[HN Gopher] The Art of Electronics (3rd Edition)
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The Art of Electronics (3rd Edition)
Author : teleforce
Score : 85 points
Date : 2023-12-23 21:23 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| iamcreasy wrote:
| Meta: I hope in the near future every book will come with its own
| tuned LLM that can answer questions specific about a particular
| section/problem of the book. Answer of the model should account
| for prior asked questions, and preferred learning method - just
| like having access an instructor or TA when enrolled in a course.
| ikari_pl wrote:
| it's called the author /jk
| LordShredda wrote:
| Like an online forum?
| mhh__ wrote:
| ChatGPT was honestly already this for a sufficiently popular
| book/topic but they've managed to lobotomize it as of recently
| so it takes a lot more coaxing to actually get to the point.
| iamcreasy wrote:
| I think thinking multi-modal, and things that are more
| specific to the content. For example, building circuits from
| components and having the model tell you what you did wrong
| and suggest improvements.
| regularfry wrote:
| This is already doable with a PDF, RAG, and (optionally) a
| local LLM. Might just give that a go, actually.
| geepytee wrote:
| Please do it!
| progbits wrote:
| I've read the second edition together with the student manual
| (https://learningtheartofelectronics.com/) which has additional
| explanations for some tricky concepts plus extra exercises.
|
| I can really recommend it as a starting point from no/minimal
| knowledge to having a good overview of the key concepts.
|
| It doesn't cover (at least the 2nd ed didn't) fancy digital stuff
| (modern microcontrollers, USB, FPGAs, etc) but there are great
| free online resources for that.
| mafuyu wrote:
| Years ago, I had the lovely opportunity to take the course
| associated with the student manual at Harvard Extension, taught
| by the author, Tom Hayes. I was a little high school brat, so
| Tom probably does not have fond memories of me, but I loved
| that course, and it set me on the path to becoming an embedded
| engineer. If you're in the Boston area, consider taking the
| course via Harvard Extension!
| iseanstevens wrote:
| Yes 100% agree! If I remember, there were two courses, one
| analog and one digital. Maybe it was one for both but in any
| case well worth it!
| cushychicken wrote:
| Best electronics textbook ever written, without exception.
|
| Highly recommend buying the paper edition.
| nappy-doo wrote:
| This book was pivotal for me.
|
| In grad school, my advisor recommended this book, saying, "it
| will be right up your alley." I bought the second edition, and it
| was. It is truly a graduate level course in circuit design. I
| started reading this book (2nd edition) front-to-back, and when I
| finished it, I started again. It helped me innumerable times when
| I quit grad school and entered industry.
|
| When the third edition came out, I was at Google in Cambridge,
| and Horowitz came to talk. I had bought a counterfeit copy from
| Amazon (by accident), and while he didn't sign it then, he did
| sign it later (when I got a real copy).
|
| Personally, I think it's worth owning both the second and third
| editions of this book. It is truly one of the best books about
| electrical engineering out there.
| dekhn wrote:
| The Horowitz talk at Google is excellent. He's been working on
| radio hardware and SETI for a long time...
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sImBlq542TQ
| wildzzz wrote:
| 2nd edition is the best one. Mine is falling apart at the spine
| but I love it
| zuhsetaqi wrote:
| Is there a German version of this?
| samstave wrote:
| The German is on page 9.
| adrian_mrd wrote:
| "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."
| https://artofelectronics.net/lebowski/
| butterNaN wrote:
| A gem of a book. Also check out "Bad Circuits":
| https://artofelectronics.net/bad-circuits/
| nonrandomstring wrote:
| This was my bible as a teenager.
|
| I just pulled it down from the shelf to comment, and literally a
| bunch of wires and solder blobs fell out on my desk.
|
| Imho what sets it apart is chapter 10 (Minicomputers) which gives
| you enough to understand and build a simple microprocessor board,
| and chapter 12 (Construction Techniques) that sets you up to
| build things properly. Without this I wouldn't have progressed to
| Alan Clements' "Microprocessor Systems Design" and got my first
| 68000 design working.
|
| What a wonderful gift to the world. thanks mssrs. Horowitz and
| Hill.
| spiritplumber wrote:
| The sacred Jedi texts!
| spiritplumber wrote:
| This was the one non-religious thing I was allowed to read
| during my fundie upbringing period. It kept me arguably sane
| (I'm an EE now). Biking to the one reachable Radio Shack to get
| parts and taking apart toys. Good times.
| uxp8u61q wrote:
| (2015) I guess. Or maybe (1980)...
| vichle wrote:
| Is this a good book for beginners? What other books are good for
| electronics beginners? Preferably cheaper than this... :)
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