avdrummerboy
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basicsofelectronicscircuits.com
Hi all.
I just wanted to gripe.
I have noticed that there are many great learning books out there for electronics (I know, I have many of them .) You have books that go over lots of theory, books that go over a lot of how to build, and many in between. However, even after all the reading that I have done in these books, I still am very confused about electronics.
You see the way I see it is that these introductory teaching items go over very simple circuits (yes even I can understand them.) They explain these simple circuits very well and then leave you on your own for anything more complicated. Take the trusty one transistor Class A amplifier for example. We all know it (and for those who don't off the top of your head if you saw the schematic you would know it.) One transistor (PNP, NPN it doesn't really matter), four resistors (okay sometimes more depending), and three capacitors. Wow how simple. Heres a project, go find any electronic device that uses that very simple circuit with no modifications other than value changes. You WILL not find one. They always have oddball components surrounding them. Look at any schematic and you will see many components around simple circuits, with no description of what they do.
It would be nice to see a book, or anything for that matter that would not only cover theory and the basic circuits but these big complicated ones as well. And a description of what each component does and what happens when the value is changed. What happens when it gets bigger in value? Smaller? What if you remove it entirely? Maybe I'll be the first to write a book about this, or maybe not. Probably nothing will happen thats why this is a rant.
Hi all.
I just wanted to gripe.
I have noticed that there are many great learning books out there for electronics (I know, I have many of them .) You have books that go over lots of theory, books that go over a lot of how to build, and many in between. However, even after all the reading that I have done in these books, I still am very confused about electronics.
You see the way I see it is that these introductory teaching items go over very simple circuits (yes even I can understand them.) They explain these simple circuits very well and then leave you on your own for anything more complicated. Take the trusty one transistor Class A amplifier for example. We all know it (and for those who don't off the top of your head if you saw the schematic you would know it.) One transistor (PNP, NPN it doesn't really matter), four resistors (okay sometimes more depending), and three capacitors. Wow how simple. Heres a project, go find any electronic device that uses that very simple circuit with no modifications other than value changes. You WILL not find one. They always have oddball components surrounding them. Look at any schematic and you will see many components around simple circuits, with no description of what they do.
It would be nice to see a book, or anything for that matter that would not only cover theory and the basic circuits but these big complicated ones as well. And a description of what each component does and what happens when the value is changed. What happens when it gets bigger in value? Smaller? What if you remove it entirely? Maybe I'll be the first to write a book about this, or maybe not. Probably nothing will happen thats why this is a rant.