17-05-2020, 07:08 AM
Having used Art of Electronics Ed 2 for years I ended up in a weird cross purpose discussion on another forum. The other person was talking about JFETs being on a certain page, and I was saying that page was about MOSFETs.
Turns out the page in Ed 2 is MOSFETs and the same page in Ed 3 is JFETs!
Buy Ed 3...but you do not need The X Chapters ( https://x.artofelectronics.net/ ) which covers additional advanced material. It is excellent, but definitely not a starter document!
Another excellent one is IC Op-Amp Cookbook by Walt Jung (3rd Ed). Another standard text when you need an op-amp circuit to do a particular function.
And a recent purchase - a reprint of Audio/Radio Handbook, National Semiconductor. That one dates from 1980, so the specific devices are very dated, but the general principles and Appendices are splendid (power supply design using Schade's principles, and noise in RIAA magnetic pickup circuits). The classic nature of that Handbook has led to its reprint 40 years after its original issue.
There are many others, but those three will keep you out of mischief for quite a while!
Craig
Turns out the page in Ed 2 is MOSFETs and the same page in Ed 3 is JFETs!
Buy Ed 3...but you do not need The X Chapters ( https://x.artofelectronics.net/ ) which covers additional advanced material. It is excellent, but definitely not a starter document!
Another excellent one is IC Op-Amp Cookbook by Walt Jung (3rd Ed). Another standard text when you need an op-amp circuit to do a particular function.
And a recent purchase - a reprint of Audio/Radio Handbook, National Semiconductor. That one dates from 1980, so the specific devices are very dated, but the general principles and Appendices are splendid (power supply design using Schade's principles, and noise in RIAA magnetic pickup circuits). The classic nature of that Handbook has led to its reprint 40 years after its original issue.
There are many others, but those three will keep you out of mischief for quite a while!
Craig
