Book Recommendations?

kingconga42 · Joined: Jul 24, 2009 Posts: 13 Location: CT, USA

Hey folks! Just joined.

I recently picked up Nic Collins' book: Handmade Electronic Music, and have been having a lot of fun with some 40106s. Just messing around on a breadboard for now. RichardC64 directed me to the lunetta forum after i told him i was having fun with logic gate oscillators. I listened to a bunch of the mp3s posted here- Holy Moley!!!

Although this forum is a great resource, when it comes to sitting down with a cup of coffee and filling my head with new knowledge, i still like flipping thru books made of dead trees. But I hate the way most typical text books are written. What are some books you consider invaluable for someone getting into CMOS logic, etc. I've seen a lot of mention of Don Lancaster and his cookbooks. I'm also familiar with Forrest Mimms and Craig Anderton. What else? What is the Lunetta Bible? (And if this has been covered in another topic, already, i apologize)

-justin

RF · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:04 pm Post subject:

Hi kingconga42!

Welcome to the forum - and to the most fun the human race has ever had with a handfull of CMOS chips.

My 'Lunetta Bibles' are the Texas Instruments CMOS data book, the National Semiconductor CMOS Data book and Applications handbooks.
Oh - and everything shared here in the Lunetta Forum by the collective 'Brain Trust'. Wink

The coolest stuff has come from the guys around here experimenting and sharing ideas.

Good to have you here - post lots!

bruce

CJ Miller · Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 368 Location: 127.0.0.1

The closest thing to a CMOS bible is probably Don Lancaster's CMOS Cookbook, which is a good explanation of the ins and outs. Hal Chamberlin's book Musical Applications of Microprocessors rocks, and does cover quite a bit of analog and discrete digital. Then there are the various databooks and application notes from the companies who make the ICs. For synth DIY I recommend books from about 1977-1985 as being the most useful, give or take a few years. The earlier stuff is often low-spec and unobtainable, whereas later stuff is less discrete and more high-frequency. The linear and analog books are often quite useful also.

kingconga42 · Joined: Jul 24, 2009 Posts: 13 Location: CT, USA

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to order a few to get me started, and then it's going to take me a while to get thru the wealth of information here in the forums. But you'll be hearing from me again soon!

fluxmonkey · Joined: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 708 Location: cleve

Forrest Mims has some really good stuff: The Engineer's Notebook, or any one of the MiniNotebooks that Ratshack used to sell...

CJ Miller · Joined: Jan 07, 2007 Posts: 368 Location: 127.0.0.1