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New Book Teardown #10: The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters 2nd Edition (2026) | In The Lab
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Silly Job Title: Solder Soldier. I am the Solder Soldier!
In this video we have a look at what’s in The Art of Electronics: The x-Chapters 2nd Edition by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill. The book’s website is here: https://x.artofelectronics.net/
In the same family of books are The Art of Electronics 3rd Edition also by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill and Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course 2nd Edition by Thomas C. Hayes, David Abrams, and Paul Horowitz.
There were a few things that came up as we flipped through this venerable tome:
- Prehistory of The Art of Electronics
- Metcal PS-900 Soldering Iron
- JBC Soldering
- Four-terminal sensing
- Digital potentiometer
- Highland Technology
- Sziklai pair
- PIN diode
- Audio Power Amplifier Design by Douglas Self
- Eurocard (printed circuit board)
- Building Electro-Optical Systems: Making It All Work by Philip C. D. Hobbs
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ATX Bench Power Supply Build
Shuhari
Today I learned Shuhari, or how to master a skill:
- Shu: obey
- Ha: break
- Ri: move away
I don’t really get it yet, but it sounds good. :)
USB-Micro to USB-C upgrade
Homework
This is a part of the homework feature of my blog, which is an ongoing conversation with my mate S.F.
Hey mate. Lovely to see you again, as always. Can’t wait to do it all again soon!
We spoke about Live on Brighton Beach by Fatboy Slim.
I mentioned I’ve been watching videos from Rabbi Simon Jacobson at Meaningful Life Center.
Band name: Healthy Advice for Living.
Band name: Threaten to Fall.
I mentioned about Speed Racer by the The Wachowskis.
You mentioned about the Safe Space in Katoomba.
I mentioned about Elle Cordova. She’s super creative and has made some great videos, particularly her Errorist series, starting here: Grammarian vs Errorist – a supervillain showdown. I’ve mentioned about her before.
I mentioned about Mindform which is a sort of self-improvement community I participate in. It’s run by Ryan Bush who has written a few books including Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture.
I mentioned about my bullet journal. It is now an instrumental part of my whole day and I can barely imagine how I used to live without it. I got myself one of the official bullet journals too, it’s great; well made and full of thoughtful and practical features.
I mentioned about this SMBC comic: your ethical system is nuts, man!
You mentioned about Information is Beautiful.
You mentioned about Alain de Botton on The Diary of a CEO: The Love Expert: The REAL Reason We’re Lonely, Loveless, Depressed – Alain De Botton, School Of Life.
We listened to Careless Whisper by George Michael.
I mentioned about Iron Sky which is a silly film but a bit of fun.
You mentioned about the Frame problem which is also taken up by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Frame Problem.
You suggested intermittent fasting.
Cut a Circle in Three
Ben Eater builds a digital clock
The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)
Today I purchased the following ebooks for The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) by the venerable Donald Knuth:
- Art of Computer Programming, The: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd Edition
- Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms, 3rd Edition
- Art of Computer Programming, The: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching, 2nd Edition
- Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1
- Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4B, The: Combinatorial Algorithms
- MMIX Supplement, The: Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Donald E. Knuth
- Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Fascicle 1, The: MMIX — A RISC Computer for the New Millennium
httpd in postscript
This is fun: https://github.com/gmork2/PS-HTTPD
