He seems to be a talking encyclopedia when
it comes to quoting URL's. This page is a list of his book recommendations.
There are two groups of books. Those read by Alex,
and those recommended to him.
These are marked as Read
and Recommended
Antennas
Digital Logic
Digital Signal Processing
Electromagnetic
Electronics
Embedded
Ethernet interfacing / ethernet
Firmware
Magazines
Micros Includes Basic Stamp,
OOPic, etc.
Parallel Port
PCB Books
PC Interfacing
Radio
RF
Robotics
Serial Port
USB Port
VHDL
Antennas
The Arrl Antenna Book: The Ultimate Reference for
Amateur Radio Antennas, Transmission Lines and Propagation (Arrl
Antenna Book, 20th Ed) by R. Dean Straw
Amazon
Link: Read
Practical Antenna Handbook by Joseph J. Carr
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Antenna Toolkit by Joseph Carr
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Digital Logic
Logic and Computer design Fundamentals 3rd edition
Mano and Kime
Amazon
Link: Read
Digital Design: Principles and Practices 3rd edition
by wakerly
Amazon
Link: Read
Digital Signal Processing
Understanding Digital Signal Processing (2nd Edition)
by Richard G. Lyons. Very good
Amazon
Link: Read
The Scientist & Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal
Processing by Steven W. Smith full book in pdf form http://www.dspguide.com/
for ease of reading.
Amazon
Link: Read
Digital Signal Processing with Field Programmable
Gate Arrays (With CD-ROM) by Uwe Meyer-Baese
Amazon
Link: Read
Electromagnetic
Electromagnetic Compatibility by Clayton Paul
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Electronics
The TAB Electronics Guide to Understanding Electricity
and Electronics
Amazon
Link: Read
The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz , Winfield
Hill
Amazon
Link: Read
The Art of Electronics (Student Manual) by Thomas
C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz
Amazon
Link: Read
Embedded Hardware
Designing Embedded Hardware John Catsoulis
Amazon
Link: Read
Ethernet interfacing
/ ethernet
Embedded Ethernet and Internet Complete: Designing
and Programming Small Devices for Networking by Jan Axelson see http://www.lvr.com/ethernet.htm
Amazon
Link: Read
Fred Eadys book Networking and Internetworking
with Microcontrollers is a worthwhile read see http://www.edtp.com/
also has some interesting boards
Amazon
Link: Read
Lewin Edwards is another good one Embedded
System design on a shoestring
Amazon
Link: Read
TCP/IP Lean: Web Servers for Embedded Systems (2nd
Edition) by Jeremy Bentham
Amazon
Link: Read
Designing Embedded Internet Devices (Book and CD-ROM)
by Brian DeMuth , Dan Eisenreich note for Tini - java only.
Amazon
Link: Read
Embedded Internet Design by Al Williams
note for Java - Tini and Javelin only
Amazon
Link: Read
Firmware
The Firmware Handbook by Jack Ganssle
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Magazines
Servo Magazine.
- Monthly coverage of the personal robotics industry
Nuts and Volts
Magazine. - The Electronics Magazine for the Hobbyist ...
Circuit
Cellar - Magazine for Computer Application. (Normal and electronics
edition)
Micros
8051 Family
The Microcontroller Idea Book: Circuits, Programs
& Applications Featuring the 8052-Basic Single-Chip Computer by Jan
Axelson www.lvr.com
Amazon
Link: Read
Programming and Customizing the 8051 Microcontroller
by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Arm
ARM System Developer's Guide : Designing and Optimizing
System Software by Sloss,Symmes and Wright
Amazon
Link: Read
ARM System-on-Chip Architecture (2nd Edition) by
Furber
Amazon
Link: Read
just released
ARM Architecture Reference Manual (2nd Edition)
by David Seal
Amazon
Link: Read
Basic Stamp
Programming and Customizing the Basic Stamp by Scott
Edwards
Amazon
Link: Recommended
ECOS
Embedded Software Development with eCos by Massa
Amazon
Link: Read
HC11
Programming and Customizing the HC11 Microcontroller
Thomas Fox
Amazon
Link: Recommended
MicroC OS II
MicroC OS II: The Real Time Kernel (With CD-ROM)
by Jean Labrosse
Amazon
Link: Read
Embedded Systems Building Blocks: Complete and Ready-To-Use
Modules in C by Jean Labrosse
Amazon
Link: Read
OOPic Microcontroller
Programming and Customizing the OOPic Microcontroller
: The Official OOPic Handbook (TAB Robotics) by Dennis Clark
Amazon
Link: Recommended
PIC Micros
The Square One Pic Books
Dontronics
Links: Read
PICmicro Microcontroller Pocket Reference by Myke
Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Programming & Customizing PICmicro Microcontrollers
by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Handbook of Microcontrollers by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Parallel Port
Parallel Port Complete: Programming, Interfacing
& Using the PC'S Parallel Printer Port by Jan Axelson
Amazon
Link: Read
PCB Books
High-Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic
by Howard Johnson - dam good.
Amazon
Link: Read
PC Interfacing
PC PhD: Inside PC Interfacing by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Newnes Interfacing Companion : Computers, Transducers,
Instrumentation and Signal Processing by Tony Fischer-Cripps
He has written other books we used for electronics
at uni.
Usually very worthwhile.
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Radio
The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications 2004
Amazon
Link: Read
RF
RF Circuit Design by Chis Bowick
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Robotics
Robot Builder's Bonanza byGordon McComb
Amazon
Link: Read
Constructing Robot Bases byGordon McComb
Amazon
Link: Read
Robot Builder's Sourcebook : Over 2,500 Sources
for Robot Parts by Gordon McComb
Amazon
Link: Read
Building Robot Drive Trains by Denis Clark and Michael
Owings
Amazon
Link: Read
Robot Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Illustrated
by Paul Sandin
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Combat Robots Complete : Everything You Need to Build,
Compete, and Win by Chris Hannold
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Combat Robot Weapons by Chris Hannold
Amazon
Link: Recommended
123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius (TAB
Robotics) by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
SUMO BOT : Build Your Own Remote-Controlled Programmable
by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Sumo-Bot robotics by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Programming robotic controllers by Myke Predko
Amazon
Link: Read
Need to note that the latest version of the demo
c compiler that comes with the book that can be downloaded from www.htsoft.com
http://www.htsoft.com/products/picccompiler.php http://www.htsoft.com/downloads/
can produce code for the 16f877 interesting project using this compiler
is http://www.beyondlogic.org/pic/ringtones.htm
Insectronics : Build Your Own Walking Robot by Karl
Williams
Amazon
Link: Read
JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple
Robots With BEAM Technology by David Hrynkiw and Mark Tilden for Beam robotics
http://www.nis.lanl.gov/projects/robot//
Amazon
Link: Read
Robot Sumo: The Official Guide by Pete Miles
Amazon
Link: Read
Robot Programming : A Practical Guide to Behavior-Based
Robotics by Joe Jones , Daniel Roth
Amazon
Link: Read
Sensors for Mobile Robots: Theory and Application
by H. R. Everett
Amazon
Link: Read
Anatomy of a Robot (TAB Robotics) by Charles Bergren
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Serial Port
Serial Port Complete by Jan Axelson
Amazon
Link: Read
USB Port
USB Complete: Everything You Need to Develop Custom
USB Peripherals by Jan Axelson
Amazon
Link: Read Jun-2005
Third Edition now available
USB Design by Example: A Practical Guide to Building
I/O Devices (2nd Edition) by John Hyde
Amazon
Link: Read
VHDL
VHDL Starter's Guide by Sudhakar Yalamanchili
Amazon
Link: Read
The Designer's Guide to VHDL, 2nd Edition by Peter
Ashenden
Amazon
Link: Read
The System Designer's Guide to VHDL-AMS by Peter
Ashenden , Gregory Peterson , Darrell Teegarden for simulating digital
and analog systems with vhdl
Amazon
Link: Read
Digital Systems Design with VHDL and Synthesis: An
Integrated Approach by K.C. Chang
Amazon
Link: Read
Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL
Models, Second Edition by Janick Bergeron
Amazon
Link:
VHDL for Logic Synthesis by Andrew Rushton
- more of a langauge guide
Amazon
Link: Read
Vhdl Coding Styles and Methodologies by Ben Cohen
Amazon
Link: Recommended
Vhdl Answers to Frequently Asked Questions by Ben
Cohen
Amazon
Link: Recommended
VHDL : Programming By Example by Douglas L. Perry
Amazon
Link: Recommended
