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Hello!

What book would you advise me so I can learn Arduino? I'm undecided about these three:

«Beginning Arduino»
http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Arduino-Michael-McRoberts/dp/1430232404/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_3

«Arduino Cookbook»
http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Cookbook-Michael-Margolis/dp/0596802471/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

«Arduino: A Quick Start Guide»
http://www.amazon.com/Arduino-Quick-Start-Quick-Start-Guides/dp/1934356662/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Thanks.

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Or - http://www.earthshineelectronics.com/files/ASKManualRev5.pdf -

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What is your background in electronics and programming? What do you see as "need improvement" in your skills?

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Earthshine is at Rev 5 now? What's been updated?

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What is your background in electronics and programming? What do you see as "need improvement" in your skills?

I learned in school the basics of electricity, such as Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws, etc. Then I read some books of basic electronics. The most advanced was the first volume of «Electronic Principles», from Albert Malvino.

About programming I only know the old Basic.

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Earthshine is at Rev 5 now? What's been updated?

Don't know, I only downloaded it to be able to reference it.

A quick check shows :
Revision 4 - August 2010
Revision 5 - August 2010

the file size is identical ==> sounds like a typo fix version,

BTW AFAIK there is no ref 6

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What is your background in electronics and programming? What do you see as "need improvement" in your skills?

I learned in school the basics of electricity, such as Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's laws, etc. Then I read some books of basic electronics. The most advanced was the first volume of «Electronic Principles», from Albert Malvino.

About programming I only know the old Basic.

For programming part, you will need some basic C programming. I suggest you get a book on this topic, a basic one. You can also try to see how far you can go without a C book with the arduino programming notebook.

Your circuits basics sounds sufficient to me.

If you have never done digital logic, boolean math, or seen memory or data type, a basic C programming book should cover those in some detail.

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Why not online resources? Many are rather "bitty", not sequenced, true.

I hope the following is an exception...

http://sheepdogguides.com/arduino/FA1main.htm

And the Arduino playground lists others.

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You might also like to consider '30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius'. http://www.arduinoevilgenius.com.

At least I'd like you to consider it

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@si,
Think you should mention you have a commercial interest in the book, no big deal but just to be open about it

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@Rob, was I being to subtle?

I am the author of this work.

It is an introduction to Arduino and some of the electronics that you need, not just a project book. I have had good feedback from people using it to learn Arduino, even though that might not be what the title leads you to expect.

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@Si

I own one of your book..."15 Dangeroulsly Mad Projects for the Evil Genuis".  Excellent work, The book give me some ideas. 
I will purchase the Ardiuno and the Picaxe. ---> If my budget permitted.

@news_js
Buy all of them. The more knowlege you obtain, the better you become. 

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My 2 cents...

+1 for "Arduino Cookbook"; well written, informative, and useful as a reference as well.
I've also found TronixStuff's Arduino tutorials helpful: http://tronixstuff.wordpress.com/tutorials/

Nothing beats actually getting your hands dirty and building stuff.  Forums and Blogs are excellent sources of inspiration for new ideas, books are great for a foundation, but until you start building your own devices it's all theory. 

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You better buy all of the books as suggested if you are going to try to overcome this hurdle:

About programming I only know the old Basic.

Don

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Nothing beats actually getting your hands dirty and building stuff.  Forums and Blogs are excellent sources of inspiration for new ideas, books are great for a foundation, but until you start building your own devices it's all theory. 

He's right. You will need some basics tools ( pliers, cutter ), DVM ( Digital Multimeter ), batteries, wires,  breadboard and electroncs parts.   And you are on your way. Start small, step-by-step. Goes also with the programming.