Free eBooks On Electronics Circuit Design And Programming

Every advanced electronic device requires one very advanced electronic circuit, and as we move forward with time, ofcourse we are expecting many many more smart and advanced electronics coming our way. And all this is directly proportional to more job opportunities. Prepare yourself for the best circuit designing and programming jobs with these free ebooks. From micro-controllers to assembly to VLSI, these books have almost everything you wanted to learn.

1. What's a Microcontroller?

Andy Lindsay

The book answers the question "What's a Microcontroller?" by showing students how they can design their own customized, intelligent inventions using the BASIC Stamp.

2. Computer Arithmetic of Geometrical Figures

Solomon Khmelnik

The book is designed for using the computer arithmetic of geometrical figures in research and development in the field of specialized processors. It covers both the affine transformations and the figures coding theory.

3. PaulOS: An 8051 Real-Time Operating System

Paul P. Debono

This book covers mainly the 8051 family of micro-controllers starting with the basic architecture and then moves on to assembly language and Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) where three main types of self-developed RTOSs are discussed.

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4. VLSI Design ©2012

Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle and Sheldon X.-D. Tan

This book provides some recent advances in design nanometer VLSI chips, ranging from design tools, new post-silicon devices, GPU-based parallel computing, emerging 3D integration, and antenna design.

5. Designing Analog Chips

Hans Camenzind

A comprehensive introduction to CMOS and bipolar analog IC design. The book presumes no prior knowledge of linear design, making it comprehensible to engineers with a non-analog background.

6. Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

Michael J. Smith

This comprehensive book on application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) describes the latest methods in VLSI-systems design.

7. Automating Manufacturing Systems with PLCs

Hugh Jack

An in depth examination of manufacturing control systems using structured design methods. Topics include ladder logic and other IEC 61131 standards, wiring, communication, analog IO, structured programming, and communications.

8. Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog

Frank Vahid

Offering a modern, updated approach to digital design, this much-needed book reviews basic design fundamentals before diving into specific details of design optimization.

9. Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI)

Zhongfeng Wang

This book is intended to cover a wide range of VLSI design topics by providing a historical perspective as well as design methodologies of VLSI systems.

10. Guide to the Assembly Language of ATMEL-AVR-Microprocessors

This book features a step-by-step approach in covering Assembly language programming of Atmel AVR microcontrollers.

11. PIC Microcontrollers - Programming in C

Milan Verle

This book has provided a step-by-step guide to programming these microcontrollers (MCUs) with the C programming language.

12. PIC Microcontrollers - Programming in BASIC

Milan Verle

This book will help you learn more about programming PIC microcontrollers in BASIC with practical, common-sense instructions, real projects, etc.

13. Programming dsPIC Microcontroller in PASCAL

Zoran Milivojevic

The book provides numerous practical examples with necessary connection schematics explaining the operation of temperature sensors, A/D and D/A converters, LCD and LED displays, relays, communication modules etc.

14. Computer Aids For VLSI Design

Steven M. Rubin

This textbook broadly examines the software required to design electronic circuitry, including integrated circuits.

15. Algorithms and Data Structures in VLSI Design

This book presents broad and in-depth coverage of the entire field of modern VLSI Design with ordered binary decision diagrams (OBDDs).

16. Understanding Electronics Components

Filipovic D. Miomir

This book is meant for those people who want to create electronic devices with their own hands. All components are illustrated and the circuit-symbol is explained in detail.

17. Introduction to PLC controllers

Nebojsa Matic

This basic guide will take you from the very basic concepts, to put PLC code together, all the way up to briefly explore the steps to a successful project! No previous PLC coding experience is needed to begin exploring this fascinating technological world!

18. Arduino Programming Notebook

Brian W. Evans

This book is a beginner's reference to the programming syntax of the Arduino microcontroller.

19. Architecture and Programming of 8051 Microcontroller

Learn in a quick and easy way to program 8051 microcontroller using many practical examples we have provided for you.

20. PIC Microcontrollers ©2008

Milan Verle

Numerous illustrations and practical examples along with detailed description of the PIC16F887 will make you enjoy your work with the PIC microcontrollers.

21. Flexible Circuit Technology, Third Edition

Joseph Fjelstad

This book was written to provide a bridge of understanding by offering a clearly defined set of steps which take the reader from basic concepts of flexible circuits to a more detailed review of the various technology and materials.

22. Op Amp Applications Handbook

Walt Jung

This book is a complete and up-to-date op amp reference for electronics engineers from the most famous op amp guru, supported by Analog Devices marketing efforts.

23. The Data Conversion Handbook

Walt Kester

The Data Conversion Handbook is written for design engineers who routinely use data converters and related circuitry.

24. Designing Computers and Digital Systems

C. Gordon Bell

This is a classic book from the days that computers were designed using pdp 16 registers. It is authored by some very famous figures of computer history - Gordon Bell, John Grason, and Allen Newell. 

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill

Network Security Tools For Security Researchers And Penetration Testers To Use

Penetration testing and network security is a pretty vast topic. These tools cover almost every aspect of it.

Network security is one of the biggest buzzwords nowadays. There are a number of security tools available, each with its own unique ability. That said, there are some that you will find on almost every security expert's computer. These are the ones that are the best and should be on your computer too. Here are 30 of the top network security tools, stay tuned for more.

1. Wireshark

This one was known as Ethereal till the summer of 2006. It is an open source platform network protocol analyzer.

Latest release: 26 July 2013, version 1.10.1

2. Metasploit

This is an open source platform that was released in 2004. It can be launched for developing, testing and using exploit codes. While the framework is free and open source, since its acquisition by Rapid7 in 2009, but there are paid editions to it too.

Latest release: 7 December 2012, version 4.5

3. Nessus

This is another one of the most popular network security tools. It is a vulnerability scanner that costs $1,200. It used to be a free and open source application till 2005.

Latest release: 7 May 2013, version 5.2.1

4. Aircrack

This tool used the best cracking algorithms for 802.11 A/b/g WEP and WPA cracking. It is best used to recover wireless keys.

Latest release: 24 April 2010, version 1.1

5. Snort

This is one of the best available network intrusion applications that has its forte in traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. Snort itself is free and open source, but SourceFire (the parent company) offers other complimentary products at a price. In addition, it offers its own VRT-certified rules for $499 per sensor per year.

Latest release: 30 July 2013, version 2.9.5.3

6. Cain and Abel

How is this security tool different from others? Well, it’s a Windows only tool, which is very unlike other tools that support Linux and UNIX before Windows. Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool that can handle a number of tasks.

Latest release: 3 December 2011, version 4.9.43

7. BackTrack

If you’re even remotely involved with hacking you would have heard of BackTrack. This is a Live CD Linux distribution that comes from Whax and Auditor. It has a huge suite of security and forensics tools and is known to be the hacker’s distribution.

Latest release: 13 August 2012, version 5 R3

8. Netcat

Want to read data across UDP or TCP network connections? This is the go to tool for most security personnel for this purpose. First released in 1995 by Hobbit, it is one of the most popular security tools. Interestingly, it hasn’t been maintained despite its popularity. Recognising its usefulness, the Nmap Project made a modern version of the tool called Ncat.

Latest release: 20 March 1996, version 1.10

9. tcpdump

This is a network traffic sniffer that lost its popularity to Wireshark. It still have a respectably large user base though.

Latest release: 20 May 2013, version 4.4.0

10. John the Ripper

Compatible with the Linux, UNIX and Mac OS X platforms, this is a commonly used password cracker.

Latest release: 30 May 2013, version 1.8.0

11. Kismet

This tool is a wireless network detector, intrusion detection system and network sniffer that is used quite commonly for wardriving, warflying, warwalking and warskating.

Latest release: 11 April 2011, version Kismet 2011-03-R2

12. OpenSSH/PuTTY/SSH

This is the go to tool for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine.

13. Burp Suite

This is a tool that is used for attacking web applications. The limited version is available for free, while the pro version costs $299.

Latest release: 3 June 2011, version 1.4.01

14. Nikto

This is an open source web server that performs tests against other web servers for multiple items. This includes more than 6,400 potentially dangerous files/CGIs and other checks.

Latest release: 20 February 2011, version 2.1.4

15. Hping

You can use this one to send custom TCP, ICMP and UDP packets and then display replies. The tool was inspired by the ping command but can be used to perform far more controlled probes.

Latest release: 5 November 2005, version hping3-20051105

16. Ettercap

If a man in the middle attack on LAN networks is what you’re looking at then Ettercap is the tool that you need.

Latest release: 22 March 2013, version 0.7.6-Locard

17. Sysinternals

This tool can be used to gain access to a number of small windows utilities that can be used for low-level windows hacking.

Latest release: 4 February 2011

18. w3af

This is a powerful framework that is used for searching and exploiting web application vulnerabilities.

Latest release: 11 October 2011, version 1.1

19. OpenVAS

This is a vulnerability scanner that was forked from Nessus. The last free version of Nessus, before it became a proprietary tool in 2005, was used for this.

Latest release: 17 April 2013, version 6.0

20. Scapy

Interactive packer manipulation, network scanning, packet generating, packet sniffing, are the activities that Scapy excels in. It is a low level tool and you need Python to interact with it.

Latest release: 28 February 2011, version 2.2.0

20. Ping/telnet/dig/traceroute/whois/netstat

This is a basic security auditing tool that is still very useful. You may be ignoring these for other high tech tools, but knowing these is important too.

21. THC Hydra

This is one tool that has been revered for brute force cracking on temote authentication services. The application can manage rapid dictionary attacks against over 30 protocols like https, ftp, http, telnet, smb, a number of databases and others.

Latest release: 23 May 2012, version 7.3

22. Perl/Python/Ruby

Secripting languages allow you to write your own canned security tools. You can also use them to modify existing tools.
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23. Paros proxy

This is a Java-based web proxy server that can be used for finding out the web vulnerabilities.

Latest release: 8 August 2006, version 3.2.13

24. NetStumbler

This is a Windows tool that can be used for finding open wireless access points. It is free but not open source and is a Windows-only application.

Latest release: 1 April 2004, version 0.4.0

25. Google

You may think that this is a weird choice for a list like this. But you’re wrong. Google’s database can be is recognised as an important security tool by experts and penetration testers everywhere.

26. OSSEC HIDS

This performs log analysis, rootkit detection, integrity checking, time-based alerting and active response. It is also used as a SEM/SIM solution/

Latest release: 16 November 2012, version 2.7

27. WebScarab

This tool records requests and responses that it observes and lets the operator review them in different ways. It is a tool that can expose the functioning of HTTP(S)-based applications.

Latest release: 20 August 2010, version 20100820-1632

28. Core Impact

This tool is considered by many to be the most powerful exploitation tool that is available right now. It is also much more expensive than others though.

Latest release: 8 August 2011, version 12

29. sqlmap

This is an open source penetration testing tool, which can be used in order to automate the detection and exploitation of SQL injection flaws.

Latest release: 11 April 2011, version 0.9

30. TrueCrypt

This is a very useful open source disk encryption system for Mac, Windows and Linux-based systems.

Latest release: 7 February 2012, version 7.1a 

Author :Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill

Useful Cloud Computing Tutorials

Want to do your own thing on the cloud? Play around with Twitter or Facebook? Build Facebook apps? Well, these books could be a great way to start with. 

Cloud computing is the future, you may have heard someone say this before. Here are 11 tutorials that will get you through various aspects of dealing with the cloud.

1. Using Google Weather API In A C# Application

This one teaches you the basics of getting the weather with Google weather API.

2. Using Tropo & Python To Have The Phone Tell Us The Weather

According to the user, this tutorial teaches you to set up an automatic phone system and, using Python, design it to answer the phone and tell you the weather in your area based on the zip code you give the program.

3. FaceBook FBML Ajax / PHP Interaction

Did you think HTML is the only markup language that you need to know about? Well, think again. This tutorial deals with three languages, FBML (Facebook Markup Language), PHP and Ajax.

4. Faces In The Cloud: High-Throughput Data Processing W / Message Queues

Want to set up a grid computing cluster that can leverage a high-performing message queue for arbitration? Here is a user teaching you just how to do so.

5. Scraping Tweets Using Python And Flask

Most scripting languages are good at scraping information of a web page, but Python is exceptionally good at it. So, this tutorial takes the Python programming language and the Flask micro-framework and teaches you how to scrape tweets.

6. Icon Using Python And Google Translate

This tutorial covers three things. First, it teaches you how to use Python to write a simple script for translating text to be used in other applications. Second, you will learn to scrape HTML using BeautifulSoup and lastly, using the Google AJAX service for translation purposes.

7. Google Data Java Client API

The Google Data Protocol is an application package interface designed by Google, which in turn allows developers to interact with various Google functions, like docs etc.

8. [PHP] Building Automated Twitter Bot With Twitters API Functionality

This tutorial teaches you how to make a bot for Twitter using the PHP programming language.

9. Facebook PHP API And XFBML On Iframe

You need to understand PHP, HTML and JavaScript for this one. It teaches you how to make a Facebook application using PHP and XFBML.

10. Using The Python Twitter API

This tutorial teaches you how to write a basic Twitter client using the Python Twitter API.

11. [C#] Twitter API: Get User Timeline

This user generated tutorial gets you started with building a .Net library for the Twitter API. 

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill

20 Free eBooks On Software Design, Testing

  Here we bring 20 free ebooks for those studying and learning software design, testing and engineering. The books will not only help you understand various concepts on the subject but some of them will also guide you through the practical usage of various tools and processes. Read online, download and have fun.


1. Gradle Beyond the Basics
by Tim Berglund - O'Reilly Media , 2013
The book explains the concepts of Gradle that helps you build and test the softwares written in Java and many other languages. The book provides numerous code examples to use with Gradle, the open source project automation tool that's getting a lot of attention.

2. CMMI Implementation Guide
by Vishnuvarthanan Moorthy - Smashwords , 2013
This CMMI Implementation Guide is a reference for anyone fascinated for implementing CMMI in their organization. The aim of this book is, to supply insight in to CMMI Implementation phases and best practices to be followed during this journey.

3. Vagrant: Up and Running
by Mitchell Hashimoto - O'Reilly Media , 2013
The book explains on insights and usage of Vagrant which is a must-have tool for developers and ops engineers. This open source software helps to quickly build a virtual machine for any purpose which includes a fully provisioned development environment right on your desktop.

4. Domain-Driven Design Quickly
by Abel Avram, Floyd Marinescu - Lulu.com , 2007
This book could be a short, quickly-readable outline and introduction to the basics of Domain Driven style; it doesn't introduce any new concepts; it tries to shortly summarize the essence of what Domain Driven Design is.

5. Evil by Design: Design patterns that lead us into temptation
by Chris Nodder - O'Reilly Media , 2012
The book explains at how web and application design can be used by making use of psychological principles to persuade the viewer to act. Features include: Examples of evil designs from around the Web; Introduction to the psychology of persuasion; etc.

6. First Course in Programming with Karel the Robot and Python
by Pavel Solin, Salih Dede - FEMhub Inc. , 2012
This textbook will let you discover the power of procedural and object-oriented programming with Karel the Robot and Python. After taking this course, you will have solid theoretical knowledge and vast practical experience with programming.

7. Picturing Programs: an Introduction to Computer Programming
by Stephen Bloch - College Publications , 2010
Picturing Programs is a textbook for beginning computer programming, not directed towards learning a particular programming language, but rather at learning to program well. This book can be used at the high school or college level.

8. The Codeless Code
by Qi - thecodelesscode.com , 2012
An illustrated collection of (sometimes violent) fables concerning the Art and Philosophy of software development, written in the spirit of Zen koans. (For three days and nights the Java master did not emerge from his cubicle ...)

9. Software Optimization Resources
by Agner Fog - agner.org , 2012
These manuals describe everything you need to know about optimizing code for x86 and x86-64 microprocessors, including optimisation advices for C++ and assembly language, details about the microarchitecture and instruction timings of processors.

10. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
by Kevlin Henney - O'Reilly Media , 2010
Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every programmer should know, no matter what language you use. With the 97 extremely useful tips for programmers in this book, you'll expand your skills by adopting new approaches to old problems.

11. Optimising Code for Speed
- Wikibooks , 2011
This document will focus on optimizing code to run faster. The intended audience of this text are software developers, primarily programmers who know at least one programming language well enough to write moderately complex programs.

12. The Software Development Book
by Mark Watson , 2009
The goal of this book is to encourage the reader to step back and reevaluate how they design and write software systems. Although the book is about Software Development, it is also about working in the IT field, dealing with competition, etc.

13. Fundamentals of Programming: With Object Orientated Programming
by Gary Marrer , 2009
Written for students who are preparing for their first computer programming language class. The topics are presented in an easy to understand fashion with special emphasis on the fundamental concepts necessary to develop quality software programs.

14. Programming Fundamentals: A Modular Structured Approach Using C++
by Kenneth Leroy Busbee - Connexions , 2011
The approach of this course will be to take the student through a progression of materials that will allow the student to develop the skills of programming. This textbook covers modular/structured programming fundamentals.

15. Software Design Patterns for Everyone
by Anoop Madhusudanan , 2009
The objective of this book is to introduce software design patterns to you in a simple, human readable, and funny way — in the context of designing a soccer engine — By discussing the thought process behind applying design patterns.

16. Pablo's SOLID Software Development
by Derick Bailey - LosTechies.com , 2009
S.O.L.I.D. is a collection of best-practice design principles which can be applied to your design, allowing you to accomplish various desirable goals such as loose-coupling, higher maintainability, intuitive location of interesting code, etc.

17. Reboot: Rethinking Software Development
by David Longstreet - rebootrethink.com , 2011
This book takes a fresh look at software development. It is informative, funny, witty, and takes a lively and engaging look at issues facing any software development organization. In addition, it examines music, architecture, and industrial design.

18. The Art of Readable Code
by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher - O'Reilly , 2010
This book focuses on the nuts and bolts of programming, with simple and practical techniques you can use every time you sit down to write code. You'll find tips throughout the book, with easy-to-digest code examples and helpful illustrations.

19. Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover, Adewale Oshineye - O'Reilly Media , 2009
These patterns address difficult situations that programmers, administrators, and DBAs face every day. The book also approaches software development as a means to personal fulfillment. Discover how it can help you make the best of your career.

20. The Programmers' Stone
by Alan G Carter, Colston Sanger , 1999
The purpose of this text is to recapture, explore and celebrate the Art of Computer Programming. Chapters: Thinking about Thinking; Thinking about Programming; The Programmer at Work; Customs and Practices; Design Principles; Prudence and Safety. 

Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill

11 Free eBooks On Mathematical And Statistical Software

CodeKill Group keep bringing ebooks of different disciplines and topics for you, this time its Mathematical And Statistical Software. Enjoy! 

Here are 11 free ebooks on different aspects of mathematical and statistical software including Maple, mathematica programming, octave programming, LAPACK and much more. Hopefully these books will be of help! Happy reading! 1. Mathematica Programming: An Advanced Introduction by Leonid Shifrin - mathprogramming-intro.org, 2009 As the introduction of the book says, “When writing this book I had in mind people who want to understand Mathematica programming, and particularly those users who would like to make a transition from a user to a programmer, or perhaps those who already have some limited experience.” 2. Octave Programming Tutorial by Henri Amuasi - Wikibooks, 2012 As the introduction of the book says, “Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. The purpose of this collection of tutorials is to get you through most (and eventually all) of the available Octave functionality from a basic level.” 3. Maple by Alain Le Stang - Wikibooks, 2012 As the introduction of the book says, “Maple is a computer algebra system offering many possibilities for math problems. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. This book aims to give all tools needed to be autonomous with this software.” 4. LAPACK Users' Guide by E. Anderson, et al., 1999 As the introduction of the book says, “LAPACK is a library of numerical linear algebra subroutines designed for high performance. The book provides an introduction to the design of the LAPACK package, a detailed description of its contents, reference manuals, and example programs.” 5. AMPL: A Modeling Language for Mathematical Programming by R. Fourer, D.M. Gay, B.W. Kernighan - Duxbury Press, 2002 As the introduction of the book says, “AMPL is a language for large-scale optimization and mathematical programming problems in production, distribution, blending, scheduling, and many other applications. This book is a complete guide for modelers at all levels of experience.” 6. Using SPSS and PASW by Caitlin McGrath, et al. - Wikibooks, 2011 As the introduction of the book says, “SPSS is a software program widely used in the social sciences. This book is a rudimentary introduction to the use of SPSS for basic statistical analysis. The book is written with a focus on social scientific analysis in mind, particularly Sociology.” 7. Advanced Scientific Computing by Zdzislaw Meglicki - Indiana University, 2001 As the introduction of the book says, “Topics: linear algebra and fast Fourier transform packages and algorithms, Message Passing Interface (MPI) and parallel I/O (MPI/IO), 3D visualisation of scientific data sets, implementation of problem solving environments, quantum computing.” 8. SPSS: Stats Practically Short and Simple by Sidney Tyrrell - BookBoon, 2009 As the introduction of the book says, “This textbook is for people who want to know how to use SPSS for analyzing data. The author has considerable experience of teaching many such people and assumes they know the basics of statistics but nothing about SPSS, or as it is now known, PASW.” 9. Axiom: The Scientific Computation System by Richard D. Jenks, Robert S. Sutor - axiom-developer.org, 2003 As the introduction of the book says, “Axiom is a free general purpose computer algebra system. The book gives a technical introduction to AXIOM, interacts with the system's tutorial, accesses algorithms developed by the symbolic computation community, and presents advanced techniques.” 10. Modeling with Data: Tools and Techniques for Scientific Computing by Ben Klemens - Princeton University Press, 2008 As the introduction of the book says, “The author explains how to execute computationally intensive analysis on large data sets, showing how to determine the best methods. The book will interest researchers and graduates in the social sciences, engineering, economics, and mathematics.” 11. The Mathematica Book, 5th Edition by Stephen Wolfram - Wolfram Media, 2003 As the introduction of the book says, “A tutorial and a definitive reference for Mathematica users, it covers all aspects of Mathematica. An essential resource for all users, from beginners to experts, providing the internet community full access to its encyclopedic knowledge base.” Author : Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill