Starting Again

[Marc]

Hello all,

I am trying to get back into electric engineering again, I had some
schooling years back. I don't have the benefit of going back to school
right now, so I want to do it myself.

I would like to know if, assuming I have access to my own lab equipment,
anyone can recommend a good college level text *with/and* a good lab
section/manual.

I realize this is a broad request and any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Marc

 

[TimPerry]

Hello all,

I am trying to get back into electric engineering again, I had some
schooling years back. I don't have the benefit of going back to school
right now, so I want to do it myself.

I would like to know if, assuming I have access to my own lab equipment,
anyone can recommend a good college level text *with/and* a good lab
section/manual.

I realize this is a broad request and any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Marc

what level of text?

DC fundamentals?
AC behavior?
digital?
RF?
motors?

 

[Jim Douglas]

Here are my recommendations:

TAB Electronics Guide To Understanding Electricity And Electronics, by G.
Randy Slone
RadioShack - Basic Electronics By Gene McWhorter & Alvis J. Evans
RadioShack - Basic Communications Electronics By Jack Hudson & Jerry Luecke

Although these are not college texts they are my picks for starting over,
which I did about a year ago.

Have fun!

Jim Douglas

 

[Airy R. Bean]

"The Art Of Electronics" By Horowitz and Hill is a good
reference manual, although I've not seen a new edition for
some years.

In there you will find all the practical knowledge to qualify
you to pass degree-level examinations. The theory isn't there
very greatly, so it's a set-of-the-pants guide as opposed to
an acadaemic course of study, but well worth the
shekels charged.

On the Radio Ham front, "Solid State Design For The Radio Amateur"
is another good text with the theory limited to need-to-know
seat-of-the-pants stuff.

"The Electronics Handbook" edited by Whitaker, CRC Press/IEEE Press
is/was a concise, if heavy going, summary of all the latest techniques.
2500 pages! I bought a publisher's remainder copy for £15, I'd
estimate that new it'd be ooo £100.

 

[Marc]

You seem to have the wrong idea of what a E.E. education is about. It's
primarily an applied math curriculum. So forget playing with the fun
stuff like lab equipment and start hitting math books.

Actually I had planned on doing that as well. But finding the right math
material is easier than finding the right E.E. theory/lab material. At
least in my case.