Source for basic electronics knowlege

diy student · 3rd December 2001, 06:30 PM

Does anyone out there know of a good, book or website were I can obtain some general electronics knowlege? I read the esp site's tutorial on passive components which was most helpful. I would like to understand how diodes work in a system, and equations are good. I'd like to be able to calculate what exactly is happening at any point in a simple circuit, hopefully an aleph 4. Thanks for the suggestions.

Rob

hakalugi · 3rd December 2001, 07:42 PM

go to Radio Shack and buy: "getting started in electronics" its a good starter book with plenty of "for further reading" stuff. even some projects to do so you can translate 'schematic' into 'meatspace'.

plus, if you're gonna kill stuff with your soldering iron better it be cheap project stuff, not you /real/ stuff.

walker · 3rd December 2001, 08:54 PM

Rob, I've spent 8 years as an electronics teacher and have many texts on the subject. Two of the best books that I've come across are; Hughes Electrotechnology and Bernard Grob's Electronics. Both are good texts that don't rely on instruction or a math major. I look through my library later and see if I can find any other good books.

I suspect that there must be some good sites on the web but have never gone looking. If you find some please post them for others.

Regards WALKER

PS If you hate math, you've picked the wrong subject.

mlloyd1 · 3rd December 2001, 09:33 PM

An excellent book that I (and others) recommend often is "The Art of ELectronics". Go here for info:
http://www.artofelectronics.com/

One of the authors frequents the sci.electronics.design newsgroup and participates in very useful and educational exchanges.

Michael

Nelson Pass · 3rd December 2001, 10:58 PM

I vote for Art of Electronics, too, but it
might tell you more than you want to know

jonp · 3rd December 2001, 11:28 PM

I'm still an awful newbie at audio electronics, but so far I've found "Practical Electronics for Inventors", by Paul Scherz, extremely useful. It's taken me from high-school physics to where I am now (wherever that is

).

Amazon has 56 sample pages for this book if you're interested - but they're not very good samples.

-jP
[edit: double signature bugged me too much]

[Edited by jonp on 12-03-2001 at 06:31 PM]

Dave · 4th December 2001, 05:28 AM

I would also vote for the Art of Electronics.

AudioFreak · 4th December 2001, 01:47 PM

http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/
http://www.americanmicrosemi.com

I learnt alot of the foundational 'basics' from these two sites.

diy student · 5th December 2001, 02:50 PM

I'll check these sources out, thanks guys.

Rob

3rd December 2001, 07:42 PM	#2
hakalugi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DC	diodes are 'one way' doors... go to Radio Shack and buy: "getting started in electronics" its a good starter book with plenty of "for further reading" stuff. even some projects to do so you can translate 'schematic' into 'meatspace'. plus, if you're gonna kill stuff with your soldering iron better it be cheap project stuff, not you /real/ stuff.

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3rd December 2001, 06:30 PM	#1
diy student diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Indiana	Does anyone out there know of a good, book or website were I can obtain some general electronics knowlege? I read the esp site's tutorial on passive components which was most helpful. I would like to understand how diodes work in a system, and equations are good. I'd like to be able to calculate what exactly is happening at any point in a simple circuit, hopefully an aleph 4. Thanks for the suggestions. Rob

3rd December 2001, 08:54 PM	#3
walker diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Perth West Australia	Rob, I've spent 8 years as an electronics teacher and have many texts on the subject. Two of the best books that I've come across are; Hughes Electrotechnology and Bernard Grob's Electronics. Both are good texts that don't rely on instruction or a math major. I look through my library later and see if I can find any other good books. I suspect that there must be some good sites on the web but have never gone looking. If you find some please post them for others. Regards WALKER PS If you hate math, you've picked the wrong subject.

3rd December 2001, 09:33 PM	#4
mlloyd1 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: illinois	An excellent book that I (and others) recommend often is "The Art of ELectronics". Go here for info: http://www.artofelectronics.com/ One of the authors frequents the sci.electronics.design newsgroup and participates in very useful and educational exchanges. Michael

3rd December 2001, 10:58 PM	#5
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	I vote for Art of Electronics, too, but it might tell you more than you want to know

3rd December 2001, 11:28 PM	#6
jonp diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Rafael, CA	I'm still an awful newbie at audio electronics, but so far I've found "Practical Electronics for Inventors", by Paul Scherz, extremely useful. It's taken me from high-school physics to where I am now (wherever that is ). Amazon has 56 sample pages for this book if you're interested - but they're not very good samples. -jP [edit: double signature bugged me too much] [Edited by jonp on 12-03-2001 at 06:31 PM]

4th December 2001, 05:28 AM	#7
Dave diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: New Zealand	I would also vote for the Art of Electronics.

4th December 2001, 01:47 PM	#8
AudioFreak Warp Engineer On Holiday Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Queensland, Australia	http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/ http://www.americanmicrosemi.com I learnt alot of the foundational 'basics' from these two sites.

5th December 2001, 02:50 PM	#9
diy student diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Indiana	I'll check these sources out, thanks guys. Rob

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