Hello everyone
I’m engineer, into electronics since childhood, but the engineering was for mechanical and not electrical or electronics
Of course engineering helped me understand electronics, or in other words, when I read or search something I don’t know about or don’t understand in electronics, my engineering degree help little understand ,
I’ve been practicing electronics all my life, into repair field, daily job, now I want advance my skills and maybe job in the future
I am interested in PCb design, i know it’s more complicated and need more information and experience
But I think I can start by self learning for now,
So what are the good books help me cover electronic circuits design that you have read and liked and learned really from
I don’t need academics, I need a book add value to me, and more practical especially in the area of design a circuit
Do you recommend any?
Regards

 

The Art Of Electronics Horowitz & Hill

 

The electronics “tree” has two thick, main branches: analog and digital. Which one would you like to learn first?

 

Really, "digital" is just a special case of ANALOG, in which most of it is much less linear. Digital LOGIC is a world unto itself, though.

 

The electronics “tree” has two thick, main branches: analog and digital. Which one would you like to learn first?

Analog

 

what are the good books help me cover electronic circuits design

I don't have any textbooks that I'd recommend, but I learned a lot about designing circuits from the 1978 Linear Applications Databook from National Semiconductor.

Couldn't find a PDF for the 1978 version, but here's the 1973 version. A quick scan of the applications showed most of ones I found interesting are there.

I also learned a lot from the 1979 Signetics Analog Applications manual.

I scanned the books for interesting ideas in my early days as an R&D technician. I didn't try to learn everything in one sitting. It was just to become familiar with various circuits so that when I needed to design a circuit, I could recall if I had seen any potential building blocks.

I have hardcopy of both books (PDF hadn't been invented when I was a technician), and my memory system for things I find interesting in printed books is to remember the approximate page number and whether the info of interest was on the right or left page, top, middle, or bottom. That let me quickly scan the books to find the information when I wanted it.

I found National's AN-31, 72, and 74 very useful. AN-72 is for Norton Amplifiers (LM3900), but there were some ideas that are generally applicable to general purpose opamps (like putting a diode on the output to level shift the output closer to ground).

I noticed that an error in the AN-74 in 1973 databook is still there in the 1978 version. So be mindful that the circuits haven't necessarily been verified to work as shown (but the vast majority do).

In the Signetics applications manual, I found Section 1 Linear IC Processing, Section 2 Linear IC Design Techniques, and Section 6 Timers very interesting and informative. That whole manual is a good read.

I am interested in PCb design, i know it’s more complicated

It's not that complicated for simple boards. I think getting a "good" layout is more art than science.

 

There are two approaches. One is to get into the many excellent applications books published by the big chip vendors. National Semiconductor is the undisputed king of the hill, Signetics is a legitimate contender for 2nd place and an emotional favorite, and Linear Technology is the relative newcomer. Below them there are a bunch: Motorola, GE, RCA, Texas Instruments, etc.

Somewhere on this forum is a thread about "bibles" - the electronics books that shaped us. In it are many references to a site called "World Radio History". Be very careful here - this is an infinite supply of free EE crack.

The other path is to go online and find a free EE textbook (there are dozens), or college-level EE course (there are hundreds). I get that math learned but unused for decades takes some effort to get back into, but if you had the chops for an ME degree, the basic calculus of inductors and capacitors should be doable. Ask any of the regular posters here and on other forums, and you'll get the same answer: Yes, it is worth it.

https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-electronics-3rd-ed-2015_202008

ak

 

I think getting a "good" layout is more art than science.

"Engineering is the art of science."
- dja

 

Hello,

A lot of older databooks and application notes and books can be found on bitsavers:
https://bitsavers.org/components/

Bertus

 

Certainly college textbooks that are "no longer quite current" are often very excellent sources of the more basic pats, including transformers, which really could be a whole course at the 300-level. And at some bookstores they are not expensive at all. That is where I picked up my organic chemistry textbook If ever you want to realize how much you do not know, look into one of those!

 

I also recommend the old application-note books (by old meaning the 70s and 80s) published by the leading semiconductor companies of the time;
National Semi, Motorola Semi, RCA Semi, Fairchild, Unitrode, Silicon General, even General Electric’s semiconductor division.

 

even General Electric’s semiconductor division.

"even" - ? Really?

Careful there, sparky. Don't you be picking on grandpa.

ak

 

I would highly recommend learning basic electricity first. Then moving on to analog, then digital. AAC is a fantastic resource to learn with. I've been doing this for over 40 years and still have lots to learn.

 

Hello,

You could also have a look at the NEETS series on the internet archive:
https://archive.org/search?query=neets+electronics

Bertus

 

Go checkout everything by Forrest Mims!!!