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BOOKS

Children Electronics and Electricity books:

• "Electricity for Young Makers" by de Vinck.
  
  
• "Make: Easy Electronics" by Platt. (12 experiments)
  
  
• "Electronics for Kids: Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity!" by Dahl.
  
  
• "Electronics For Kids For Dummies" by Shamieh. (13 experiments)
  
  Newbie Electronics books:
  
  
• "Make: How to Use a Breadboard" by Ragan and Culkin. (10 experiments)
  
  
• "Make: Electronics" by Platt. (34 experiments)
  
  
• "Make: More Electronics" by Platt. (36 experiments)
  
  
• "Lessons in Electric Circuits - Volume VI - Experiments" by Kuphaldt. (free book)
  
  
• Series "Engineer's Mini-Notebook" booklets by Forrest Mims. (download archives)
  
  
• List of books about 555-series Timer ICs on Wikipedia.
  
  Basic Circuit Theory books:
  
  
• "Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology" by Bird. (download old edition)
  
  
• "Introductory Circuit Analysis" by Boylestad. (download old edition)
  
  
• Series "Lessons In Electric Circuits" by Kuphaldt. (free books)
  
  
• List of books about Diodes, Transistors on Wikipedia.
  
  Analog Design books:
  
  
• "Microelectronic Circuits" by Sedra and Smith. (download old edition)
  
  
• "Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory" by Boylestad and Nashelsky. (download old edition)
  
  
• List of books about Operational Amplifier (OpAmp) ICs on Wikipedia.
  
  
• List of books about LM-series Analog Linear ICs on Wikipedia.
  
  Digital Design books:
  
  
• "Digital Fundamentals" by Floyd. (download old edition)
  
  
• "Digital Design: Principles and Practices" by Wakerly. (download old edition)
  
  
• "Digital Design: with Introduction to Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog" by Mano and Ciletti. (download old edition)
  
  
• "Digital Design and Computer Architecture" by Harris and Harris.
  (download old edition)
  
  
• List of books about 7400-series TTL Digital Logic ICs on Wikipedia.
  
  
• List of books about 4000-series CMOS Digital Logic ICs on Wikipedia.
  
  Digital Signal Processing books:
  
  
• "Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing" by Smith. (download or online)
  
  Computer Design books:
  
  
• List of books about
  6502,
  6800,
  6809,
  8080,
  8085,
  Z80,
  68000,
  x86
  processors on Wikipedia.
  
  
• List of books about
  8051,
  ARM,
  AVR,
  PIC,
  RISC-V
  microcontrollers on Wikipedia.
  
  Electronics Reference books:
  
  
• "The Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill. (download example chapter)
  
  
• "The Art of Electronics - The X Chapters" by Horowitz and Hill. Shipping in 2020.
  
  
• "ARRL Handbook" by various ARRL authors. (download very old edition)
  
  Historical books:
  
  
• "The Intellectual Rise In Electricity - A History" by Park Benjamin in 1895.
  
  
• "Electricity - It's History and Development" by William Durgin in 1912.
  
  
• "Bibliographical History of Electricity & Magnetism" by Paul Mottelay in 1922.
  
  
• "History of Communications Electronics in the United States Navy" by Linwood Howeth in 1963.
  
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  MAGAZINES
  

  
  Current Electronics Magazines: (subscribe now)
  
  

• "Circuit Cellar"
  
  
• "Elektor"
  
  
• "Everyday Practical Electronics"
  
  
• "Nuts & Volts"
  
  Historical Electronics Magazines: (archives)
  
  
• "Electronics Today"
  
  
• "Everyday Electronics"
  
  
• "Popular Electronics"
  
  
• "Practical Electronics"
  
  
• "Radio Electronics"
  
  Historical Computer Magazines: (archives)
  
  
• "Byte" - 2nd group
  
  
• "Dr Dobb's Journal"
  
  
• "Interface Age"
  
  

• "Kilobaud"
  
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I highly recommend reading and frequently referencing:

• Jim Burke - "The English Teacher's Companion: A Completely New Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession"
  
  
• Echevarria, Short, & Vogt - "Making Content Comprehensible for Secondary English Learners: The SIOP Model"
  
  
• Rethinking Schools, Ltd. - "The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom"
  
  How do you make yourself an adequate teacher?
  
  This is the wrong question. You shouldn't strive to be adequate, but to be fluent in your subject. Once you understand English, the grammar, syntax, pronunciation, its workings and intricacies, you shouldn't need to worry about "adequacy." If you enjoy your subject, fluency in it will be reflected in how you teach it. I hope I won't be considered presumptuous when I say that a lot of teachers of English have very little actual knowledge of the language beyond speaking it. If this reads like you, do yourself a favor and learn English more intimately. There is a lot to know, and only being able to speak it, even with some educational methods behind you, is going to be detrimental to your teaching.
  
  > Today was the first day of teaching in my entire life and it was a thrill to be in front of a classroom attempting to command the student's attention.
  
  It may just be my interpretation of your wording, but try not to command their attention. Work with your students and lead them into the lesson.
  
  It's difficult to give you "tips and tricks" without knowing the students' ages. However, I'll try to give you some of my philosophy:
  
  Educator Thomas Carruthers once said, "A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary." The goal in your classroom should be not to simply educate, but to guide. Encourage your students to think and explore a subject. Since I don't know what exactly you're teaching, I'll use prepositions as an example. Here is how I teach them:
  
  

1. Identify the important words for the lesson: In, On, Between, Above, Below, Under, Next to, Behind
   
   
2. Demonstrate the words in a manner that coaxes and demonstrates, but doesn't just deliver and give, the meaning. With the above words, I initially use a chair and have a student come sit on the chair. I ask the class where that student is and they usually reply, "On the chair!" I maneuver the student around the chair and try to get everyone to use prepositions in regards to the chair/student combo. Progressively, I use less and less wording in my questions until they are just saying locations without being prompted.
   
   
3. I give my students a paper with various objects and lines on it (for example, Stage / __; ___ / Podium / Window...etc.). They do a hunt around and outside of the classroom to determine where these objects (labeled, as not all are known) are in relation to other objects. They are actively engaged, using English, discovering new objects and reinforcing their understanding of the words.
   
   
4. Bring students back and discuss their findings.
   
   
5. Introduce the dialog that uses the aforementioned prepositions. They now have more confidence in the text's information.
   
   This is just one example lesson, though the main point is always to actively engage students. A lot of teachers end up just talking at students, which often leaves everyone confused. You may or may not have done this, but it's something to keep in mind.
   
   Unfortunately, there is no surefire way to eliminate boredom from language acquisition, but active engagement is a method that can be used for its reduction.
   
   How do you make yourself appealing to the students?
   
   I am just myself. I bring my humanity into the classroom and don't divide the class into teacher/student. Instead, I view the whole as a community. My students know about and inquire as to my hobbies, and I show genuine interest in their lives. You may be surprised at how effective this can be.
   
   How long does it take you to feel stable and confident with the job?
   
   I feel it is difficult to feel stable in a cram school. That's the nature of that beast: parents and admins will always be on you about something. To actually answer you question, though, it depends on the person. I know people who have been here for decades that still don't feel stable in their schools. There are teachers I met only last year that have exceeded expectations and become such fixtures in their schools that it is like they've always been there and will remain necessary.
   
   What do you wish you knew when you first started?
   
   Sarcasm doesn't translate well. That's about it.

Have you checked out that book yet? You really just need to get down and dirty in my opinion to learn this stuff. I was lucky enough to be able to see functional programs and learn that way. But hands on is really the best.


Book I had for my class, pretty specific to rs500:

http://www.amazon.com/Technicians-Guide-Programmable-Controllers-Borden/dp/1111544093/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406939928&sr=1-17&keywords=plc

Never tried these but might be worth a shot:

http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/services/training/self-paced/cbtdemo.page

Objects that are good insulators, (Glass, some plastics) are usually clear. This is for a reason! They have mostly full electron shells, and in general are unwilling to accept or donate electrons (or have them jump energy bands). In short, they are very stable and do not interact electrically or optically.

They do not allow electricity to pas s through them because electricity is passed by a different mechanism than light is. Electrons have to be bumped from atom to atom for electrical current to pass, and this is difficult when atoms are unwilling to give up or recieve electrons. Light is less likely to be absorbed by these atoms as well, so it passes right through.

This is all from memory of Material Science class I took like 3 years ago, so this may not be 100% correct, but I think it gets the general idea.

EDIT: Current Textbook for the course I took if you're interested in this topic

These two books are what I used in my first year, includes all those topics you mentioned above:

Introductory Circuit Analysis - Robert L. Boylestad

Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory - Robert L. Boylestad

My favorite book about audio amplifiers: https://www.amazon.com/Valve-Transistor-Audio-Amplifiers-Linsley/dp/0750633565

What are your credentials? Why should we read your guide instead of any other guide available (yes I know half of those are for Linux, not Unix)? Also, a guide to an OS family probably shouldn't include anectodes about college experience.

now that is nice. Its for going through an electronics lab , using this book. It had the specs for what was required and a list of scopes

What is your background?

http://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Inference-George-Casella/dp/0534243126
Is a fairly standard first year grad textbook with I quite enjoy. Gives you a mathematical statistics foundation.

http://www.amazon.com/All-Statistics-Concise-Statistical-Inference/dp/1441923225/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278495200&sr=1-1
I've heard recommended as an approachable overview.

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Applied-Statistics-W-Venables/dp/1441930086/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278495315&sr=1-1
Is a standard 'advanced' applied statistics textbook.

http://www.amazon.com/Weighing-Odds-Course-Probability-Statistics/dp/052100618X
Is non-standard but as a mathematician turned probabilist turned statistician I really enjoyed it.

http://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Models-Practice-David-Freedman/dp/0521743850/ref=pd_sim_b_1
Is a book which covers classical statistical models. There's an emphasis on checking model assumptions and seeing what happens when they fail.

Having read both editions, I personally think the first was better - less cluttered and more structured.

This is also a fave with me: Foundations of Wireless and Electronics. I used to collect vintage wireless books and have some of the first few editions too:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundations-Wireless-Electronics-M-G-Scroggie/dp/0750634308%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q%26tag%3Dduc08-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0750634308

[advanced ac] (http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-AC-Electronics-Principles-Applications/dp/076682330X/ref=lp_B001IU2QJE_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1335321283&sr=1-2)

Author is a Purdue University Professor

Try my book: "This Book Will Not Be on the Test". It's based on the science behind books like Make It Stick and Learn Better, but is extremely practical and realistic for today's student: https://www.amazon.com/This-Book-Will-Not-Test/dp/1475845596

EE courses on communications are mathematically intensive. I think it would be a wise investment of eleven dollars, to purchase and take a careful look at (the very excellent, BTW) Schaum's College Outline on Communication (Amazon_Link). Random variables, stochastic processes, oh my. It takes a lot of extremely fancy math to successfully implement radios able to send signals a hundred million miles using a couple watts of power. For comparison: terrestrial AM radio (0.5 - 1.5 MHz) stations send signals ~ 3,000 miles using 50 thousand watts of power.

Have a look at one of the standard textbooks used in EE communications courses: Papoulis. Does it look thrilling? If so you may have found a well fitting career path.

Anything that I did have is over 20+ years old, a bit out dated. I recommend learning basic digital electronics. Maybe something like this (I haven't read it).

This seems to be a good primer.

There are a TON of good digital logic courses for free on iTunes.

https://www.amazon.ca/Electronic-Devices-Conventional-Current-Version/dp/0132549867/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504830026&sr=8-1&keywords=floyd+electronic+devices

By far the strongest and most comprehensive entry-level book is by Ogata (http://smile.amazon.com/Modern-Control-Engineering-Katsuhiko-Ogata/dp/0132273071/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418671951&sr=8-2&keywords=ogata)... I use the third edition and it is great. Although it is called "Modern Control Engineering", it covers both classical and modern (state-space) theory. It is easy to read and comprehensive.

The best state space book is "Linear State-Space Control Systems" by Williams and Lawrence (http://smile.amazon.com/Linear-State-Space-Control-Systems-Williams/dp/0471735558/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1418672085&sr=8-2&keywords=state+space+control). Don't be suckered by the cheap price of the competing Friedland book... it is weak in my opinion.

If you want to go this route i would suggest getting this book I used it for my digital fundamentals course. It will give you a grounding in all the above that thegreatunclean mentioned. It also has practicle exercises at the end of each chapter that you can build to test your knowledge. It does however lack sequential logic design(state design). You will need to get a different book for that. My university used a textbook that came with a CPLD test board that you build and could program with. I don't recall the name of the book though.

I do however strongly suggest going the arduino path for someone at your level of knowledge. Maybe do both. There are cheap audrino kits online like this one which will get you started.

It is a soft cover book. I was going to mail it in the snail mail to you if you were interested. The book is Unix Unbounded. I will mail it if you promise to return it when you're done with it. It's a good reference point for me, but I am to the point where I need to learn more advanced topics.

For a very a very low price of $3 I bought this book a long time ago and have used it quite a bit. It is a very easy to understand approach for beginners and I still use it as a quick ref every now and again.

I will say that I am mediocre at best in the electronics field. But it is an ever-continuing progress. I did use this book while I was in school to design a 3 stage amplifier though.

The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering is pretty good. Expensive though.

Also check out /r/VIDEOENGINEERING