At 04:26 PM 1/18/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>T.C. Phelps wrote...
>
>[...]
>
> >So my question is, given that I still have
> >all of my engineering textbooks, is this book a
> >worthwhile resource for the practical hands-on stuff
> >or would I be better off just reviewing the books I
> >have and reading through circuit archives on the
> >Internet?
>
>Horowitz and Hill is an excellent book to have, very practical
>and hands-on.
>
>Another good book is Bob Pease's "Troubleshooting Analog
>Circuits", which covers far more than mere troubleshooting.  In
>my opinion a better title for it would be "How to Build Stuff so
>It Will Work."
>
>Also, the major semiconductor houses, especially National
>Semiconductor, Linear Technology, Analog Devices, have extensive
>collections of application notes that have a lot of good,
>practical information in them.

Agree. If you're interested in analog, virtually anything by
Jim Williams is worthwhile.

Best regards,

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