Books

Mikroelektronica, beign the nice guys they are released another free e-book about programming PIC microcontrollers this time it’s about programming in C. The title is, unsurprisingly: PIC Microcontrollers – Programming in C What are microcontrollers, anyway? Electronics built in one single chip capable of controlling a small submarine, a crane or an elevator… It’s...
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Since we were talking about free e-books I thought I tell you about another free e-book. You probably know about it but anyways: Grokking the Gimp is a free book by Carey Bunks. It’s an advanced book covering A LOT of what you can do with Gimp. For any of you who are at...
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The guys over at Make were kind enough to signal this free e-book from Texas instruments. It is a 41-page “cookbook” of circuit designs and application notes for TI’s LED-related components. Makes for an interesting read even if you don’t use TI’s stuff. What’s inside: Small LCD Backlight with Digital and PWM Dimming Small...
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As you might have noticed from my posts I am always in for a free lunch. So, this would be free lunch for your brain. Even if you don’t use or plan to use Mikroelektronika products you might want to know that they have a free book about PIC microcontrolers on their website: here....
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I have recently finished reading every novel in the Star Trek S.C.E. series (Star Fleet Corps of Engineers). Being a Star Trek fan I read and like pretty much every Star Trek novell that’s out there. But from the ones I read I found SCE very, very good. Nice characters developing in the course...
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To most of you this is probably old news, but if you didn’t read it go out buy a copy and read it ! I thought I knew pretty much about networks, but after I read this book I knew a lot more. There’s no way around it. If you are involved with computer...
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