Analog and Digital Electronics: A First Course [Hardcover]

Peter H. Beards (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1073 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 Sub edition (March 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130353205
• ISBN-13: 978-0130353207
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,390,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars First Course - not quite, June 10, 2001

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This review is from: Analog and Digital Electronics: A First Course (Hardcover)

This book is for the nerd in you - or at least the nerd in me! While described as "A First Course" it is by no means simple. The first pages jump right into electron theory of pn junctions, rather than Ohm's law, so if neither of these terms mean anything to you, I suggest you look elsewhere. Explanations are clear and concise, with meaningful diagrams explaining conceptually what is going on inside a piece of silicon. I found that I could jump to a section, begin reading, and understand most of what it was talking about, without getting caught up in enormous amounts of mathematics. Without having formal qualification, I cannot say whether this book is incomplete or not, but it was the first book to make me understand exactly *how* a transistor worked and *how* a diode let current flow only one way, without simply describing their behaviour and calling it gospel.