Ask HN: What books for beginners in electronics and programming
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I just got "an embedded software primer" by david e. Simon and absolutely love it so far.
Depending on how much your course is oriented to electronics vs. the programming side of things, it may not be appropriate, but the first few chapters are about hardware and signals. If the class is built around playing with arduino,say, I think it would be great.
Depending on how much your course is oriented to electronics vs. the programming side of things, it may not be appropriate, but the first few chapters are about hardware and signals. If the class is built around playing with arduino,say, I think it would be great.
I have several courses. We're heavy on the hardware side of things; but, I teach one course that is basically a K&R course for all practical purposes. Thanks for posting.
May I suggest you take a look at Make: Electronics, Making things talk, and Making things see. The Make folks also have a set of smaller books: Getting Started With Arduino, Getting Started with Processing, etc. These books are written in a very accessible manner (though not necessarily comprehensive).
I highly recommend Getting Started in Electronics by Mims. It's widely considered a classic for getting kids/young people interested in electricity.
The more I think about it. The more I think I'll just get the Mims collection.
I'm thinking about some Forrest Mims type books for beginner circuit work, but I haven't opened one in years; so, if any of you know anything like it, please let me know.
Turtle Geometry, The Art of Electronics 2nd ed, The Art of Electronics 3rd when available, The Engineering Handbook, Second Edition, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Ugly's Electrical Reference, The Pocket Reference by Thomas Glover, The Mythical Man-Month, K&R, The Pragmatic Programmer
Pyzdek's guide to SPC - I'd like to find a nice short treatment of statistics and SPC, Pyzdek's is had to get hold of these days. Maybe there's a better one now.
Some PG, Some Joel Spoolsky, ???
Anything else that might stimulate some interest in the subject matter, or otherwise help students, be it directly related or not.