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p.6: Intro to Robot Operating System (ROS): Part 3: Testing the Robotic Car, By Raul Alvarez-Torrico
References:
[1] “Intro to Robot Operating System (ROS), Part 2: Build an ROS-based Robotic Car” (Circuit Cellar 369, April 2021)
[2] “Intro to Robot Operating System (ROS), Part 1: A Framework for Developing Robotics Software” (Circuit Cellar 368, March 2021)
[3] How to configure Address Reservation on TP-Link wireless router
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/182
[4] “rostopic”, http://wiki.ros.org/rostopic
[5] “Write an Object Tracking Drone Application” (Circuit Cellar 362, September, 2020)
ROS Wiki | https://wiki.ros.org
p.16: Understanding the AMBA AXI4 Spec: The Backbone Protocol, By Nishant Mittal
Reference:
[1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ihi0022/e
Arm Developer | https://developer.arm.com
p.20: Intelligent Post Box Uses Arduino: The SmartPostBox Project, By Andrei Florian
References:
[1] SmartPostBox GitHub page. https://github.com/Andrei-Florian/SmartPostBox
[2] SigFox coverage map. https://www.sigfox.com/en/coverage
[3] Arduino MKR 1200 Fox board https://store.arduino.cc/usa/arduino-mkrfox1200
[4] Arduino getting started tutorial for the MKR Fox https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/MKRFox1200
Arduino | www.arduino.cc
Sigfox | www.sigfox.com
p.28: LED Backlight Technology: A Complete Overview, By Bill Cheung
References:
[1] https://www.orientdisplay.com/oled-displays
[2] https://www.orientdisplay.com/lcd-displays
[3] https://www.tokyojournal.com/component/k2/item/742-living-legend-dr-shuji-nakamura.html
[4] https://www.orientdisplay.com/lcd-displays/jazz-graphic-lcd/led-backlight
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-width_modulation
[6] https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/industrial-manufacturing-us/display-enhancement-and-protection-films-industrial-manufacturing/display-enhancement-films
[7] https://www.orientdisplay.com/knowledge-base
Orient Display | www.orientdisplay.com
p.34: Comms and Control Tech Advances for Drones: Tech for a Connected Sky, By Jeff Child
Aetina | www.aetina.com
Ainstein | www.ainstein.ai
DJI | www.dji.com
DroneSense | www.dronesense.com
Microhard Systems | www.microhardcorp.com
Mistral Solutions | www.mistralsolutions.com
Nvidia | www.nvidia.com
Octane Wireless | www.octanewireless.com
Octopus ISR Systems | https://octopus.uavfactory.com
Qualcomm | www.qualcomm.com
Rajant | www.rajant.com
Silvus Technologies | www.silvustechnologies.com
p.42: Smart Agriculture Solutions Get Smarter: Enabling the Connected Farm, By Jeff Child
ACEINNA | www.aceinna.com
ICP Germany | www.icp-deutschland.de
Murata | www.murata.com
ON Semiconductor | www.onsemi.com
Point One Navigation | www.pointonenav.com
SPH Engineering | www.sph-engineering.com
Semtech | www.semtech.com
Sencrop | www.sencrop.com/uk
Telit | www.telit.com
Trimble Agriculture | https://agriculture.trimble.com
U-blox | www.u-blox.com
p.48: DATASHEET: 32-Bit Microcontrollers: Arm-ed for Success, By Jeff Child
Cypress Semiconductor www.cypress.com
Infineon Technologies www.infineon.com
Maxim Integrated www.maximintegrated.com
Microchip Technology www.microchip.com
Nuvoton Technology www.nuvoton.com
NXP Semiconductors www.nxp.com
Renesas Electronics www.renasas.com
ST Microelectronics www.st.com
Texas Instruments www.ti.com
Datasheet URLs:
Cypress Semiconductor www.cypress.com/file/501801/download
Infineon Technologies www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-Traveo_II_CYT4BF_Series-DataSheet-v01_00-EN.pdf?fileId=5546d46275b79adb0175dc8387f93228
Maxim Integrated https://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX32665-MAX32668.pdf
Microchip Technology www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microcontrollers-and-microprocessors/32-bit-mcus/pic32-32-bit-mcus/pic32mk#Documentation
Nuvoton Technology www.nuvoton.com/export/resource-files/DS_M251_M252_Series_EN_Rev1.01.pdf
NXP Semiconductors www.nxp.com/docs/en/fact-sheet/S32K3FS.pdf
Renesas Electronics www.renesas.com/us/en/document/dst/ra6m5-group-datasheet
ST Microelectronics www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32wb15cc.html?icmp=tt20243_gl_pron_mar2021
Texas Instruments www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tms320f28388d.pdf
p.52: PICKING UP MIXED SIGNALS: Using ESP-NOW Protocol Part 2: Hardware Description, By Brian Millier
References:
[1] “Using ESP-NOW Protocol Part 1” Circuit Cellar 368, March 2021
[2] “Easing into the IoT Cloud – Part 1“ in Circuit Cellar 340, November 2018)
[3] “Easing into the IoT Cloud – Part 2“ in Circuit Cellar 342, January 2019)
Esp8266 and ESP32 Documentation:
https://www.espressif.com/en/support/documents/technical-documents
ESP-NOW API Documentation:
https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/network/esp_now.html
ESP8266 Arduino Core Library:
https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino
ESP32 Arduino Core Library:
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32
Online IOT Battery Life Calculator:
http://www.of-things.de/battery-life-calculator.php
Microchip MCP79401 Real Time Clock Chip:
https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/MCP79401
Microchip (Micrel) MIC5323 LDO with Enable Line:
https://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/MIC5323
MikroElektronika ConnectEVE TFT display:
https://www.mikroe.com/connect-eve-board
AM2320 Humidity/Temperature Sensor:
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3721
ESP8266 ESP-NOW Power Consumption- YouTube Video:
Adafruit | www.adafruit.com
Aosong Electronics | www.aosong.com
Espressif Systems | www.espressif.com
FTDI Chip | www.ftdichip.com
Hammond Manufacturing | www.hammondmfg.com
Microchip Technology | www.microchip.com
MikroElektronika | www.mikroe.com
NXP Semiconductors | www.nxp.com
Omron Electronic Components | www.components.omron.com
RECOM | www.recom-power.com
Texas Instruments | www.ti.com
p.60: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ESSENTIALS: Bringing JTAG Boundary Scan into 2021: A Relic Reloaded, By Colin O’Flynn
References:
[1] “IC Packaging and Physical Security: Do They Affect One Another?” in Circuit Cellar 362, September 2020
[2] Viveris JTAG Boundary Scanner library (https://github.com/viveris/jtag-boundary-scanner
[3] pyjtagbs (Python JTAG Boundary Scan) project on GITHub https://github.com/colinoflynn/pyjtagbs
FTDI Chip | www.ftdichip.com
NewAE Technology | www.newae.com
OpenOCD | www.openocd.org
SEGGER Microcontroller | www.segger.com
STMicroelectronics | www.st.com
TopJTAG | www.topjtag.com
Xilinx | www.xilinx.com
p.66: FROM THE BENCH: A Guide to Using Transistors: As a Switch and More, By Jeff Bachiochi
References:
[1] Figure 1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube
[2] Figure 2 www.radiolaguy.com/images/tubePortables/Silvertone30sBatterySet.jpg
[3] Figure 3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_computer
[4] Figures 5, 6 and 8 www.schoolsobservatory.org/learn/tech/instruments/inst_ccd/semiconductors
[5] Figure 7 www.allaboutcircuits.com/uploads/articles/diode-representations.jpg
Digi-Key | www.digikey.com
Mouser Electronics | www.mouser.com
p.79: The Future of FPGA- and AI- Dev Tools: Into the Great Wide Open, By Brian Faith
QuickLogic | www.quicklogic.com
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