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Author Mike Hord , Adam Wolf , David Gauntlett , Joe Meno , Rob Klingberg , Susan Solarz , Mi
Maker Pro is a book of essays by more than a dozen prominent and up-and-coming professional makers (Maker Pros). Each essay includes advice and stories on topics such as starting a kit-making business, taking a hardware project open-source, and plenty of encourageme....
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Author Darrin Perez
Beginning RPG Maker VX Ace takes you through the process of using the RPG Maker VX Ace game development engine to create your very own role playing game. The book has been designed with the complete beginner in mind who has little to no experience with the engine. T....
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Experimenting with AVR Microcontrollers
Author Alan Trevennor
AVR is the brain that runs Arduino, but you don't need the whole Arduino board to do fun projects. Experimenting with AVR Microcontrollers, from Practical AVR Microcontrollers, shows you how to create a spiffy set of projects that you can build to learn more about ....
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Author Jörg Wolf , Alan Wagner , Manfred Tscheligi , Allison Sauppé , Sandra Okita , Victor
Robots That Talk and Listen provides a forward-looking examination of speech and language in robots from technical, functional, and social perspectives. Contributors address cultural foundations as well as the linguistic skills and technologies that robots need to ....
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Author Richard Grimmett
Master the power of the BeagleBone Black to maximize your robot-building skills and create awesome projectsIn DetailRobots are quickly bursting from the world of science fiction right into our own living rooms. The small-but-mighty BeagleBone Black embedded processo....
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Author Stefan Buttigieg , Marco Schwartz
Get the best out of Arduino by interfacing it with Android to create engaging interactive projectsIn DetailArduino is an open source microcontroller built on a single-circuit board that is capable of receiving sensory input from the environment and controlling inter....
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Building Real-time Mobile Solutions with MQTT and IBM MessageSight
Author Vladimir Kislicins , Vasfi Gucer , Rahul Gupta , Nguyen Van Duy , Michael P Robertso
Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) is a messaging protocol designed for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is lightweight enough to be supported by the smallest devices, yet robust enough to ensure that important messages get to their destinations every time. ....
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The TAB Book of Arduino Projects: 36 Things to Make with Shields and Proto Shields
Author Simon Monk
The ultimate collection of DIY Arduino projects!In this easy-to-follow book, electronics guru Simon Monk shows you how to create a wide variety of fun and functional gadgets with the Arduino Uno and Leonardo boards. Filled with step-by-step instructions and detailed....
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Author Li Hejun
China's Solar-Powered RevolutionChina’s New Energy Revolution explains how China can tackle its energy bottleneck and achieve a sustainable, peaceful rise by taking the lead in the solar industry.The author covers all the important issues from the vantage points of....
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Implementation of Robot Systems
Author Mike Wilson
Based on the author’s wide-ranging experience as a robot user, supplier and consultant, Implementation of Robot Systems will enable you to approach the use of robots in your plant or facility armed with the right knowledge base and awareness of critical factors to t....
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Energy Storage Devices for Electronic Systems
Author Nihal Kularatna
Energy storage devices are a crucial area of research and development across many engineering disciplines and industries. While batteries provide the significant advantage of high energy density, their limited life cycles, disposal challenges and charge and discharg....
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Fundamentals of Silicon Carbide Technology: Growth, Characterization, Devices and Applications
Author James A. Cooper , Tsunenobu Kimoto
A comprehensive introduction and up-to-date reference to SiC power semiconductor devices covering topics from material properties to applicationsBased on a number of breakthroughs in SiC material science and fabrication technology in the 1980s and 1990s, the first S....
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Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience
Author Joyce A. Arditti
Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world.Represents the most up-to-date ....
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Raspberry Pi For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Author Sean McManus
Master your Raspberry Pi in a flash with this easy-to-follow guideRaspberry Pi For Dummies, 2nd Edition is a comprehensive guide to this exciting technology, fully updated to align with the Rev 3 board. Veteran technology authors provide expert insight and guidance ....
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Author Steven H. Voldman
A comprehensive and in-depth review of analog circuit layout, schematic architecture, device, power network and ESD designThis book will provide a balanced overview of analog circuit design layout, analog circuit schematic development, architecture of chips, and ES....
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Make a Raspberry Pi-Controlled Robot
Author Wolfram Donat
Make a Raspberry-Pi Controlled Robot teaches you how to build a capable and upgradeable personal robot for around $100. You'll learn how to control servos, respond to sensor input, and know where your bot is using GPS. You'll also learn many ways to connect to you....
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Make: Raspberry Pi and AVR Projects
Author Lauren Orsini , Brian Corteil , Sjoerd Dirk Meijer , Clare Bowman , Cefn Hoile
As an incredibly cheap, credit-card sized computer, the Raspberry Pi is breaking down barriers by encouraging people of all ages to experiment with code and build new systems and objects; and this book provides readers with inspiring and insightful examples to explo....
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Experimenting with Raspberry Pi
Author Warren W. Gay
Need some inspiration for your Raspberry Pi projects? Wondering how to work with Wii nunchucks, stepper motors, how to create a remote control panel? If you need guidance, Experimenting with Raspberry Pi is your own personal idea generator. Experimenting with Raspbe....
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Raspberry Pi System Software Reference
Author Warren W. Gay
Raspberry Pi is Linux, but it's a unique flavor of Linux, specifically for the ARM-based Pi. Raspberry Pi Software Reference guides you through the boot process, including options for tweaking HDMI, memory, and other boot options. You'll learn the details of r....
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Raspberry Pi Hardware Reference
Author Warren W. Gay
The Raspberry Pi is deceptively simple. Plug it in, boot it up, and use it as a personal computer, or attach a million gizmos and modules and invent something new and amazing. Either way, what it can actually do is not simple, and you should know exactly what the Ra....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 42
Author Jason Babler
With 3D printing advancing at an incredible pace, Make: magazine continues to lead with in-depth testing and reviews of the latest machines, newest printing software, and coolest prints and projects to create. This year's crop of printers features sleek, high-tech....
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Energy Storage for Smart Grids
Author Ning Lu , Pengwei Du
Energy storage is a main component of any holistic consideration of smart grids, particularly when incorporating power derived from variable, distributed and renewable energy resources. Energy Storage for Smart Grids delves into detailed coverage of the entire spect....
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Robot Builder: The Beginner’s Guide to Building Robots
Author John Baichtal
Absolutely no experience needed! Learn robot building from the ground up, hands-on, in full color!Love robots? Start building them. It’s way easier than you ever imagined!John Baichtal has helped thousands of people get started with robotics. He knows what beginners....
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The Wellbeing of Nations: Meaning, Motive and Measurement
Author David J. Hand , Paul Allin
What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing & turn the definitions into observable quantities? Where are we no....
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Optimizing HPC Applications with Intel® Cluster Tools
Author Christopher Dahnken , Michael Klemm , Andrey Semin , Alexander Supalov
Optimizing HPC Applications with Intel® Cluster Tools takes the reader on a tour of the fast-growing area of high performance computing and the optimization of hybrid programs. These programs typically combine distributed memory and shared memory programming models ....
Release Date 2014/10 -
Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket
Author Mike Barela
Arduino's ubiquity and simplicity has led to a gigantic surge in the use of microcontrollers to build programmable electronics project. Despite the low cost of Arduino, you're still committing about $30 worth of hardware every time you build a project that has an ....
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Lego Mindstorms EV3 Essentials
Author Abid H. Mujtaba
Create and program complex autonomous robots using the third-generation Lego Mindstorms robotics kit In DetailBuilding robots from scratch can be a tough task, but the Lego Mindstorms EV3 robotics kit makes it easy to create them in minutes. Far more than a toy, the....
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Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio
Author Dennis Kidder , Jack Purdum
BOOST YOUR HAM RADIO'S CAPABILITIES USING LOW-COST ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER BOARDS!Do you want to increase the functionality and value of your ham radio without spending a lot of money? This book will show you how! Arduino Projects for Amateur Radio is filled with s....
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Performance Measurement and Management for Engineers
Author Marco Giorgino , Giovanni Azzone , Michela Arnaboldi
Performance Measurement and Management for Engineers introduces key concepts in finance, accounting, and management to project managers who have engineering backgrounds. It focuses these basic concepts on issues of measuring and managing enterprise value. Thus, afte....
Release Date 2014/09