Episode 30: quick review of book 'The Art of Electronics'

In this video I express my personal opinions about the book

"The Art of Electronics", P. Horowitz and W. Hill, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2019.

[johnwest]

I'm a 70 yo self-taught electronics tech who has retired from the business, having worked for HP, TRW, IBM, SONY... you get the idea. Years ago when I was working at a CB radio shop having just started a job installing car radios I picked up a copy of this book at a used book store for $5. Over the next 3 weeks I read it through, and then reread various parts over and over as I needed reminding over the years. I ultimately retired from the electronics biz as a senior R&D tech with 20 years of tech work under my belt working on everything from hard-drives, to self-driving army tanks, to radio gear, to power supplies, to spy satellites, to audiophile amps and speakers.

That $5 book was my fundamental electronics education, and I never heard a single complaint about my skill level from the engineers whose problems I solved and whose butts I saved. Horowitz and Hill's The Art of Electronics is the technician's Bible, and was the best $5 I ever spent.

[oneofpro]

Thanks you that you spent the time to share your experience.

[MLFranklin]

Love that book. I've been a fan since the late 1980s. I'm a mechanical engineer who used this as a text in a class called "Experimental Physics." University of Minnesota. All non-EE engineers should take that class. Professor Zimmerman taught it.

[nfrancab]

Math guy here looking to improve my tinkering skills while knowing whats going on....thank you for the review!

[KerryonBass]

Thanks for the review and very helpful that you included you background for context.

[Sombre____]

Do you know if it exist a good book about BLDC Electronic Speed controller ? For 12V motor. Because, in most of the book, i can't find a single electrical diagram showing how a "perfect" BLDC ESC is made. I don't know where to look for. And most of them, the sequence is paced by an arduino who do step by step the stuff to make the motor turning. There is not a single automatic logical sketch in the wild. I'm really interested by this stuff.

Everytime i look for something, i fall in a 400V brushless motor speed controller. It's not really what i'm looking for.

[beachdancer]

I am not sure who this book is aimed at.

My impression is that some of the book is for the novice & other parts are for the expert . Some things are explained in detail assuming little previous knowledge & then something is briefly mentioned as if talking to an expert who would already know the details.

A lot of people regard the book as great. I don't know why.

I suggest you check your local library to see if they have a copy prior to deciding if it is worth buying.

[cck]

Thanks for the review. Will this book help mechanical engineers to develop sound expertise in electronics?
Thanks.

[manaoharsam]

It would be better to state what prior knowledge you require before you read this book. For example do you need to know what transistor is before you read this book. Do you need to have enough background in circuit analysis before you read this book.

It is always a good idea to just pick up say a chapter, zoom in, show the writing. So people can look at it and say yes the information does not require any perquisites.

Yes you mentioned math knowledge here. That is good. I suggest show a simple book in math people can read alongside so they won't be Intimidated by math. Yes I know it takes a longer length video.

Thanks for help you provided. I an grateful

[kehang]

Hello. What would you say is a good fundamental level book on RF? Thank you.

[grzesiekx]

I am like 99% sure that you are Italian :D Am I right?

[ayush_kumar_]

I'm going to purchase the second edition of this book which is a paperback. Is there a major difference between 2nd & 3rd edition ?

[ayush_kumar_]

Is there any Prerequisite for reading this Book? Like what and how much should we know before reading this book..!?

[pbaemedan]

Good day, thank you for your review video it was very good. There is an associated laboratory manual that provides experiments supporting the theory in the main book. This combination of books was ehat we used at the National Radio Institute. Again thank you, Danny KI6VBC

[jensprogrammingnerd]

This is a very random comment.

The keyboard you have is the absolute Best! I have the same 😂

[perlyax]

I have the same keyboard jajajajja nice

[bosetti]

une édition française pourrais exister ? merci

[y_x]

I still have no idea of the book... booh.