vorange said:
I don't want online sources, I would like to know if there are any
books which have circuit puzzles I can solve starting from basics on
upwards to more and more complex circuits. I'm talking analog
circuits here with resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, op
amps....etc.. as I'm fundamentally weak analog.
Thanks
I don't quite know what you mean by "circuit puzzles".
You could just find beginners books, and look at the schematics before
reading the accompanying text. Try to figure out what is going on,
and if there are bits you don't understand, use a reference book
to look things up.
When I got interested in electronics as a hobby, I went through
all the books on the topic at the children's library, which in
retrospect were more electrical books than electronics. Then
I discovered the hobby electronic magazines, and I worked on
those. At first, none of it made sense, but as I continued
reading, I picked up lots. I sure didn't read theory books
first in anticipation of understanding, I tried to understand
from the hands on stuff I was looking at. Obviously I did
pick up theory books eventually, but again that was more
to fill in based on what I was interested in rather than
reading in order to do more.
The magazines are mostly gone, but the books that are introductory
with lots of projects could fill the void.
Look at schematics, and form questions, "what does that resistor do?"
and use the question to track down answers.
The raw material of the schematics is useful for picking up common
useage ("schematics usually read from left to right, just like words",
"ground is a simple way of showing a common return point without
drawing lines all over the schematic"). The more you look over,
the more you will pick up.
And yes, you'll learn that a well drawn schematic helps to follow
the circuitry. If it's a jumble, you really can't tell what's going
on, but if the schematic is well laid out with the start at the left
and the end at the right, it does make a lot more sense.
Michael