renowned consultants preview the industry’s future–from online gaming to telehealthcare, and beyond. Next, they present a powerful new blueprint, offering indispensable guidance on everything from technology platforms to user interface design, branding to channel strategies. You’ll discover how to uncover new sources of value, design better models for doing business, and fuel growth by reaching new geographical markets. Whatever your role in the industry, this book will help you:
· Make better decisions, find your differentiators, and focus on your key success drivers
· Tap into the emergent “meta-value” that arises when technologies, devices, services, and content come together
· Reach tomorrow’s smart, service-sensitive shopper: not just the “technology-hungry” customers
· Widen margins by adding value consumers will pay for
· Transform cost structures to support rapid growth and nonstop change
· Sell into China, India, and other fast-growing emerging markets
· Preview “telehealthcare”: the surprising application for the living room
· Gain new insights into online gaming, smart home technology, and more
· Discover the immense power of IBM’s Cell Broadband Engine processor–and the business opportunities it enables
· Leverage embedded Linux to build more affordable, profitable, consumer-centric products
· Develop higher-value software for connected consumer electronics
· Differentiate products through state-of-the-art design and user interfaces
· Discover what the industry’s “winners” will look like in five years–and how to be one of them
The consumer electronics industry continues to grow at breakneck speed: from MP3 players to home healthcare devices, consumers are adopting new technologies faster than ever before. But most consumer electronics companies are struggling with razor-thin margins, or even losses. Their traditional business models simply aren’t working anymore. In Irresistible! Markets, Models, and Meta-Value in Consumer Electronics, IBM’s leading consumer electronic industry consultants reveal powerful new opportunities to profit–and offer realistic advice for leveraging them.
Drawing on their experience working with innovators from Helsinki to Osaka, the authors and contributors introduce revolutionary On Demand Business models for improving profitability, and identify tomorrow’s most profitable CE opportunities. They cover every element of success: technology, design, service, branding, channel strategies, and much more. Whether you’re an executive or engineer, strategist or entrepreneur, this book will help you find your differentiators, focus on your key success drivers–and become one of this industry’s big long-term winners!
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