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The Art of Electronics

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Several months ago recommended a book to me called "The Art of Electronics" by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. Since Don's advise has proven accurate and valuable to me in the past I went and looked up the book. I learned that the Third Edition of the book was due for release in the Spring so I placed a preorder and put further thought about it in the back of my mind.

 

 

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Today, when I got home, I found it delivered to my front door. I was very eager to check it out. I must confess that my expectations were high enough that there was a real chance that it would be a disappointment.

 

I began, as I usually do with a book like this, by reading the Prefaces and exploring the Table of Contents, Appendices, and Index. One of the first things that made me smile was Appendix P Acronyms and Abbreviations.  Since I first joined the E-14 Forum I have been plagued by not knowing the meaning of many of the Letter Codings used by my more learned fellow members in their blogs. For this reason I have been compiling a list of the Acronyms and Abbreviations that are used on E-14. I have published this list twice in the last two years. My list currently has 262 entries. Appendix P on page 1166 of the Art of Electronics has a list of roughly 450 Acronyms and Abbreviations. Other Appendix listings that caught my eye are "B" How to Draw Schematic Diagrams. I have already learned that some of my present schematic drafting conventions went out of style in the 1950s. Yikes. Appendix J is on getting started with SPICE, something I have just started exploring.

 

I am excited to get started and despite my first concerns I am not the least bit disappointed. The passages that I have read so far are written clearly with the promise to actually deliver the review and knowledge that I was hoping for.

 

If you would like to learn more about what is inside this book you can check out the listing on Amazon.

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_22?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+art+of+electronics&sprefix=The+Art+of+Electronics%2Caps%2C878

 

Thanks again to Don for recommending "The Art of Electronics" to me.

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