Alex Gibson's Electronics Book Recommendations
 

Alex frequents the Usenet groups, and provides reams of valuable information to readers, and is able to quote some great links and book recommendations. 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
MicrosIncludes 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
 

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