PE Electrical: Electronics, Controls, and Communications

New Edition - Updated for 2019

You need to bring this book into the exam with you!

John A. Camara's Electronics, Controls, and Communications Reference Manual(ELRM2) offers complete review for the NCEES PE Electrical and Computer - Electronics, Controls, and Communications exam. This book is the most up-to-date, comprehensive reference manual available, and is designed to help you pass the exam the first time!

Electronics, Controls, and Communications Reference Manual for the PE Exam, Second Edition features include:

• 334 solved example problems that illustrate key concepts
• 446 figures, 196 tables, 39 appendices, and 1,799 equations, making it possible to work exam problems using the reference manual alone
• Including an easy-to-use index and a full glossary for quick reference
• Recommending a study schedule, plus providing tips for successful exam preparation
• Chapters on protection and safety and power system management
• Information on phasor notation, cosine functions, power supplies, electronic instrumentation and insulation, ground testing, and digital modulation
• Content that exclusively covers the NCEES PE Electrical: Electronics, Controls, and Communications exam specifications

Topics Covered

• General Electrical Engineering
• Digital Systems
• Electric and Magnetic Field Theory and Applications
• Electronics
• Control System Fundamentals
• Communications

About the Exam

The NCEES PE Electrical and Computer - Electronics, Controls, and Communications Exam is an 8-hour open-book exam that contains 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour morning session, and 40 multiple-choice questions in the 4-hour afternoon session. This exam uses both the International System of units (SI) and the US Customary System (USCS).

After You Pass

Your Electronics, Controls, and Communications Reference Manual will serve as an invaluable reference throughout your electrical engineering career.

Add the eTextbook for Additional Benefits

eTexbook access benefits include:

• ability to download the entire eTextbook to multiple devices, so you can study even without internet access
• an auto sync feature across all your devices for a seamless experience on or offline
• unique study tools such as highlighting in six different colors to tailor your study experience
• features like read aloud for complete hands-free review

• General Electrical Engineering
• Digital Systems
• Electric and Magnetic Field Theory and Applications
• Electronics
• Control System Fundamentals
• Communications

Keep the workplace safe from electrical hazards using the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E®.

In a fraction of a second, an electrical incident can claim lives and cause permanently disabling injuries. In fact, hundreds of deaths and thousands of burn injuries occur each year due to shock, electrocution, arc flash, and arc blast -- and most could be prevented through compliance with NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace®.

Originally developed at OSHA's request, NFPA 70E responds to the latest information about the effects of arc flash, arc blast, and direct current (dc) hazards, and recent developments in electrical design and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). It provides vital information that helps you comply with OSHA 1910 Subpart S and OSHA 1926 Subpart K.

Make sure everyone goes home at night. New NFPA 70E explicitly states that the first priority must be the elimination of the hazard.

The Standard continues to evolve to address risk assessment and introduces human factors, such as human error, as part of that assessment. Annex Q, Human Performance and Workplace Electrical Safety, is included to provide guidance. NFPA 70E emphasizes the need to use the hierarchy of risk controls, by moving it from an informational note into the text of the Standard. NFPA 70E now explicitly states that the first priority must be the elimination of the hazard.

Other changes in this edition:

• A modified arc flash hazard identification table [Table 130.7(C)(15)(A)(a)] makes it easier to determine the likelihood that an arc flash could occur.
• Reorganized Article 120 presents the requirements for establishing an electrically safe work condition in a logical order of application of the program.
• Changes to Article 320 introduce voltage thresholds of 100 Vdc specifically for batteries and battery rooms to cover the unique situations in these locations.
• Extensively revised, Article 330 on lasers now focuses on safety-related maintenance issues rather than issues associated with laser use.
• Article 350 introduces an Electrical Safety Authority as a possible authority having jurisdiction for laboratories.

Bring your company's electrical safety program up-to-date and give employees critical knowledge.

The conversions you need for exam day success

Covering more than 4,500 entries on traditional English, conventional metric, and SI units found in the civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering fields. This book will come in handy during your open-book exam as well as throughout your engineering career. If you have ever struggled with converting grams to slugs, centistokes to square feet per second, or pounds per million gallons (lbm/MG) to milligrams per liter (mg/L), you will appreciate the time-saving value of this book.

Topics include:

• Conversion Factors
• Temperature Conversions
• The Elements
• Fundamental and Derived Constants
• Astronomical Data
• Greek Alphabet
• Prefixes (SI and Binary)
• Decimal Equivalents

Casio's FX-115 ES Plus calculator is on the list of approved calculators for the NCEES engineering and surveying exams. Solve exam problems with the versatility and functionality of the Casio FX-115 ES Plus.

The Casio FX-115 ES Plus Calculator

• Natural textbook 2-line display = You can find exact roots of quadratic functions, and it displays advanced notation in standard form.
• Advanced mathematics = You can find the calculation of integrals, derivatives, and summation sequences with the appropriate notation templates. You also can easily identify local maximum and minimum.
• Engineering functionality = You can access 40 pre-programmed scientific unit conversions. 
• Enhanced capabilities =  You can utilize complex number calculation, simultaneous and polynomial equation solving, "Calc", "Solv", and base N calculations.
• Power reliability = It operates on both solar and battery power.

Master your Casio FX-115 ES Plus Calculator with PPI's Casio Calculator OnDemand Lessons.