embedded

Embedded Linux Primer: A Practical Real-World Approach
$49.99
From a colleague: "Embedded Linux Primer has already provided me with valuable information. It is very practical and with the right level of information. I haven't read all of it yet but I am sure it will be a great help." She's working on an embbeded controller for automated process sequencing with a web server acting as the user interface.

SmartShopper Grocery List Organizer with Embedded Thermal Printer (SS-101)
$149.95
Great Idea... when you remember to use it... as it doesn't stick to Stainless Steel.

Programming Embedded Systems: With C and GNU Development Tools, 2nd Edition
$49.99
I purchased this book in an effort to learn how to program embedded systems. When I opened the book I quickly realized that the true strength of this book's potential lies in it's ability to pattern it's teaching off of an embedded development kit that I would need to purchase separately.
I was okay with this and called the dev kit manufacturer from the appendix - arcom and tried to purchase the hardware development kit so I could follow along with the book.

The Arcom distributor for my area indicated that the kit used by this book for this second edition was not only obsoleted but end of lifed and not available for purchase.

This made me quite sad since without the hardware development environment this book becomes practically useless. That is a real shame. Perhaps the authors simply need to locate a dev kit that is available to their readers and do an update?

As a previous embedded developer and hardware engineer I could probably go through the text and learn a handful of techniques, but embedded programming for me has always required some hardware platform.
This is such a shame....

After being a loyal Seattle Amazon customer for so many years, I felt so strongly that this is my very first review after literally dozens and dozens of Amazon purchases. This is the very first time I felt my money was unfortunately wasted.

Embedded: A Marine Corps Adviser Inside the Iraqi Army
$28.95
Gray's book, though rough around the edges at times, is an invaluable look into the "clash" of cultures along the contact lines of the American and Iraqi military. Through anecdotes that, though true, are reminiscent of the best scenes from Catch 22, M*A*S*H, or Absurdistan, Gray gives us insights that can and will help form how we think about moving forward in what seem like increasingly untenable situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. For long we've complained that the US blundered into the Middle East with no real, possible, plans for the future. Gray's book further proves that problem, but (more importantly) begins the process of remedying it. A must read for those who claim to care.