[sdiy] Horowitz/Hill

[jhaible]

Funny, even though my education was called study of electrical
engineering (Elektrotechnik), most books were not on electronics,
but on mathematics, system theory, circuit analysis (means: RLC
circuits), Electrodynamics (E and H fields ...) and digital signal
processing.
And when, after 2 years of maths, the first active circuits were subject
of the lectures, the prof came up with tubes instead of transistors.
I still have vivid memories of the shock when feedback theory
wasn't taught to us on transistors, but on tube circuits.
"It's a good exercise to learn it on tubes and then apply your
knowledge to transitors". Bastard!

I had a book on electronics at home all the time, Tietze/Schenk,
"Halbleiterschaltungstechnik". I think it's a decent book to
learn the basics, but it's quite lacking on music-related
stuff such as filter design and expo converters. For this,
you need Electronotes sooner or later.

JH.


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Magnus Danielson <cfmd at swipnet.se>
An: <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2003 08:42
Betreff: Re: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill


> From: Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill (was: Typical load for 9V alkaline
batteries?)
> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 11:19:01 +1000
>
> >
> > >At 08:35 PM 6/4/03 , Paul Schreiber wrote:
> > >>I'm sure that I'm in the minority here, but that H&H book is *full* of
> > >>wrong, misleading, and wierd garbage.
> > >
> > Well, I guess that puts me in the majority  ;D
> > H&H has certainly helped me a lot.
> >
> > Books I use a lot:
> > H&H
> >
> > Don Lancaster: CMOS Cookbook
> >
> > Robert Pease: Troubleshooting Analog Electronics
> >
> > Maybe if I was a qualified electronic engineer, I'd be using different
books.
> > Any of the engineers here have an opinion?
>
> Qualified electronic engineer or not... these books are practically
oriented.
> They do NOT constitute a definite reference on everything, but they do
help
> people out in mating theory and practice.
>
> There are plenty of books that is better than TAOE on specific topics,
some of
> these you find listed on my webpage. I do think that most people augth to
have
> good use of TAOE and then there is a bunch of people ("qualified") for
which
> TAOE isn't the best of references.
>
> I don't use my Don Lancaster CMOS cookbook much, I got it for fine old
memories
> sake. The Bob Pease book is always a nice read, but it doesn't play a
direct
> role in my activities. I think it is better as a reminder than an actual
guide
> or help.
>
> There is lots of other books, but if I where to recommend one book, it
would be
> TAOE, because I think most people doing a little electronics on the side
can
> have good use for it. I still get supprised by whats actually in there.
> I find that I quite often dig it out of the bookshelf to check something,
even
> if its not the most definite book, but it covers quite alot of ground.
>
> Thereis always specialized books, and it is really up to the detailed
> application and techniques on which books will act a good reference.
> TAOE does not cover RF very much for instance.
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>