Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits, Volume 7

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Summary: FOrgive the Author he knows not what to do
Review: After puchasing volumes 1-6 as a group and testing some of the circuits I spent many hours correcting the mistakes and errors in these circuits. I threw the books into the closet and designed from scratch my own circuits, it took far less time and they work when I'm done. I wish you could hold the authors accountable for lost time I could hire a design staff larger than Microsoft.

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Summary: Does not live up to it's claims
Review: Poorly organized, redundant, too many errors to list, Graf and Sheets claim to be knowledgeable but this is not apparent under close examination - best listed as a "find the errors" puzzle book. A great many useful circuits are presented here, but should not by any means be considered the last word for any design. Overpriced for the amount of headaches this can bring. Once you've spotted hundreds of blatent errors, and dozens of subtle, critical errors, one hesitates to trust anything in this book. The same can be said for the other volumes of this series. My personal opinion only; perhaps I'm either brain-damaged or more aware than the average reviewer or reader..

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Summary: Go to the library
Review: This book and all of the others in the series, are without a doubt not worth buying. I'm glad my local library carries them so that I didn't have to waste my money. There is virtually no help beyond the schematics so if you don't understand why a certain portion of the circuit is built in a specific way, you're out of luck.

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Summary: Go to the library
Review: This is one of the best references for the hobbiest to get ideas for circuits. This set does not tell you how the circuits work--but it does tell you the source so you can look up the authors description. Building and using the circuits are description enough for the advanced designer. The series is a must for anyone interested in electronic design.

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Summary: Great place to get ideas for circuits!!
Review: This is one of the best references for the hobbiest to get ideas for circuits. This set does not tell you how the circuits work--but it does tell you the source so you can look up the authors description. Building and using the circuits are description enough for the advanced designer. The series is a must for anyone interested in electronic design.

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Summary: Perhaps I can help
Review: This series contains thousands of schematics from a variety of sources. I'm quite sure that few, if any, were tested by the authors. However, based on the sources, most probably were tested by the originators. The explanations were sparse, and there were errors, some obvious. As such, these are probably not suitable for beginners. However, I find them to be very valuable, and I suspect that many experienced techs, engineers, hobbiests, and experimenters will as well. I often use part of one circuit as the seed of an idea for a circuit I am designing, with the end result bearing little resemblance to the original. These are filled with perhaps the most valuable of all resources - other people's ideas. I do wish the authors had been more careful to catch errors.