Electronic Circuits and Projects Forum

Originally Posted by Llamarama

Hi everyone,

My local library has recently been renovated to make it more accesable for disabled people (This is not a bad thing and i'm surprised it wasn't done sooner) however as a result the once extensive section of electronics books has been shrunk to less than half a dozen books including "iPhones for dummies" and a copy of the British home wiring regulations for 1989. No more wonderful books like 110 Cmos projects or 101 transistor circuits for the home constructor.

Can anyone suggest some good books with simple transistor or basic logic circuits in that are relatively easy to obtain? I learned the art of electronics through these sort of books and would like to have a bit of mindless fun, plugging transistors into breadboard, like the good old days!

Many thanks

I don't know about the libraries on Earth, where you are located, but here in Boise they have several branch libraries, with an online card catalog. You can search the card catalog and request to have likely titles sent to your branch and held for you. They even have cooperative agreements with the libraries of other nearby communities.
The downside is, you can't peruse them first, unless you can find them someplace like Google Books. Here is a link to a quick search I just did (and this is the first time I used it).
If you already know all this - A Thousand Pardons.

Originally Posted by Roff

I don't know about the libraries on Earth, where you are located

Oops! Thought I corrected this a few months back. I'll have to have a look through their online catalogue thing. I just hope they weren't thrown out during the clear out. Thanks

Thanks for the names too Cr0sh and dr peppers, gives me something to looks for!

Amazon has a great book section. I buy used books from them all the time, many are 1 cent and in great condition. Last one I got was a Mitchell's repair manual worth ~$100. Newnes Electronic Circuit and also Linear IC Pocket Books are loaded with things to build and were cheap from Amazon. Beware that most of these books are dated, but the theory is pretty much the same and 95% of the parts are still around.