[sdiy] Horowitz/Hill

[Andy Main]

I suppose I'll wade in here on the great H&H debate.

I bought that book in the first year of my degree after one of my fellow
students had referred to it as 'the Bible'.  I did use it a bit that
year, but it definitely wasn't a bible to me.  I can however see it
being of help to someone without any background or teaching.  It covers
a wide range of material in an easy to read manor.  However my useful
books are specifics to the subjects I did, many being mathematics (you
can never have too many text books when you don't understand a problem),
some digital, some optics, and some misc.  I do however think that
practice building/fixing your circuits, reading datasheets and app notes
is the most valuable experience if you learning how to make things.

Anyhoo, my 2p.

Andy.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:owner-synth-
> diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)
> Sent: 05 June 2003 19:31
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill
> 
> Hmmm, why do I get the impression that this one isn't in English?  ;)
> 
> I got my EECS about 5 years ago, and while I specialized in software
> (which I only partially regret), the one hardware class I took had
nothing
> to do with tubes (which I now really regret)... in fact, the only
hands-on
> application part of the class was using a Xilincs (sp?) logic
prototyping
> board.  Analog was pretty much tossed out.
> 
> Perhaps if I had taken more hardware classes, there would have been
more
> in analog-- but not much.
> 
> --PBr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhaible [mailto:jhaible at debitel.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:01 AM
> To: pfperry at melbpc.org.au; Magnus Danielson
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill
> 
> 
> 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.