Any recommendations for tutorial books on digital design?

I've noticed a few people have asked about good text or reference
books on learning digital design. I've done the usual thing, google
searches for web pages on electronics tutorials and past
recommendations for books in this newsgroup. I'm looking to buy a book
to get me up to the point where I could at least try to design a
moderately complicated board.

I've taken a few university courses on digital logic and a course on
electronics for physicists. I'd like to learn how to design a
relatively low speed ( <100Mhz) ARM based microprocessor board with
some serial communications and either an FPGA or CPLD, four layer PCB,
all surface mount parts

I'm almost at the point where I'm about to buy some books and I
thought I'd see if anyone had any other opinions.

I've narrowed the search down to the three books mentioned below, but
if anyone has any other books they'd like to recommend, please do so.

I went to the local university book store and leafed through these two
books:

Complete Digital Design: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Electronics
and Computer System Architecture
by Mark Balch

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071409270/qid=1067664599/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-7427388-6059851?v=glance&n=507846#product-details

Digital Electronics Guidebook: With Projects!
by Myke Predko

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071377816/qid=1067664791/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-7427388-6059851?v=glance&n=507846#product-details

To my ignorant and digitally untrained eye, they both seemed to be
pretty good. They both have the virtue of being at a place where I can
buy them on a moment's notice.

Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, about those books?

I also did a google search for "books" in sci.electroinics.books and
read the messages going back to 1998. One book was mentioned several
times:

The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521370957/qid%3D1071103077/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-7427388-6059851

Does anyone have any opinions about that book, would it be better than
either of the other two books?

Thanks.

 

[Brian Oakley]

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I've noticed a few people have asked about good text or reference
books on learning digital design. I've done the usual thing, google
searches for web pages on electronics tutorials and past
recommendations for books in this newsgroup. I'm looking to buy a book
to get me up to the point where I could at least try to design a
moderately complicated board.

I've taken a few university courses on digital logic and a course on
electronics for physicists. I'd like to learn how to design a
relatively low speed ( <100Mhz) ARM based microprocessor board with
some serial communications and either an FPGA or CPLD, four layer PCB,
all surface mount parts

I'm almost at the point where I'm about to buy some books and I
thought I'd see if anyone had any other opinions.

I've narrowed the search down to the three books mentioned below, but
if anyone has any other books they'd like to recommend, please do so.

I went to the local university book store and leafed through these two
books:

Complete Digital Design: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Electronics
and Computer System Architecture
by Mark Balch


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071409270/qid=1067664599/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-7427388-6059851?v=glance&n=507846#product-details

Digital Electronics Guidebook: With Projects!
by Myke Predko


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071377816/qid=1067664791/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-7427388-6059851?v=glance&n=507846#product-details

To my ignorant and digitally untrained eye, they both seemed to be
pretty good. They both have the virtue of being at a place where I can
buy them on a moment's notice.

Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, about those books?

I also did a google search for "books" in sci.electroinics.books and
read the messages going back to 1998. One book was mentioned several
times:

The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521370957/qid%3D1071103077/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-7427388-6059851

Does anyone have any opinions about that book, would it be better than
either of the other two books?

Thanks.

Something you might consider is obtaining an "eval" board from a company

like Motorola. These are actually miniature computers on a small pc board,
complete with IO. They come with lots and lots of great info manuals to show
you how they work. This way you will know what to expect then you start to
design your own board.
Brian.

 

The Art of Electronics
by Paul Horowitz


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521370957/qid%3D1071103077/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-7427388-6059851

Does anyone have any opinions about that book, would it be better than
either of the other two books?

Thanks.

Something you might consider is obtaining an "eval" board from a company
like Motorola. These are actually miniature computers on a small pc board,
complete with IO. They come with lots and lots of great info manuals to show
you how they work. This way you will know what to expect then you start to
design your own board.
Brian.

Thanks, that's a good idea. I found a number of chip manufacturers
have the schematics and gerber files of their evaluation boards
online. I'll use those as sources of tutorial material.