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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by haberman on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:16AM (#23507808)
Can anyone recommend a good intro to analogue circuit design? I've dabbled enough in digital circuit design to have a rough intuition for how to do interesting things with logic gates. But I don't have the faintest clue how even the most basic analogue circuits work, eg. a variable-pitch tone generator. I have no intuition for how you could build an oscilloscope with a fully analogue signal chain.
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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by markb139 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @06:12AM (#23508362)
This book was never too far away when I worked in electronics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Electronics
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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by cushychicken on Saturday June 13, 2020 @11:23AM (#23510065)
Analog Devices, a major semiconductor company, has a completely free electronics course geared towards university-level students.

https://wiki.analog.com/university/courses/electronics/text/...

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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by i_don_t_know on Saturday June 13, 2020 @04:55AM (#23507977)
I’ve recently enjoyed a three part course on analog electronics on Coursera. It assumes no background in electronics but you do need some calculus (it’s adapted from a class at GeorgiaTech, apparently). The courses move from linear DC circuits to linear AC circuits and finally to diodes and transistors.

Look for the instructor „Bonnie Ferri“ on Coursera.

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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by TopHand on Saturday June 13, 2020 @07:56AM (#23508797)
Read as much as you can from Robert A. Pease. He was the guru to contact when it came to analog design. The column he wrote for Electronic Design can still be accessed on line. If your luck you can find one of his books used. Look him up on Amazon.
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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by duck2 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:28AM (#23508132)
First chapters of The Art of Electronics might be a good start.
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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by m0xte on Saturday June 13, 2020 @08:59AM (#23509058)
And the associated learning the art of electronics text. The first edition student manual was what taught me.
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Re:Design electronics like it is 70s at CERN by TimTheTinker on Saturday June 13, 2020 @09:52AM (#23509349)
I switched my major from EE to CS, but I did take a few courses in EE. It seems analogue circuits are more about complex signals (the type you’d analyze and describe with Fourier and Laplace transforms) and less about simple voltage switching (though op-amps can get you voltage switching if you need it as an output).
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