{"id":2120,"date":"2010-03-10T10:20:12","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:03","slug":"tim-williams-the-circuit-designers-companion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/tim-williams-the-circuit-designers-companion\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Williams: The Circuit Designer’s Companion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently picked up a copy of Tim Williams’ Circuit Designer’s Companion<\/a>\"\" after I noticed it on my Amazon<\/a>\"\" recommendations list (which seems to know my tastes a little too<\/em> well these days.)<\/p>\n

This is a fun and useful book.\u00a0 The emphasis is on practical information that is useful to working engineers, not PhD students. \u00a0 This means that there are a lot fewer equations in this book than The Art of Electronics<\/a> and it’s a lot less intimidating for someone without a degree in Electrical Engineering.\u00a0 The book’s roughly 400 pages include topics such grounding and shielding sensitive circuits, some basic tips for routing PCBs, why it’s usually better to buy a switching power supply than build your own, some comparisons of batteries, and how to pick a fuse.\u00a0 (Sadly, the latest microcontrollers and Lithium battery technologies are missing – not surprising, since the 2nd edition was released in 2005.\u00a0 Time for an update?)<\/p>\n

I like Williams’ writing style, and usually pick this book up first to see if he has a quick solution to the problem at hand before diving into one of my more dense engineering texts.\u00a0 While this book isn’t a replacement for my other (heavier) reference books, it’s a welcome addition to my desk.\u00a0 I keep it within easy reach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently picked up a copy of Tim Williams’ Circuit Designer’s Companion after I noticed it on my Amazon recommendations list (which seems to know my tastes a little too well these days.) This is a fun and useful book.\u00a0 The emphasis is on practical information that is useful to working engineers, not PhD students. … Continue reading Tim Williams: The Circuit Designer’s Companion<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[260,206,130,158,261],"class_list":["post-2120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","tag-book","tag-book-review","tag-circuit-design","tag-circuits","tag-engineering"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-yc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1408,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/flickr-printed-circuit-boards-photo-pool-hits-100-members\/","url_meta":{"origin":2120,"position":0},"title":"Flickr Printed Circuit Boards Photo Pool Hits 100 Members!","author":"Jeff","date":"March 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"100 wonderful, amazing people have joined the Flickr Printed Circuit Boards Group since I launched it in July of last year! 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