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Know of any good books/sources of useful electronic schematics?
nctnico:
--- Quote from: ballsystemlord on May 03, 2024, 02:20:01 am ---Hello,
When looking up how people make this or that, I can't help but find that many of the schematics offered online are either not functional or poorly designed. It's not just me either. Some YT-ers make videos about fixing bad circuit designs you can find online.
Towards the end of getting a set of good/workable circuit schematics, I searched for books on the subject. I found some, but they're all from the late 1960s though the 1970s. This means that a lot of things can/have been converted into ICs or improved through the use of alternate tech, such as IGBTs/MOSFETs. So such books are a bit dated.
Do you know of good books or resources for circuit schematics?
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Elektor had and may still have a wide range of books with all kinds of circuits. These could be a good start as these are from the 90's or even later.
ballsystemlord:
--- Quote from: soldar on May 03, 2024, 04:27:24 pm --- useful electronic schematics?
That's too general. Discrete? Integrated? Analog? Digital? Power? Control? Audio? ... There are thousands of fields and millions of designs.
For example, flyback PSU is a big field all by itself.
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Flybacks are a big field? Seriously? That's amazing.
I'm looking for beginner/intermediate books. Things beyond driving leds but not as sophisticated as building 9.5 digit DMM. But feel free to point out more awesome advanced stuff at your leisure. I can always refer back here later.
--- Quote from: soldar on May 03, 2024, 04:27:24 pm ---And those outdated books... I have a few of them and still have found useful ideas like this which is about 50 years old:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/scr-power-control-for-electric-blanket/msg5170533/
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That's good to know.
ballsystemlord:
--- Quote from: selcuk on May 03, 2024, 08:03:12 pm ---You can consider magazines as well. This one has lots of circuits throughout the years. And it is fun to read.
https://www.elektor.com/products/elektor-archive-1974-2023-usb-stick-en
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$125 USD + shipping from EU->US is quite a bit to spend on some magazines. I think I'll pass.
NiHaoMike:
After a few years of electronics, I pretty much developed an "intuition" as to what designs are good and not good. I have a hard time explaining it, I suppose it's like having a "circuit simulator" of sorts in my mind.
--- Quote from: ballsystemlord on May 04, 2024, 04:12:51 am ---Flybacks are a big field? Seriously? That's amazing.
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It was the first switching power supply ever invented, used to ignite air fuel mixtures in internal combustion engines. A lot of modern cars still use flyback converters for ignition although I don't know what percentage, some manufacturers like Hyundai switched to a forward converter design as it allows a higher ignition energy for better MPG.
Nowadays, they're commonly used anywhere a small isolated converter is needed. Quite cheap to make as they're quite simple.
selcuk:
--- Quote from: ballsystemlord on May 04, 2024, 04:16:13 am ---
--- Quote from: selcuk on May 03, 2024, 08:03:12 pm ---You can consider magazines as well. This one has lots of circuits throughout the years. And it is fun to read.
https://www.elektor.com/products/elektor-archive-1974-2023-usb-stick-en
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$125 USD + shipping from EU->US is quite a bit to spend on some magazines. I think I'll pass.
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$125 is also expensive for me. I read many issues on my school library. I don't know whether that is an option for you.
By the way, its is about 550 magazines and that makes about 20 cents per issue. I cannot say that it is not fair.
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