''The Art of Electronics'', by

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, is a popular reference

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dealing with analog and

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. The first edition was published in 1980, and the 1989 second edition has been regularly reprinted. The third edition was published on April 9, 2015. The author is accepting reports of errata and publishing them, to be corrected in future revisions.

Overview

The book covers many areas of

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, from basic DC

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, and resistance, to

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s and

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, to

, including

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and

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interfacing. It also includes discussions of such often-neglected areas as

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, high-speed design techniques and low-

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applications. The book includes many example circuits. In addition to having examples of good circuits, it also has examples of bad ideas, with discussions of what makes the good designs good and the bad ones bad. It can be described as a cross between a textbook and reference manual, though without the chapter-end questions and exercises which are often found in textbooks. There is also a complementary text, ''Learning the Art of Electronics – A Hands-On Lab Course'' (formerly ''Student Manual for The Art of Electronics'') by Thomas C. Hayes and

. While referring to the main text extensively, it is designed specifically to teach electronics. It contains laboratory exercises and explanatory text supplements aimed at the student. In contrast, ''The Art of Electronics'' contains

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s, and other material practitioners use for

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References

External links

Official web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Art of Electronics Electronics books Cambridge University Press books 1980 non-fiction books