Electronics Textbooks

List of electronics textbooks from 1996.

Principles of Electronics Instrumentation - Diefenderfer & Holton, 1994, 3'rd ed.

• somewhat of a combined scientist and engineer approach
• also covers instrumentation
• a modern and good looking simple book
• recommended as reference

An Introduction to Modern Electronics - W.L. Faissler, 1991 ($97)

• assumes only algebra
• covers everything a bit; uses a non-conventional order
• simple but not complete enough for this course
• recommended as reference

The Art of Electronics - P. Horowitz & W. Hill, 1990, 2'nd ed. ($82)

• assumes introductory physics and calculus, and a concurrent course in differential equations
• covers just about everything at some depth (sometimes too shallow)
• recommended as reference

Principles of Electronics: Analog and Digital - L.R. Fortney, 1987 ($86)- errata

• assumes introductory physics and calculus (knowledge of phasors)
• covers just about everything (strong on passive filters)
• textbook in the past

Basic Electronics for Scientists - J.J. Brophy, 1977

• this is one of the books I supposedly learned electronics from
• there were numerous errors and miss-prints which made it difficult to understand
• there is a new edition which looks good but I am not familiar with it

Basic Electric Circuit Analysis - Johnson, Hilburn, Johnson & Scott, 1995

• aimed towards sophomore engineers

Linear Circuit Analysis - Volume 1 - R.A. DeCarlo & P. Lin, 1995

• aimed towards sophomore electrical engineers
• concentrates on linear circuit analysis

Introduction to Electronic Circuits - H.W. Jackson & P.A White, 1989, 7'th ed.

• aimed towards engineers in community college
• too simple for this course

Analog and Digital Electronics - P.H. Beards, 1991, 2'nd ed. ($100)

• aimed at second-from-last year students
• good digital section and very advanced

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering - L.S. Bobrow, 1985

• first course for electrical engineering
• very good choice for textbook for engineers

Electronics with Digital & Analog Integrated Circuits - R.J. Higgins, 1983 ($85)

• aimed at upper level undergraduate to graduate students
• starts digital topics very early and is very advanced