MrDudeMan
Lifer
I'm taking the computer engineering PE exam in October and I need a few books to both study and use during the test. I'm wondering if anyone here has books they wouldn't mind renting to me for ~2 months. I actually own all of these books or suitable replacements, but they're all in storage in an inaccessible place, which really sucks.
Here are the books that are recommended to have for the exam. Any book that's approximately the same will work fine most likely.
I realize this is a weird request, but I don't want to spend $600 on books that I already own. I've checked local libraries in the DFW area (there are TONS of libraries here by the way) and I was only able to find very old versions of a few books. I don't want to fail the test because of poor references.
Here are the books that are recommended to have for the exam. Any book that's approximately the same will work fine most likely.
- Digital Design: Principles and Practices Package by John F. Wakerly
- Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy
- Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles by William Stallings
- Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz
- Any embedded or real time systems book
- Software Engineering by Ian Sommerville
- Network Security: Private Communication in a Public World by Charlie Kaufman
- Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice by Wililam Stallings
- Any undergraduate book on Circuit Analysis
- Any book on ECC
I realize this is a weird request, but I don't want to spend $600 on books that I already own. I've checked local libraries in the DFW area (there are TONS of libraries here by the way) and I was only able to find very old versions of a few books. I don't want to fail the test because of poor references.
