For anybody interested in learning electronics and hardware design, I suggest this book: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Electronics-Discovery-Charles-Pla...
It really helped me to get into hardware in a structured and clear way.
A must read.
It really helped me to get into hardware in a structured and clear way.
A must read.
The Art of Electronics by Horowitz & Hill
Integrated Electronics by Millman and Halkias (There was allegedly a newer edition published in 2001)
Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School... but Probably Didn’t by Darren Ashby
Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra & Smith (Look around for a 4th edition)
To that list I would add the student manual that goes along with The Art of Electronics, as well as the Encyclopedia of Electronic Circuits series from McGraw-Hill. Both those choices are more on the practical side of circuit construction. The Encyclopedia in particular has an abundance of circuit designs with varying levels of explanation that make good starting points for learning about or experimenting with particular circuit functions.