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| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVLbCl8qV8M&list=PLMT1w23CuKm-YzYRajHp4TxP1mbax-u7w Introducing Learning the Art of Electronics]
| [https://blog.jj5.net/blog/2025/04/01/introducing-learning-the-art-of-electronics-learning-electronics-in-the-lab-with-jay-jay/ blog.jj5.net]
| [https://blog.jj5.net/blog/2025/04/01/introducing-learning-the-art-of-electronics-learning-electronics-in-the-lab-with-jay-jay/ notes]
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This course of 28 practical labs will teach you "all of electronics". Hardly any math.
This course of 28 practical labs will teach you "all of electronics". Hardly any math.


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== The Art of Electronics 3ed ==
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This is the definitive electronics reference work and the textbook for the course. Low to moderate levels of math.
This is the definitive electronics reference work and the textbook for the course. Low to moderate levels of math.


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This is extra specialized material that didn't fit in [[#The Art of Electronics 3ed|The Art of Electronics 3ed]]. Low to moderate levels of math.
This is extra specialized material that didn't fit in [[#The Art of Electronics 3ed|The Art of Electronics 3ed]]. Low to moderate levels of math.


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== Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed ==
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This book covers semiconductor technology and integrated circuits. Heaps of math.
This book covers semiconductor technology and integrated circuits. Heaps of math.


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This book is about the physics of electricity and magnetism. Heaps of math.
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 20 August 2025

The name of this project relates to a book called Learning The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course. It's a university-level lab course developed and delivered at Stanford University. I am working through the coursework and recording videos of my progress as I do the lab exercises. I am also taking notes from the books referenced in the coursework and making those notes available on this wiki as a perk for my Patreon supporters.

I aim to release one video per month on the first Tuesday of the month on my YouTube channel @InTheLabWithJayJay in the Learning the Art of Electronics playlist. For each lab exercise in the book I record a video covering it. This isn't the only project I'm working on and you will find other electronics related material on my YouTube channel. The YouTube channel has its own website (which also hosts this wiki): www.InTheLabWithJayJay.com

As we started in April 2025, and as there are 28 lab exercises, we will finish some time in the middle of 2027. In the meantime these notes are a work-in-progress. See the rest of this page for information about the books we reference and the lab exercises we have done or will do soon enough. If you're following along with this project the monthly pre-reading is given in the labs section below. Try to get your pre-reading done before the first Tuesday of the month!

If you're interested in this project you can follow on YouTube. If you're enjoying this material or would like access to the subscriber-only content you can sponsor development with a small monthly contribution: patreon.com/JohnElliotV

Links

Here are a few links which may come in handy:

Facility Link Note
Project page Learning the Art of Electronics this page, which is your point of access for everything else
Show website www.InTheLabWithJayJay.com the website for my video blog
YouTube channel @InTheLabWithJayJay my main YouTube channel on which these videos are released
YouTube playlist Learning the Art of Electronics the playlist to which these videos are added

Book notes

Here are the links to my book notes. Book notes are subscriber-only content.

Book notes Math level Book details
Learning the Art of Electronics 2ed hardly any details
The Art of Electronics 3ed low to moderate details
The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters low to moderate details
Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed heaps details
Electricity and Magnetism 3ed heaps details

Labs

Here is a table of the lab exercises which we will fill out as we work through the course. Do the recommended pre-reading in advance of the following lab. Do the pre-reading in the order given, but skip pre-reading for books you don't have or don't have time for. The most important pre-reading is from right to left, the less important (and more foundational or mathematical) material is listed first. To be clear: you should do the reading left to right, and skip anything you aren't doing. This is a living document and the following table will grow as we get around to the newer material.

Note: the links in the Recommended Pre-Reading column are to my book notes which are subscriber-only content. If you have access you can click on these links to see my notes. If you don't have access and you want access you can either sign-up at patreon.com/JohnElliotV (preferred!) or send email to wiki@jjlab.net and convince me I should give you a free account. :)

Note: you don't need access to my book notes to follow along with this project! Get yourself any of the books that you're interested in and then do the pre-reading every month before the first Tuesday of the month. Of course I will be running over the notes in the videos so you don't have to do any reading to follow along, you can just watch the videos.

Lab Date Chapter Circuit Video Show Notes LAoE Pre-Reading Extra Reading
1 Apr 2025 Introducing Learning the Art of Electronics notes up to page 17 E&M §1, §2; PoEC §1; AoE §A, §1.
1 26 August 2025 DC Circuits 1N.23
2 Capacitors
3 Resonant and Diode Circuits
4 Transistors I
5 Transistors II
6 Op-Amps I
7 Op-Amps II
8 Op-Amps III
9 Op-Amps IV
10 Op-Amps V
11 Voltage Regulators
12 MOSFET Switches and a JFET AGC
13 Group Audio Project
14 Logic Gates
15 Programmable Logic
16 Flip-Flops
17 Counters
18 Memory
19 Finite State Machines
20 Analog ↔ Digital; PLL
21 Digital Project
22 Microcontrollers I
23 Microcontrollers II
24 Microcontrollers III
25 Microcontrollers IV
26 Microcontrollers V
27 Microcontrollers VI
28 Your choice

Books

The reference material includes the following books. The books are listed pretty much in order of importance. If you're planning to follow along with the labs and you want to do the reading you will want to get yourself a copy of Learning the Art of Electronics 2ed. The main textbook for the course is The Art of Electronics 3ed, and if you're interested in electronics you almost certainly want to have a copy of that one too. The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters covers various specialized topics and you can safely leave it out, at least until you find yourself interested in such specialized topics. Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed is another electronics book referenced in the coursework, it covers semiconductor technology and integrated circuits. Electricity and Magnetism 3ed is the recommended E&M book, it covers some of the physics which underlies electronics.

The reverse order of the books is roughly from the most foundational (and mathematical) to the most derived (and descriptive). When we give recommended readings we will use this reverse order. You can simply skip recommended readings for books you didn't buy or don't have time for.

In the following table the moniker is the short name we use to refer to the book in these notes. If the book has a website (that I know about) it is provided in the table. As I do teardowns of these books the link to those videos will be included in the teardown column. I do intend to do teardowns for all of these books, but they're not all done yet. A "teardown" is a video where we flip through the book and "have a look at what's inside". If there's a copy of this book in a web library (like archive.org) I include that here. And last I provide various links to the book on Amazon where you can buy your own copy. And please do buy your own copy, money makes the world go 'round!

Moniker Book (click for details) Website Teardown Library Buy at Amazon
LAoE Learning the Art of Electronics 2ed learningtheartofelectronics.com Video, Show Notes US, UK, CA, AU
AoE The Art of Electronics 3ed artofelectronics.net Video, Show Notes archive.org US, UK, CA, AU
AoEx The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters x.artofelectronics.net Video, Show Notes US, UK, CA, AU
PoEC Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed Video, Show Notes archive.org US, UK, CA, AU
E&M Electricity and Magnetism 3ed archive.org US, UK, CA, AU

Learning the Art of Electronics 2ed

This course of 28 practical labs will teach you "all of electronics". Hardly any math.

LAoE
Moniker: LAoE
Title: Learning The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course 2nd Edition
Authors: Thomas C. Hayes, David Abrams, Paul Horowitz
Published: April 3, 2025
Website: learningtheartofelectronics.com
Links Website: laoe.link
Teardown: New Book Teardown #3: Learning The Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course (2016)
Library: N/A
Buy at Amazon: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Book notes: Learning the Art of Electronics 2ed (subscriber-only content)


The Art of Electronics 3ed

This is the definitive electronics reference work and the textbook for the course. Low to moderate levels of math.

AoE
Moniker: AoE
Title: The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition
Authors: Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Published: March 30, 2015
Website: artofelectronics.net
Teardown: New Book Teardown #1: The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition (2015)
Library: archive.org
Buy at Amazon: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Book notes: The Art of Electronics 3ed (subscriber-only content)



The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters

This is extra specialized material that didn't fit in The Art of Electronics 3ed. Low to moderate levels of math.

AoEx
Moniker: AoEx
Title: The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters
Authors: Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Published: January 30, 2020
Website: x.artofelectronics.net
Teardown: New Book Teardown #2: The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters (2020)
Library: N/A
Buy at Amazon: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Book notes: The Art of Electronics: The x Chapters (subscriber-only content)


Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed

This book covers semiconductor technology and integrated circuits. Heaps of math.

PoEC
Moniker: PoEC
Title: Principles of Electronic Circuits 2nd Edition
Authors: Stanley G. Burns, Paul R. Bond
Published: June 10, 1996
Website: N/A
Teardown: Old Book Teardown #12: Principles of Electronic Circuits 2nd Edition (1997)
Library: archive.org
Buy at Amazon: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Book notes: Principles of Electronic Circuits 2ed (subscriber-only content)


Electricity and Magnetism 3ed

This book is about the physics of electricity and magnetism. Heaps of math.

E&M
Moniker: E&M
Title: Electricity and Magnetism 3rd Edition
Authors: Edward M. Purcell, David J. Morin
Published: March 14, 2013
Website: N/A
Teardown: N/A
Library: archive.org
Buy at Amazon: Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon CA, Amazon AU
Book notes: Electricity and Magnetism 3ed (subscriber-only content)


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