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Learning the Art of Electronics - A Hands-On Lab Course
Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course by Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz is a practical companion to the classic textbook The Art of Elect...
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Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course by Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz is a practical companion to the classic textbook The Art of Electronics. Designed for students with no prior electronics knowledge, it teaches circuit design through 25 hands-on lab sessions that build intuitive understanding through real-world experimentation.
The course moves quickly — by the third session you're building a radio receiver, and by the fifth you're constructing an operational amplifier from discrete transistors. The digital half of the course covers microcontroller applications and introduces Verilog, a hardware description language for FPGA design.
Key Features
- 25 Lab Sessions – Each session combines circuit discussion with hands-on experiments
- No Prerequisites – No prior electronics knowledge required
- Minimal Mathematics – Focuses on practical understanding over formulas
- Proven Curriculum – Refined through 25 years of classroom teaching
- Complete Parts Lists – Includes where and how to buy all lab components
- Analogue and Digital – Covers transistors, op-amps, radio, microcontrollers, and Verilog
Ideal For
- Self-learners and hobbyists new to electronics
- University and TAFE students studying circuit design
- Companion course to The Art of Electronics
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a single chip that runs a stored program and controls connected inputs and outputs such as buttons, sensors, displays and communication interfaces. In a device built around one, it is the part that executes the code and coordinates the device's behaviour.
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