Arduino-Books
Good Books for Learning Arduino Microcomputers and Electronics V1.2 - Comments / suggestions to: [terry@terryking.us terry@terryking.us]
Electronics:
Getting Started in Electronics * by Forrest M. Mims - the oldie but still goodie to start with
MAKE:Electronics * A very good place to start. Charles Platt / O'Reilly did a nice job and very visual..
FullSolderComic - a visual How-To-Solder for making electronics
Practical Electronics for Inventors - an approachable but detailed reference for real design solutions
Electronics%20for%20DUMmIES * - Any programmer should be able to decode that :-) actually a good book, partly by Gordon McComb, who's no Dummy.
The Circuit Designers Companion - Tim Williams excellent serious electronics designer resource
The Art of Electronics 2nd edition Complete - Horowitz and Hill - (Eventually, when really serious)
Arduino-Specific:
- Beginning Arduino - Michael McRoberts very good book to start with Arduino.
- The Arduino Comic Book – Very beginner overview by jodyculkin.com
- Arduino Cookbook - Mike Margolis does a nice job of showing many real world connections and devices, explains programming along the way.
- Practical Arduino Cool Projects for Open Source Hardware Jon Oxer has done an excellent job of showing real projects in detail.
Robot-oriented:
The Robot Builders Bonanza 2nd edition - Gordon McComb's excellent book
Online Resources:
http://www.talkingelectronics.com/te_interactive_index.html100's of circuits. You can learn a lot by reading schematic diagrams like you can learn a lot by reading (well written) code.
http://arduino.cc/playground/Main/ManualsAndCurriculumLots of listed resources. Two of my favorites:
http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/ Terry King's Arduino How-To WIKI -(um, Me) Detailed How-To for connecting many Input and Output devices to Arduino: Starting with Arduino, Arduino Power!: Relays and DC power control, Environmental Sensors, Ultrasonic rangers, Wireless link, and more.
http://tronixstuff.wordpress.comJohn Boxall's Tutorials - Regular, supported Arduino tutorial series: From blinking an LED to complex timing, wireless communication including XBee and GSM cellular, GPS and display systems - detailed tutorials with worked examples, sketches, photos and videos.
Beginners books…
[ http://electronics.flosscience.com/ Steve Dickie's great HighSchool curriculum for Arduino and Electronics.]
[ http://physcomp.arduinoeducation.com/ Steve Dickie's great Physical Computing online course.]
OTHER RESOURCES:
The Arduino CheatSheet: Great details all on one page!
http://constructingmodernknowledge.com/cmk08/?p=1099 Tinkering Resources!
Note: If you're in a remote area, or are desperate to start reading a book, email terry@terryking.us for a possible temporary ebook library loan... I am not a Librarian, but I am married to one :-)