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This looks amazing! But I'd prefer this on my laptop rather than my phone. Semi-related, but what are some good books to learn circuit design and the electroni

This looks amazing! But I'd prefer this on my laptop rather than my phone. Semi-related, but what are some good books to learn circuit design and the electronic aspect of embedded in general?

certifiedloud 4y ago
The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill
- OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  The only correct answer, really.
- ngvrnd 4y ago
  The AOE lab book is also great if you like guided learning.
  - bernardv 4y ago
    Although the AOB lab book, on its own, presumes you have the same kit used in the original course. If you’re a newbie, annoying/confusing.
- _benj 4y ago
  This. You can feel the author’s excitement about teaching electronics and emphasis intuition over rigorous mathematics proofs. An example is that they talk about opamps as Lego blocks and how it can be configured to be an amp, a filter, a buffer, an inverter, an oscillator, a switch! Instead of teaching a bunch of theoretical knowledge, which is important for certain things, they get you thinking how to use analog electronics to do stuff!
- exDM69 4y ago
  This book is available at archive.org https://archive.org/details/art-of-electronics-3e https://archive.org/details/art-of-electronics-3e The first four or five chapters are quite nice. Beyond that it's too advanced for me, but I mostly dabble in analog guitar and audio electronics.
- amelius 4y ago
  This is mostly a popular tinkerer's cookbook. If you like a more structural, engineering approach, then the suggestion of Lipiansky's book in another comment is much better.
- easygenes 4y ago
  When I first got into electronics about 10 years ago I started by doing most of the experiments in "Make: Electronics." It starts at a level where you could probably have fun doing most of the experiments with your 8-12 year old kids, were you to have them. The author of that recommends moving on to, "Practical Electronics for Inventors." Personally, I started reading, "The Art of Electronics" afterward.
thehours 4y ago
Same. Does anyone have a MacOS alternative they would recommend?
- therein 4y ago
  Unless the developer opted out, it should work on an ARM Mac. Not saying it is an excuse not to release an OSX version of course.
- candiddevmike 4y ago
  SHENZEN I/O: https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/
- golem14 4y ago
  In school, I worked on an introductory CS/EE class many, many moons ago, and I believed we used something like "logisim", which by then was pretty awesome - you could build simple things like adders, combine those with "macros" to bui;d ALUs and then whole simple CPUs. Since then, the logisim project has discontinued, but it looks like there is a open source successor: https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution Have not tried it, but it looks promising, provided you don't want to do too complicated things (not sure if you could really model complex CPUs like a pentium with it). Also, it's pretty digital only, so I wouldn't expect Mac-Spice-like analog circuit simulation.
tregoning 4y ago
Looks like it's coming from the website: "There is also a Desktop Based version in development which offers a much wider range of tools, deeper analysis and extras such as schematic views and PCB layouts"
teleforce 4y ago
Please check both books by Ed Lipiansky [1],[2]. [1]Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engineers [2]Embedded Systems Hardware for Software Engineers
easygenes 4y ago
While not as flashy, this is a free web-based circuit simulator with deep capabilities and a good interface: https://www.multisim.com/ https://www.multisim.com/
squarefoot 4y ago
Micro-Cap was released for free, no license required. Windows only (although I recall of a Mac version decades ago), but runs perfectly under Linux+WINE. http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm
compumike 4y ago
I’ve been slowly working on https://ultimateelectronicsbook.com/ https://ultimateelectronicsbook.com/ — lots more to write, though! Includes interactive circuit simulations powered by CircuitLab https://www.circuitlab.com/ https://www.circuitlab.com/ which runs in browser. And yes, the vast majority of our users are on laptop/desktop, not mobile/tablet. I don’t think engineering/design/simulation is moving to a phone form factor anytime soon :) I’d still really recommend getting your hands dirty, getting off the simulator and go build something in the real world. Even if you don’t have an oscilloscope to start, just a solderless breadboard, a pack of resistors, maybe some switches and potentiometers and transistors and LEDs, and a few multimeters, and you can probably accomplish quite a bit of hands-on learning.
- easygenes 4y ago
  Thanks for this! Great looking start to a book and I like CircuitLab from initial impressions. Looking forward to seeing the book fill out. A thousand times I'd back the encouragement to get your hands dirty with this stuff. When you do get an oscilloscope it's like a whole new world opens up too. For basic hobbyist purposes even a simple 25MHz oscilloscope can be plenty. The EEVBlog forums have great recommendations for equipment (e.g. [1]) for hobbyists and resources for beginners [2] as well. 1: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/digital-oscilloscope-comparison-chart/ 2: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/

This looks amazing! But I'd prefer this on my laptop rather than my phone. Semi-related, but what are some good books to learn circuit design and the electronic aspect of embedded in general?

certifiedloud 4y ago

The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill

OkayPhysicist 4y ago
The only correct answer, really.
ngvrnd 4y ago
The AOE lab book is also great if you like guided learning.
- bernardv 4y ago
  Although the AOB lab book, on its own, presumes you have the same kit used in the original course. If you’re a newbie, annoying/confusing.
_benj 4y ago
This. You can feel the author’s excitement about teaching electronics and emphasis intuition over rigorous mathematics proofs. An example is that they talk about opamps as Lego blocks and how it can be configured to be an amp, a filter, a buffer, an inverter, an oscillator, a switch! Instead of teaching a bunch of theoretical knowledge, which is important for certain things, they get you thinking how to use analog electronics to do stuff!
exDM69 4y ago
This book is available at archive.org https://archive.org/details/art-of-electronics-3e https://archive.org/details/art-of-electronics-3e The first four or five chapters are quite nice. Beyond that it's too advanced for me, but I mostly dabble in analog guitar and audio electronics.
amelius 4y ago
This is mostly a popular tinkerer's cookbook. If you like a more structural, engineering approach, then the suggestion of Lipiansky's book in another comment is much better.
easygenes 4y ago
When I first got into electronics about 10 years ago I started by doing most of the experiments in "Make: Electronics." It starts at a level where you could probably have fun doing most of the experiments with your 8-12 year old kids, were you to have them. The author of that recommends moving on to, "Practical Electronics for Inventors." Personally, I started reading, "The Art of Electronics" afterward.

thehours 4y ago

Same. Does anyone have a MacOS alternative they would recommend?

therein 4y ago
Unless the developer opted out, it should work on an ARM Mac. Not saying it is an excuse not to release an OSX version of course.
candiddevmike 4y ago
SHENZEN I/O: https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO/
golem14 4y ago
In school, I worked on an introductory CS/EE class many, many moons ago, and I believed we used something like "logisim", which by then was pretty awesome - you could build simple things like adders, combine those with "macros" to bui;d ALUs and then whole simple CPUs. Since then, the logisim project has discontinued, but it looks like there is a open source successor: https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution https://github.com/logisim-evolution/logisim-evolution Have not tried it, but it looks promising, provided you don't want to do too complicated things (not sure if you could really model complex CPUs like a pentium with it). Also, it's pretty digital only, so I wouldn't expect Mac-Spice-like analog circuit simulation.

tregoning 4y ago

Looks like it's coming from the website: "There is also a Desktop Based version in development which offers a much wider range of tools, deeper analysis and extras such as schematic views and PCB layouts"

teleforce 4y ago

Please check both books by Ed Lipiansky [1],[2]. [1]Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engineers [2]Embedded Systems Hardware for Software Engineers

easygenes 4y ago

While not as flashy, this is a free web-based circuit simulator with deep capabilities and a good interface: https://www.multisim.com/ https://www.multisim.com/

squarefoot 4y ago

Micro-Cap was released for free, no license required. Windows only (although I recall of a Mac version decades ago), but runs perfectly under Linux+WINE. http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm http://www.spectrum-soft.com/download/download.shtm

compumike 4y ago

I’ve been slowly working on https://ultimateelectronicsbook.com/ https://ultimateelectronicsbook.com/ — lots more to write, though! Includes interactive circuit simulations powered by CircuitLab https://www.circuitlab.com/ https://www.circuitlab.com/ which runs in browser. And yes, the vast majority of our users are on laptop/desktop, not mobile/tablet. I don’t think engineering/design/simulation is moving to a phone form factor anytime soon :) I’d still really recommend getting your hands dirty, getting off the simulator and go build something in the real world. Even if you don’t have an oscilloscope to start, just a solderless breadboard, a pack of resistors, maybe some switches and potentiometers and transistors and LEDs, and a few multimeters, and you can probably accomplish quite a bit of hands-on learning.

easygenes 4y ago
Thanks for this! Great looking start to a book and I like CircuitLab from initial impressions. Looking forward to seeing the book fill out. A thousand times I'd back the encouragement to get your hands dirty with this stuff. When you do get an oscilloscope it's like a whole new world opens up too. For basic hobbyist purposes even a simple 25MHz oscilloscope can be plenty. The EEVBlog forums have great recommendations for equipment (e.g. [1]) for hobbyists and resources for beginners [2] as well. 1: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/digital-oscilloscope-comparison-chart/ 2: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/