[time-nuts] [volt-nuts] The Art of Electronics

[brent evers]

So in the interest of not belaboring "[time-nuts]' with a long discussion
of AOE that may border on "off topic", or at least not enough "on topic",
I'll follow up my last post by noting that I went to amazon and read
through several of the (very) thorough reviews, and many of my
points/questions from my previous post were answered.

Brent

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM, brent evers <brent.evers at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1.  I'll probably buy a copy anyway (not that I need it so much anymore),
> but I'd like to know what has changed, what you think has improved, what
> you think has been missed, etc.
>
> The 2nd edition was fantastic, but so much of the EE world has changed I
> think it would be hard to cover it as well as the precious edition did and
> still retain the same flavor and utility.  I looked through the TOC a few
> weeks ago and still wondered the same.  I know that in some (small, getting
> smaller) circles, the original content still pertains, but on whole, the
> advent of microprocessors and their respective toolchains, FPGA's and their
> displacement of discreet logic, and the tremendous growth and reduction in
> scale of all RF electronics in some ways obviate the previous text and I
> guess I'm wondering if those things and similar developments preclude the
> success of the third edition.
>
> Then again, as well as the 2nd edition did it, I have high hopes.  It is a
> classic.
>
> Brent
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:31 AM, Jim Palfreyman <jim77742 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What's been added? This is a brilliant book, but I need to know what the
>> updates are!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On 17 April 2015 at 18:12, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
>>
>> > --------
>> > In message <20150417074427.GA31953 at sol.ermione.com>, Andrea Baldoni
>> > writes:
>> >
>> > >Hello.
>> > >In the case someone missed the new, after years of waiting, the third
>> > edition
>> > >of the book in the subject is out!
>> >
>> > I received it last week, and yes, it's absolutely worth the money.
>> >
>> >
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