I don't know why people complain about The Art Of Electronics. Yes it's relatively old but it covers everything adequately. Not that much has changed from a theory point of view and it still covers tangible things and not virtualized components such as FPGAs and DSPs.
I will say that the student guide that accompanies TAOE is actually better than the main book though. If you want something step by step with a learning path included it's about the best book out there. It will walk you through analogue electronics via basic logic to building a 68008 based lab computer and writing software to run on it. It's about practical usage of electronics rather than a pile of theory. You will learn more from this without being put off and burned out by spending the first 200 pages doing thevenin equivalents or karnaugh maps etc.
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I'm eagerly awaiting the 3rd edition as well ;-)
Just out of interest, what architecture would you propose as a suitable alternative to the 68008? I'm not sure a Microcontroller would or should cut it as it doesn't show you how it works and cannot be programmed standalone i.e. without a computer. Also a lot of the peripherals are integrated now. A lot of the book's content would be lost if they picked a Microcontroller in favour of a how to read a selection chart chapter.
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