electricaltx35
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Hey everyone,
I just passed the Electrical PE (Electrical and Electronics) after the first time, praise the Lord!
I visited this board a few times leading up to the exam and there were very few people taking the E&E version, so I thought I would post some books that were the most helpful to me, these are books I used in school (graduated 2005).
Circuit Analysis (DC, AC, transient response, phasor analysis, bode plots, fourier, etc)
Electric Circuits 6th ed, Nilsson/Riedel ch 5,6,7,8,9,14,16 among others
Electronics (op amps, diodes, BJTs, FETs)
Microelectronic Circuits 4th ed, Sedra/ Smith ch 2,3,4,5
Digital Logic Design
Fundamentals of Logic Design 5th ed, Roth ch 1,2,4,5,7, and maybe more are good but I ran out of study time
When studying for an exam like this, stuff that starts from the beginning and gives clear explanations and examples is priceless.
For the most part I found the review manual type books too scattered to follow. I tried to study with them at first, and I did bring them with me to the exam, and it may have helped on a few questions. I also had a hard time finding good EM, communications, and control systems study materials, maybe it’s because I wasn’t really that strong in them when I was in school. I studied with my college texts and brought them with me to the exam, but nothing that I can recommend like the ones above.
As far as control systems go, block diagram reduction is fairly easy to learn and is an easy way to get a few points. A chart showing all the operations is not hard to find.
Take and know the NCEES sample exam, go over everything you missed.
Oh yeah and I studied for almost 3 months, I don’t know how many hours but basically if I wasn’t working or asleep, I was studying.
Hope that helps and good luck!
I just passed the Electrical PE (Electrical and Electronics) after the first time, praise the Lord!
I visited this board a few times leading up to the exam and there were very few people taking the E&E version, so I thought I would post some books that were the most helpful to me, these are books I used in school (graduated 2005).
Circuit Analysis (DC, AC, transient response, phasor analysis, bode plots, fourier, etc)
Electric Circuits 6th ed, Nilsson/Riedel ch 5,6,7,8,9,14,16 among others
Electronics (op amps, diodes, BJTs, FETs)
Microelectronic Circuits 4th ed, Sedra/ Smith ch 2,3,4,5
Digital Logic Design
Fundamentals of Logic Design 5th ed, Roth ch 1,2,4,5,7, and maybe more are good but I ran out of study time
When studying for an exam like this, stuff that starts from the beginning and gives clear explanations and examples is priceless.
For the most part I found the review manual type books too scattered to follow. I tried to study with them at first, and I did bring them with me to the exam, and it may have helped on a few questions. I also had a hard time finding good EM, communications, and control systems study materials, maybe it’s because I wasn’t really that strong in them when I was in school. I studied with my college texts and brought them with me to the exam, but nothing that I can recommend like the ones above.
As far as control systems go, block diagram reduction is fairly easy to learn and is an easy way to get a few points. A chart showing all the operations is not hard to find.
Take and know the NCEES sample exam, go over everything you missed.
Oh yeah and I studied for almost 3 months, I don’t know how many hours but basically if I wasn’t working or asleep, I was studying.
Hope that helps and good luck!
