PDA Robotics

Following discussions with the author, I have amended this review.As a University Lecturer, I was disappointed with this bookbecause it contains large sections of material copied fromdatasheets and web sites without proper references. We try toteach our students to be ethical, and not to simply cut andpaste from the Internet without references. The author assuresme that permission was obtained from Microsoft, Intel,Microchip, Sharp, etc. to re-publish their material.It is not a text for a beginner if you want to learn aboutrobotics or how to design your own circuits and programembedded systems. For instance, it assumes that you can alreadyprogram in C.However, it does contain detailed instructions for building arobot that can be controlled using the Infra Red port on a PDA.If you don't mind making your own circuit board, then thismight be the book for you, but you really need some basicbackground in electronics and computers if you intend to buildthis robot. If you treat it as a recipe, and try to learn fromthe exercise, then you might find it useful.