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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

p.42: Smart Agriculture Solutions Get Smarter: Enabling the Connected Farm, By Jeff Child

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:

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

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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