The Master IC Cookbook (Ranade IBM Series) [Paperback]

Delton T. Horn (Author), Clayton L. Hallmark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 18, 1997

For beginning to mid-level electronics technicians and hobbyists, this easy-to-use, bestselling reference supplies a wealth of technical information on the most widely used integrated circuits. Respected author Delton Horn focuses on the ICs themselves rather than the circuits they are used in, providing new or upgraded material on oscillators and signal generators, RF and video devices, voltage regulators, and digital/analog crossovers.

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Everything you need to know about integrated circuits, fully updated with the latest information! The Master IC Cookbook, Third Edition In the latest edition of this best-selling reference, America's master technical writer is back with the latest technical information on the most popular types of integrated circuits (IC's). Whether you're a novice or mid-level electronics technician, or even a hobbyist, you'll discover a wealth of useful IC data in this easy-to-use book. Delton Horn focuses on the ICs themselves rather than the circuits in which they are used, providing new or updated material on 74XX and 4XXX digital... memories and computer perpherals... operational amplifiers and comparators... audio amplifiers... oscillators and signal generators... RF and video devices... voltage regulators... digital/analog crossovers... and other linear devices. And The Master IC Cookbook couldn't be easier to use. You'll find all the material arranged into sections by area of application, then listed alphanumerically within each section by IC industry standard number. So it's a snap to pinpoint exactly what you're looking for. A handy directory of manufacturers' addresses rounds out this invaluable sourcebook.

Product Details

• Paperback: 549 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill; 3 edition (March 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007030565X
• ISBN-13: 978-0070305656
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,731,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An expensive book with very little information, July 10, 1998

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This review is from: The Master IC Cookbook (Ranade IBM Series) (Paperback)

This book is mistitled. In electronics parlance, a "cookbook" contains example circuits. And while the publisher's description does state that the book "focuses on the ICs themselves rather than the circuits in which they are used..." you still expect to get something that will help you in applying the circuits. What you get is a short description of each circuit, a pinout diagram (printed very, very large), and 4-5 selected specifications. You could assemble this whole book in one night by doing cut-and-paste operations from the chip manufacturers web sites. Now that we can download complete spec sheets via the Internet, no one needs a book like this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars recomended for those in digial electronis class, February 10, 2003

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This review is from: The master IC cookbook (Paperback)

hundreds of pinouts and truthtables plus general info such as power dissapation and propagation time. book is wrote at an intermediate electronics level therefor if you don't have a clue what the chip is for don't look it up all info can be found on ic manufacture's web site. if you want to cut and paste 500 pages do that. if you want a book that gives pinouts and general info it is worth the money. if you can't design circuits and need pictures buy a hobby book. all chip info given on chips is 1-2 pages

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very bad. Not recommended at all., March 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Master IC Cookbook (Ranade IBM Series) (Paperback)

This book has numerous errors in it. Each page has a different IC on it, along with a description. Unfortunately, when the author was cutting and pasting, he forgot to change some of the information. Thus, specs will sometimes refer to the chip on the previous page by mistake. The diagrams are very ugly and inconsistent in style from page to page. They look like they were drawn by kids. Also, the type of IC information given is inconsistent from page to page.

In addition, very low quality paper is used to make the book.