#491 Recommended Electronics Books

Episode 491
If you want to learn more electronics get these books
for raw beginner, start with the radio shack books, link in the description
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[adityatyagi]

Books mentioned in the video:
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill
The ARRL Handbook For Radio Communications
The Master Handbook of 1001 More Electronic Circuits
The Encyclopedia of Electronics Circuits

[douglasstrother]

Some of the great things about real books: no batteries required, one can make marginal notes & cross-references, and they can be read in direct sunlight.

[Andy-prbe]

"these things are called books" XD

[carlgradolph]

Just received a used copy of the 1995 edition of the _ARRL Handbook_, which cost me ~$10 including shipping. The topics that interest me are basic principles of AC and DC circuits--amplifiers, filters, oscillators and power supplies--and the mathematical formulas needed to design and troubleshoot them. All are covered in depth in the _Handbook_, and the text and illustrations are among the best I've encountered. For the price of two froufrou drinks at Charbucks, I now have the equivalent of two years of tech school at my fingertips. So glad I learned how to read!

[davistroy]

I like Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition as well. I have both Art and this one and they are both good.

[spacewolfjr]

In that old show Max Headroom, one guy calls a book "a nonvolatile storage mechanism"

[douglasstrother]

"The Art of Electronics" is *still* a great book; it was the text for my Physics Electronics course. It is "Square One" of getting into all facets of electonics; starting here you can then get more specialized and technical texts in your area of interest. Skim through it back-to-front because the best parts are in the latter chapters.

[conwaynoel]

There is nothing to beat a book except the ability to read it. Great video by the way.

[johnwest]

Yep, exactly right. I have learned most of the electronics I know from both the first and second editions of H&H, and I have about 6 or 8 different years of the ARRL Handbook between 1948 and 2012.
I'm a self-taught senior electronics tech, retired and an Amateur Extra class ham. I've worked for HP, TRW, IBM, and SONY, and I still do some repair work for a government lab.
I also have 4 or 5 copies of 1001 circuits books, and Cookbooks to digital logic, RF amps, and op-amps. In all I've spent about $25 on the books I've turned into both a career and a hobby. I pick them up at used book stores and ham swaps unless they are simply given to me.

[DiaconescuAlexandru]

Some also very great books are the "300 electronic circuits" series books made by Elektor, I have versions 300-305 translated in romanian and they're great. The 304 and 305 books contain some circuits and programs for computers that haven't been used in two decades but they still have a lot of interesting circuitry in them.

[salsspar]

so glad i have your channel, currently in school for electrical engineering

[MLFranklin]

I loved Horowitz and Hill we used it in an amazing physics class called "Methods of Experimental Physics." As a mechanical engineer it taught me so much about the circuits and logic needed for building digital (PC-based) engine controllers for research.

[thebluelunarmonkey]

Instantly recognized the 1001 More from the thumbnail. That's a pretty old book, I got it in the 1980s. I sort of keep up with raspberry pi and arduino tho I have never used them. People are using them to do simple stuff that would be much easier with discrete components.

[yeoungbraxx]

The Art of Electronics - Paul Horowitz & Winfield Hill

The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications, The Comprehensive RF Engineering Reference

Master Handbook of 1001 More Practical Electronic Circuits - Edited by Michael L. Fair

The Giant Handbook of Electronic Circuits - Edited by Raymond A. Collins

Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits - Rudolf F. Graf (& William Sheets in later editions)

[ShopperPlug]

This is the best youtube video on electronics, have been an electronic hobbyists for decades and never ever heard about these "schematic circuit books", the only books that comes to mind for such schematic circuits are forest mims books.

[swetasonti]

I remember how I came across the Art Of Electronics book. There was a book review on Elektor, The Dutch publication ( in English). It said " We normally do not review books but once in a while a gem of a book appears which one can't help reviewing ". I bought the book. Fortunately a Paper back was available in India which was much cheaper.

[sdunca]

I appreciate the video- older guy with a lot of my own "Books" in other areas- thank you for putting the list together- potentially a beginners series with these books as a "Where to get-What to do first" series?

[csimet]

Sad to think that I had a bunch of decent text books from my college days on electronics and electrical engineering, before I switched focus to computer science. I tossed them all in the early 90s when I moved. They would cost so much to replace now, but I appreciate the pointers to buy as I rebuild my old knowledge these days.

[IceNein]

The one electronic book I bought when I was a young electronics technician in the Navy was The Art of Electronics 2nd Edition. Good to know I chose well.

[charlesmangum]

Another good one is Practical Electronics for Inventors.
My problem has been I am pragmatic rather than theoretcal.