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Offline SteveRosenlundTopic starter

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Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2016, 04:17:29 pm »
I would recommend looking at W2aew on Youtube. Many of his videos feature interesting projects where he explains the theory and gives a schematic with sufficient detail for you to build it yourself. You will learn much more from this channel than by simply building kits.

I like this guys videos. Is this the same guy who if the oscilloscope class in New Jersey?  The guy who works for tektronix?
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Offline MrSlack

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Re: Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2016, 04:24:51 pm »
Another upvote for w2aew.
 

Offline SteveRosenlundTopic starter

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Re: Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #27 on: March 18, 2016, 11:56:22 am »
What do y'all think about the book "Practical Electronics for Inventors"?  I got a used copy of that one as well as a copy of "How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic" which has a lot of the authors troubleshooting methods which I find interesting.
 

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Re: Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #28 on: March 18, 2016, 12:05:50 pm »
It's ok - lots of errors. No real flow to it and some explanations are missing but not a terrible book.
 

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« Reply #29 on: March 18, 2016, 12:32:23 pm »
Practical Electronics for Inventors is ok but if I could only have one book I would prefer The Art of Electronics. The real problem with both of these books is that they try to pack too wide a subject matter into one book. When buying electronics books don't be afraid to buy old books, the fundamentals never change. 
 

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« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2016, 06:41:46 pm »
Practical Electronics has a new 4th edition out. I haven't heard to what level it fixes the errors from the 3rd edition. I seem to recall an extensive community-built errata for the prior version. If you get the older book, search the forum for the corrections.
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Offline SteveRosenlundTopic starter

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Re: Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2016, 06:44:28 pm »
I have the second version
 

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« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2016, 07:03:31 pm »
OK, I'm not sure if there was a specific errata collection for that edition. Search the forum (use the Search link in the header menu, not the search box) and see what you can find. It's been some time since I've looked at it.
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Re: Looking to build ... total beginner.
« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2016, 11:03:25 pm »
+1 Art of Electronics.
For a quick start on the basic electronics needed for simple digital stuff, download Rev Ed instruction manual for PicAxe.
 


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