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Title: The Art of Electronics (Student Manual) by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz ISBN: 0-521-37709-9 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 29 September, 1989 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (76 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 11 Year going and still viable, that says it all
Comment: From the early 1980s, I've read both the first and second editions over 3 times and the heuristics they use remain second to none, 11 year later. This is THE book of Electronics for non-engineers, if more math is needed, Numbers.
With technology moving at a logarithmic phase, its a tribute to their presentation that AoE continues to be sold without a recent update and their keen circuit sense shows that many of the technologies the focused on remain available today.
Since the second edition cheap computer circuit simulators, I use Electronics Workbench but many are available, can help clarify areas were H&H may leap and bound when discussing circuits [ explanations can still be found by cross references the book via the index.] Design software makes breadboarding less necessary for testing concepts. Choice of software depends on cost and the sophistication of your design.
This book is not for the casual tinkerer, kit assembler, or an extended version of '1001 electronic circuits.' It turns astute readers into circuit designers, not everyone is cut out for that field. Its been a while since I read Steve Ciarcia in Byte, thought of Heathkit, saw an issue of Radio or Popular Electronics, but DigiKey remains a key supplier, Radio Shack remains the 'quick fix' and H&H lives on.
I rarely have time to build circuits on custom PC boards these days, but AoE has given me a cognitive lifetime warranty on all devices I've opened that screwed tightly shut said " ... VOID IF REMOVED."
For the next edition, could authors PLEASE beg the publishers to print the book on acid free paper? My copy is terribly jaundiced.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's a cookbook not a textbook!
Comment: Excellent resource for all engineers/technicians who need quick solutions to common (and not-so-common) problems. The book is more an electronics "cookbook" than a textbook, in that the authors assume the reader is familiar with basic theory but might need help in identifying the best solution to a particular problem. It is not an "introduction to electronics" but, I would strongly recommend it to beginners who wish to augment a standard textbook or course with some good practical knowledge. The authors are very effective in reducing even some of the most complex aspects of electronics into easy-to-understand terms. This book is like having a good, experienced electrical engineer available 24 hours a day!
Rating: 4
Summary: Great, but flawed
Comment: A great textbook and reference guide on fundamental electronics. My only complaint is the index, which frequently presents with incorrect page references. I'd like to see H & H come out with a third edition with a corrected index and some more modern circuits, such as LCDs and TRIACs.
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Title: Practical Electronics for Inventors by Paul Scherz ISBN: 0070580782 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Troubleshooting Analog Circuits by Robert Pease ISBN: 0750694998 Publisher: Newnes Pub. Date: 19 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design by Jim Williams ISBN: 0750670622 Publisher: Newnes Pub. Date: 23 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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Title: Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Stan Gibilisco ISBN: 0071377301 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: RF Circuit Design by Christopher Bowick ISBN: 0750699469 Publisher: Newnes Pub. Date: 11 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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