Book recommendations

Mar 09, 2007 12 Replies
G

I have had some Electrical Engineering 101-style classes in college as part of the CS degree. However, there is lots of basic and advanced stuff that I missed. The books I have read in the past were very slow paced ("this is a resistor- look, it makes the bulb glow less bright") or way over my head. High-level digital stuff (gates, flip-flops, and friends) I am fine with, but when looking at low-level and analog circuits I start scratching my head. Things like:



- what does a Zener diode do ?



- why did they choose a PNP over an NPN ?



- why is there a resistor in that signal line ?



- that capacitor probably filters low frequency components, but how did they come up with the amount of capacitance ?



What books / articles / online literature would you recommend ?



Thanks !



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B

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The Art of Electronics 2/e by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill Cambridge University Press, 1989

1125 pages, hardcover ISBN 0-521-37095-7

Is one of the best I've seen in a long time.

Regards,

-Bruce

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H

Try "Electronics for Dummies" -- Amazon

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G

Electronic Devices by Floyd, brilliant book:

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This is the edition I have but there are many newer versions, but since you are after the fundementals, save yourself some money and get one of the older versions.

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G

Thanks for the recommendation. "Art of Electronics" sounds great, but even the used copies are still quite expensive so I went the cheap way and ordered "Electronic Devices" instead.

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R

Yes. Even someone with no formal training in electronics should be able to get much from this book.

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M

I hear that the third edition is even better! ;-)

Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
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R

If your public Library is on the Dewey Decimal System, browse 621.384 or so. :-)

Have fun! Rich

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J

That's because noone wants to get rid of their copy.

Try your city library - even if you can't own a copy it's worth reading.

Bye. Jasen

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J

Over here it's 621.381

Next saturday I have to return it, fortunately they have two copies :)

Bye. Jasen

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H

And it can be found illegally posted hither and yon IIRC.

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G

First thing I tried; unfortunately no library in the county has it. There are copies at the local college library, but their annual library card costs 1.2 * the book price ;)

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H

Sit and read it for free?

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