How to use OpAmps book recommendation ( was [sdiy] ebay resistors recommendations for values and quantity )

[Veronica Merryfield]

On 17-Feb-08, at 10:16 AM, Tom Arnold wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 09:56:19AM -0600, Jack Kevorkian wrote:
>> could anyone suggest a good book on the subject of operational
>> amplifiers?  I need to know why my oscillator circuit attempts
>>
> I'd suggest *starting* with 2 books:
> http://www.amazon.com/Op-Amp-Cookbook-3rd-Walter-Jung/dp/0138896011
>
> and
> http://www.amazon.com/Amp-Applications-Handbook-Analog-Devices/dp/0750678445
>
> but if you are looking for more basic electronics questions, maybe
> http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521370957
>
> Is a better starting point?
>
> I'm sure there will be lots of opinions on this.

Jack, I would second Tom's suggestion of the Art of Electronics. I was  
going to post this but saw Tom had already posted it. I got the first  
edition when it first came out from a university book shop. I did get  
a later edition as well but that has been lost but I still have my  
first edition. There chapters on opamps and oscillators are excellent  
ground laying texts - easy to understand without loosing anything,  
well anything worth worrying about. I suspect the later additions have  
up to date data but I hope nothing has been lost.

Other books have come and gone over the years (including cook books  
and single subject ones), what with degrees and work etc, but this one  
has stayed