September (issue #338) Circuit Cellar

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p.6: LIDAR 3D Imaging on a Budget: PIC32-Based Design, By Chris Graef

References:

[1] Cornell University ECE 4760 Development Board page, PIC32 Development board schematic

[2] Lidar Lite V3 Operations Manual and Technical Guide, “Specifications, Interface” section.

[3] Lidar Lite V3 Operations Manual and Technical Guide, “Specifications, Performance” section

Garmin: Lidar Lite V3

Microchip Technology: PIC32 Microcontroller

Adafruit: S1213 Analog Feedback Servos

Adafruit | www.adafruit.com
Garmin | www.garmin.com
Microchip Technology | www.microchip.com

p.12: Wireless Weather Station Uses Arduino: And Two ASK Radios, By Raul Alvarez Torrico

IEEE Computer Society (2011). IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Part 15.4: Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs), IEEE

ZigBee Alliance (2012). ZigBee Specification Document 053474r20, ZigBee Standards Organization

Digi International Inc. (2013). XBee®/XBee-PRO ZB RF Modules – 90000976_P, Digi International Inc.

Sources:
Arduino Pro Mini

ASK Transmitter and Receiver Kit

DHT22 Temperature and Humidity Sensor

Do-It-Yourself Anemometer:
http://self-sustained.com/pprepper/2010/12/measuring-wind-speed-with-a-diy-anemometer/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Easter-Egg-Anemometer-Wind-Speed-Meter/

Online Linear Regression Calculator

Do-It-Yourself Wind Vane
https://sites.google.com/site/weathermake2000/
http://www.meteocercal.info/forum/Thread-DIY-Wind-vane

DHT22 Arduino Library

0.96” OLED Display

u8g2 OLED Display Library

Dew Point Calculation

Additional Resources by the Author: http://bit.ly/WWSresources

p. 20: Murphy’s Laws in the DSP World (Part 3): Future Imperfect, By Michael Smith, Mai Tanaka

ML-DSP Project Files
Cut and paste listings from the article .pdf in Ocatve and MATLAB .m scripts or download from the Circuit Cellar article code archive.

Installing Octave: See Circuit Cellar 335 for details or go here.
URL https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/ to download

Installing MATLAB: See Circuit Cellar 335 for details or go here.
https://www.mathworks.com/products/MATLAB.html?s_tid=hp_products_MATLAB

Mathworks | www.mathworks.com
GNU Octave | www.gnu.org/software/octave

p. 36: Virtual Emulation for Drones: Suited for Streaming, By Richard Pugh

To learn more about the challenges of the multimedia market, and how an emulation-based verification methodology offers design teams a significant advantage—please download the whitepaper Drones, Augmented Reality, UHD TV – High-End Video SoCs Need Emulation

Mentor, A Siemens Business | www.mentor.com

p.40: Motion Control AdvancesTarget Robotics: Integrated, Precision Solutions, By Jeff Child

p. 46: Power Supplies Lean Toward an Application Focus: Medical and More, By Jeff Child

p. 50: IoT Gateways: Real-Time Intelligence, By Jeff Child

p. 54: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ESSENTIALS: Recreating Code Protection Bypass: An LPC MCU Attack, By Colin O’Flynn

Microchip Technology | www.microchip.com
NXP Semiconductors | www.nxp.com
Olimex | www.olimex.com

p. 60: ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE: Frequency Modulated DDS: Conjuring a Channel Element, By Ed Nisley

Background columns:

Numeric Precision vs. DDS Calculations Circuit Cellar 326 September 2017
LF Quartz Resonator Tester Circuit Cellar 328 November 2017

Background blog posts:

References:

Repeater Builder information: http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/index.html

Components:

PJRC Teensy 3.6: https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy36.html
AD9851 DDS modules: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=ad9851+dds+module

Analog Devices | www.analog.com
ON Semiconductor | www.onsemi.com
PJRC Store | www.pjrc.com

p. 66: THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER: Velocity and Speed Sensors: Measuring Motion, By George Novacek

Reference:
[1]. Displacement & Position Sensors Parts 1 and 2, in Circuit Cellar 315, October 2016 and Circuit Circuit 316, November 2016

Speed conversion calculator https://www.sciencelab.com/data/conversion_calculators/speed-conversion.shtml

Charles P. Pinney, et. al.. “Velocity Measurement.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect

http://www.thermopedia.com/content/1239/

p. 70: FROM THE BENCH: Electronic Speed Control (Part 3): Taking Flight, By Jeff Bachiochi

Turnigy | www.turnigy.com

p. 79: The Future of SBCs: Do SFFs Mean the End of Board-Based Systems?, By Doug Patterson

Aitech Defense Systems | www.rugged.com

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