References and Hardware

In addition to the vast amount of informational resources available online, Polytechnic School has local resources that are available to students. Please contact Richard White for further information.

References

The following books are available for checkout from our Technology Library.

• Exploring Arudino: Tools and techniques for engineering wizardry. Blum, J. 2013. Wiley.
• Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents. Sjogelid, S. 2013. Packt.
• Getting Started with Arduino. Banzi, M. 2009. O'Reilly.
• Raspberry Pi Hacks: Tips and tools for making things with the inexpensive linux computer. Suehle, R. and Callaway, T. 2014. O'Reilly.
• Making Things Talk. Igoe, T. 2011. MakerMedia.
• Data Analysis with Open Source Tools. Janert, P. 2011. O'Reilly.
• How Linux Works: What every superuser should know. Ward, B. 2004. No Starch Press.
• The Bug, Ullman, E. 2003. Doubleday.
• Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its discontents. Ullman, E. 1997.
• Dreaming in Code, Rosenberg, S. 2008. Three Rivers Press.
• The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (mostly) true store of the first computer. Padua, S. 2015. Pantheon Books.
• The Manga Guide to Databases. Takahashi, M. and Azuma S. 2004, No Starch Press.
• Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 programming questions and solutions. McDowell, G.L. 2015. CareerCup.

Hardware

The following hardware is available for checkout:

• Raspberry Pi including power supply, VGA dongle, microSD with Raspbian
• micro:bit board, with USB cable/power supply
• USB Flash drive with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, for experimenting with Linux. Tutorial available.