Analog and Digital Filter Design, Second Edition (EDN Series for Design Engineers) Review

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(More customer reviews)It is a nice, easy to read description of analog and digital filtering. Nevertheless, I think that the digital filtering chapters are not enough to explore the potentialities of digital filters and the book would benefit from more practical project examples.
On the overall, it is good for a first approach to filtering, but the reader might need something else for a deeper view of the topic.

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Embedded Control Systems in C/C++ Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a complete joke, the title is a complete misrepresentation of the book's contents. I've read journal articles that have more information on embedded control than this 200+ page book.
Everything in this book can be gotten from more complete references on control systems, such as Dorf and Bishop's "Modern Control Systems" for starters. Even Phillips and Nagle's "Digital Control System Analysis and Design" has more information on embedded control when it isn't even the primary focus of their book.
Instead of explaining how to program control systems in C/C++ the author provides a brief overview of control techniques and MatLab code.
The author never actually discusses embedded control which is the title of the book. The point of the book, and even the title, is supposedly to explain how to control embedded systems with C/C++, yet the author never discusses anything remotely close to this, the closest he ever gets are programs that convert MatLab files to C. This is completely useless if the author doesn't explain how to use a converted MatLab file on an embedded microcontroller. The author doesn't even have examples on choosing processors for embedded systems.
Save $70 and put it towards a real controls book.


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Implement proven design techniques for control systems without having to master any advanced mathematics. Using an effective step-by-step approach, this book presents a number of control system design techniques geared toward readers of all experience le Using the techniques and reusable code in Embedded Control Systems in C/C++, embedded systems developers can design control systems without the advanced calculus skills that are typically required.

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Analog Circuits (World Class Designs) Review

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(More customer reviews)World class? Here's a review of some of the chapters: Review of Feedback systems....Basic Operation Amplifier Topologies....review of passive components and a case study in PC board layout, 4 chapters if you can believe it--on filter design, a chapter on noise....all of these represent basics, rudimentary material an EE grad should have mastered...and can hardly be considered world class. Some of the remaining chapters: How to Design Analog circuits without a computer....My approach to feedback design...Jim Williams "zoo circuit", while having their merits....can all be found in the "EDN series for
design engineers". And to publish Pease's notes on Vbe.....Pulease, Pease.... "What's all this vbe stuff" can be found online for free.
In summary, this text will help augment an undergraduate EE's education. It might be useful for non-hardware or digital designer types who have to stray out of their comfort zones, into the analog domain. But there is little in this text that actually world class. Williams Zoo circuit is the the only world class design. Everything else is either rudimentary, or a rip off of other previous published material.
I downgraded the text to 3 stars because the text is somewhat deceptive as to what it purports to be. It should be more appropriately titled: "Analog Circuits: Basics To Be Mastered". The authors are competent, and well known in the field, so it wasn't downgraded any further.

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Newnes has worked with Robert Pease, a leader in the field of analog design to select the very best design-specific material that we have to offer. The Newnes portfolio has always been know for its practical no nonsense approach and our design content is in keeping with that tradition. This material has been chosen based on its timeliness and timelessness. Designers will find inspiration between these covers highlighting basic design concepts that can be adapted to today's hottest technology as well as design material specific to what is happening in the field today. As an added bonus the editor of this reference tells you why this is important material to have on hand at all times. A library must for any design engineers in these fields. *Hand-picked content selected by analog design legend Robert Pease*Proven best design practices for op amps, feedback loops, and all types of filters*Case histories and design examples get you off and running on your current project

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