3.1 Lesson One on Hardware: Learn to Read a Schematic!3.2 The Embedded Board and the von Neumann Model3.3 Powering the Hardware3.4 Basic Hardware Materials: Conductors, Insulators, and Semiconductors3.5 Common Passive Components on Boards and in Chips: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors3.6 Semiconductors and the Active Building Blocks of Processors and Memory3.7 Putting It All Together: The IC3.8 SummaryChapter 3: ProblemsEndnotes