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[size=120%]An Analog Electronics Companion: Basic Circuit Design for Engineers and Scientists
By Scott Hamilton
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Number Of Pages: 668
- Publication Date: 2007-06-11
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521687802
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521687805
- Binding: Paperback
Product Description:
Engineers and scientists frequently have to get involved in electronic circuit design even though it may not be their specialty. Writing for the inexperienced designer, Hamilton begins by reviewing the basic mathematics and physics needed to understand circuit design. He then goes on to discuss individual components (resistors, capacitors etc.) and commonly encountered circuit elements such as differentiators, oscillators, filters and couplers. A major bonus is the inclusion of a CD with the student edition of the PSpice simulation software, together with models of most of the circuits covered.
Summary: Great for a second look at analog circuits (but not the first)...
Rating: 5
If you want to learn circuit design from scratch, this is not the book. There are many books, from Sedra and Smith's Microelectronics for EE's to Horowitz and Hill's Art of Electronics for non-EE's. This is an excellent book as a SECOND look (after you have some experience) in electronics to gain insight into a great many topics, many of which are not discussed in a first course (such as the idea of Elmore's delay in analyzing transient response of a transfer function, or how Kramers-Kronig conditions on attenuation and dispersion in materials relate to gain and phase in circuit transfer functions and how Bode/Fano bandwidth limits are related to the real and imaginary parts). Basically, I believe this is a core dump of a physicist's life experience with circuits. It is not complete. It sometimes does not flow well if used as a text. However, he writes really well, with humor, and is quite readable. The book also comes with a CD with a version of Spice, and the author uses Spice to describe unusual, interesting examples showing how lock-in amplifiers really work, or how feedback in a circuit pre-distorts signals to correct non-linearities in the feedback path or distortion. This is truly a great "companion" book to browse for insight or to expand your knowledge, after you already know something about analog electronics. Digital circuits are not covered.
Summary: Mistargeted book
Rating: 2
This book bills itself as a book to introduce non-EEs to analog electronics design. Sadly, the author insists on teaching primarily via mathematics. News to author: mathematics isn't suited to tutorial material. Yes, the formula describing the physics of a capacitor may illustrate the operation of real devices, but it does not tell me what a capacitor is useful for. In my experience, you need that intuitive understanding first, before you understand the gory details. This book is not wrong, per se; I am sure the mathematics and electronics are all quite rigorous. I did learn some things by reading it. But, I wouldn't recommend it to another DIYer in a million years.
If you're a non-EE and want to learn analog electronics, take the $120, spend $75 of it on Horowitz and Hill's _Art of Electronics_, and do something else with the $45 you've saved. In the same number of total pages as in the Hamilton book, AoE will teach you more about analog electronics, it will teach it in a way you can grasp a lot quicker, and the book will be useful for reference later. And, the part of AoE following that will teach you basic digital electronics, which Hamilton doesn't even touch.
If, later, you want more physics or mathematics, there must be better books than this one to build on what AoE gives you. I haven't found that better book yet, but I really regret buying the Hamilton book. I almost threw this book away until I remembered how much I paid for it.
Summary: Great book, misleading blurb
Rating: 5
This is an excellent book, which I'm enjoying, but it's nothing like what the blurb says.
It's not an introduction to anything. It's a set of essays on interesting topics that bridge the gap between electronics and physics. The quotes from characters like Heaviside are entertaining; the derivations are clear; and the style is lively and fast-paced. Read it *after* working through something like Horowitz and Hill's The Art of Electronics.
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