Recommend some books and components - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: jeremy0203
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2014, 11:39:07 pm
content: Wanting to learn anything and everything with regards to electronics. Searched and found some threads mentioning various books but not one specifically for various people listing. I have a handful of electronics type books at home from the late 60's early 70's I got from work that were sitting dusty probably since that era lol and some PDFs over various topics.So I would like you all to recommend some books, preferrably ones you have read/owned/know for sure are top notch at getting across the fundamentals.Analog, digital, anything and everything please.Also, as a beginner wanting to randomly mess around with electronics what are some good components to have on hand to try different things out. I have many arduinos to mess around with some microcontroller stuff but really want to get into the design of circuits to accomplish things. I have tons of resistors, capacitors, leds, ldrs, 74h595s, also have coming in the mail some 7441s to try to make a nixie clock, some oscillators, 2N2222A transistors. Was going to buy some opamps to mess around with when i dive deep into learning them. SO yeah whatever basic components/ICs you think would come in handy.THANKS!

author: JOERGG
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 30, 2014, 11:58:45 pm
content: Did you notice the sticky topic on top of this page?For OpAmps i found this PDFhttp://www.ti.com/lit/an/slod006b/slod006b.pdf

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2014, 01:19:18 am
content: The basics haven't changed----------read the old books you already have,then you will have some idea of what youdon'tknow.This will help you choose further reading.

author: ice595
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 31, 2014, 01:31:23 am
content: Electronic Devices by Thomas Floyd

author: valentinc
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2014, 04:59:19 pm
content: Also this one is a very good book for beginners...http://www.andyholtin.com/links/Practical_Electronics_for_Inventors.pdf

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2014, 05:12:55 pm
content: I have never bothered whith books its not nesisery in this day and age the way I learn is from youtube its perfectly adequate. There are lots of books out there but the style doesn't seem good for beginners. There are 2 extremes books that are for beginners that assume absolutely no knowledge which are too dumbed down then there are the boos that assume huge amounts of prior knowledge to understand and just are not suitable for beginners who have some knowledge.

author: valentinc
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2014, 10:45:36 pm
content: Unfortunately what you say is true... There are 2 extremes of books, because the author always presents the situation from his point of view, which in most cases assumes huge amounts of prior knowledge... And others, like the one I posted, starts from absolute scratch, which is boring for someone who already knows something...I think there is no perfect book... I learn a lot from youtube, that is true, but if you want to learn theory, I think there are more books than youtube channels who treat theory in depth... I could be wrong, but that is what I have seen so far...

author: IO390
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2014, 11:20:13 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on February 01, 2014, 11:12:14 pmBrilliant. If you're ever completely stuck: one collar, two sleeves. But still, it shouldn't come to that eh?

author: electronics man
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 01, 2014, 11:22:56 pm
content: Quote from: wilfred on February 01, 2014, 11:12:14 pmI'm dyslexic spelling is a problem for me

author: PA4TIM
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2014, 12:27:57 am
content: Analog SEEKrets from Green is a great book about components. But it might scare beginners a bit. Those who still think that caps and resistors are almost ideal. Did your schoolbooks talk 5 pages over caps ? Then you are in for a treath

author: electrolux
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2014, 11:58:27 am
content: Get 'Art of electronics' it's a great book quiet complex stuff in it

author: CaptnYellowShirt
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2014, 06:12:10 pm
content: Quote from: electronics man on February 01, 2014, 11:22:56 pm*dyslexic high five*

author: Weez
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 17, 2014, 06:19:31 pm
content: Quote from: ice595 on January 31, 2014, 01:31:23 am+1I have this and am working my way through it, front to back, moving on only when I've convinced myself I've absorbed everything. It's a textbook on the basics, and there are self-tests, quizzes, and each chapter ends with a mock project to figure out using everything in the book leading up to it.youtube is great, and I suppose one can't argue about its ability to replace the traditional method of teaching/learning. But personally, for the basics, I prefer to have a text sitting in front of me.I also have pdf's of The Art of Electronics and another called Electrical Engineering 101, everything you didn't learn in school...or something like that. I plan to read both when I'm done with the Floyd text.I've collected literally dozens of other pdf's as well, stuff on Arduino, the "Evil Genius" books, solid state this, digital that...they're easy to find on the 'net.