By far the best book written on the topic. I would argue it has all the content of Computer Engineering degree in one book.
The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
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Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#12Well there is another $120 pre-allocated :-). I hope they make an electronic version, although I would be OK with buying a second copy and getting it scanned if they don't.
Me too. All the engineering books I use week-to-week are PDFs in a directory on my computer. The dead tree versions (including AoE) sit on the shelf unused.
Make sure to click the "I want this title to be available as an ebook" link on that page.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#13can't wait for this. Time to step my Electronics Design game up.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#14The smartest man I know gave me his copy, signed by Horowitz, and told me "Figure this out, and you're a double E". Four years and a half later, I was able to return it upon graduation. (Yeah, I took an extra semester...)
On a tiny shelf behind his tiny desk in his huge lab were a bible and a copy of AoE.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#15The smartest man I know gave me his copy, signed by Horowitz, and told me "Figure this out, and you're a double E". Four years and a half later, I was able to return it upon graduation.
On a tiny shelf behind his tiny desk in his huge lab were a bible and a copy of AoE.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#16For the uninitiated this is considered, by many, to be the electronics bible. Sort of a TAOCP for electronics and circuits. The last version came out in 1989 and we're finally getting an update this year.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#17I wonder if they're going to do the same for the lab manual? I have a copy of the 2nd addition and there are instructions to mail a physical paper letter to addresses for parts.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#18I learned from the 1st edition, back in 1983, when I took the electronics course for physics majors. I think it's the best textbook I've ever used, in any subject. I fell in love with analog electronics. Note my HN user name. ;-) What's happened with analog since then? I believe that opto-electronics is much more important today, as are switchmode circuits. Some things, like systematic noise budgeting, will never go…
If you liked H&H, you might also like: Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It all Work, by Phil Hobbs.
+1, definitely an underrated book. It applies to a lot more than just EO systems.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#19Hope it's for real this time. It was supposed to be out in early 2014 http://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/the-art-of-electronics-3rd...
Sounds like it. Win Hill mentioned on Usenet a few weeks ago that it was really done and in the hands of the publisher.
Re: The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition, to be released April 2015
#20This is offtopic, but I need to ask this question and I fear I may loose the opportunity to field it to this audience of experts. I'm interested in two things and am wondering if this book, or something else, would be of use to me. Assume I have strong math background, and assume I understand the Maxwell equations. What book/resource provides a good understanding of the approximations (from first principles) needed to provide a reasonable simulation of say a (layered) circuit board and increasing frequency signals? How about if you went more complex and wanted to understand (and again simulate in software) say the behavior of 28nm CMOS circuits? Any help would be appreciated. This is more of a longer-term/backburner project for me, but I'd love to understand this aspect of hardware.