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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Useful information, terrible book,
By Robodoc (Kingwood, Tx) - See all my reviews
This review is from: LEGO Mindstorms Mechatronics : Using Systems and Controls to Build Sophisticed Robots (Paperback)
There is some useful information in this book, but getting it out is like cracking walnuts. The book is terribly written, maybe the 2nd worst book I've read. There are some gross typos, left out parts of sentences, wrong diagrams, multiple un- or poorly-defined terms and abbreviations. The writing style is dreadful. I find myself re-reading some paragraphs several times to figure out what he's saying. Other paragraphs could be skipped altogether as he relys too literally on the advice "tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them." That may be fine in an oral presentation. In writing it's redundant and annoying. Just tell me and tell me well. Skip the overture and encore. Nevertheless, I'm buying the companion prequel "Mindstorms Interfacing" because this book references that one a lot. Many of the web references are no longer active. Some of the free software referenced is no longer available online, but FORTUNATELY some is on the enclosed CD-ROM. A few nuggets of gold may be worth digging through tons of rock to find. I'm not sure yet whether this book will be worth the dig, I'm only 1/4 throught it.
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LEGO Mindstorms Mechatronics : Using Systems and Controls to Build Sophisticed Robots by Don Wilcher (Paperback - September 26, 2003)
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