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From: rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman)
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Subject: Re: Analog Circuit Design Tech-notes Quest
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Date: 27 Nov 89 20:16:06 GMT
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>In article <4589@blake.acs.washington.edu> whit@blake.acs.washington.edu (John Whitmore III) writes:
>>	For digital circuitry, my favorites are Digital Design with
>>Standard MSI and LSI, by Blakeslee; Wiley, 1975 (which few folk seem
>>to have heard of) 
 
I really *liked* this book! Really drives home things that are often
not stressed enough:

       1) Good engineers should keep aware of new products. A neat
          circuit that takes 20% less hardware could be a big waste
          of time if there were other chips around that you didn't 
          know about.

       2) learn to minimize package counts by thinking of unusual
          ways of using MSI to get the job done. [With the
          explosion of PALs, etc this stuff is a quite a bit out
          of date in my copy.] 

       3) Nasty Realities of logic design. [Needs updating for simultan-
          eous switching output problems with TTL/CMOS]

       4) The Social Consequences of Engineering. ! Honest, this
          is a chapter. Rags on a society that has engineers putting
          micros in dishwashers, which worked ok without 'em, while
          handicapped folks still don't have decent aids for everyday
          living. 

          Also has a great chapter on "The engineer as a Dope pusher" I.e.
          how much we Love Our Gadgets. He talks about "matched sets" of
          stupid gadgets, e.g. riding lawn mowers + exercise bikes. Or
          a sun-shade for the mower and a tanning light. 

I would strongly recommend this book over the standard "Digital
Design" book. [Lots of Kmaps, building half-adders out of gates,
etc,etc]

pkr


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