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Some tutorials

Intrduction

In this page links are provided to some tutorials that I have written from time to time. The internet is a great place to learn from, and I can hardly overemphasize the great deal of help that I have taken from the web while learning various computer related things. Impressed by the diversity of the topics on which online tutorials are available, I thought to add a few of my own.

List of topics

  • Finite automata : Out of all the computer-stuffs that I know, there are not too many things that can vie with the finite automata in terms of usefulness or brilliance of the idea. Finite automata seem to be omnipresent in computer science. Ever since I learned this topic it has always remained a great source of enjoyment to me. I have provided some interactive things in this tutorial.
  • Making your own computer language (Part 1|Part 2) : Compiler construction is often considered to be a very difficult topic. If we want to make VERY efficient compiler for a VERY complicated language, then such a belief is justified. But there is a lot to enjoy in designing simple (yet useful) languages. This tutorial assumes that the reader is familiar with simple regular expressions, C programming, and has access to tools like FLEX, YACC or BISON. BISON and FLEX are freely available with some operating systems (eg, linux, Mac OS X), and also from the gnu site. The tutorial will tell you how to use these tools.
  • A note on making solenoids: I had to make a solenoid once as a hobbyist. I needed some simple guidelines to make the "best" solenoid I could within limited resources. While the textbooks abounded with complicated formulae, none seemed to offer practical guidelines. Here are I have jotted down a few guidelines that I have eventually gathered from experience.
  • Making microcontroller programmers: Here I discuss how to make a hardware programmer for the Atmel microcontrollers AT89S51,AT89S52. The same principle also applies for ATMEGA8515.
  • Miscellaneous: Some incomplete tutorials on diverse topics.
© Arnab Chakraborty (2008)