Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory 11th Edition

If you could only afford one electronics text, this is it! I've reviewed over 40 texts for our library acquisition clients, who can afford only 4 in many cases. Boylestad always makes the top three, and with this 11th edition, I can say with confidence that ALL the kinks have been worked out. Most every other text starts out WAY too fast, and still has numerous, frustrating errors.But that's not the major plus. Boylestad is a master teacher and storyteller. The picture of that lonely copper electron sitting out in it's own shell with gangs of family members in the adjacent shell will never leave you! While other texts are grinding you through integrals, Bob is gently explaining in PRACTICAL ENGLISH and with hundreds of illustrations and pictures, how and why it all works. His 12th edition of circuit analysis, for example, starts at the High School or tech level, yet still gives enough technical detail for use in Engineering courses (Introductory Circuit Analysis (12th Edition)).If you are at MIT working on your PhD in Electronics Engineering, you'll not find a lot of matrix calculus, linear algebra and dynamic systems analysis using differential equations, because Boylestad targets his teaching to both self study and technology courses, and assumes you're starting at the beginning. However, if you ever want to teach, you should still study this, because his approach is a model for explaining difficult concepts with wonderful examples that you finally "get" at a gut level. I guarantee (as an Engineer myself), you'll grasp concepts more intuitively here even if you are very advanced.Perhaps the best and most unique feature are the two authors' ability to describe, step by step, what a circuit is doing and why. You learn early on that voltage is a type of information signal, and you can extend the detailed descriptions to many other circuits almost immediately, because you REALLY GET the basics. They spend a lot of time on timers and op-amps, for example, as backbones of many IC strategies. Every page you go: "AHA! So THAT'S why that component is there!!" Highly recommended.Library Picks reviews only for the benefit of Amazon shoppers and has nothing to do with Amazon, the authors, manufacturers or publishers of the items we review. We always buy the items we review for the sake of objectivity, and although we search for gems, are not shy about trashing an item if it's a waste of time or money for Amazon shoppers. If the reviewer identifies herself, her job or her field, it is only as a point of reference to help you gauge the background and any biases.

This is a great book for the beginning student. It has lots of examples and I have not found any mistakes so far. I especially like the use of design software to highlight important concepts covered algebraically in the text.

Love amazon text books. Recommend to other college students as we find that we save over 75% over bookstore at college.

As I've said in the title, The test is good, but I prefer Floyds texts better, guess Its just personal preference. The text is thorough however, so if you want to learn transistors JFETS, op amp basics, etc, its a decent text.

Muy buen libro para electronica. Good book for electronic. Lo recomienda.

The best coverage on transistor circuits ever! Though I get annoyed by the spice/sim screenshots, I still like the book style and level of depth.

I just bought this book, (mainly because of the reviews written here) and plan on returning it. I have some knowledge of Electronics and would like an in depth book for beginners.This book is NOT for beginners, it is a college level book requiring a good understanding of Algebra. The first chapter is on Diodes. The author is assuming you have knowledge of eletrical components, series and parallel circuits et.I don't know why the other people here stated it is a great book for beginners (they probably work for the publishing company) but I was very unhappy with it and now have to go through the trouble of returning it and trying to find another book that is beginner friendly.Amazon should have samples of the pages in theses book for the potential buyer to read (I think they used too).

So far, the book has been useful in my understanding of the topics. The explanations and and calculations are done well and don't seem to have the bad habit of glossing over the details. The author doesn't assume much prior knowledge beyond KVL/KCL stuff and even at one point briefly reviews Thevenin's theorem. My only qualm so far is that the table of contents and the index are pretty useless in finding a specific thing. An electronic copy would probably alleviate this.