A Peek at Computer Electronics - Things You Should Know

by Caleb Tennis

A lot of people are into Making their own technology these days, from 3D printers to home-made robots, Digital Video Records (DVRs), Media Centers, and more. But if you’re a computer programmer you might not know the ins and outs of the hardware side of these projects.

Caleb Tennis explains it all. From a quick look at basic physics (including fun with magnets) to electronic circuits, power supplies, and networking, you’ll see how it all works—and how to make it work for you.

250 pages, ebook

Reviews

[Balhau · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give this book five stars because it does a very important job on knowledge spreading. It is true that you'll get no new knowledge here everything written here is already explained elsewhere. So why do I rate this as a five? Basically because it is a bridge between two main areas that keep separated on and on. On one side you've got the electronic geeks on the other the computer programming nerds. This book does a great job at bringing this two fields of knowledge close to each other. The approach is a bottom up one and you'll be exposed to the most elementary theory of electricity in a very clear, concise and intelligent way. Science was not sacrificed as a way to get easily into simplicity but instead was exploited to glue together several core concepts that are usually hidden behind mathematical formulas and unnecessary fancy formalism. References for more formal and advanced topics are given and the reader are encouraged to investigate deeper some of the concepts and ideas. For all this reasons I give a five to this book and truly recommend this reading to everyone who's interested in how computers work right before we, programmers, start to give them instructions.

[Seto Elkahfi · Rating 4 out of 5]

So you work with computer?? Dig it deeper!!!