Electronics
An important part of embedded systems and robotics is sensing and
interfacing, both of which typically require some knowledge
with electronics.
Websites:
Electronic Parts
Hobby Sites
Books:
Electronics and Interfacing
- Practical Electronics for Inventors, Scherz, P.,
McGraw-Hill, 0-07-058078-2, 2000. Very good coverage of circuits
and digital logic for anyone with a technical interest. Highly
recommended.
- Basic Digital Electronics, Evans, A., Prompt Publications,
0-79-061118-X, 1997.
- Interfacing Sensors to the IBM PC,
Tompkins and Webster, Prentice-Hall, 0-13-469081-8. Some nice
examples, but not a hands-on book exactly.
- Controlling the World With Your PC,
A set of really neat experiments using your PC as the controller.
Great resource with schematics and parts lists.
- Data Acquisition and Process Control with the M68HC11
Microcontroller, Driscoll, Coughlin, Villanucci, Prentice-Hall,
0-13-779976-4, 2000. Mostly on the Motorola architectures,
but some good examples of interfacing and software development.
- Electronic Surveillance Devices, Brookes, P.,
Newnes, 0-7506-2582-1, 1996. Good examples of interfacing
audio and video devices.
- Computer Interfacing, Rigby and Dalby, Prentice-Hall,
0-13-288374-0, 1995, Pretty good book on sensors and interfacing.
- Interfacing Sensors to the IBM PC
Tompkins and Webster, Prentice-Hall, 0-13-469081-8. Some nice
examples, but not a hands-on book exactly.
Recommendations
- Electronics - Practical Electronics for Inventors (Scherz)
is the best, but Basic Digital Electronics (Evans) is
good for digital stuff, as are the Radio Shack books by Mims.
- Data Acquisition - Controlling the World With Your PC
(Bergman) is
a neat practical set of examples and PC Intefacing and
Data Acquisition is a very complete reference. A more formal
approach is Computer Interfacing (Digby).