Attia (engineering, Prairie View A&M U. Texas) presents a guide to two state-of- the-art engineering software packages and their use in electronics circuit modeling and data analysis. Divided into three sections, the work offers an introduction to PSPICE (a derivative of the popular SPICE circuit design program), an overview of MATLAB,(a collection math and engineering software particularly good at analyzing and plotting data) and a look at how the two applications can be used to model and analyze transistors, diodes and other electronic components and systems. This updated second edition contains new MATLAB examples, a new chapter on ORCAD schematic capture program and updated bibliographic notes throughout. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)