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robsims:
Hi,

Can someone help me with a list of  electronic books they use in college/university which i can download. I have "Electronic Principles" 8th edition from Albert Malvino and David Bates, but maybe there are better books which are easier to read and don't go too deep in theory with too much calculus. I don't have a problem with calculus, i'm a mechanical engineer,  but the book must be a bit more practical. The Malvino and Bates book is good, but maybe there is something better.

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: robsims on August 06, 2019, 03:50:34 am ---Hi,

Can someone help me with a list of  electronic books they use in college/university which i can download. I have "Electronic Principles" 8th edition from Albert Malvino and David Bates, but maybe there are better books which are easier to read and don't go too deep in theory with too much calculus. I don't have a problem with calculus, i'm a mechanical engineer,  but the book must be a bit more practical. The Malvino and Bates book is good, but maybe there is something better.

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Are you familiar with The Art of Electronics and it's accompanying workbook? It's the de facto standard work here and likely elsewhere. It's readable and practical.

robsims:
I have The Art of Electronics and it's accompanying workbook, but i find Malvino and Bates's book  a bit more well-arranged. And Malvino's book starts from the basics which is good. I just want to know how components work, how they are used in a circuit (power ratings etc.), what to take into account when designing circuits, maybe one or two circuits as an example. I don't want too much information too.   

Shock:
These two (top one being the newer) are both easy on the math.
Introduction to Basic Electricity and Electronics Technology - Earl Gates.
Introduction to Electronics - Earl Gates.

This is a popular book here on the forums.
Practical Electronics for Inventors - Paul Scherz and Simon Monk.

bd139:
Art of Electronics and Practical Electronics for Inventors won't be seen in universities and colleges as a rule unless it's ancillary work ie you're a physicist and want to get some shit done. The latter of the two is utterly junk though. I wouldn't buy it. I actually worked with one of the authors for a while and it's entirely not his real domain of expertise!

I'm not sure what the gold standard is now but at university you'll learn a lot of theory in a lot of pages and waltz out unable to throw anything together whatsoever other than an impressive ability to do laplace transforms and burn your fingers trying to put together an AND gate and two LEDs. Then when you get a job you'll find that most of it is cookbook glue and sticky tape. I go for the cookbook glue and sticky tape first now.

My favourite (analogue) books are these which are relatively deep:

1. Gray & Meyer: Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits.
2. Sergio Franco: Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits.

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