TTL Cookbook (Paperback)

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A clear and complete look at TTL! No technician's library is complete without this book. "Introduces TTL, telling what it is and how it works. Illustrates how TTL is used in many practical applications. Provides typical circuits and working applications. Discusses TTL strategies". -- H. W. Sams

Product Description

A clear and complete look at TTL. No technician's library is complete without this book that introduces TTL, telling what it is and how it works. Illustrates how TTL is used in many practical applications; provides typical circuits and working applications; and discusses TTL strategies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 412 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (March 11, 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672210355
• ISBN-13: 978-0672210358
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #172,162 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Valuable Tool, August 13, 2001

By	Chuck Richards (Tampa, Florida) - See all my reviews

I have had a copy of Don's TTL Cookbook around and handy ever since 1984. During one digital electronics course I took, it just happened to be the textbook used for the course.

This book is by far the most practical and well written electronics book I have ever seen, or run across. The methods and rules to follow for using TTL are spelled out so that one can build reliable circuits. The examples given are explained so that one may draw their own conclusions, and use the examples as building blocks or teaching aids to develop one's own circuits.

Time and again, I return to this text as reference. It, along with the CMOS Cookbook, make a powerful set of tools for anyone who wants to build high-reliablility digital circuits.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one started it all, August 17, 2004

By	pro_crustes (Atlantic Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This book was current and hot in the mid-'70s, when I was new to computing, but had a ham radio license (so I knew a bit about basic electronics). It was like a grimoire or spell-book: each example made me say "Wow!" in a way no non-fiction book had or has, before or since. It made logic _real_. I even built TTL gizmos that were more advanced than the book's examples, simply because I learned enough from reading to be able to do so (and I was 15 years old at the time). It made me realize I _could_ turn ideas into hardware. It made me understand what "if/then" was all about. It gave me confidence. As another reviewer beautifully put it, "If I had not read this book, I don't think I would have succeeded as a programmer." Well said, bro'.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Electronics Book Ever, March 30, 2004

By	Chris Calloway (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

TTL Cookbook is a crucial electronics text. It will have you understand semiconductors, digital logic, and computers at a fundamental level. I've been in IT for 25 years now. TTL Cookbook is the best technical book I've ever read. If I had not read this book, I don't think I would have succeeded as a programmer. TTL Cookbook opens up the black box. I read this book when it came out and immediately started building my own homebrew computers from scratch.