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[Steven Behnke]

Hey everyone, I'm a long time developer and very new to electronics. Can anyone recommend any books on the subject matter to get me up to speed?

[stacyh3]

Hey everyone,

I'm a long time developer and very new to electronics. Can anyone recommend any books on the subject matter to get me up to speed?

I'm in the same boat. This book has been fan-freakin-tastic: Make: Electronics

Stacy

[Steven Behnke]

My friend recommended this site today. http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/ I downloaded all of the books as PDF and they look pretty good. I think I'll buy the make book as well.

[greg]

Also, MIT has most of their courses up on the web for you to take - along with lecture notes, exams, projects, answers, etc. http://ocw.mit.edu/c...mputer-science/

[dab]

I'm in the same boat. This book has been fan-freakin-tastic: Make: Electronics

Stacy

+1 on Make: Electronics. Very fun and easy read, with clear explanations and experiments that demonstrate the principles well.

Some of the old Radio Shack books by Forest M. Mims are also quite good. I believe you can still get his classic "Getting Started in Electronics", as well as reprints that combine several of the small "Engineer's Mini Notebook" titles in one book.

[Coding Smackdown]

I'd suggest going out to the Parallax web site (http://www.parallax.com/) and digging through some of their kits. They have the complete text available online as PDFs. Even though they all relate to using the Basci STAMP, you can easily use the circuits with the Netduino.