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Submission + - Books on electronics for the lay programmer?

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leoboiko

on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @05:35PM

leoboiko writes: "I'm a computer scientist and programmer with no training whatsoever in hardware or electronics. Sure, we did design a simple CPU (in a purely logical level) and learned about binary math and whatnot, and I can build a PC and stuff, but lately I've been wanting to, you know, solder something. Make my own cables, understand multimeters, perhaps assemble a simple robot or two. Play with hobbyst-level electronics.

How does one go about educating oneself in this topic? I've been browsing Lessons in Electric Circuits online and it's been helpful, together with Misconceptions about "Electricty" which went a long way in making me finally grok what electric charge and power actually are. I think I reached the point where I want an actual dead tree book, though. Any recommendations?"

Comment Re:As reported on the better site... (Score 1) 2722

by tigycho on Wednesday June 26, 2002 @08:36PM (#3775036) Attached to: Pledge of Allegiance Ruled Unconstitutional

>Now perhaps I am an ignorant son of a bitch, but I >believe this is the First Amendment you refer to:
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment > of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; > or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the > right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the > government for a redress of grievances. [emphasis mine]

>Alright, let's analyse this. OK. >Congress can't prohibit the free exercise thereof. Hmmm... >Where does the first amendment prohibit people from saying >the word, "God?" I don't see it in there, anywhere. True. It also means that they can't prohibit the the free NON-exercise of religion. The trouble here is that we aren't talking about a conflict with the Free Exercise Clause. We are talking about a violation of the Establishment Clause. In a publicly funded school, having the school make positive affirmations about the existence of a God, a set of Gods, or the nonexistence of them is tantamount to a govermental policy of establishing those religions, or types of religions. >In fact, it says they CAN'T stop you from saying "Under God." >(In "abridging the freedom of speech," eh.) Yeah. Doesn't matter. See above. Better yet, read the decision. >Oh, and may I point out one more thing? Please do. >The State of California, which ALLEGEDLY requires reciting of >the pledge, is NOT the Congress named in the Constitution. Yes. >Therefore, the Constitution does NOTHING to prevent the state >of California from requiring the recitation of the pledge. No. This just plain shows willful ignorance of Constitutional Law. I may not be a lawyer, but maybe you should investigate teh 14th Amendment, it that way it is generally seen to extend the reach of the Constitution's Amendments to the States and other sub-untis of government. A notion you'd be more familiar with, I suppose, if you had read the decision, rather than relying on cnn, or other posts in this forum. Not so oddly, this is covered, as well. >Think about it. I have. And I brought some appropriate tools to the exercise. Try it sometime.

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