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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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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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What good resources are there for a high school student to start learning electronics?

I have a couple years of experience with computers - I can program, and I know computers really well. But I don't understand them. This leads to a broader scope - I don't understand electronics in general. I have read some internet articles, like…
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When will the 3rd edition of "Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill finally be published?

Will the 3rd edition be published ?
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Book on homebrew 68000 system

Years ago, I saw a book on how to put together a homebrew Motorola 68000 computer. One of the specific things the book talked about was grounding DTACK*, to make a very messy asynchronous bus design into a fully-synchronous, very simple design. Try…
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How much physics is necessary for learning Electronics?

i am a CS student i wanted to enter the field of "Internet Of Things", got a recommended book "Art of electronics" now my physics base is school level but my Calculus 1 is pretty rock solid so i have two options right now: 1> Read Feynman vol 1 & 2…
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Is there any difference between Electronics book in UK and Europe

I want to know if there is any difference between UK and Europe about teaching electronics. e.g. conventional current flow and probably units and stuff? Thanks.
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Anyka AK1120Q - 'Mobile Application Processor', Spy Cam, cheap cam-corder?

I've been trying to learn more about my spy-cam. I opened it up, and found that it has a Anyka AK1120Q IC. I found a datasheet for the: AK3671B but it took a lot of searching. Why is it so hard to find information on these IC's? Is there an…
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self guided electronics text recommendations

Can anyone recommend a good text or texts that they have experience with for someone learning electronics on their own. I have taken some very basic college courses, but I want to know more. There are so many books out there that claim to be geared…
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How much of EE is covered in Horowitz and Hill?

I am working through The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill. I am finding it quite a challenge but taking my time and making sure I understand everything in each section before I go on to the next. I'm wondering, how much of a standard EE…
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Electrical engineering beginners book

This maybe the wrong forum to be asking such a broad question but I'm looking for an EE book that was referenced by a friend years ago. The whole book looks as though it were scanned copies of a notebook. It provided the fundamentals of electrical…
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Electrical Engineer being autodidact (Without university)

For personal reasons I can't go to the university and I would like learn a lot of electronics oriented to computers. I am not new in the software programming but in all related with the hardware yes, totally new. I searched here to know about…
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