Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design 2nd Edition

Excellent book on getting started with the mbed. Lots of great examples along with the code to run it. I do have a lot of experience with programming and embedded systems. While the book does try to make learning about embedded systems easy, having some knowledge of programming and digital systems is helpful.

Light and easy reading for a professional software developer of 30+ years. I'd highly recommend getting the NXP LPC1768 and the associated mbed application board to follow along with the content. Pick up some SG90 micro-servos and some 28BYJ-48 steppers while you're at it - they're cheap and help make your experiments come alive.

Better than I expected but I don't mean to be critical of the authors. A little too much on how to program in c++ but the authors know their audience better than me. A huge amount of information on the development platform they focus on.

I bought this book because I am taking a course from Edx / ARM which uses this book as a reference. The NXP IPC1768 Dev board is available on the NXP website ($49) but the Application board is deprecated on the embed site and not available at any other suggested sites.My second observation is the book is in Black & White, so the pictures of the PCB's are dark and not clear and the pinout of the LPC1768, which is colorful online, is very dark and unreadable in the print version.The printed material is explained clearly and it is easy to read. I have no problems with the content or presentation.