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updated 2005-10-17

Books:

`The Art of Electronics' (Horowitz & Hill, Cambridge University Press) THE Book. If you don't have this, you're playing. Ask the pros about this book.

For general electronic design (general circuit design), see Construction

schematic: paper design
- analog
- digital
- RF: radio frequency design
- ohms law
construction: PWB layout: analog, digital, RF, Breadboard construction: (includes wire wrap and "white protoboards")
other: case/front panel design, ...

bibliography for schematic editor:

If you're using the schematic editor, you're probably designing circuits. The classic reference is commonly known at "Horowitz and Hill" or "AoE":

_The Art of Electronics_ (2nd edition) by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. http://www.artofelectronics.com/ (Not to be confused with the "other" AoE, http://www.ensemblestudios.com/aoe/ )

Other, more specialized books:

"Designing with op amps: Single-formula technique keeps it simple" article by Dieter Knollman, PhD, Lucent Technologies http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/archives/1998/030298/05df_05.htm and http://www.reed-electronics.com/ednmag/archives/1998/030298/05df_05.pdf covers "Plato’s gain formula" and "Daisy’s theorem" . /* was http://www.ednmag.com/ednmag/reg/1998/030298/05df_05.htm */
http://www.protel.com/earticles/index.html
http://www.protel.com/etech/prod_doc.htm ``You can download the complete handbook from this page, it contains more information than the 'standard' Protel99 manual.'' -- Aalt Lokhorst on 2001-04-03 05:09:13 AM
_Op-Amp Cookbook_ by Don Lancaster http://www.tinaja.com/
_The ARRL Handbook_ http://www.arrl.org/
Maxfield, Clive. _Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Fundamentals, Components, and Processes_

[Any other must-have, highly recommended books ?]

RF design

http://www.circuitsage.com/ At Circuit Sage, our goal is to completely automate the design of integrated transceiver circuits. (circuits that interface between a digital CPU on one side and a radio antenna on the other side).
radio frequency IO io/rfs.htm lots of books on RF circuit design