[dorkbotbristol-blabber] Making Things Talk

[John Honniball]

Peter Ferne wrote:
> When I did the tinker.it beginners Arduino weekend workshop earlier  
> this year one of the presenters had a copy of this O'Reilly book:
> 
>   Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects
>   by Tom Igoe
>   http://bit.ly/making-things-talk
> 
> and recommended it highly.

I would also recommend that book for people who want to connect
microcontollers, such as the Arduino, to the wider world.

> I had a flick through at the time and it  
> looked both interesting and approachable, so I think I'll get myself a  
> copy.

I also have a copy, as well as the earlier book from the Make crew,
"Makers", by Bob Parks.  Maybe we should start some kind of book
recommendation list?  For the more advanced stuff, I'd go for
"The Art Of Electronics", 2nd ed., by Horowitz and Hill.  Also
look out for the "TTL Cookbook" and "CMOS Cookbook" by Don
Lancaster, and any of the series by Walt Jung, "IC Timer Cookbook",
"IC Op-Amp Cookbook" and so on.

> I'll bring it along to the next dorkbot.

Likewise, if I remember...

-- 
John Honniball
coredump at gifford.co.uk