Reddit reviews Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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I'm in electronics too, but after 3 or so classes in circuit analysis I think I'm good. If you want a really useful learning and reference book for circuits check this out. Do note that's the 4th edition and they're onto the 5th now, but I've inspected both and they're practically mirror images of one another. Most of the stuff in there has been known for the past 100 years and isn't likely to change anyways.
A good book, that's also free is Foundations of Signal Processing available for free here.
Though what it sounds like you need is a basic Electric Circuits textbook, such as Fundamentals of Electric Circuits by Alexander & Sadiku is my favourite or even the one by Dorf & Svoboda, in both these textbooks the Fourier Transform is covered in the context of Passive Filter Design, and the chapter on this topic is much later on in the book.
I really liked this text when I was taking circuits:
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Electric-Circuits-Charles-Alexander/dp/0077263197/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319959923&sr=1-1
(older versions of the text are good; I used the 3rd edition). Everything is pretty clear & straight forward in that text.
I am a current EE student right now and saw you ask in another comment about book recommendations so I thought I would throw a few in:
You should probably throw in some electromagnetic and semiconductor physics for good measure as well.
Here is what my school uses, I liked it:
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Electric-Circuits-Charles-Alexander/dp/0077263197/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320377969&sr=1-3
Some poking around on Amazon, starting from the page for the Cunningham text recommended by redditor EbilSmurfs which was thoroughly panned by Amazon customer reviews, I found this book. It is Alexander's Fundamentals of Electric Circuits and received almost uniformly 5-star reviews. Most reviewers noted its clarity of exposition, which made it appropriate and useful for self-study. Also noted was the high correlation between material covered in a section and the concepts needed for the section exercises that followed at the end of the chapter. It is a McGraw-Hill textbook, and one reviewer noted that the book format is chapters divided into sections, worked examples after every section, review questions with answers at the end of the chapter, exercises grouped by section also at the end of the chapter, and then more end-of-chapter exercises that combined all the concepts covered in the chapter.
Almost bought it on impulse; added it to my wishlist, instead. While typing this, I noticed that redditor lordloss also recommended this text, which his school uses.
The current 4th edition is $155 at Amazon; the second edition can be had for $12 through Amazon Marketplace; the second edition was also found on Google Books.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of The Art of Electronics.
HTH.
Well, if you want to become an engineer, you'll need to go to college. After you get your prereqs out of the way, the first courses you'll take will be something like Circuits 1 and 2, covering RLC circuits and basic transistors, opamps, etc., and a digital course covering logic gates, flip-flops, etc. Later on, you'll get into Fourier and Laplace transforms, more analog and digital, and elective subjects based on your specialization.
Typical books:
Circuits: http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Electric-Circuits-Charles-Alexander/dp/0077263197
Digital Design: http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Logic-Design-Companion-CD-ROM/dp/0495471690
> "Electric circuits" by Nilsson, 9nth edition.
I know absolutely nothing about electronics but Amazon reviews are not liking this book at all.
EDIT: Many reviews are tipping to get this one instead :Fundamentals of Electric Circuits