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Basic Electronics Book

I need basic electronics books (diodes,transistors,current.. etc) as I am just starting out with electronics and want to have something to read over the holiday. Any suggestions of good beginners' books?
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What is a Charge?

I'm a high school student. I love computers and electronics. Few weeks ago, I thought to build my own electronic gadget but, unfortunately I had not much knowledge in electronics. So, I decided to learn. After Googling here and there, I came across…
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Standard PCB Layout Book

Are there any good references on advanced PCB design/layout/routing? There seems to be a large wealth of circuit design books, books about RF PCB design, and books dealing with high-speed digital design. None of these books are what I'm talking…
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Good book for non-beginner firmware development

I do a lot of firmware work at my job, but I'm looking for more advanced books on the topic. Things not like the basics of "what is an interrupt". I'm reading the O'Reilly book on embedded systems development which is OK, but not advanced enough. …
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I think I found an error in an electronics book. Are my equations correct here?

I'm reading Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th edition, to freshen up my long forgotten knowledge of electronics. I love the book so far, but I just came across an equation there which seems incorrect. I don't want to immediately assume that…
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analog circuit design resource recommendations

What are some excellent resources related to advanced analog circuit design? This includes RF, sonar, audio, low-frequency, high power, low power, noise, amplifiers, etc.. To get the most obvious contender out of the way, I currently refer to... The…
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Is it really a good-practice disable optimizations during the development and debugging phases?

I've read Programming 16-Bit PIC Microcontrollers in C, and there is this affirmation in the book: During the development and debugging phases of a project, though, it is always good practice to disable all optimizations as they might modify…
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What does the 100 Ω resistor do in this push-pull amplifier?

The following circuit is from The Art of Electronics, 3rd edition: What I don't understand in the circuit is the role of the 100 Ω resistor. The authors say that it: ... serves to eliminate the “dead zone” as conduction passes from one transistor…
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Useful book for PCB design

Im planning on buying a useful book for PCB design. Until now, I have these two options: High Speed Digital Design Circuit Designers Companion Both books seems OK, but the first one (the older one) is almost 2x more expensive. Anyone with…
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book recommendations on FPGA

what book titles would you recommend to get started with FPGAs and VHDL? edit I noticed that a few of the recommended books date back from 1996. I can imagine that the devices referred to will be seriously outdated, but has VHDL also much evolved…
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Book Suggestion - How to calculate the power dissipation of a BJT

I did a exam that asked for "power dissipation" of a given BJT circuit. The question was simple but my professor considered my calculation of dissipated power wrong, because my answer was \$P = V_{CE} \cdot I_C + V_{BE} \cdot I_B\$. But he told me…
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How does one get started with electrical engineering?

Total beginner here. I know absolutely nothing about anything, but I want to build stuff. Preferably for cheap. Books, kits, anything?
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Looking for a *fun* way to introduce basic electronics to my kids

We recently came across this video: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/the-awesome-button.html and both my six year old and 13 year old thought it was pretty cool. I am a computer programmer, but never did much with electronics, so I am…
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Start off with embedded C with ATmega32 (ATmega AVR series)

I have a ATmega32 board laying around and I figure it would be perfect to start off with microcontrollers. I once did some babbling in embedded C (thats when I got this board) but the flow was stopped due to some things. Now I have two…
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Any good reference for digital architecture implementations of floating point arithmetic operations?

I am doing a thesis project. I need to make a FPGA implementation of a neural network. I want to implement some mathematical functions such as an exponential function. Does anyone know of any good books about FPGAs, VHDL or digital architecture…
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