These first two books are particularly recommended. They cover A-level electronics and quite a bit more. They have a good number of practical example circuits. Floyd. `Digital Fundamentals' Prentice Hall International. Digitial Electronics, Principals and Application Tokheim McGraw Hill `Microelectronic Systems, A practical approach.' Edward Arnold. The final chapters with details of the Z80 and 6502 are not relevant to this course. Handbook of Microcontrollers Myke Predo McGraw Hill