"The Secret Life of Circuits" is here

yu3zhou4•17 minutes ago

Michał Zalewski (the author of this book) is goated. His book Silence on the Wire was very inspiring to me and the techniques he described often come to my mind years after reading the book

hermitcrab•26 minutes ago

I like the 'certified clank free' logo. It that a standard thing now?

moiriad•about 1 hour ago

Super looking forward to it. Got it on preorder in Europe! Will still be a bit of a waiting time.

Always enjoy reading the blog posts, and this seems like a great way to support work that gives me joy. Who knows, might start picking up actual electronics as side projects. Hardware work seems like such a great way to get code into the physical world.

twizod•28 minutes ago

Pre-ordered mine(hardback). Yeesh....I have no impulse control because this looks like so much fun,

janice1999•30 minutes ago

Just ordered. Love these kinds of books. Any others like this one people are aware of?

illwrks•about 1 hour ago

The artwork on the cover should come with a health and safety notice :D

hermitcrab•33 minutes ago

I like the pop art style. But what is she going to do with that soldering iron - stick it up her nose?

JKCalhoun•3 minutes ago

Huff flux (like we all do), duh.

_Microft•27 minutes ago

Maybe it should look like someone in a Western movie blowing smoke from a pistol?

ChuckMcM•3 days ago

This is a much better introduction to circuits than most. You actually get a bit of depth rather than a cookbook of "do this to get that" sort of prose.

dgellow•24 minutes ago

That’s also what I really like about “Practical Electronics for Inventors”, the authors explains the underlying physics for each component. Though the theory chapter can be heavy if you want to follow everything. “Secrets Life of Circuits” seems to be a bit more approachable

ExtremisAndy•3 minutes ago

I'm hoping you're right. I enthusiastically bought PEFI but found it to be way over my head. I'm eager to get SLOC because I'm hoping it can be sort of a bridge between my "MAKE: Electronics" book and PEFI.

AmazingEveryDay•3 days ago

I looked at sample chapter, the fonts and layout are visually repulsive.

_Microft•about 1 hour ago

This made me have a look and I do like it a lot.

The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

amelius•14 minutes ago

> The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

What I want is a paperback where the margins are chosen such that you can read the text when you fold back the facing part of the book.

polotics•39 minutes ago

Sir, you have a knack for inspiring commentary: the exact opposite of damning with faint praise! Also 0% slop it made me pre-order the book immediately.

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