The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
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Author: Paul Horowitz, Winfield HillEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1989-07-28
ISBN: 0521370957
Number of pages: 1152
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Reviews of The Art of Electronics
Book Review: The 'Bible' for electronic design.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my "desert isle" book for electronic design.
Everything about it is perfect.
I designed a whole 68000 based voltage calibrator just from
what I learned in one of the book's chapters.
The component selection tables have never failed to suggest
a part for my application, although they are getting dated.
The chapter on low power design is a must read. The index
is perfect. I once had a problem in one of my designs where
I saw "fuzz" on a signal. The system I was designing
was a high precision voltage calibrator which consisted of
several printed circuit boards plugged into connectors on a
motherboard. I couldn't figure out where the "fuzz" was
coming from, so I thought I might see what Horowitz and Hill
could offer as a possible explanation. I looked up the
word "fuzz" in the index and sure enough it pointed me to a
page which mentioned that modular systems sometimes suffer
from signals with "fuzz" on them due to the inductance of
the connectors causing a lousy ground return.
The chapter on op-amps is so, so simple, stressing the
fact that when dealing with op-amps the most important
things to remember are that no current flows into the input
terminals and that the two input terminals are always at the
same potential as long as you have negative feedback. You
can go a long way in designing with op-amps just by
remembering these two simple rules.
The chapter on precision design was particularly
applicable for me when I was designing for data acquistion.
Common mode rejection, signal integrity, offset voltage,
temperature affects are all explained.
The authors have a very, very readible style, and a
sense of humor too.
Summary of The Art of Electronics
This is the thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the hugely successful The Art of Electronics. Widely accepted as the authoritative text and reference on electronic circuit design, both analog and digital, this book revolutionized the teaching of electronics by emphasizing the methods actually used by circuit designers -- a combination of some basic laws, rules of thumb, and a large bag of tricks. The result is a largely nonmathematical treatment that encourages circuit intuition, brainstorming, and simplified calculations of circuit values and performance. The new Art of Electronics retains the feeling of informality and easy access that helped make the first edition so successful and popular. It is an ideal first textbook on electronics for scientists and engineers and an indispensable reference for anyone, professional or amateur, who works with electronic circuits.Engineering Books
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