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Re: Good basic circuit design books?

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Post by arisbe__ »

Not many people will have experience with too many different texts but they might be familiar with a books reputation. Of course they can compare their experience with the text to a great textbook from another subject e.g. a Spivak in math or Knuth in CS.

Also I've self studied and am confused about the whole pure/applied distinction, do some books fall somewhere in between depending on the chapter?

I have Forest Mims's which is a cult classic, but is the size of a magazine. Also I have Foundations of analog & digital electronic circuits by Anant Agarwal which is quite good. I'm not aware of a Spivak/Knuth level text but I imagine there will be something like that out there but perhaps not as well known as those texts.

I can't vouch for its quality but if you want a free secondary resource, All About Circuits has some html books at https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/

The others comments about M&H have me curious.

Re: Good basic circuit design books?

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Post by _benj »

PennRobotics wrote: post #10

Do you mean circuit theory or applied circuits? No idea for purely circuit theory. My textbooks were not great, but videos from 6.002 (a course at MIT) were a godsend. Sedra/Smith is my recommendation for applied circuits. It's mostly amplifiers---still with a heavy emphasis on theory. At 1400 pages, it's really, really long. (A good portion of this is also taught in 6.002.) The Art of Electronics is a gold mine of k…

I second “The Art of Electronics”!

It packed to the brim with usable circuits, you can feel the excitement of the authors sharing a material that they are deeply passionate and excited about!

And what I like the most out of it is how they work super hard to teach you to “think” about components and circuits in an intuitive way. One example, the refer to the opamp as the Lego of analog design and process to share a bunch of configuration in which it can be used, from a buffer to an inverter, filter, amplifier… and how those circuits can be put together to create other cool and useful things!

It’s a book that I’ve enjoyed A LOT!

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_benj wrote: post #12
PennRobotics wrote: post #10

Do you mean circuit theory or applied circuits? No idea for purely circuit theory. My textbooks were not great, but videos from 6.002 (a course at MIT) were a godsend. Sedra/Smith is my recommendation for applied circuits. It's mostly amplifiers---still with a heavy emphasis on theory. At 1400 pages, it's really, really long. (A good portion of this is also taught in 6.002.) The Art of Electronics is a gold mine of k…

I second “The Art of Electronics”! It packed to the brim with usable circuits, you can feel the excitement of the authors sharing a material that they are deeply passionate and excited about! And what I like the most out of it is how they work super hard to teach you to “think” about components and circuits in an intuitive way. One example, the refer to the opamp as the Lego of analog design and process to share a bu…

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Re: Good basic circuit design books?

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Post by srvmshr »

busbus wrote: post #13
srvmshr wrote: post #7

If you are looking for Electronic circuit theory, Milman & Halkias is a time tested classic. Or Boylestad & Nashelsky

May I ask you what is the book title ?

Integrated electronics: Milman & Halkias

Electronic devices & circuit theory: Boylestad & Nashelsky

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