Book Reviews

hello! I have the Student Manual version of that book. Its a good book, very informative, and has hand-drawn pictures in it which look good. It also has some humour, e.g. I read a section about op amps, and the authors were talking about dogs being hidden from op amp outputs.

I have several books from Bernard Babani Publishing. You got any? They're inexpensive, and contain great info. Here are a few:
- Practical Electronics Calculations and Formulae: A very useful book which tells you all sorts of equations, stuff about components, S.I. units, how to calculate things, etc.
- Practical Oscillator Circuits: This books shows you a variety of oscillator circuits using ICs such as the 555, 556, TL072 etc. There are also LC circuits. The circuits are explained and they work great. The book is by Andy Flind; anyone know anything about him?
- Practical Electronic Filters: This book explains how filtering works and how to devise filtering circuits. Thanks to this book, I understand that a (passive?) filter is a voltage divider,and I was able to see how placing different components in different parts of a circuit could provide a different response.

There are several books by a guy named R.M. Marston. One of his books I have is Timer/Generator Circuits Manual. There are plenty of interesting circuits to try out. Explanations are provided.

Another book I have is Electronics Calculations Data Handbook. This book features all sorts of tables with values for resistor power ratings, voltage dividers, etc. There are also explanations for circuits and various topics.

 

I recommend using:
Electrical Engineering: Principles and Applications by Allan R. Hambley (2011)
You can see it here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34151864/Electrical-Engineering-Principles-and-Applications

It covers the following topics including many clear worked examples:
Chapters 1-6: Basic Circuit Analysis
ch.1 Introduction
ch. 2 Resistive Circuits
ch. 3 Inductance and Capacitance
ch. 4 Transients
ch. 5 Steady State Sinusoidal Analysis
ch. 6 Frequency Response, Bode Plots and Resonance
Chapters 7-9 Digital Systems
ch. 7 Logic Circuits
ch. 8 Microcomputers
ch. 9 Computer Based Instrumentation Systems
Chapters 10-14 Electronic Devices and Circuits
ch.10 Diodes
ch.11 Amplifiers
ch.12 Field Effect Transistors
ch. 13 Bipolar Junction Transistors
ch.14 Operational Amplifiers
Chapters 15 -17Electromechanics
ch.15 Magnetic Circuits and Transformers
ch. 16 DC Machines
ch.17 AC Machines

The book also has a very good companion website with video solutions.
PDF files of solutions to in chapter questions are available on the companion website (you need to purchase the book to have access to the companion website)

Prerequisites :
The book recommends an understanding of basic physics and single variable calculus.

A very good first text book.

 

I've been reading this book recently and it is very good:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essence-Ana...2230/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348508621&sr=8-2
I found it on eBay for a mere £3!

'Practical Electronic Filters' is also a good book, though it is more specific.

 

Electric Circuits
by Nilsson, Riedel:
Very nice book for the beginners. Starting out with ohms law, ending with basic op amp circuits, frequency respons and natural/step respons.

Audio Power Amplifiers
by Bob Cordell:
All about power amplifiers. Very easy to read book with lots of practical information about different output stages examples and explanaitions, but not so much theory.

Audio Power Amplifier
by Douglas Self
A little bit more theoretical than Cordell, but still its expected that you know some circuit theory if you want to fully understand it. I prefer this book a bit more than the Cordell. Also easy to read, lots of practical information.

Small Signal Audio Design
by Douglas Self
This is a really really nice book for every audio insterested people. Easy to read and lots of information about different transistor and op amp circuits. All about noise, gain, stability and lots of circuit examples for different use. I strongly recommend this book. Douglas Self knows his stuff.

Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits
by Sergio Franco
This is a good book for instrumentation circuits. All about noise, impedances, stability and frequency response and many different op amp circuits. A good mix of theory and practical information. Not for starters, but if you know basic electronics i strongly recommend this book!

Microelectronic Circuits
by Sedra/Smith
One of my favorite books about basic op amp, diode and transistor circuits. You need to know some basic electronics and frequency respons in advance, but otherwise this book begin with easy circuits and end with a bit more complex designs. Very easy to read, lots of examples, lots of tasks to solve and all in all a really good book.

Digital Design, Applications and VHDL
by Dueck
An easy to read book if you want to learn all about digital circuits. Begins with a beginner level and gets more advanced later in the book. A nice introduction to the digital world.


Hope this was helpfull!

 

Good Electronics Books ...

Yes ... there are several of them ...

The BOOK presented here (Horowitz) is an ancient and almost dogmatic book .... Is the BEST one as a reference ...

Even there is several good one ... the most complete (and practical) textbook is


1. Electronic Devices and Circuits (Bogart, Beasley, Rico), almost engineering level
2. Electronic Devices (Conventional Current Version; Floyd) technology and practical level


There is s lot more in the market .... just forget about MAURO (Engineering level) ... one of the worst

EGD

 

My first book was Forrest Mims' Getting Started in Electronics
Less on theory, more on general topics. A good introduction. Also as far as introduction goes, Charles Platt's Make : Electronics

Further from there, I read Basic Electricity by the REA,
http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Basi...=1359254739&sr=1-5&keywords=basic+electricity

and Code by Charles Petzold for more on computer science.

I highly recommend Art of Electronics as well!

 

Make: electronics
This is a great book for beginners because it assumes you know nothing

 

Electronics for Inventors, Paul Scherzy

Not the best for extreme newbies, but will do if you have a decent grasp of algebra, but If you know the higher mathematics he also goes really deep into theory which uses that, so there's a little something for everyone.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pra...=pla&ean=9780071452816&isbn=9780071452816&r=1

Ch. 1 Introduction
2. Theory

3. Electrical components

4. Semiconductors

5. Optoelectronics

6. Integrated Circuits

7. Op amps

8. Filters

9. Oscillators & timers

10. Power supplies

11. Audio electronics

12. Digital

13. Motors

14. Hands on electronics

 

There is a new 3rd edition of the Scherzy text. I will get that later once I am done with the basics, but FYI, in case anyone is about to buy the 2nd edition.

 

Wow, this fellow was my electronics lecturer 3 years ago during my Mechatronics degree, he is honestly one of the best teachers I have ever had for anything and his book does demonstrate that also.

 

The Technique of Radio Design by E.E.Zeplar 1943

A classical book for those who wish to know how things were before semiconductors.

 

Electronic Filter Design by Arthur B. Williams 1981
I think there is a later edition.

Designs of low pass, band pass and high pass filters, passive and active.
Various filter types, Butterworth, Chebyshev, Bessel, Linear Phase,Transitional Gaussian usually up to seven pole.

 

I have to recommend you guys to read "electronics part and its operation", though i authorised the book , it is very good and fascinating for newbies!

 

book recommendations

I am always looking for something new to read, so I thought why not start a thread of book recommendations. It may even serve to help somebody out. to start off, the best books I have read are:

electrical circuit theory and technology by john bird.

practical electronics for inventors by paul scherz.

electrical engineering know it all by clive maxfield.

 

CMOS Cookbook by Don Lancaster

I really like how Don Lancaster wrote this book! He put very little math in it. It does need some basic understanding of electronics. In the middle of it he put datasheets for CMOS ICs. I have talked with him via email and he seemed nice. In the back it has a TTL to CMOS conversion chart!

OP-AMP Circuits and Principles by Howard M Berlin

The book is from the 90s so it’s kind of dated but is a very good reference book. I have learned a lot on op-amps from reading it. In the back it has datasheets for some op-amps and it also has about 14 experiments. It does need some higher math skills.

Dan

 

Complete Guide to Reading Schematic Diagrams. John Douglas-Young.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guid...1401667298&sr=1-3&keywords=john+douglas-young

The book is dated and out of print, but it takes a unique approach to explaining circuits that you won't find elsewhere. I have the second edition, printed 1979.

 

A bit specialist, but very good for beginners making Analogue Synths... For the more experienced, there is a lot of padding, but still worth a read...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Analog...=1-1-spell&keywords=analogue+synthesisers+ray

 

Getting started in electronics was my first book too. I bought an $80 kit from radioshack about ten years ago that came with the book. It was a solderless breadboard with an ohmeter, phototransistor, and other devices with springs for connections that would hold the wires.