Recent content by jrodh

Haha! I'll have to try that.

Thanks. I am aware of The Art of Electronics. I was hoping to find some other books as well.

I am searching for two types of books: 1) A book that discussed the various types of semiconductor devices in existence, their applications, basic design equations, key plots, etc. I don't need or want a book that dives into device physics, just high level operation that can help a designer to...

These are all awesome responses!! I had no idea I would get so many in so few days! Thank you. I will investigate EPLD, reed switches, and SCR solutions. Core memory (while interesting) will not work. Thanks!

Hi, I am trying to identify a solid state device that will retain it's state when not powered. For example, I know that flash memory stores it's state by means of a floating gate that is capacitively charged and isolated from the drain/source. Unfortunately, I need a single discrete solid state...