The Circuit Designer's Companion, 4th Edition

Introduction

Introduction to the Fourth Edition

Since the third edition of this book, there has been an explosion in “maker” projects with UAVs, robots, autonomous systems, mobile electronics, 3D printing, which has also required a similar level of creativity and capability in the electronics field. Industry has also kept moving at an incredibly rapid pace, and yet university or college students still are not exposed to many of the practical skills and techniques that engineers tend to accumulate over many years.

Many engineers (at all stages of their career) have contacted me since the last revision to suggest further enhancements, additions, and modifications, and therefore after 5 years the time is right to undertake another revision of this ...