Acknowledgments

In the making of a book, there are so many people involved. I first want to thank Michelle Lowman, acquisitions editor, for her enthusiasm for the initial manuscript and pulling this project together. Enthusiasm goes a long way in an undertaking like this.

I’d also like to thank Kevin Walter, coordinating editor, for handling all my email questions and correspondence, and coordinating things. I greatly appreciated the technical review performed by Stewart Watkiss, checking the facts presented, the formulas, the circuits, and the software. Independent review produces a much better end product.

Thanks also to Sharon Wilkey for patiently wading through the copy edit for me. Judging from the amount of editing, I left her plenty to do. Thanks to Douglas Pundick, development editor, for his oversight and believing in this book. Finally, my thanks to all the other unseen people at Apress who worked behind the scenes to bring this text to print.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank my friends for helping with the initial manuscript. My guitar teacher, Mark Steiger, and my brother-in-law’s brother, Erwin Bendiks, both volunteered their time to help me with the first manuscript. Mark has no programming or electronics background and probably deserves an award for reading through “all that stuff.” I am indebted also to my daughter Laura and her husband Michael Burton, for taking the time to take my photograph, while planning their wedding at that time.

There are so many others I could list who helped me along the way. To all of you, please accept my humble thanks, and may God bless.