Re: Can you help design this circuit .....

From: Chris (cfoley1064_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: 23 Feb 2005 08:00:15 -0800

Racer wrote:
<snip>
> Perhaps you shoul;d consider writing a book for dummies
> like myself ! ........ :-)
>
> Thanks so much Chris .......
>
> /Racer

You're welcome. Business is slow in these parts, so I'll sometimes
have a chance to answer in a little depth.

I like the "dummies" books, and sometimes recommend them to customers
who aren't familiar with Excel or something, but newbies aren't
"dummies". We were all there once.

If you want a good introduction to electronics, just Google
sci.electronics.basics or sci.electronics.design for a number of
threads on books and magazines for newbies. In particular, I would
recommend the books and magazine articles by the author of one of the
responses, Don Lancaster. In addition to writing the CMOS, TTL and RTL
cookbooks, he's been a feature writer for several electronics magazines
over the years. I remember buying the CMOS cookbook when it first came
out. Answering your post, I was thinking how cool it would have been
back in the days when "Kansas City Standard" 300 baud modems ruled the
earth to actually have Mr. Lancaster pop up to answer a newsgroup post
on the "internets" back then. The amazing thing is that 95% of what's
in the CMOS Cookbook is still relevant, and you can still learn a lot
about electronics from it.

Most everything Mr. Lancaster has written is available from his
website, either free or for purchase. I still keep a copy of his
Active Filter Cookbook in a desk drawer.

Browse around -- this is one of the best electronics newbie sites out
there.

http://www.tinaja.com/

Good luck
Chris

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