If it's still in print, I suggest the<div>book "The Art of Electronics,"</div><div>by Horowitz and Hill. Cambridge</div><div>U. Press. It was a runaway success</div><div>20 years ago, and is still current.</div>
<div>It was even used successfully to </div><div>teach "poets" something about </div><div>electronics, but will educate people</div><div>with a wide variety of backgrounds.</div><div><br></div><div>I have the 2nd edition - the last I </div>
<div>believe - if it proves hard to find.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Ben DeMott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ben.demott@gmail.com">ben.demott@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br><br>A buddy of mine is really into circuit design and playing with microcontrollers/integrated circuits.<br>But unfortunately he doesn't really have the time or the patience to teach beginner level integrated circuits to me.<br>
I have very little understanding of circuit design, and only a general understanding of the components that makeup circuits...<br><br>So can anyone suggest any classes that they know of, or good books to get started... I'm pretty good at learning from reading, and the internets.<br>
I looked at a book from the library on integrated circuits but it was waaaay too wordy and I felt like I was interpreting sanscript as I read it.<br><br>If I remember correctly GRCC offers a course in processor architecture - not sure if they do anything with Integrated Circuits - I live in Holland by the way.<br>
<br>Thanks everyone who is older and wiser ;)<br>
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