29 Jan
2003
29 Jan
'03
10:27 a.m.
Due to the recommendation of several on the list, I went to the local Barnes
and Noble and picked up Horowitz & Hill's _The Art of Electronics_. You guys
weren't fibbing: this thing's great! I've only read about 10 pages so far,
but it already kicks the complete @#$% out of the book I previously had. I
give many thanks to those who recommended this book.
The other book I had was _Understanding Electronics_. I don't remember the
author's name but the publisher was TAB Books. I wouldn't recommend it to
anyone except maybe for use as a firestarter. That book sucks giant donkey
balls (IMHO of course).
--
Jeffrey Sharp
29 Jan
29 Jan
1:03 p.m.
on 1/29/03 6:29 PM, Jeffrey Sharp at jss(a)subatomix.com wrote:
Due to the recommendation of several on the list, I
went to the local Barnes
and Noble and picked up Horowitz & Hill's _The Art of Electronics_. You guys
weren't fibbing: this thing's great! I've only read about 10 pages so far,
but it already kicks the complete @#$% out of the book I previously had. I
give many thanks to those who recommended this book.
The other book I had was _Understanding Electronics_. I don't remember the
author's name but the publisher was TAB Books. I wouldn't recommend it to
anyone except maybe for use as a firestarter. That book sucks giant donkey
balls (IMHO of course).
_Understanding Electronics_, by R.H. Warring, TAB book #1553. Originally
published in 1978, second edition copyright 1984. I have it as a reference
here at my desk. Horowitz & Hill's book is in my closet piled under a bunch
of cheap DOS software. Maybe I should dig it out.
--
Owen Robertson
3:18 p.m.
At 06:29 PM 1/29/03 -0600, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
Due to the recommendation of several on the list, I
went to the local Barnes
and Noble and picked up Horowitz & Hill's _The Art of Electronics_. You guys
weren't fibbing: this thing's great! I've only read about 10 pages so far,
but it already kicks the complete @#$% out of the book I previously had. I
give many thanks to those who recommended this book.
The other book I had was _Understanding Electronics_. I don't remember the
author's name but the publisher was TAB Books. I wouldn't recommend it to
anyone except maybe for use as a firestarter. That book sucks giant donkey
balls (IMHO of course).
That's generally true of all the TAB boks. I've found few that were worth even
taking home and I certainly wouldn't PAY for them.
Joe
5:59 p.m.
Joe wrote:
That's generally true of all the TAB boks.
I've found few that
were worth even taking home and I certainly wouldn't PAY for them.
Don't
tar them all with the same brush - Gordon McComb's "Robot Builder's
Bonanza" isn't a bad book; probably the best book on amateur robotics, IMO.
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
30 Jan
30 Jan
5:36 a.m.
Don't tar them all with the same brush - Gordon
McComb's "Robot Builder's
Bonanza" isn't a bad book; probably the best book on amateur robotics, IMO.
Well, I have it, but I certainly wouldn't have paid full price for it (I
found it in a charity shop). I suppose it's got some good ideas in it,
but much of it seems to be poorly designed and presented. I suspect you
could do a lot better with a little thought.
On the other hand it's better than some books on homebrew robotics...
-tony
5:32 a.m.
Due to the recommendation of several on the list, I
went to the local Barnes
and Noble and picked up Horowitz & Hill's _The Art of Electronics_. You guys
weren't fibbing: this thing's great! I've only read about 10 pages so far,
but it already kicks the complete @#$% out of the book I previously had. I
I thought you'd like it... As I say, it's not the only book on
electronics that I use, and it's somewhat weak in some areas (RF stuff,
for example). But it's a good solid introduction. If you understand all
of H&H, then you'll be able to understand the other books, and work out
when they're talking nonsense!
I've been fooling around with electronics for 30 years or so, and doing
it 'seriously for at least 20 years. I still use H&H _a lot_. OK, this
probably means there are areas of electronics (many areas?) that I don't
know much about, but my point is that H&H is not a book you will quickly
grow out of.
There's also a book of experiments, called something like 'The Student
Manual for the Art of Electronics). It's good (it goes up to making a
very simple 68008-based computer). My only critism is that as it was
intended for a university course, it assumes you have some reasonable
test gear (bench PSU, 'scope, etc) available. But even if you can't carry
out all the experiments, it's worth reading it.
-tony
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