Good design books - compiled thread

[Rich Nelson]

I have compiled the thread thus far (primarily so I don't repeat!) and
added my favs ->

My favorites (of those not mentioned):

For beginners -> Winner, and still champion:    Any recent version of
the American Radio Relay League's "Handbook for Radio Amateurs" - yeah,
I am biased, having been a contributor (and where _I_ learned basic
electro as a kid) - but despite the fact that lots of it is RF design,
the first sections are probably the most comprehensive course in basic
electronics you will find in any book - written in a style which is VERY
easy to comprehend!  I would encourage anybody anxious to learn  - basic
/ intermediate -  electronics & construction to pull a copy from your
library (better yet, buy it... you will reference it often), and read
the chapters on:  intro electro, components, solid-state basics, power
supply design, etc. - along with the LARGE section on construction
techniques (GREAT for beginners!!), troubleshooting, test equipment and
measurment, and basic component data. I bet that 3/4 of the basic
electro technical questions I read on this list are answered in this
book!!!  The ARRL says that it has sold more copies (all printings
combined - the first editions were transcribed by monks) than any other
technical book (many claim and are probably correct, of any non-fiction
book) ever published - it probably inspired Edison and Faraday :) -
published by an organization founded by the father of the modern machine
gun!!!

National Semi's "Linear Databook 1" (opamps, voltage regulators),
"Linear Databook 2" (active filters, sample & hold), "Linear Databook 3"
(audio circuits)

National Semi's "Linear Applications Handbook" (you could probably build
a simple analog synth, mixing desk, whatever... ripping circuits from
this one!)

RCA's "Integrated Circuits for Linear Applications" - CAxxx info and
apps

Analog Devices "Nonlinear Circuits Handbook" - basic to in-depth info +
apps on log circuits, multipliers/dividers, RMS, time function
generators, etc.  -  very nonlinear

(rich nelson)
<<pantechnicon>> 

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"Pease on troubleshooting"

Linear Technology's applications handbooks
 
Jim Williams two collections of essays on the art of analog design

(paul perry melb aust)

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"Analog Integrated Circuit Design" by Grey and Meyer

(Paul Schreiber)
Synthesis Technology

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"Designing with Off-the-Shelf Integrated Circuits" by Z.H.Meiksin and
Philip C. Thackray

(Grant Richter)

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"Art of Electronics" - Horowitz & Hill

"IC Op-Amp Cookbook" - Walter Jung

"Active Filter Cookbook" - Don Lancaster

"CMOS Cookbook" - Don Lancaster

"Electronotes" - The Founding Gurus :-)

Data sheets for every part I use
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(Buck Buchanan)

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