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Are there any good resources for learning electronics for someone with a strong programming background and understand digital logic? Ben Eater videos assume knowledge of electronics and would like to know more

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I found “Digital Computer Electronics” by Malvino and Brown really helpful. It starts from scratch. Was also a recommendation from Ben Eater, but you will only find used copies, since the book is not in print no more.

Don Lancaster's TTL Cookbook and CMOS Cookbook would be good companions for the Ben Eater series.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672210355/ref=dbs_a_def_r...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750699434/ref=dbs_a_def_r...

Actually both books are available from Lancaster's website as a free PDF:

https://www.tinaja.com/ebksamp1.shtml

Can't go wrong with the art of electronics. Not quite a classical textbook but also not a cookbook - takes you from basic theory to analogue to digital to computers etc.

There's not much to it at a basic level - theory wise, you need Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's Voltage/Current Laws, a few theorems (Then you add knowledge of active components, obviously)

N.B. Understanding complex numbers is a big help.

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