Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments
typodupeerror delete not in
  • Preferences

+-   Books on electronics for the lay programmer? on Tuesday May 06 2008, @04:35PM leoboiko

Submitted by leoboiko on Tuesday May 06 2008, @04:35PM
hardhack
leoboiko writes "I'm a computer scientist and programmer with no training whatsoever in hardware or electronics. Sure, we did design a simple CPU (in a purely logical level) and learned about binary math and whatnot, and I can build a PC and stuff, but lately I've been wanting to, you know, solder something. Make my own cables, understand multimeters, perhaps assemble a simple robot or two. Play with hobbyst-level electronics.

How does one go about educating oneself in this topic? I've been browsing Lessons in Electric Circuits online and it's been helpful, together with Misconceptions about "Electricty" which went a long way in making me finally grok what electric charge and power actually are. I think I reached the point where I want an actual dead tree book, though. Any recommendations?"
submission
This discussion was created for logged-in users only, but now has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

Books on electronics for the lay programmer? 0 Comments More /

 Full
 Abbreviated
 Hidden
More
Loading... please wait.
Search
The real reason psychology is hard is that psychologists are trying to do the impossible.

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest © 1997-2009 Geeknet, Inc.