Running Small Motors with PIC Microcontrollers / Harprit Singh Sandhu, McGraw-Hill, 2009.
Here is a practical and readable book on controlling electric motors. Includes schematic diagrams and example Basic source code. 300 pages.
Tag: electronics
Introductory guide to high-performance audio systems
Introductory guide to high-performance audio systems : stereo, surround sound, home theater / Robert Harley, Acapella, 2007
Much has changed in home audio in the past few years. Here is a well written guide to choosing components for a high-end system.
Digital fundamentals
Digital fundamentals 10th ed. / Thomas L. Floyd, Prentice Hall, 2009 10th ed.
Here is a great undergrad textbook for digital electronics, basic logic to JTAG. It has been upgraded during the past 30 years, and looks to be mostly up to date. 850 pages, hard cover, with a CD.
Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits
Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits by Paul R. Gray, Fifth ed. Wiley, 2009
Here is an excellent textbook on electronic circuit design. It is surprising that the OPL does not have more books of this nature considering how many Ottawans work in this field. 850 pages, hardcover.