Learning Electronics

[jee7s]

Originally Posted by yash101

Yes. I am familiar with Kirchoff's law! E{abs[ups]-abs[downs]}=0, where E means Sum of!

The Kirchhoff's Laws the previous poster is referering to are the circuit laws. They basically say that all of the voltages in a loop must equal zero, and all of the currents at a node must equal zero.

That leads to the mesh-current and node-voltage methods of circuit analysis, which are fundamentals to all circuit design. Highly recommended starting point!

[EricWilliams]

Originally Posted by nuttle

I'll put in another plug for reading -- good books, websites, etc.[/url]?

One of the standards of the industry (getting a little long in the tooth, but the basics are things that don't really change): http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Electr.../dp/0521370957

[Michael Hill]

I'm going to be taking an online course from a friend teaching this:

http://contextualelectronics.com

It's kinda pricy, but I think it will be well worth it.

[Joe Ross]

The ARRL Handbook is really good and should be availible at your library. It had enough theory to get you started, and then lots of projects.

[yash101]

What do you guys think of this? It's probably the most thorough book I've looked at!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by yash101

What do you guys think of this? It's probably the most thorough book I've looked at!

"Your session has timed out". Dead link.

[efoote868]

The three textbooks I used for my sophomore level courses at Purdue were Linear Circuit Analysis 2nd Ed (DeCarlo/Lin), Microelectronic Circuit Design 4th Ed (Jaeger/Blalock), Digital Design 4th Ed (Wakerly) (for ECE201, ECE202, ECE255, ECE270).

I wasn't too thrilled with DeCarlo's book, but the subject matter (linear circuit analysis) is very important for a solid foundation in electrical engineering. Jaeger's book is very thorough, and very heavy. It'll have most things you'll want to know about diodes, transistors, CMOS logic, and amplifiers. I really didn't touch Wakerly's book, but that's because the notes and labs for the class were that good ( https://engineering.purdue.edu/ece270/ ). Note that the course website is reused for each semester, so in January the content may be reset.

Hope this helps.

[yash101]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

"Your session has timed out". Dead link.

Sorry about that! That was the first time I used the library catalog system since they changed it up last! Here's a link to it on Amazon!