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?
Thanks!
The Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits. I have volumes 1 - 6. Not sure what you really mean by "useful", But I browse these for ideas from time to time. Many schematics to not come with much information, but I find that part of the fun.
Do you know of good books or resources for circuit schematics?
Look for John Markus' books.
But schematics on their own are useless. You also need a description of their performance and limitations.
Any ARRL Handbook. Though they are focus more on radio circuits, there is lots of stuff in them on test and measurement, power supplies and other generic stuff.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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/
That's good to know.
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.
Flybacks are a big field? Seriously? That's amazing.
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.
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
$125 USD + shipping from EU->US is quite a bit to spend on some magazines. I think I'll pass.
$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.
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
I'm not so sure whether this is a good buy especially where it comes to the magazines published before 1990. A lot will be outdated. Also, many projects published in the magazines come without a circuit board layout. You'd need to order the boards but likely many of the older boards are not longer avaible. The same goes for projects with a microcontroller or programmable logic. You'd have to order the pre-programmed chip from Elektor. For me this was the reason to cancel my subscription in the late 90's. I wanted to tinker with the code myself; not get some kind of black box.