Background Information
- Beginner's Guide to Reading Schematics, Fourth Edition byPublication Date: 2018This revised, illustrated ebook explains in plain language how to understand high-precision electronics schematics--and how to draw them. The book starts by defining what is meant by schematic representation and goes on to present and discuss increasingly complex electronic components and circuitry.
- Electronics for Beginners byCall Number: TK7816 .B345 2020ISBN: 9781484259788Publication Date: 2020Starting with the basics of electricity and circuits, you'll be introduced to digital electronics and microcontrollers, capacitors and inductors, and amplification circuits - all while gaining the basic tools and information you need to start working with low-power electronics. Focuses on projects-based learning, while still keeping electronics front and center. You'll learn the mathematics of circuits in an uncomplicated fashion and see how schematics map on to actual breadboards.
- How Computers Really Work byCall Number: Circulating Collection, 3rd Floor ; QA76.5 .J87 2021Publication Date: 2020Each chapter covers one foundational aspect of computing: Computing concepts -- Binary in action -- Electrical circuits -- Digital circuits -- Math with digital circuits -- Memory and clock signals -- Computer hardware -- Machine code and assembly language -- High-level programming -- Operating systems -- The Internet -- The World Wide Web -- Modern computing
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