 |
Another round of cool reads for you to enjoy!
And as always, we want to thank the hand that feeds us. So here's to the great folks at M.E. Labs for steppin up again. Check 'em out below.
That's it, Enjoy!
|
Spreadsheets - The Forgotten Analog Design Tool
Like Edgar Allan Poe's
The Purloined Letter, the spreadsheet has been in full view for over 20 years now and yet has remained virtually invisible to the average electronics enthusiast. Far from being only a financial tool, it can easily be coerced into performing a number of useful, repetitive, and complex operations that really take the tedium out of customizing circuits.
|
|
Smiley's Workshop 29
C Programming * Hardware * Projects
Previously, we got a little shifty with the 74HC595 and 74HC597 shift registers, wrote some software SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) code, and built a new and improved (twice the eyes!) Cylon Eyes project. All to prepare for learning about hardware SPI so that we can use it to communicate with external Flash EEPROM memory.
|
Learning Systems for PICs
This is an educational learning system
- not just another experimenter board
- for all levels of programming from beginner to expert.
Learn the fundamental concepts of programming, from plain-English descriptions of software tools to concepts including program flow, loops, coding techniques, binary manipulation, device-to-device communication, user-interface design, and more.
14 Lessons use a building-block approach to teach you incrementally, from a six-line program to a working user-interface.
Tutorial assumes no prior knowledge of programming.
All necessary hardware and software included, all you need is a computer with a standard USB port.
Advertisement
|
|
|
Light-Sensitive Circuits
Electronic optosensors are devices that alter their electrical characteristics in the presence of visible or invisible light. The best known devices of these types are the LDR (light dependent resistor), the photodiode, the phototransistor, and the PIR (passive infrared) detector.
|
Build a Low Voltage Insulation Tester
Ground faults are a curse to fire alarm systems. Even a small amount of current leaking to ground somewhere in the building can cause an unscheduled fire drill. Worse yet, a second ground fault somewhere else in the building can short out the whole system. An easy modification allows a low tech analog ohmmeter to detect insulation faults that a high tech digital ohmmeter fails to find.
Read It Now!
|
|
From the
Nuts & Volts Webstore
The Lego Mindstorms NXT Idea Book
If you're serious about having fun with LEGO robotics, you've come to the right place. The team behind The NXT STEP blog - the authoritative online source for MINDSTORMS NXT information and advice - has packaged its considerable skills and experience in this book.
- RaSPy, a robot that plays Rock, Scissors, Paper
- 3D PhotoBot, a robot that will help you take photographs that can be converted into 3D images
- Slot Machine, complete with flashing lights and a lever
- ScanBot, a robot that scans black-and-white pictures and displays the images on the NXT's LCD
- Beach Buggy Chair, a roving, rambling robot
- CraneBot, a crane-like grabbing robot
|
It's Holiday Time Again!
And that means it's time to participate in the time honored tradition of giving gifts. So, to help get everyone in the mood, we're dusting off our traditional two for one subscription special. That's the one where you give
Nuts & Volts OR SERVO as a gift to a deserving friend or loved one, and we give you the same gift in return. Either a new subscription or a renewal of your existing one. Just click the link below to select which magazine, and you're holiday shopping is done!
(Yeah right)
Fine Print
(Always read the fine print)
Must be used for (2) one year subscriptions, not (1) two year subscription.
Can be used for two gifts, or one gift and one for yourself.
Good only for U.S. delivery.
If you prefer to order from a human, call 877 525-2539 between 5am and 5pm PST M-F and
order using promo code M50ENXD.
|
|
You are receiving this email because you have been a customer of the Nuts & Volts webstore, a subscriber to Nuts & Volts or SERVO Magazine, or have requested to be notified of special offers and promotions. You may unsubscribe or change your email address at any time through the links provided below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
