What is Reddit's opinion of Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design: Applying the ARM mbed?

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Mbed.org is almost as easy as the arduino , but it's a professional tool used by some companies, and it is pushed by ARM(powerful company) as the dev tool for the internet of things .

Arduino is more of a hobbyist tool.

If you interested , there's a step-by-step book teaching the mbed:

http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Effective-Embedded-Systems-Design/dp/0080977685

After you finish the book, do a project , and you will be set.

In general using mbed(mbed.org) will save you lots of dev time(they offer lots of libraries). A good beginners book on mbed and embedded development is :

http://www.amazon.com/Fast-Effective-Embedded-Systems-Design/dp/0080977685

Another good book is :

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920017776.do