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This is awesome and great as a short-form resource. For years, my long-form (non-concise?) go-to book has been "The Art of Electronics" [0] by Paul Horowitz (a

by smoyer 9y ago

This is awesome and great as a short-form resource. For years, my long-form (non-concise?) go-to book has been "The Art of Electronics" [0] by Paul Horowitz (and others depending on the edition). It has everything you need in a single reference book! [0] http://amzn.to/2iZfjbG http://amzn.to/2iZfjbG

acidburnNSA 9y ago
So true. The associated Lab Manual is even more fun if you want the hands-on experience. It's top notch.
icantdrive55 9y ago
This is a great, but difficult very at the same time, book on electronics. It expects student to know trig, exponential functions, and a bit of Calculus. Supposedly, at Harvard, students finish it in one semester. It doesn't seem possible, but who knows. There's always a back story of the supposed feats I have heard about Harvard students. Anyway, everyone interested in electronics should have it as a reference. You can skip, but come back to chapters 5 (first half), 7,12, 13, 14, and maybe 15. Put it this way, if you have mastered everything in this book, you should be able to sit for any EE exam. If you can visualize the topics--you are very, very smart, or have true grit. It's not light reading. If your completely new to electronics, get to know the basic equations. Ohm's law is so important. Remembering VAR saved me so many times. (Vomit=Amps x Resistance). In some circles, they don't like using the word amps; they always use current. I'm not in those circles. Another book I found helpful is Ashly's book Electrical Engineering 101 Everything you should have learned on school but didn't. (There's a need for more honest books like this.) Learn how to wire a house too. I've known EE's who don't know how to wire a modern home, or it's straight from a older reference book. Know a little bit about commercial wiring too. It's not that complicated. Writing this, reminds me I need to brush up on Electric Vechicles. I was looking at new cars for my mom, and realized I didn't know much about hybrid vechicles. And I refuse to do what the dealership mechanic said, "Oh---no one works on their vechicles anymore! They bring it right here" A sign in the Service Department read $270 hr. He also said know one pays in cash anymore. I walked off that lot with 20 grand still in my pocket. All I though about on the way home is I can't belive the number of new cars on the road, and I don't like not being able to repair a new vechicle. I walked off that lot with $20 grand, and a Blue Book. If I had an employee that didn't close on a used car--he would be fired. I guess the economey is doing better than it feels. Sorry, about rambling on--kinda depressed.

by smoyer 9y ago

acidburnNSA 9y ago

So true. The associated Lab Manual is even more fun if you want the hands-on experience. It's top notch.

icantdrive55 9y ago

This is a great, but difficult very at the same time, book on electronics. It expects student to know trig, exponential functions, and a bit of Calculus. Supposedly, at Harvard, students finish it in one semester. It doesn't seem possible, but who knows. There's always a back story of the supposed feats I have heard about Harvard students. Anyway, everyone interested in electronics should have it as a reference. You can skip, but come back to chapters 5 (first half), 7,12, 13, 14, and maybe 15. Put it this way, if you have mastered everything in this book, you should be able to sit for any EE exam. If you can visualize the topics--you are very, very smart, or have true grit. It's not light reading. If your completely new to electronics, get to know the basic equations. Ohm's law is so important. Remembering VAR saved me so many times. (Vomit=Amps x Resistance). In some circles, they don't like using the word amps; they always use current. I'm not in those circles. Another book I found helpful is Ashly's book Electrical Engineering 101 Everything you should have learned on school but didn't. (There's a need for more honest books like this.) Learn how to wire a house too. I've known EE's who don't know how to wire a modern home, or it's straight from a older reference book. Know a little bit about commercial wiring too. It's not that complicated. Writing this, reminds me I need to brush up on Electric Vechicles. I was looking at new cars for my mom, and realized I didn't know much about hybrid vechicles. And I refuse to do what the dealership mechanic said, "Oh---no one works on their vechicles anymore! They bring it right here" A sign in the Service Department read $270 hr. He also said know one pays in cash anymore. I walked off that lot with 20 grand still in my pocket. All I though about on the way home is I can't belive the number of new cars on the road, and I don't like not being able to repair a new vechicle. I walked off that lot with $20 grand, and a Blue Book. If I had an employee that didn't close on a used car--he would be fired. I guess the economey is doing better than it feels. Sorry, about rambling on--kinda depressed.