Looking For Cheap Book On Integrated Circuits

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Gizmo j

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I noticed that pretty much all the technology I'm interested in (such as GPUs) utilize integrated circuits.


I was looking at the book below for $10, what would you guys recommend?

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The ^Aoxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering Ser.: Digital Integrated Circuit Design by Ken Martin (1999, Hardcover) for sale online | eBay

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You go to the library, get a library card and borrow books. They can be physical books or digital books.

YouTube has a lot of intro electronic courses.

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Stick to library books and internet resources until you're sure you're going to actually benefit from a long, technical book about a subject (ie you actually read and apply the free material for a long time). Focus on completing a task.
 
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I'm on my way to donate plasma, when I'm done I'm going to buy one of the books below, the first one was made in 2002 but it only has 157 pages.

The second one was made in 1999 but has 560 pages.

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Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits Design Primer by A. Sudhakar (2002, Trade Paperback) for sale online | eBay

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The ^Aoxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering Ser.: Digital Integrated Circuit Design by Ken Martin (1999, Hardcover) for sale online | eBay

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Um, if you had trouble in a class, with an instructor on learning how to calculate the length of a rafter, a 560 page book on ICs is probably not going to be easy reading.
 
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That's the understatement of the century. It's a huge waste of time and resources.
 
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nakedfrog said:
Um, if you had trouble in a class, with an instructor on learning how to calculate the length of a rafter, a 560 page book on ICs is probably not going to be easy reading.
Click to expand...

From construction to ICs? What's next? Quantum physics?
 
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Start with learning electronics before you dive into integrated circuits. Also thats a cut throat business if you even are thinking of getting into it. You make a chip for $3.00 a piece after investing 10 million in lithography equipment and packaging equipment and not to mention the time of going through the design phase then China will rip it off within a few months and make it for 2 cents a piece.
 
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I was planning on going to the downtown library after I donated plasma to check if they had a book on integrated circuits but the donation took longer than expected so I'll go tomorrow.
 
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Red Squirrel

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I'm sure that's some fun reading, but you're getting too much ahead of yourself, learn basic electronics first, play around with breadboards etc. Once you feel you really want to dive deep then start making common parts like 555 timer using discrete transistors, it will get you to understand what's going on under the hood of an IC.

Personally I would focus on the construction, it has actual money making potential. Electronics is basically a hobby at this point as you will never be able to get to a point that you can make a real living off it and compete with the big guys. Even the major electronic brands don't even make their own ICs or core components. Take TVs for example, there's a few dozen well known TV brands, but there's only like 1 company that makes the actual display panels.
 
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