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Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course 1st Edition

by Thomas C. Hayes (Author), Paul Horowitz (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 457 ratings
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This introduction to circuit design is unusual in several respects. First, it offers not just explanations, but a full course. Each of the twenty five sessions begins with a discussion of a particular sort of circuit followed by the chance to try it out and see how it actually behaves. Accordingly, students understand the circuit's operation in a way that is deeper and much more satisfying than the manipulation of formulas. Second, it describes circuits that more traditional engineering introductions would postpone: on the third day, we build a radio receiver; on the fifth day, we build an operational amplifier from an array of transistors. The digital half of the course centers on applying microcontrollers, but gives exposure to Verilog, a powerful Hardware Description Language. Third, it proceeds at a rapid pace but requires no prior knowledge of electronics. Students gain intuitive understanding through immersion in good circuit design.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521177235
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521177238
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    March 2, 2016
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.75 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches
  8. Print length
    1150 pages
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Author Thomas Hayes, designed the new volume for a full-semester laboratory course. [The book] is organised into 26 chapters, each offering rich context and clear explanations in labs, notes, supplementary material and worked problems labs are balanced between analog and digital electronics. Hayes begins with familiar analog circuitry and includes discussions of voltage dividers, Ohm's and Kirchoffs's laws, and Thevenin equivalents. The labs tackle RC filters in both time and frequency domains with a cheerful approach that is not overly mathematical retains many of the handsomely drawn circuits of the original Art of Electronics and is much more comprehensive Instructors will want to know if Learning the Art of Electronics can stand alone as an undergraduate lab text. The answer is yes. While the book does cross-reference The Art of Electronics, it 'means to be self-sufficient', and it achieves that goal.' Paul J. H. Tjossem, Physics Today

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This pacy introduction to circuits assumes no knowledge of electronics. Students gain understanding by exposure to good design examples.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (March 2, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1150 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521177235
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521177238
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.7 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 1.75 x 9.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 457 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book excellent, practical, and a great addition to the text. They say it's helpful for those struggling with some of the concepts, has lots of practical information, and experiments. Readers also mention it saves hours of their time and is an excellent guide to lab exercises.

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Customers find the book's content excellent, practical, and a great addition to the text. They also say the author is talented and knowledgeable at engineering.

"...Overall great book, definitely one of the best ones out there...." Read more

"Excellent textbook. I'm preparing to use it in my class next semester. The one downside is the authors assume you have a large budget for equipment...." Read more

"...There is SO MUCH good stuff in here, and the labs are pretty comprehensive...." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful, practical, and clear. They say it's the best source for learning electronics, useful for engineers, and great for self-study. Readers also mention the book is a valuable addition to a library and a good lab manual for electronics.

"...The style is informal, even witty—a valuable addition to a library for the self-study of electronics." Read more

"...the know as far as electronics go, but it seems to have a decent amount of information for me to learn and I can't wait to get to it...." Read more

"...There is SO MUCH good stuff in here, and the labs are pretty comprehensive...." Read more

"Helpful book for those that might be struggling with some of the content found inside AoE, e.g., beginners, hobbyists, new students, etc...." Read more

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Customers find the book worth the time spent with exercises. They say it will save hours of their time and is an excellent guide to lab exercises based on the main text.

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"...This will save you hours of your time. Search for "Learning The Art Of Electronics - Parts BOM"." Read more

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cooper1056
5.0 out of 5 stars Best electronics book on the market
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2021
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Highly recommend, I was looking to get back into electronics and this was really the best way for me. The book takes you through the typical college course starting out with analog electronics then going into digital electronics. They cover basic and useful common circuit topologies and the ideas to manipulate the circuit for your applications. I personally would have liked a little more math, I feel like it could helped explain some of the concepts better but that's just me. Overall great book, definitely one of the best ones out there. Still not perfect but if your going to get a electronics book get this one for sure, better then the rest on the market.
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Filippo Neri
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good lab manual for electronics.
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2022
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This booklet is not a substitution for the full "Art of Electronics" textbook, but it is an excellent guide to lab exercises based on the main text. The style is informal, even witty—a valuable addition to a library for the self-study of electronics.
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nonlinear Ric
5.0 out of 5 stars had to get the workbook - the textbook is overwhelming
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2019
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A of E seems to be the gold standard of electronics books, what I always hear the "classic" of all electronics books. It claims to be usable as a stand alone book. but I found I still need the textbook as it's companion. Just look around on YouTube to see the reviews to see if this is what you are looking for.
There is a 2018 AARL 6-section electronics manual. It appears to be sold out, but one known electronics YouTube channel gave a review of that set and it looked interesting.
I do want to get a bookshelf of electronics books..and digital version are handy for search and 7" tablet reading. regarding digital books, I have found that to reference page numbers can only be done with PDFs.

FYI: I also have an older, 6th edition of Malvino electronics (my favorite for the basics. Just remember it does not get into IC's but integrated chips are really just pre-built circuits with passives and semiconductors, transistors and triacs. The third book is Electronics for inventors. I had been given the first edition. the 3rd edition is much better, however Paul does have a difficulty in making mistakes..
These three books make my electronics collection for the foreseen future.
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Justin Hugon
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice hands-on textbook; assumes large component budget.
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2019
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Excellent textbook. I'm preparing to use it in my class next semester. The one downside is the authors assume you have a large budget for equipment. For example, they assume you purchase $200 breadboard with lots of bells and whistles. Besides that, the pacing and level of presentation seem great.
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K. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait to get started
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2016
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Been wanting to learn what I can about electronics, and man is there a lot to learn. Not really in the know as far as electronics go, but it seems to have a decent amount of information for me to learn and I can't wait to get to it. Hoping to use this book, as well as the books, "Make Electronics" and "Practical Electronics for Inventors" to help me gain a solid understanding of the fundamentals of electronic circuits. Although the $60 I paid seems a little steep, considering the information "Practical Electronics for Inventors" offers for half the price.
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Andy Cohen
4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful! (Though a little obnoxious sometimes)
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018
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I took the course that this book describes, and I really did learn a lot by reading the book. There is SO MUCH good stuff in here, and the labs are pretty comprehensive. Sometimes, it can even be a bit overwhelming, and it would actually be nice if occasionally the book called out the extremely important concepts or circuits that you'll find yourself going back to - there are a lot of diagrams, figures, and text blocks, and it can be easy to get lost. I suppose that's what my highlighter was for, though, so I don't really knock it for that! What I do knock it for are the ABSURD metaphors and drawings that Hayes puts in his book - they're like unfunny dad jokes (and I like dad jokes) that just confuse you if you try to actually understand what he meant by them. I can't think of a single time the darn "dog" metaphor actually came in handy, and every time I saw one of his weird metaphors (usually accompanied by a weird drawing) I just rolled my eyes and skipped over it.
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Bokonon
5.0 out of 5 stars Find the Parts Here for this great lab course.
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016
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If you purchased the hands on lab course Learning The Art of Electronics (pub 2016) and want to do all the labs, you will find a very time consuming and tedious task of ordering the parts as there are over 135 distinct part numbers from 9 suppliers. Luckily, at the EEVblog forum, BobsURuncle posted Excel spreadsheets with all the parts organized in a format where they can be uploaded into the parts distributors shopping carts. This will save you hours of your time. Search for "Learning The Art Of Electronics - Parts BOM".
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maikel
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of all electronics book after Hambley's one.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2017
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This book is a Harvard's masterpiece above others from this respected college. Sadly, it remains a translation to Spanish of both books (the theory and this practice book). I hope to get it in the future (the spanish editions). Since i have heared from internet i count too many days to have the collection of two books. Is a masterpiece of electronics after Alan Hambley's book
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Kiaf
5.0 out of 5 stars Knowledge about electronics
Reviewed in Italy on June 18, 2023
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Very helpful in understanding with practical exercises.
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DUDU
5.0 out of 5 stars Super bouquin!
Reviewed in France on March 14, 2023
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La personne calée en informatique l'a trouvé excellent !
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Alfredo EspArr
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on November 13, 2019
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Excelente. El mejor libro de practicas que he adquirido
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ab..c
5.0 out of 5 stars H.N.D and above masterwork in system - based electronics
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2019
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* Physical

It is 1149 pages masterwork of introductory electronics at this level of studies on good but bit thin paper. The text is a nice size for those with specs.

* H.N.D degree, post-degree graduation, Masters?

In my experience, this superb book is mostly towards H.N.D 1 - 2 and first /second-year degree level.

* What's the best bits?

This book is amazing. It builds from Ohms law, (yes really). Then component-level circuits such as in discrete circuit forms with building filters for example and their effects in series and parallel resonances. Then eventually used a system based approach to electronics, starting with transistors, and building simplified opamps into a painless transition into real self-contained Opamps. The effects of capacitive components with circuits is really closely examined and its a real head turner and designed to give you extra marks. MAJOR sections are explored into how to build circuits that are stable in both analogue and digital converter circuits. Again its brilliantly put across. It works with as many self-contained chips and makes systems from these. These are self-contained and clearly explained. This section with opamps have no limit as to what level of study is best, it will be H.N.D and above and I mean degree level upwards. Flip flops are explained as to why they are so important to computing devices. A huge chunk of the latter post half of the book is for microcontrollers and it's a masterwork as its balance what is useful and what not required until later. If your H.N.D project or above has a differing microcontroller than this one featured in this book you would still learn from the generic information.

* Summary

This book is a special, closely examined and clearly explained the structure of fundamental electronic circuits and is worth the money and time spent reading it. It covers H.N.D and degree electronics in such details it's bound to give you great boosts in marks for your assignments. its a solid foundation for your degree level studies too and will help in degree level. Its a really well explained and observed book on circuits of analogue and digital designs and will do you well to learn from. It's taken me three weeks and a couple of hours per day to get through it. it's the real deal!
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Kaku
5.0 out of 5 stars Manual de laboratorio muy completo
Reviewed in Spain on February 12, 2017
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Este tomo es una extensión del libro "The Art of Electronics", y contiene veinticinco prácticas completas de laboratorio. No es un libro teórico como los demás, sino más bien un libro teórico-práctico para ser leído a la vez que realizas los montajes en tu laboratorio.

Tiene temas tanto de electrónica analógica como digital, incluyendo apartados de programación en Verilog (orientado a FPGA's). La segunda edición data del año 1989 y mucha información (familia 7400, uC 8051) queda algo desfasada para la época actual. Esta tercera edición está actualizada y es perfecta como manual de estudio teórico y práctico.

En resumen, se trata de un manual de laboratorio muy completo y, lo más importante, actualizado a la tecnología de hoy en día.
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