{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-circuits-an-illustrated-guide-to-electronic-circuit-design-michal-zalewski-hardcover","title":"The Secret Life of Circuits: An Illustrated Guide to Electronic Circuit Design -- Michal Zalewski, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eElectronic circuit design, drawn by hand and explained from first principles.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Circuits\u003c\/i\u003e teaches electronic circuit design the way a working engineer actually thinks about it: starting with the physics, using math where it earns its place, the workbench never far away. Across nearly 300 hand-drawn color illustrations, Michal Zalewski builds intuition from the ground up, showing how electrons move through conductors and semiconductors, what's really going on inside op-amps and current mirrors, how digital logic works at the gate level, and how to carry a design from schematic through PCB fabrication to working firmware. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhotographed experiments. Real component behavior. The practical problems that show up in your own designs. Just the right balance of practice and theory: no Laplace transforms and no plumbing analogies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside, you'll learn how to: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReason about real components, including the parasitics, noise, and reflections that ideal models hide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand analog building blocks like amplifiers, oscillators, and filters at the device level\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork with digital logic, memory, and clocking, and see how a rudimentary computer comes together\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrive peripherals from a microcontroller and bring an embedded project to life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLay out high-speed PCBs with surface-mount components and get them to work on the first try\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Circuits\u003c\/i\u003e is for inquisitive hobbyists who hit a wall in the usual books, and engineers who want to close the gap between the classroom and where the work actually happens.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Michal Zalewski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e No Starch Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.57 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.2\" H x 8.27\" L x 1.25\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781718504806\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68167990673712,"sku":"9781718504806","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781718504806.jpg?v=1792815626","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-secret-life-of-circuits-an-illustrated-guide-to-electronic-circuit-design-michal-zalewski-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}