CompTIA A+ 2009 Q&A

Inc. Chimborazo Publishing, "CompTIA A+ 2009 Q&A"
Course Technology PTR | 2009 | ISBN: 1435454901 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

This is a straightforward, crisp, cut-and-dry way to prepare for the A+ exams. Providing 800 questions and answers for the new A+ exams, this is the “no-fluff” Q&A guide. With answers at the back of the book as opposed to right after the question, CompTIA A+ 2009 Q&A truly encourages self-study. The book’s questions cover everything you might encounter on the two A+ 2009 exams, Essentials 220-701 and Practical Application 220-702. You’ll get comprehensive questions covering software and every operating system (with emphasis on Windows XP and Vista), networking and security issues, PC repair and maintenance, and much more. Hardware is covered as well, of course—everything from P4 motherboards, notebooks, and printers to PDAs and wireless devices. The accurate content and convenient presentation of questions and answers offer a great solution to studying for these exams.

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Cnet Do-it-yourself Camera and Music Phone Projects : 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

Ari Hakkarainen, Cnet Do-it-yourself Camera and Music Phone Projects : 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 1 edition | ISBN: 0071485643 | 2006 | PDF | 228 pages | 10.8 MB

Here's your chance to take the sound and vision of your mobile phone to new heights-with 24 easy-to-execute projects you may have never dreamed possible. Ever think you could listen to music and podcasts on your cell phone? You can! Ever think you could take digital photographs of superior quality with your phone? Well, of course you can, and CNET Do-It-Yourself Camera and Music Phone Projects will show you how to do it all.

Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, and written by high-tech expert Ari Hakkarainen, this book leads you step by step through each project. If you've ever wanted to take photos with your mobile phone that would make professional shutterbugs jealous, or amp up the musical capabilities of your handheld, this indispensable how-to is just the book you need!

* Take higher quality photos
* Record home movies on your mobile phone
* Share your photos with family and friends without incurring network charges
* Download and listen to music and podcasts
* Save money by learning how to download free music and ringtones on your phone
* Record your own ringtones
* Watch TV on your phone
* And much more!

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Hardware/Firmware Interface Design: Best Practices for Improving Embedded Systems Development

Hardware/Firmware Interface Design: Best Practices for Improving Embedded Systems Development By Gary Stringham
Newnes | Pages: 376 | 2009-12-01 | ISBN 1856176053 | PDF | 2 MB

Why care about hardware/firmware interaction? These interfaces are critical, a solid hardware design married with adaptive firmware can access all the capabilities of an application and overcome limitations caused by poor communication. For the first time, a book has come along that will help hardware engineers and firmware engineers work together to mitigate or eliminate problems that occur when hardware and firmware are not optimally compatible. Solving these issues will save time and money, getting products to market sooner to create more revenue.

The principles and best practices presented in this book will prove to be a valuable resource for both hardware and firmware engineers. Topics include register layout, interrupts, timing and performance, aborts, and errors. Real world cases studies will help to solidify the principles and best practicies with an aim towards cleaner designs, shorter schedules, and better implementation!

* Reduce product development delays with the best practices in this book
* Concepts apply to ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs, and FPGAs
* Real-world examples and case studies highlight the good and bad of design processes

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PC Repair and Maintenance: A Practical Guide

PC Repair and Maintenance: A Practical Guide By Joel Z. Rosenthal, Kevin Jay Irwin
Publisher: Charles River Media 2003 | 346 Pages | ISBN: 1584502665 | PDF | 18 MB

PC Repair and Maintenance: A Practical Guide is a reader-friendly guide to repairing computers (running either Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP) through easy-to-understand language, detailed diagrams, and video tutorials. The book emphasizes that a deep understanding of "how a computer works" is not necessary to diagnose and repair problems; it concentrates on practical, "hands-on" solutions that can be implemented right away.
Focusing mainly on installing and troubleshooting hardware, the book also provides solutions to common operating system-related problems. In addition, thorough explanations for selecting re-placement and expansion components without paying top dollar are providedhelping users get the most out of their newly repaired PC. Regardless of your level of experience, this is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to repair a computer or is considering a career in the computer repair business.

KEY FEATURES
* Provides practical guidelines, not theory, for repairing a PC
* Details are explained in easy to understand, accessible terms, with numerous photographs and diagrams illustrating techniques and tasks
* Covers computers running Microsoft Windows 9x, Me, 2000, and XP
* Explains how to get quality replacement and expansion components inexpensively
* For PC repair instructors; individuals who want to repair their own computers or operate computer repair businesses; A+ certified technicians looking for practical experience
* Selected Topics: System Configuration and Computer Hygiene; Motherboards and Their Components; Cases and Power Supplies; Memory (RAM); Magnetic Disk Drives; CD and DVD Drives; Video, Sound, Modems, Network Adapters; Input Devices; Troubleshooting Internet Connections; Things to Avoid; Practical Troubleshooting Table; Glossary; Beep Codes; Resources and Web sites

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Reliability Wearout Mechanisms in Advanced CMOS Technologies

Alvin W. Strong, Ernest Y. Wu, Rolf-Peter Vollertsen, Jordi Sune, Giuseppe La Rosa, Timothy D. Sullivan, Stewart E. Rauch III, "Reliability Wearout Mechanisms in Advanced CMOS Technologies"
Wiley-IEEE Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0471731722 | 624 pages | PDF | 4,8 MB

A comprehensive treatment of all aspects of CMOS reliability wearout mechanisms

This book covers everything students and professionals need to know about CMOS reliability wearout mechanisms, from basic concepts to the tools necessary to conduct reliability tests and analyze the results. It is the first book of its kind to bring together the pertinent physics, equations, and procedures for CMOS technology reliability in one place. Divided into six relatively independent topics, the book covers:

•Introduction to Reliability

•Gate Dielectric Reliability

•Negative Bias Temperature Instability

•Hot Carrier Injection

•Electromigration Reliability

•Stress Voiding

Chapters conclude with practical appendices that provide very basic experimental procedures for readers who are conducting reliability experiments for the first time. Reliability Wearout Mechanisms in Advanced CMOS Technologies is ideal for students and new engineers who are looking to gain a working understanding of CMOS technology reliability. It is also suitable as a professional reference for experienced circuit design engineers, device design engineers, and process engineers.

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The Laptop Repair Workbook: An Introduction to Troubleshooting and Repairing Laptop Computers

The Laptop Repair Workbook: An Introduction to Troubleshooting and Repairing Laptop Computers By Morris Rosenthal
Publisher: Foner Books 2008 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0972380159 | PDF | 1 MB

The Laptop Repair Workbook includes twelve full page troubleshooting flowcharts for laptop hardware troubleshooting and explanatory text for every decision point. The book begins with an introduction to basic laptop terminology, troubleshooting procedures, and cost decisions. Supplementary illustrated tests and procedures are available on the publisher's website.

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Build Your Own PC Do-it-yourself for Dummies

Build Your Own PC Do-it-yourself for Dummies By Mark L. Chambers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 2009 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0470196114 | PDF | 7 MB

If you’ve dreamed about having a customized multimedia PC or one tricked out for your favorite games, build your own and make your dreams come true! Build Your Own PC Do–It–Yourself For Dummies makes it easy.
Not only is building your own PC a really rewarding project, it can also save you a nice chunk of cash. This step–by–step guide helps you decide what you need, teaches you what all those computer terms mean, and tells you exactly how to put the pieces together. It shows you:
What tools you need (not as many as you might think!)
All about operating systems

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The Computer Book

The Computer Book
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd | pages: 512 | 2004 | ISBN: 1405306890 | PDF | 22 mb

Excel on your PC with the authorative Word on computers! Updated with sections on Windows XP, and covering subjects such as managing files, spreadsheets, exploring the internet and email, and installing and using peripherals, this is your one-stop guide to getting the most out of your computer. Includes a troubleshooting section addressing the most common problems plus advice on choosing and purchasing software and hardware.

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Build Your Own Pentium III PC

Build Your Own Pentium III PC
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies | pages: 640 | 1999 | ISBN: 0071352015 | CHM | 15,2 mb

Build your own Pentium III PC and save a bundle! Why pay big bucks for a Pentium III system when legendary build-it-yourself guru Aubrey Pilgrim can help you construct one at home for a fraction of dealer prices? In Build Your Own Pentium III PC he gives you top-to-bottom, fully-illustrated instructions for assembling your own customized Pentium III powerhouse ¿ from selecting components to installing software. You get detailed, step-by-step assembly and installation instructions for mother boards, floppy drives, hard disks, memory modules, scanners, modems, CD-ROM and DVD drives, sound boards and more. Plus you¿ll find handy comparisons of the latest generation of chips ¿ including those from Intel plus the latest low-cost rockets from AMD and others ¿ along with all the tips and techniques you need to create, test and troubleshoot a sizzling state-of-the-art system. You don¿t need a technical degree or special tools. Just follow these simple guidelines and procedures and save hundreds in the process!

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The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol

Walter Goralski, "The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol"
Springer | 2004 | ISBN: 1852338229 | 540 pages | PDF | 6,2 MB

The IS-IS routing protocol has gone through a high-speed evolution in recent years. Initially deployed by the largest ISPs in a desperate search for a stable link-state protocol, it quickly gained popularity for its advantages in link-state routing. Today, it is a widely deployed protocol even at smaller ISPs but because of its meteoric adoption it has been sparsely documented. As service providers add multivendor platforms from both Cisco and Juniper Networks, it is difficult to get a complete picture of the IS-IS that is deployed in the field. As service providers deploy increasingly multivendor implementations of IS-IS, they desperately need to know how to interoperate the protocol on different routing platforms. Only a book such as The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol can provide the insight and practical solutions necessary, because it takes a multivendor, real-world competitive approach to implementing IS-IS. The Complete IS-IS Routing Protocol will be the seminal book on IS-IS for many years to come.

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Parallel Port Complete

Parallel Port Complete
Author Jan Axelson Year 2000 | 300 pages | ISBN : 0965081915 | PDF | 5 MB

From its origin as a simple printer interface, the personal computer's parallel port has evolved into a place to plug in just about anything you might want to hook to a computer. The parallel port is popular because it's versatile-you can use it for output, input, or bidirectional links-and because it's available-every PC has one.

Printers are still the most common devices connected to the port, but other popular options include external tape and disk drives and scanners. Laptop computers may use a parallel-port-based network interface or joystick. For special applications, there are dozens of parallel-port devices for use in data collection, testing, and control systems. And the parallel port is the interface of choice for many one-of-a-kind and small-scale projects that require communications between a computer and an external device.


Table of Contents :

1-Essentials.
2-Accessing Ports.
3-Programming Issues
4-Programming Tools
5-Experiments
6-Interfacing
7-Output Applications
8-Input Applications
9-Synchronous Serial Links
10-Real-time Control
11-Modes for Data Transfer
12-Compatibility and Nibble Modes
13-Byte Mode
14-Enhanced Parallel Port: EPP
15-Extended Capabilities Port: ECP
16-PC-to-PC Communications

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PIC in Practice, 2 ed: A Project - based Approach

D. W. Smith, "PIC in Practice, 2 ed: A Project - based Approach "
Newnes | 2006 | ISBN: 0750668261 | 304 pages | PDF | 2,9 MB

PIC in Practice is a graded course based around the practical use of the PIC microcontroller through project work. Principles are introduced gradually, through hands-on experience, enabling students to develop their understanding at their own pace.

Dave Smith has based the book on his popular short courses on the PIC for professionals, students and teachers at Manchester Metropolitan University. The result is a graded text, formulated around practical exercises, which truly guides the reader from square one.
The book can be used at a variety of levels and the carefully graded projects make it ideal for colleges, schools and universities. Newcomers to the PIC will find it a painless introduction, whilst electronics hobbyists will enjoy the practical nature of this first course in microcontrollers.

PIC in Practice introduces applications using the popular 16F84 device as well as the 16F627, 16F877, 12C508, 12C629 and 12C675. In this new edition excellent coverage is given to the 16F818, with additional information on writing and documenting software.

* Gentle introduction to using PICs for electronic applications
* Principles and programming introduced through graded projects
* Thoroughly up-to-date with new chapters on the 16F818 and writing and documenting programs

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Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller

Myke Predko, “Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller”
McGraw-Hill 2007 | ISBN-10: 0071472878 | 1263 Pages | PDF | 11,9 MB

Tap into the latest advancements in PIC technology with the fully revamped Third Edition of McGraw-Hill's Programming and Customizing the PIC Microcontroller. Long known as the subject's definitive text, this indispensable volume comes packed with more than 600 illustrations, and provides comprehensive, easy-to-understand coverage of the PIC microcontroller's hardware and software schemes.
With 100 experiments, projects, and libraries, you get a firm grasp of PICs, how they work, and the ins-and-outs of their most dynamic applications. Written by renowned technology guru Myke Predko, this updated edition features a streamlined, more accessible format, and delivers:
Concentration on the three major PIC families, to help you fully understand the synergy between the Assembly, BASIC, and C programming languages
Coverage of the latest program development tools
A refresher in electronics and programming, as well as reference material, to minimize the searching you will have to do
WHAT'S INSIDE!
Setting up your own PIC microcontroller development lab
PIC MCU basics
PIC microcontroller interfacing capabilities, software development, and applications
Useful tables and data
Basic electronics
Digital electronics
BASIC reference
C reference
16-bit numbers
Useful circuits and routines that will help you get your applications up and running quickly

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Grid and Cloud Computing: A Business Perspective on Technology and Applications

Grid and Cloud Computing: A Business Perspective on Technology and Applications
Publisher: Springer | Pages: 274 | 2009-12-01 | ISBN 3642051928 | PDF | 6 MB

In today’s dynamic business environment, IT departments are under permanent pressure to meet two divergent requirements: to reduce costs and to support business agility with higher flexibility and responsiveness of the IT infrastructure. Grid and Cloud Computing enable a new approach towards IT. They enable increased scalability and more efficient use of IT based on virtualization of heterogeneous and distributed IT resources. This book provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Grids and Clouds and of how companies can benefit from them. A wide array of topics is covered, e.g. business models and legal aspects. The applicability of Grids and Clouds in companies is illustrated with four cases of real business experiments. The experiments illustrate the technical solutions and the organizational and IT governance challenges that arise with the introduction of Grids and Clouds. Practical guidelines on how to successfully introduce Grids and Clouds in companies are provided.

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Upgrading and Repairing Laptops

Upgrading and Repairing Laptops
Publisher: Que | ISBN: 0789728001 | edition 2003 | PDF | 1008 pages | 17,3 mb

Beyond cutting edge, Scott Mueller goes where no computer book author has gone before--right past all the warranty stickers, the hidden screws, and the fear factor to produce a real owner's manual that every laptop owner should have on his desk. This book shows the upgrades users can perform, the ones that are better left to the manufacturer, and how to use add-on peripherals to make the most of a laptop.

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PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software and Hardware Interfacing

PIC Microcontroller: An Introduction to Software and Hardware Interfacing
Delmar Cengage Learning | 2004 | ISBN: 1401839673 | PDF | 816 pages | 30.5 MB | English

This book presents a thorough introduction to the Microchip PIC® microcontroller family, including all of the PIC programming and interfacing for all the peripheral functions. A step-by-step approach to PIC assembly language programming is presented, with tutorials that demonstrate how to use such inherent development tools such as the Integrated Development Environment MPLAB, PIC18 C compiler, the ICD2 in-circuit debugger, and several demo boards. Comprehensive coverage spans the topics of interrupts, timer functions, parallel I/O ports, various serial communications such as USART, SPI, I2C, CAN, A/D converters, and external memory expansion.

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CompTIA RFID+ Study Guide: Exam RF0-001

CompTIA RFID+ Study Guide: Exam RF0-001
Publisher: Sybex | ISBN: 047004232X | edition 2006 | CHM | 293 pages | 11,1 mb

This comprehensive study guide thoroughly covers the CompTIA RFID+ exam, the only certification offered for radio frequency identification (RFID), the technology that is rapidly gaining popularity and is expected to completely replace bar codes. Your study will focus on interrogation zone basics, testing and troubleshooting, standards and regulations, tag knowledge, design selection, installation, site analysis, RF physics, and RFID peripherals.

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Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks

Scott Fullam "Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks"
O'Reilly Media | English | 2003-11-01 | ISBN: 0596003145 | 504 pages | CHM | 5,7 MB

Put a hacker in a room with a Furby for a weekend and you'll hear a conversation that's fairly one-sided in its originality. Toss in an 802.11b network card, a soldering iron, wire cutters, a logic probe, and a few other carefully selected tools and materials and you'll have potential. Add a copy of Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks and by the end of the weekend that Furby will be saying things you never imagined.

From How to Hack a Toaster to building Cubicle Intrusion Detection Systems, Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks offers an array of inventive customized electronics projects for the geek who can't help looking at a gadget and wondering how it might be "upgraded." Beginning with basic hacks, tools, and techniques for those who may not have a background in electronics, the book covers the tools of the hardware hacking trade and basic soldering techniques. Clear step-by-step instructions allow even those with no formal electronics- or hardware-engineering skills to hack real hardware in very clever ways.

Hacks in the book are rated on a scale of difficulty, cost, and duration. Projects range from those that are truly useful to some things you may have never thought to do, but which are really cool, such as:

Building your own arcade game

Making radio-controlled cars play laser tag

Building an automobile periscope

Hacking an 802.11b antenna

Building a building size display

Perhaps you're an electronics hobbyist who likes to learn by doing. Maybe you hack software and want to see how the other half lives. Or, maybe you've never hacked at all, but you'd like to get started quickly with some projects that do something interesting from the start. If you're any of these, then Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks will indulge your inner mad scientist. Using the projects in this book as a jumping point for other new and clever hacks, it won't be long before you're looking around, asking, "I wonder what I can improve next?"

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PC Interfacing

PC Interfacing
Publisher: Newnes | pages: 352 | 1998 | ISBN: 0750636378 | PDF | 14,4 mb

The main links with your PC and the outside world are the centronic port, used for connecting the printer, the RS232 port, used for the mouse, and the games port for a joystick. This book explores how these input/output (I/O) ports can be put to use through a range of other interfacing applications. This is especially useful for laptop and palmtop PCs which cannot be fitted with internal I/O cards. A novel approach is taken by this book, combining the hardware through which the ports can be explored, and the software programming needed to carry out a range of experiments.

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Pci System Architecture

Pci System Architecture
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational | ISBN: 0201309742 | edition 1999 | PDF | 832 pages | 6,3 mb

PCI System Architecture is a detailed and comprehensive guide to the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus Specification, Intel's technology for fast communication between peripheral devices and the computer processor.Hot-Plug Specification, changes to the PCI-to-PCI Bridge Architecture Specification, revisions to the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification, and the new features of the PCI BIOS Specification.This book provides clear and concise explanations of the relationship of PCI to the rest of the system and PCI fundamentals, including commands, read and write transfers, memory and I/O addressing, error handling, interrupts, and configuration transactions and registers.

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