"The Secret Life of Circuits" is here (blog.coredump.cx)

37 pointsby surprisetalk3 days ago17 comments

yu3zhou4 24 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 34 minutes ago

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

moiriad an 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 35 minutes ago

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

janice1999 38 minutes ago

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

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 32 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 10 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.

illwrks an hour ago

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

hermitcrab 40 minutes ago

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

_Microft 34 minutes ago

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

JKCalhoun 10 minutes ago

Huff flux (like we all do), duh.

AmazingEveryDay 3 days ago

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

_Microft an hour ago

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

The wide margins remind me of university coursebooks.

amelius 21 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 an hour 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.

JKCalhoun 8 minutes ago

That would (of course) be praising with faint damnation.

(Or is it praising with generous damnation?)