Practical Electronics for Inventors — Scherz & Monk

Paul Scherz & Simon Monk, 4th Edition (McGraw-Hill)

A broad practical-electronics reference: circuit theory, real-world behavior of capacitors and inductors (ESR, parasitics, component types), semiconductor devices (diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs), operational amplifiers, active filters, and analog-to-digital conversion.

Referenced in Course 2 (Ch 2 theory, Weeks 1–2; Ch 3 capacitors/inductors, Week 3; Ch 4 semiconductors, Week 7; op-amp, filter, and ADC chapters, Weeks 6–9).

Chapters

Exercises added as I work through each chapter.