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How to learn modern electronics

A guide to the adventurer First of all, basic electronics can be simple to understand, but to understand it deeply and see were the rabbit hole goes you have to do some serious kind of study. The plan to enlightenment has multiple parallel path’s, but books, internet info, youtube video channels and good forums constitute the main pillars.

Books

I’m suggesting that you read the books from cover to cover and not only for reference. The three books that you should read first, are cheap books but they are very good. You should read them in this order, they will give you a really good grasp of electronics and some of there most common applications. They are enthusiastic and bring the subject to life!

Getting Started in Electronics by Forrest M. Mims III Pag 128

Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th Edition by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk Pag 1050

ARRL Handbook 2022 by ARRL Inc Pag 1280 separate in several volumes for easy reading Note: Study also the digital supplemental files.

Most common Components in electronics https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/Most_common_components_in_electronics

Now that you know a little bit about what electronics is in the majority of the fields that are connected to electronic circuits, you should try to delve a little deeper in each subject.

Circuit analysis you should read.

DC Electrical Circuit Analysis - A Practical Approach by James M. Fiore Pag 374 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

AC Electrical Circuit Analysis - A Practical Approach by James M. Fiore Pag 422 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Workbook for DC Electrical Circuits by James M. Fiore Pag 128 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Workbook for AC Electrical Circuits by James M. Fiore Pag 159 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 6th Edition by Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku Pag 992

Semiconductor devices and OpAmps

Semiconductor Devices: Theory & Application by James M. Fiore Pag 407 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Operational Amplifiers & Linear Integrated Circuits 3th Edition by James M. Fiore Pag 589 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Grob's Basic Electronics 12th Edition by Mitchel Schultz Pag 1264

Electronic Devices - Conventional Current Version 10th Edition by Thomas Floyd Pag 976

Electronic Principles 8th Edition by Albert Malvino, David Bates Pag 1120

Fundamentals of Microelectronics 2nd Edition by Behzad Razavi Pag 928

Principles of Electronics by Colin Mitchell Pag 778 Price Free online book

Going deeper into the rabbit hole in electronics.

The Art of Electronics 3th Edition by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill Pag 1220

The Art of Electronics - The x Chapters by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill Pag 500

Learning the Art of Electronics - A Hands-On Lab Course 1st Edition by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz Pag 1150

Electronic Circuits: Handbook for Design and Application, 2º Edition by Ulrich Tietze Pag 1543

Microelectronic Circuits 8th Edition by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. (KC) Smith, Tony Chan Carusone, Vincent Gaudet Pag 1296

Power electronics

Power Electronics by Daniel Hart Pag 496

Audio amplifier and electronics

Small Signal Audio Design 2th Edition by Douglas Self Pag 780

Audio Power Amplifier Design, 6th Edition by Douglas Self Pag 718

Designing Audio Power Amplifiers 2nd Edition by Bob Cordell Pag 792

RF and Microwave

Electromagnetics Explained - A Handbook for Wireless/RF, EMC, and High-Speed Electronics 1st Edition by Ron Schmitt Pag 410

Radio Hobbyist’s Designbook by Leonard H. Anderson K6LHA Book

Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 229, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems. Volume 1, 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 244, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Microwave and RF Design: Transmission Lines. Volume 2, 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 284, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Microwave and RF Design: Networks. Volume 3, 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 240, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Microwave and RF Design: Modules. Volume 4, 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 254, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Microwave and RF Design: Amplifiers and Oscillators. Volume 5, 3th Edition by Michael Steer Pag 219, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book

Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Circuit Design - Practical Analysis and Design Tools by Manou Ghanevati, Ali Behagi Pag 304

RF Circuit Design 2nd Edition by Christopher Bowick Pag 256

Microwave Engineering 4th Edition by David M. Pozar Pag. 752

Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurement, and Circuits by Thomas H. Lee Pag. 882

RF Microelectronics 2nd Edition by Behzad Razavi Pag. 916

Antenna design

Practical Antenna Handbook, 5th Edition by Joseph Carr, George Hippisley Pag 784

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 4th Edition by Constantine A. Balanis Pag. 1104

PCB Design

KiCad Like a Pro by Dr Peter Dalmaris Pag 485

Signal Integrity Issues and Printed Circuit Board Design by Douglas Brooks Pag 428

Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified 3rd Edition by Eric Bogatin Pag 992

High Speed Digital Design - A Handbook of Black Magic by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham Pag 447

SDR - Software Defined Radio

Software Receiver Design: Build your Own Digital Communication System in Five Easy Steps by C. Richard Johnson Jr, William A. Sethares, Andrew G. Klein Pag 480

Software Defined Radio using MATLAB & Simulink and the RTL-SDR by Robert W Stewart, Kenneth W Barlee, Dale S W Atkinson Pag 672 book

Wireless Communications from the Ground Up: An SDR Perspective by Qasim Chaudhari Pag 828

Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems by Andreas Schwarzinger Pag 398

Radio Astronomy

VLF - Very Low Frequency Observations https://britastro.org/node/8791

INSPIRE VLF-3 Rev #1C Receiver Kit ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS and schematic https://theinspireproject.org/ https://theinspireproject.org/img/VLF3_Rev1C.pdf

Fundamentals of Radio Astronomy: Observational Methods by Jonathan M. Marr, Ronald L. Snell, Stanley E. Kurt Pag 368

Radio and Radar Astronomy Projects for Beginners 2nd Edition by Steven Arnold Pag 332

An Introduction to Radio Astronomy 4rd Edition by Bernard F. Burke Pag 540

The Physical Processes and Observing Techniques of Radio Astronomy: An Introduction by Thomas G. Pannuti Pag 548

The Radio Sky and How to Observe It 2010 Edition by Jeff Lashley Pag 251

Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy A. Richard Thompson, James M. Moran, George W. Swenson Jr. Pag 918 book

RADAR

Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar 3rd Edition by George W. Stimson, Hugh D. Griffiths, Christopher J. Baker, Dave Adamy Pag 774

Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles Volume 1 by Mark A. Richards, William A. Holm, James A. Scheer Pag 960

Principles of Modern Radar: Advanced Radar Techniques and Applications Volume 2 by William L. Melvin, James A. Scheer Pag 960

Principles of Modern Radar: Radar Applications Volume 3 by William L. Melvin, James A. Scheer Pag 816

Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar: Signal Processing Algorithms by Walter G. Carrara , Ronald M. Majewski Pag 554

Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, Second Edition 2nd Edition by Mark Richards Pag 656

Small and Short-Range Radar Systems by Gregory L. Charvat Pag 428

Video Course Site in Radar Systems Engineering Dr. Robert M. O'Donnell - Lecturer http://radar-course.org/

Video Course - Introduction to Radar Systems Online by Robert M. O'Donnell https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUJAYadtuizA8RC2Qk8LfmiWA56HZsk9y

Video Course - Radar Systems Engineering Course by Robert M. O'Donnell https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNKgf4Cv_NZ1_fZt0bAJXAro6MlaTAEAU

Video Course - Alberto Moreira ESA - SAR: Principles & Applications http://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2013/07/SAR_Principles_Applications

A Tutorial on Synthetic Aperture Radar - ESA http://www2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~mdisney/teaching/teachingNEW/3051/PPRS_7/esa_sar_tutorial.pdf

Microcontrollers

How to learn modern Embedded Systems https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Embedded_Systems
STM32 BluePill in Rust - Project template and lot's of info This is the project template I use in my BluePill projects. https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/stm32_bluepill_in_rust__Template
All relevant Info on Pico and a starting project Template. Where I have put all the info that I consider to be relevant for Pico development in Rust. Raspberry Pi Pico in Rust Proj Template with RTIC USB-Serial and UF2 https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/Raspberry_Pi_Pico_in_Rust__Proj_Template_with_RTIC_USB-Serial_UF2

Embedded Controllers using C and Arduino 2nd Edition By James Fiore Pag. 166 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Laboratory Manual for Embedded Controllers using C and Arduino 2nd Edition By James Fiore Pag. 100 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon. book and videos

Programming Arduino - Getting Started with Sketches, 2nd Edition by Simon Monk Pag 192

Programming Arduino Next Steps: Going Further with Sketches, 2nd Edition by Simon Monk Pag 320

AVR Programming - Learning to Write Software for Hardware by Elliot Williams Pag 474

Beginning STM32 - Developing with FreeRTOS, libopencm3 and GCC by Warren Gay Pag 432

Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers: Building real-time embedded systems using FreeRTOS, STM32 MCUs, and SEGGER debug tools by Brian Amos Pag 496

Real-time Operating Systems Book 1: The Theory by Dr. Jim Cooling Pag 296

Microprocessors and Computer Systems

Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition by Sarah Harris, David Harris Pag 584

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 6th Edition by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson Pag 936

Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy Pag 696

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3th Edition by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron Pag 1120

Raspberry Pi

Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux by Derek Molloy Pag 720

FPGA

Verilog by Example: A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design by Blaine Readler Pag 124

VHDL By Example: A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design by Blaine Readler Pag 120

DSP – Digital Signal Programming

Signals and Systems 2nd Ed by Alan Oppenheim, Alan Willsky, Hamid Pag 1000

Videos - Prof. Iain Explains https://www.iaincollings.com/

Signals Systems and Inference by Alan Oppenheim, George Verghese Pag 608

The Scientist & Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing by Steven W. Smith Pag 626 Price Free on the net book

Understanding Digital Signal Processing 3rd Edition by Richard G. Lyons Pag 954

Discrete-Time Signal Processing 3rd Ed by Alan Oppenheim, Ronald Schafer Pag 1144

Introduction to Signal Processing by Sophocles J. Orfanidis Pag 795 book

Mathematics of the discrete fourier transform (DFT) with audio applications, 2th Edition by Julius O. Smith III Pag 322 book

Introduction to digital filters with audio applications by Julius O. Smith III Pag 480 book

Physical audio signal processing for virtual musical instruments and audio effects by Julius O. Smith III Pag 826 book

Spectral audio signal processing by Julius O. Smith III Pag 674 book

The Fast Fourier Transform FFT and its applications By E. Oran Brigham Pag 448

Become an Audio Programmer https://www.thewolfsound.com/

Play List - 42 Audio Illusions & Phenomena -- Psychoacoustics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL618khw0A-t51dsZ8DQK5fYkwrowtFYKn

Programming

How to learn modern Linux https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Linux
How to become dangerous in Algorithms https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_become_dangerous_in_algorithms
Simple notes on the C Programming Language https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/Simple_notes_on_the_C_Programming_Language
How to learn modern C++ https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_C_Plus_Plus
How to learn modern Rust https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Rust
How to learn modern Python https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Python
How to learn modern Machine Learning https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Machine_Learning

Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming by Eric Matthes Pag 544

C Programming - A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition by K. N. King Pag 832

Extreme C: Taking you to the limit in Concurrency, OOP, and the most advanced capabilities of C by Kamran Amini Pag 822

Beginning C++17: From Novice to Professional 5th Edition by Ivor Horton, Peter Van Weert Pag 799

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ 2nd Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup Pag 1312

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau Pag 714 www.ostep.com

The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook by Michael Kerrisk Pag 1553

Linux Driver Development for Embedded Processors, 2th Edition by Alberto Liberal de los Ríos Pag 680

Wikipedia list of algorithms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_algorithms

Mathematics

How to learn Mathematics from the ground up https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_Mathematics_from_ground_up
How to learn modern Compressive Sensing https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_modern_Compressive_Sensing

Engineering Mathematics by Prof Anthony Croft, Dr Robert Davison Pag 1024

Higher Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition by John Bird Pag 924

Physics

How to learn Physics from the ground up https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/How_to_learn_Physics_from_the_ground_up

Advanced Physics For You by Keith Johnson , Simmone Hewett Pag 512

The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol I, Vol II and Vol III by Richard Feynman Pag 1552 Price Free on the net book

Machine Learning on the Microcontroller

TinyML: Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on Arduino and Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers by Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake Pag 504

Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems 2nd Edition by Aurélien Géron Pag 851

Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control by Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz Pag 492 book

Analog Devices Courseware and practical labs.

Sites

Youtube Channels

Forums

EEVBlog forum

Electronic Equipment

Two Handheld DMM (to measure voltage and current at the same time)
Soldering iron or station
Two power supplies
Oscilloscope – 2 or 4 channels 100MHz
How NOT To Blow Up Your Oscilloscope!
Wave Form generator
Logical analyzer (if possible)
Spectrum Analyzer (nice but expensive gear)

Selected deeper articles from the Magazine Nuts and Volts

Selected deeper articles on RF

Really good articles - RF Technical Articles - YO3DAC - VA3IUL - Iulian Rosu

Selected Videos on the tenacity to make a complex electronic product when you don't even know how blink an LED.

Pete Bevelacqua - How I learned to stop blinking LEDs and make a product

Selected videos of analog electronics

Selected videos of how to make a OpAmp with discrete components and how it works

Original article DIY Operational Amplifier by JIM KEITH
Video - 411 Build an OpAmp - part 1 - current source
Video - 412 Build an OpAmp - part 2 - differential amplifier
Video - 413 Build an OpAmp - part 3 - output driver
Video - 414 Build an OpAmp - part 4 - output stage
Video - 415 Build an OpAmp - part 5 - offset voltage adjust
Video - 416 Build an OpAmp - part 6 - how an OpAmp works
Video - 417 Build an OpAmp - part 7 - Spice modeling the DIY Op-Amp
This video explains the Class B and AB of a Push and Pull and other type of class B and AB amplifier. Video - 271 two types of class B amplifiers

Selected videos on RF

Selected videos of STM32 Micro-Controller programming

Selected videos of MicroPython ESP32 and STM32 micro-controller programming

First video tutorial

Second video tutorial more project based

Selected videos of Machine Learning TensorFlow Lite on Raspberry Pi

Selected videos showing all the steps in KiCAD to design a PCB for STM32 with RF and USB.

Deeper videos on analog electronics design with math calculations

Diodes and Transistors

JFETs and MOSFETs

Thyristors

Op Amp Basics

Active filters

Oscilators and RF

Construction techniques

Digital Fundamentals

Oscilloscopes

Deeper videos on DSP - Digital Signal Processing

Online Courses

Embedded systems development courses ESP32

Learn ESP32 with Arduino IDE I took this course and I recommend it, because it is a good course. It's an extensive course, good for the beginner and not so beginners. It covers in many, many projects all the micro-controller programming and the IoT - Internet Of Things stuff with the Arduino IDE. The author is constantly adding material to the course. I have experience with several different micro-controllers and in my opinion, the ESP32 and the future ESP32-S02 are good safe bet's to learn micro-controllers in general and IoT in particular. Also they are low cost and have large range of advanced features. Learn ESP32 with Arduino IDE
Learn ESP32 The ESP-IDF I took this course and I recommend it highly, this is an excellent course. This is a course for a more professional or more in depth persons, for the ones that really need to know what's under the hood and want to make use of every feature, capacity and possibility that the incredible ESP32 provides. The other kind of person that I can imagine doing this course is if you are already a developer for example in PC or web context, you will rapidly understand all the details and understand all the micro-controller power that the author explains to you. The framework used (ESP-IDF) is the one made by ExpressIF, the enterprise that makes the ESP32. The knowledge that you will obtain from this course is really profound, although the author goes to extensive length to explain the foundations that you need even in more advanced C programming, it is for people that already used a micro-controller before, be it a simple Arduino Uno board, or a more professional one. But I would like to say clearly that, the knowledge that you obtain from this course is profound. In my opinion it gives you the tools, it enables you to work professional on this field developing embedded systems software with the ESP32 including IoT. The course already as 12 hours, with all the code accessible in GitHub, but it's author is currently still adding content. It also includes advanced sections on freeRTOS. It uses in a very intelligent and useful way the free Visual Studio Code Editor in Windows and Linux, even allowing debugging in ESP32 inside Visual Studio Code with a cheap 10 dollars JTAG addon board. Learn ESP32 The ESP-IDF

Embedded systems development courses STM32

Microcontroller Embedded C Programming: absolute beginners Foundation course on Embedded C programming using STM32 Microcontroller. by FastBit on Udemy
Mastering Microcontroller with Embedded Driver Development - MCU 0 Learn bare metal driver development systems using Embedded C: Writing drivers for STM32 GPIO,I2C,SPI,USART from scratch by FastBit on Udemy
Mastering Microcontroller : TIMERS, PWM, CAN, RTC,LOW POWER - MCU 1 Learn STM32 TIMERS, CAN,RTC, PWM,LOW POWER embedded systems and program them using STM32 Device HAL APIs step by step by FastBit on Udemy
Mastering RTOS: Hands on FreeRTOS and STM32Fx with Debugging - MCU 2 Learn Running/Porting FreeRTOS Real Time Operating System on STM32F4x and ARM cortex M based Mircocontrollers by FastBit on Udemy
ARM Cortex M Microcontroller DMA Programming Demystified Direct Memory Access Demystified with STM32 Peripherals (ADC, SRAM,UART,M2M,M2P,P2M) and Embedded C code Exercises by FastBit on Udemy
STM32Fx Microcontroller Custom Bootloader Development Learn fundamentals of Bootloader Development for your ARM Cortex Mx based STM32Fx Microcontroller by FastBit on Udemy

Embedded systems development courses on Linux

Embedded Linux Step by Step using Beaglebone Black Learn ARM Linux systems, Embedded Linux building blocks ,Busybox, Beaglebone interfacing Projects by FastBit on Udemy

PCB design courses

KiCAD like a Pro I took this course and reed the book and I recommend it highly, this is an excellent course. There comes a time that every person that enter this field of electronics or embedded systems, will feel the need to make a professional looking board for the system that you design. When breadboard, soldering wires or simples pre-fabricated modules connected by wires, are not enough. That is the time to start learning about how to design a PCB's. Starting by drawing the schematic, to the design of the effective PCB, reaching out to a fabric to make you PCB and then assemble in your home or in the fabric with an assembly service. This course cover it all. KiCAD is a free open source tool that is of professional grade. KiCAD like a Pro

All my other guides

The links to all my guides are in: Guides on Linux - Programming - Embedded - Electronics - Aeronautics https://github.com/joaocarvalhoopen/Guides_Linux-Programming-Electronics-Aeronautics

Have fun!

Best regards, Joao Nuno Carvalho