Suggested Books for Analogue Electronics Theory & Practice
Mar 15, 2013 14:03:01 GMT
Post by steveecrane on Mar 15, 2013 14:03:01 GMT
Hello!
And help!
Whilst I've built several headphone amps, a couple of valve power amps, some active and passive pre-amps, and the like - and performed a multitude of 'repairs' employing more common sense than fact-based knowledge - my understanding of analogue electronics is somewhat perfunctory at best, if I'm being honest (a step or two up from Ohm's law and Kirchoff!).
However, I could hardly design anything with more than a couple of transistors, a single op-amp doing something really boring (and badly) or a 555 timer flashing lights on and off(!), and there'd be oodles of guesswork and assumption, not to mention the odd blown or overly-hot component working well outside its comfort zone! So...
More seriously, are there any analogue electronics books worthy of recommendation such that I'd gain a reasonable working knowledge of basic (analogue) circuit analysis, amplifier design, not to mention the myriad of idiosyncratic-but-well-understood 'tweaks' out there which seem to creep into any good project, taking the mediocre to the stellar?
I'd also like to grasp a reasonable understanding of the use of the various transistor types out there and the more common ways in which they're deployed? I like a good ole-fashioned PNP/NPN like the next guy ... but you experts must be able to re-educate a mere amateur like me with your years of wisdom?
Does that all sound too 'vague'?
I'd like something I can dip in and out of to gain a practical explanation, as opposed to a 'read it from cover-to-cover' style of predominantly academic text. I know it was always held in high regard but as a physics undergraduate (some 25 years ago) I once owned "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz & Hill and it never really 'inspired' me to get stuck in, hence I sold it!
Here's hoping I've opened an interesting and useful can of worms...
Thanks in advance.
And help!
Whilst I've built several headphone amps, a couple of valve power amps, some active and passive pre-amps, and the like - and performed a multitude of 'repairs' employing more common sense than fact-based knowledge - my understanding of analogue electronics is somewhat perfunctory at best, if I'm being honest (a step or two up from Ohm's law and Kirchoff!).
However, I could hardly design anything with more than a couple of transistors, a single op-amp doing something really boring (and badly) or a 555 timer flashing lights on and off(!), and there'd be oodles of guesswork and assumption, not to mention the odd blown or overly-hot component working well outside its comfort zone! So...
More seriously, are there any analogue electronics books worthy of recommendation such that I'd gain a reasonable working knowledge of basic (analogue) circuit analysis, amplifier design, not to mention the myriad of idiosyncratic-but-well-understood 'tweaks' out there which seem to creep into any good project, taking the mediocre to the stellar?
I'd also like to grasp a reasonable understanding of the use of the various transistor types out there and the more common ways in which they're deployed? I like a good ole-fashioned PNP/NPN like the next guy ... but you experts must be able to re-educate a mere amateur like me with your years of wisdom?
Does that all sound too 'vague'?
I'd like something I can dip in and out of to gain a practical explanation, as opposed to a 'read it from cover-to-cover' style of predominantly academic text. I know it was always held in high regard but as a physics undergraduate (some 25 years ago) I once owned "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz & Hill and it never really 'inspired' me to get stuck in, hence I sold it!
Here's hoping I've opened an interesting and useful can of worms...
Thanks in advance.