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 | | Electronic Principles by Albert P. Malvino ISBN-10: 0028028333 ISBN-10: 0-02-802833-3 ISBN-13: 9780028028330 ISBN-13: 978-0-02-802833-0 Hardcover 1998-02-24 Career Education Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The new edition of Electronic Principles provides the clearest, most complete coverage for use in courses such as Electronic Devices, Linear Electronics, and Electronic Circuits. It's been updated to keep coverage in step with the fast-changing world of electronics. Yet, it retains Malvino's clear writing style, supported throughout by abundant illustrations and examples. | ||
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Great Analog Introduction Book This is a really amazing introduction to analog design. It does not dwell into all the mathematics, but it gives you a really good intuitive understanding of all the major subjects of analog electronics. This is surely one of the best books to get started with. This author also has another book on the digital side which is also amazing. It tells you how computers work. | ||
Good analog book but overrated... I bought this book (6th edition) solely due to the overwhelmingly positive and glowing amazon reviews- but I must say, I'm quite disappointed. Principles explains basic Analog electronics in a simplified manner that's less theoretical (i.e. less mathematical) and more practical than other popular texts such as Microelectronics by Sedra/Smith. The writing style is fairly clear and it has an attractive full-color display. However, I did not find it exceptional in this regard- there ARE other textbooks that explain the same theory at a similar level of difficulty (maybe that wasn't true 20 years ago). The problem for me is that an inordinate amount of this book is about transistor theory and low-level transistor design. It does not cover digital electronics at all (except for a brief discussion on CMOS). Very few electrical engineers today do much low-level analog design (unless you work for TI, maxim, linear, etc)- most of us are consumers of Integrated circuits. What's needed is a textbook that explains the key device parameters (and the design implications for SYSTEM applications) and how to interpret datasheets, etc. Unfortunately, every textbook, including this one, I've seen are mostly useless to the practicing engineer in this respect. You're better off downloading application notes from different vendor websites than spending $100 on this. I would recommend something like "Practical Electronics for Inventors" instead- despite the many typos, it's an affordable book that covers analog and digital electronics. This book is too long (too dense to make a good reference) and for what it offers, WAY too expensive. | ||
Can't find a better book than this on to undestand electronic fundamentals !!!! First off, I already had graduated with an AAS degree in electronics technology before I got this book. A relative borrowed it to me after I graduated. I was amazed with how much more electronics made sense to me after I read this. I thought I had a good foundation, but my school really only touched on some principles, and had us memorize equations. Dr. Malvino does as excellent job of covering all the fundamentals, and in a way that makes perfect sense. You name it; transistors, op amps, FETs, filters, etc.; they all made perfect sense to me after I read this book. I could actually understand how all those equations I learned were derived, and why electronic devices function the way they do. Thanks to Dr. Malvino's book, I can say I actually understand electronics, something my schooling didn't do for me. | ||
I still use Malvino twenty-plus years later Electronic Principles, Second Edition, was my textbook in college in the late-70's/early 80's. It was great then, and it's great now. I updated my library with the Sixth Edition a few years ago and I feel just as rewarded as I had when I first learned the subject through the Second. I design electronic circuits sporadically -- I'm mainly a programmer and writer by trade -- and I need periodic reminders of the theory and math involved in designing and solving circuits. Malvino was and continues to be my main source, along with The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill and Calculus for Electronics by Richmond. Thank you, Dr. Malvino! | ||
An excellent book - albeit only for the beginner To begin with, this book is amazing. The basics have been explained very well in this book. Ok, so it lacks in the more advanced level analysis. However this book cares to explain details which many other books such as Boylestad would just consider for granted leaving readers in the lurch - not that Boylestad is a bad book, its good too. What I'd suggest for an undergrad student, is that they first read from this book and then move on to higher level books - books that include more mathematical analysis and problems. This is how I did it and frankly I owe everything to this book. The book will serve as a lifelong reference book. Its a masterpiece. | ||