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p.6: Building a Power Rail Probe: An Exercise in Low-Noise Design, By Andrew Levido
Texas Instruments
LMP7731 Low Noise, Precision RRIO Amplifier
TLV2460 Single Low Power RRIO Amplifier
Rohm Semiconductor
BU4828G Voltage Detector
Hammond Manufacturing
Hammond 1457J1201EBK Shielded Aluminum Encloser 120mm x 84mm x 28mm
Hammond Manufacturing | www.hammfg.com
Rohm Semiconductor | www.rohm.com
Texas Instruments | www.ti.com
p.14: Design a Wireless Tracking Device: Smart Antenna Choices, By Geoff Schulteis
Antenova | www.antenova.com
p.18: A Review: V5 Plus Drone Flight Controller: Hands-On Evaluation, By Raul Alvarez-Torrico
References:
[1] “Writing MAVSDK/PX4 Drone Applications” (Circuit Cellar 361, August 2020)[2] Flight Log Analysis, https://docs.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/log/flight_log_analysis.html
[3] CAN PDB Carrier Board, http://www.cuav.net/en/can-pdb/
Flight Log Analysis
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/log/flight_log_analysis.html
Flight Reporting
https://docs.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/getting_started/flight_reporting.html
Log Analysis using Flight Review
https://docs.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/log/flight_review.html
Hardware in the Loop Simulation (HITL)
https://dev.px4.io/v1.9.0/en/simulation/hitl.html
CUAV V5Plus & NEO V2 GPS and Compass Product Page
https://store.cuav.net/index.php?id_product=95&rewrite=cuav-v5-plus-autopilot-with-neo-v2-gps&controller=product
CAN PDB Carrier Board Product Page
https://store.cuav.net/index.php?id_product=123&rewrite=cuav-new-can-pdb-carrier&controller=product
Analog Devices | www.analog.com
Ardupilot | https://ardupilot.org
Bosch Sensortec | www.bosch-sensortec.com
CUAV Tech | www.cuav.net
Dronecode | www.dronecode.org
iSentek Technology | www.isentek.com
PX4 Autopilot | https://px4.io
STMicroelectronics | www.st.com
TE Connectivity | www.te.com
Texas Instruments | www.ti.com
p.26: Code Size vs. Memory Footprint: And Why They Matter, By Steve Graves
McObject | www.mcobject.com
p.30: Balancing a Ball on a Touchscreen: Using a PID Controller, By Gregory Kaiser and Samuel Feibel
References:
[1] Adafruit. “Resistive Touchscreen Overlay – 7″ diag. 165mm x 105mm – 4 Wire.”https://www.adafruit.com/product/1676
[2] Microchip PIC32MX1XX/2XX Family datasheet.
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/61168b.pdf
[3] HantouchUSA. “How it works: 4-Wire Analog-Resistive Touch Screens.”
https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/LCD/HOW%20DOES%20IT%20WORK.pdf
[4] Land, Bruce. Cornell University ECE4760 Development Boards: PIC32MX250F128B.
https://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/PIC32/target_board.html
[5] Land, Bruce. ECE 4760: Designing with Microcontrollers. Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760
[6] Dunkels, Adam. Protothreads. http://dunkels.com/adam/pt
[7] Andrews, Greg, Chris Colasuonno, and Aaron Herrmann. “Ball on Plate Balancing System”ECSE-4962 Control Systems Design Final Project Report, April 28, 2004, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.http://cats-fs.rpi.edu/~wenj/ECSE4962S04/final/team2finalreport.pdf?q
Project page:
Kaiser, GH and SO Feibel. “ACA: AEP’s Can Do Anything. A Two-Degree-of-Freedom Ball Balancing PID Controller.”
http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/FinalProjects/f2019/ghk48_sof23/ghk48_sof23/ghk48_sof23/index.html
Video of the project:
Adafruit | www.adafruit.com
Microchip Technology | www.microchip.com
Tower Pro | www.towerpro.com.tw
p.35: Smart Cities Leverage IoT Building Blocks: Chips, Systems and Services, By Jeff Child
Cloud of Things | www.cloudofthings.com
Eurotech | www.eurotech.com
IEI Integration | www.ieiworld.com
Infineon Technologies | www.infineon.com
Microchip | www.microchip.com
NXP Semiconductor | www.nxp.com
Renesas Electronics | www.renesas.com
Senet | www.senetco.com
Semtech | www.semtech.com
STMicroelectronics | www.st.com
Texas Instruments | www.ti.com
p.44: Raspberry Pi Roundup: A Bounty of HATs and Clones, By Jeff Child
Advantech | www.advantech.com
Avnet | www.avnet.com
Hilscher | www.hilscher.com
ICP Germany | www.icp-deutschland.de
Infineon Technologies | www.infineon.com
Measurement Computing| www.mccdaq.com
Renesas Electronics | www.renesas.com
Saelig | www.saelig.com
Sequent Microsystems | www.sequentmicrosystems.com
SparkFun | www.sparkfun.com
Trenz Electronic | www.trenz-electronic.de
p.50: DATASHEET: Embedded PCs: Integrated Solutions, By Jeff Child
AAEON www.aaeon.com
ADLINK Technology www.adlinktech.com
Advantech www.advantech.com
American Portwell Technology www.portwell.com
Axiomtek https://us.axiomtek.com
Ibase Technology www.ibase.com.tw
Kontron www.kontron.com
Lanner www.lannerinc.com
OnLogic www.onlogic.com
Sintrones www.sintrones.com
WIN Enterprises www.win-ent.com
WINSYSTEMS www.winsystems.com
DATASHEET URLS:
AAEON http://data-us.aaeon.com/DOWNLOAD/2014%20datasheet/Systems/BOXER-6641.pdf
ADLINK Technology www.adlinktech.com/Products/Download.ashx?type=MDownload&isDatasheet=yes&file=1815%5cMVP-5100-MXM_Series-20200304.pdf
Advantech https://advdownload.blob.core.windows.net/productfile/PIS/EPC-T4286/file/EPC-T4286-Series-System_DS(081020)20200903164229.pdf
American Portwell Technology www.portwell.com/pdf/iot/LYNX-6110.pdf
Axiomtek https://us.axiomtek.com/Download/Spec/en-US/ebox640-521-fl.pdf
Ibase Technology www.ibase.com.tw/english/ProductDetail/EmbeddedComputing/ASB200-918
Kontron www.kontron.com/products/systems/embedded-box-pc/kbox-b-series/kbox-b-202-cfl.html
Lanner www.lannerinc.com/products/intelligent-edge-appliances/embedded-platform/lec-7242
OnLogic https://static.onlogic.com/resources/manuals/OnLogic-Helix-Product-Manual-V1.pdf
Sintrones www.sintrones.com/datasheets/ABOX-5210G.pdf
WIN Enterprises www.win-ent.com/images/stories/download/datasheets/MB-50030_v2_DS.pdf
WINSYSTEMS https://resources.winsystems.com/datasheets/sys-itx-n-3900-ds.pdf
p.56: EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES: LoRa (Part 7): Building a Prototype LoRa Device, By Bob Japenga
References:
[1] See this 2011 report on their $293 billion dollar need https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-s-power-grid-needs-293b-infusion-report-1.1002711[2] See this article about the government of Ontario lowering the rate from $.802/kWh to $.549/kWh in 2012. They lowered it again later. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-to-cut-rates-paid-for-wind-solar-power-1.1157717
[3] https://www.seeedstudio.com/category/Sensor-for-Grove-c-24.html
[4] For a very simple but clear introduction to MEMS gyroscopes, check out this article:
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/gyroscope
The following from ST Micro provides both an introduction (the first 4 minutes) and starting at 10 minutes, the technical background as to how gyroscopes actually measure the Coriolis effect.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/accelerometer-basics/all
And this video by Bosch:
Arm Keil | www.keil.com
MachineQ | www.machineq.com
Murata | https://wireless.murata.com
STMicroelectronics | www.st.com
Semtech | www.semtech.com
p.60: FROM THE BENCH: White Hot: Measuring Color Temperature: Using an Arduino Mega, By Jeff Bachiochi
References:
[1] https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/microscope-resource/primer/lightandcolor/colortemp/[2] Inductiveload, NASA, 2007. File: EM Spectum Properties edit.svg. Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EM_Spectrum_Properties_edit.svg
[3] Jeff Kubina, 2008. File:BlacksmithWorking.jpg. Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmith_working.jpg
[4] en:User:PAR – en:User:PAR, 2005. File:PlanckinaLocus.png. Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PlanckianLocus.png
Adafruit | www.adafruit.com
ams | www.ams.com
Espressif Systems | www.espressif.com
Heltec Automation | https://heltec.org
PacTec Enclosures | www.pactecenclosures.com
p.68: THE DARKER SIDE: An Introduction to Stub Filters: A Wire to Nowhere, By Robert Lacoste
Stub
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stub_(electronics)
How does a stub filter work?
Chemandy Electronics
https://chemandy.com/technical-articles/stub-filter/how-does-a-stub-filter-work.htm
Coaxial stub notch filter designer
https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/Coaxial_Stub_Filter_Designer.php
RF Tutorial Lesson 9. Impedance matching using stubs
Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
http://www.emagtech.com/wiki/index.php/RF_Tutorial_Lesson_9:_Impedance_Matching_Using_Tuning_Stubs
QUCS circuit simulator
http://qucs.sourceforge.net
SONNET LITE planar EM simulator
www.sonnetsoftware.com
Keysight N5230A PNA-L network analyzer
Keysight 33521A 30MHz arbitrary signal generator
Keysight DSO-X 3024A oscilloscope stub filter
www.keysight.com
“Time Domain Reflectometry” (Circuit Cellar 225, April 2009)
https://cc-webshop.com/collections/circuit-cellar-2009/products/circuit-cellar-issue-225-april-2009-pdf
“Microstrip Techniques”, Circuit Cellar 223, February 2009.)
https://cc-webshop.com/products/circuit-cellar-issue-223-february-2009-pdf
Keysight Technologies | www.keysight.com
Sonnet Software | www.sonnetsoftware.com
p.79: The Future of Modular Edge Processing: Three Real-World Intelligent Infrastructure Applications, By Dan Demers
congatec | www.congatec.com
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