Tools for Teaching Computer Networking and Hardware Concepts makes the teaching and learning of computer networking and hardware a more active process by using interactive learning to add life to a very technical subject. Fundamental theoretical concepts are illustrated with the use of interactive practical exercises. Each chapter presents learning objectives, figures and illustrations, real-world examples and review questions. Tools for Teaching Computer Networking and Hardware Concepts has a worldwide focus provided by contributors from across the globe. These contributors share their use of online tools and flexible learning practices. Both teachers and students will find this book a useful resource for teaching and learning computer networking and hardware concepts.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 : ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE AND PROCESSORS
Chapter 2 : ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
Chapter 3 : INSTRUCTION SET
Chapter 4 : ASSEMBLER DIRECTIVES
Chapter 5 : MACROS
Chapter 6 : PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
Chapter 7 : INTERRUPTS
The book is as simple as possible and aimed at a non-technical audience with absolutely no knowledge of computers or electronics, but it is an electrical engineering text. A typical page consists of a circuit diagram (or program) and a paragraph or two of explanation. The book begins with a VERY simple circuit and continues to a very complex circuit (a computer) while explaining everything. Everything has been made as simple as possible while leaving nothing out. Eighty-four circuit diagrams and some timing diagrams and short programs make every point clear.
Computers are the most complex machines that have ever been created. This is the first book to make it possible for ordinary people to understand precisely how the processor, the main and most complex part of a computer, works. In fact, it completely explains the operation of a complete, though simple, computer.
Relays, which are explained, are used in the circuitry instead of transistors for simplicity, though transistors are mentioned.
Did you ever wonder what a bit, a latch, a word (of memory), a data bus, an address bus, a memory, a register, a processor, a timing diagram, a clock (of a processor), an instruction, or machine code is? Though most explanations of how computers work are a lot of analogies or require a background in electrical engineering, this book will tell you precisely what each of them is and how each of them works without requiring any previous knowledge of computers or electronics.
This text was designed for a graduate level course on computer architecture and organization. The book's content, especially the last half of the book, represents the most advanced material that a typical graduate student studies before directly encountering the design process. The text avoids extensive compendiums of current features of various processors or technologies, just as it stresses concepts that underlie these processor designs. It abstracts the essential elements of processor design and emphasizes a design methodology including: design concepts, design target data, and evaluation tools, especially those using basic probability theory and simple queuing theory.
This comprehensive tutorial assumes no prior experience with PICBASIC. It opens with an introduction to such basic concepts as variables, statements, operators, and structures. This is followed by discussion of the two most commonly used PICBASIC compilers. The author then discusses programming the most common version of the PIC microcontroller, the 15F84. The remainder of the book examines several real-world examples of programming PICs with PICBASIC. In keeping with the integrated nature of embedded technology, both hardware and software are discussed in these examples; circuit details are given so that readers may replicate the designs for themselves or use them as the starting points for their development efforts.
Computer Design and Architecture, 3rd Edition Revised and Expanded
CRC / 3nd edition (May 15, 2000) | 718 pages | ISBN: 0824703685 | PDF | 6Mb
This unique and classroom-proven text provides a hands-on introduction to the design of computer systems. It depict, step by step, the arrangement of a simple but complete hypothetical compute, followed by detailed architectural features of existing computer systems as enhancements to the structure of the simple computer. This treatment integrates the four categories of digital systems architecture: logic design, computer organization, computer hardware, and computer system architecture. This third edition incorporates updates to reflect contemporary organizations and devices, modern technologies and devices in combinatorial and integrated circuits, sequential circuits and memory and storage.
Marc, "Computer Systems, 2 Ed"
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 2 ed | 2002 | ISBN: 0763716332 | 562 pages | PDF | 8,8 MB
Computer Systems, Second Edition provides students with a broad understanding of all levels of computer systems. It emphasizes computer science topics that are related to, but not usually included in, the treatment of hardware and its associated software. The topics are presented through a unified concept of computer systems. The book allows students to explore several levels, such as high-order languages, machine, assembly, and logic gate through a top-down approach. Computer Systems, Second Edition covers the core topics in the Architecture and Organization category of the ACM and IEEE Curriculum 2001 Guidelines for Computer Science. This comprehensive approach supplies students with a fundamental understanding of computer systems. The Architecture and Organization (AR) core areas from the preliminary report, together with the chapters from this text that cover each area, are AR1. Digital logic and digital systems - Chapter 10, 11, AR2. Machine level representation of data - Chapter 3, AR3. Assembly level machine organization - Chapter 4, 5, 6, AR4. Memory system organization and architecture - Chapter 9, AR5. Interfacing and communication - Chapter 8, AR6. Functional organization - Chapter 11, AR7. Multiprocessing and alternative architectures - Chapter 8. This book has an integrated computer assembly language simulator integrated throughout.
Computer busses by William Buchanan
Publisher: Elsevier (March 27, 2000) | 624 Pages | ISBN: 0340740760 | PDF | 4.2 MB
As more and more equipment is interface or 'bus' driven, either by the use of controllers or directly from PCs, the question of which bus to use is becoming increasingly important both in industry and in the office. "Computer Busses" has been designed to help choose the best type of bus for the particular application. There are several books which cover individual busses, but none which provide a complete guide to computer busses. The author provides a basic theory of busses and draws examples and applications from real bus case studies. Busses are analysed using from a top-down approach, helping the undergraduate electrical or computer engineer to chose the right type of bus for their particular application. This book is essential reading for students of software engineering and electronic design, as well as for those working in disciplines such as production engineering or process control. It will also be a handy reference book for professional engineers, systems designers, consultants and those working in technical support. It provides a complete guide to computer busses. It contains application-specific programme examples, and plenty of real-life case studies.
Computer Organization and Architecture by William Stallings
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (July 15, 2002) | ISBN-10: 0130351199 | PDF | 76 Mb | 750 pages
This book provides a clear, comprehensive presentation of the latest developments in the organization and architecture of modern-day computers, emphasizing both fundamental principles and the critical role of performance in driving computer design. A basic reference and companion for self-study, it conveys concepts through a wealth of concrete examples highlighting modern CISC and RISC systems. A five-part organization covers: an overview, the computer system, the central processing unit, the control unit, and parallel organization. For computer engineers and architects, product marketing personnel in computer or communications companies, and for information systems and computer systems personnel.
Fernando E. Valdes-Perez, Ramon Pallas-Areny "Microcontrollers: Fundamentals and Applications with PIC"
CRC | 2009-02-11 | ISBN: 1420077678 | 300 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB
While the official documentation provided for the PIC family from Microchip is extensive, it can also be overwhelming. This book gives users the information necessary to understand the architecture and the programming of microcontrollers. Each topic is described using a reader-centered, top-bottom approach. First, the authors describe the concepts that are common to any microcontroller. Each of the topics is then detailed for PIC microcontrollers. Practical applications supplement each topic to provide further clarity. This book does not limit itself to a digital view of microcontrollers. Instead, it includes aspects of analog signals such as the acquisition and processing of external analog signals.
C-compiler Reference manual
Publisher:Custom Computer Services, Inc. | August 2007 | ISBN-10: 0198565389 | 208 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB
PCH, like the other CCS compiler products, is capable of generating highly efficient and extremely tight object code for Microchips 18F family of PIC Microprocessors. While the PCH is a command line compiler it can easily be stitched into Microchips MPLAB IDE for those who want a graphic IDE or if you prefer to use Microchip's development tools for debugging.
If you are looking for a completely integrated PIC development solution checkout the PCW or PCWH version of the CCS compiler. These versions incorporate all the same features and functions as the PCB compiler plus additional PIC controllers, and a Windows IDE that is fully integrated with CCS’s in-circuit debuggers (ICD-u40, ICD-S40, Mach-X).
Fix Your Own PC
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0470107871 | edition 2007 | PDF | 164 pages | 6,1 mb
Computers are wonderful tools that occasionally refuse to work the way they should. When something does go wrong, you can avoid frustrating (and costly) downtime by learning to fix your own PC. Use the basic troubleshooting techniques and step-bystep instructions in this issue to solve hundreds of common
hardware and software problems.
Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies by Andy Rathbone
Publisher: For Dummies; 7 edition (May 7, 2007) | 408 Pages | ISBN: 0470121025 | PDF | 15 MB
Like all Dummies books, Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies, Third Edition, shows you what you absolutely need to know and little more--but in very clear language. Oriented toward casual users who want to solve specific problems, the book pays attention to such troubles as parity error messages and out-of-memory warnings.
Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies promotes the ideas that you shouldn't fix things that aren't broken and that you should apply the simplest possible solutions to the broken things. The guide includes excellent coverage of the hardware-management features in Windows 95.
This book's problem-oriented approach yields sections about common hardware-related problems, such as, "My printer puts out only junk characters!" and "How do I install a new hard drive?" Cartoon-like sequential diagrams outline physical procedures, such as installing and removing SIMMs. Similar drawings help you find key parts of your computer, such as the PCI slots and the video port.
Overall, Upgrading & Fixing PCs for Dummies, Third Edition, does what all the Dummies books do--it clearly explains how to solve certain problems. If your particular troubles happen to fall outside of what's covered here, you'll need to consult a geekier reference book. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
200 Ways to Recover a Hard Drive
Publisher: techrepublic.com | ISBN: N\A | edition 2008 | PDF | 74 pages | 1,8 mb
Did you loose all your important data on your hard drive? Did it stop working? Well here try one of these 200 methods and you are sure that you will get your data back.
Building a PC For Dummies, 5th Edition
For Dummies | 2005-11-07 | ISBN:0471767727 | PDF | 360pages | 6.83mb
Author Mark L. Chambers describes what to look for when shopping for components, but he refrains from recommending any specific models or manufacturers. Building a PC for Dummies would be stronger if he had made such recommendations, the way Tom's Hardware Guide does. Even without a specific shopping list, this book makes it possible for a novice computer builder to make informed decisions about motherboards, processors, storage devices, expansion cards, and input devices.
The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 1 edition | ISBN:076370444X | 700 pages | February 14, 2003 | CHM | 15 Mb
Provides a textbook that incorporates all of the necessary organization and architecture topics, yet concise enough to allow the material to be covered in one semester. Allows students to tie the hardware knowledge covered in this book to the concepts learned in their introductory programming classes.
