Digital fundamentals book

techguy

I am thinking of buying Digital Fundamentals by Thomas L. Floyd just as a reference book for my Computer Architecture class. I used it a few times last year when I was studying electronics.

Do I need to buy the latest edition of this book (uber expensive!) Will one of the last 3 or 4 editions do or will they be out of date as i'm told? I only need this as a reference, I won't need all the latest in the field.

Thanks..

p.s. I'm not sure if this is the correct thread..if not feel free to move it!:)

ronivek

Well it really depends on what your course covers I suppose.

If your course is bang up to date in its course content and practical requirements then having access to the most recent edition would be an advantage.

I have found most Digital Design/Fundamentals/Logic books tend to vary little from edition to edition; but the more advanced the subject matter within the book the more it will change.

I guess the best advice I can give you is ask the lecturer in question or maybe someone who is in a later year of the course. Or maybe try getting access to one of the older editions and trying to find a newer edition somewhere to compare the pertinant chapters?

Tom Dunne

ronivek wrote: »

I guess the best advice I can give you is ask the lecturer in question

Ultimately, this is the best advice.

However, as somebody who has lectured Computer Architecture at third level, I would say the fundamentals don't change, so an older version of the book would certainly do.

I am not familiar with that particular author (I used Digital Systems by Toci and Widmer, btw), but looking at the Prentice Hall website, the latest version certainly covers the basics, so I would imagine and older version would too.