I just got "an embedded software primer" by david e. Simon and absolutely love it so far. Depending on how much your course is oriented to electronics vs. the

I just got "an embedded software primer" by david e. Simon and absolutely love it so far. Depending on how much your course is oriented to electronics vs. the programming side of things, it may not be appropriate, but the first few chapters are about hardware and signals. If the class is built around playing with arduino,say, I think it would be great.