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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 27
Author Mark Frauenfelder
The Robots have returned! MAKE Volume 27 features a special package with robotics projects for every age and skill level. They play music; they outwit your pets; they learn from their mistakes! In addition, we'll show you how to build a special aquarium to keep je....
Release Date 2011/07 -
Microcontrollers: Architecture, Programming, Interfacing and System Design, 2nd Edition
Author Raj Kamal
This book prepares the students for system development using the 8051 as well as 68HC11, 80x96, ARM and PIC family microcontrollers. It provides a perfect blend of both hardware and software aspects of the subject.
Release Date 2011/07 -
Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer
Author James Floyd Kelly , Patrick Hood-Daniel
Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer is your gateway into the exciting world of personal fabrication. The "printer" that you'll build from this book is a personal fabricator capable of creating small parts and other objects from drops of molten plastic. D....
Release Date 2011/06 -
Contemporary Trends in Education
Author Vandana Saxena
Contemporary Trends in Education: A Handbook for Educators is an enriched resource for future teachers and teacher educators working with limited resources. It provides in-depth theoretical underpinnings and discusses the planning formats and implementation schemes ....
Release Date 2011/06 -
Author Jean Pierre Goure
The role of optical instruments is very important and affects all areas of human activity, from scientific analysis (such as spectrometry) to recreation and leisure pursuits like photography and television. Optical components are often an essential part of the instr....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Getting Started with the Internet of Things
Author Cuno Pfister
The Internet of Things is the new generation of devices that serve as the Internet's interface to the physical world. Today's tiny microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators are powerful, inexpensive, and simple enough to code that anyone with basic programming skil....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Understanding The Family Business
Author Keanon J. Alderson
The purpose of this book is to provide readers with an introductory overview of family business, the most prevalent form of business in the world. The differences between family and nonfamily businesses are emphasized in this book. There are several key audiences: A....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing Texas Instruments MSP430
Author Daniel J. Pack , Steven F. Barrett
This book provides a thorough introduction to the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller. The MSP430 is a 16-bit reduced instruction set (RISC) processor that features ultra low power consumption and integrated digital and analog hardware. Variants of the MSP....
Release Date 2011/05 -
Robot Builder's Bonanza, 4th Edition, 4th Edition
Author Gordon McComb
The Bestselling Robotics Book--Now with New Projects and Online Tools! "Amazing...should be required reading for any budding robot builder!" -GeekDad, Wired.com Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots! This richly illustrated guide of....
Release Date 2011/04 -
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M0
Author Joseph Yiu
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M0 is a guide for users of ARM Cortex-M0 microcontrollers. It presents many examples to make it easy for novice embedded-software developers to use the full 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 processor. It provides an overview of ARM a....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Programmable Logic Controllers, 4th Edition
Author William Bolton
This is the introduction to PLCs for which baffled students, technicians and managers have been waiting. In this straightforward, easy-to-read guide, Bill Bolton has kept the jargon to a minimum, considered all the programming methods in the standard IEC 1131-....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Author Timothy Stapko
The great strides made over the past decade in the complexity and network functionality of embedded systems have significantly enhanced their attractiveness for use in critical applications such as medical devices and military communications. However, this exp....
Release Date 2011/04 -
RF Circuit Design, 2nd Edition
Author Christopher Bowick
It’s Back! New chapters, examples, and insights; all infused with the timeless concepts and theories that have helped RF engineers for the past 25 years! RF circuit design is now more important than ever as we find ourselves in an increasingly wireless world. Radio....
Release Date 2011/04 -
The Definitive Guide to the ARM Cortex-M3
Author Joseph Yiu
This user's guide does far more than simply outline the ARM Cortex-M3 CPU features; it explains step-by-step how to program and implement the processor in real-world designs. It teaches readers how to utilize the complete and thumb instruction sets in order t....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Software Development for Embedded Multi-core Systems
Author Max Domeika
The multicore revolution has reached the deployment stage in embedded systems ranging from small ultramobile devices to large telecommunication servers. The transition from single to multicore processors, motivated by the need to increase performance while co....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Programming 32-bit Microcontrollers in C
Author Lucio Di Jasio
*Just months after the introduction of the new generation of 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, a Microchip insider and acclaimed author takes you by hand at the exploration of the PIC32 *Includes handy checklists to help readers perform the most common programming and d....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 26
Author Mark Frauenfelder
MAKE Volume 26: Karts & WheelsGarage go-kart building is a time-honored hobby for do-it-yourselfers, and we'll show you how to build wheeled wonders that’ll have you and the kids racing around the neighborhood in DIY style. Build a longboard skateboard by bend....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Author Bob Zeidman , Tim Williams , Robert Pease , Walt Kester , Ian Hickman , Bonnie Baker
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a sh....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Electrical Engineering: Know It All
Author Dan Bensky , Walt Kester , Tim Williams , John Bird , Clive Maxfield
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!El....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Wireless Security: Know It All
Author Jon S. Wilson , Chris Lanthem , Frank Thornton , George L Stefanek , Timothy Stapko
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a sh....
Release Date 2011/04 -
Fully Charged: How Great Leaders Boost Their Organization's Energy and Ignite High Performance
Author Bernd Vogel , Heike Bruch
As you're well aware, your individual energy ebbs and flows--leading to high and low productivity cycles. Fail to manage your energy correctly, and you risk falling into traps including inertia, complacency, and frenzied, unfocused activity that only erodes the qua....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Make: Arduino Bots and Gadgets
Author Kimmo Karvinen , Tero Karvinen
Want to build your own robots, turn your ideas into prototypes, control devices with a computer, or make your own cell phone applications? It's a snap with this book and the Arduino open source electronic prototyping platform. Get started with six fun projects and ....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Author Michael Margolis
Create your own toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, robots, and many other projects with the Arduino device. This simple microcontroller board lets artists and designers build a variety of amazing objects and prototypes that interact with the physical world....
Release Date 2011/03 -
Author Pearson Certification
Learn about computers and networks from the ground up and take your first step toward certification and your successful computer career! No experience is necessary: Computer Structure and Logic explains every part of your computer, shows how the parts work together,....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Author David Lindsay , Gareth Heyes , Eduardo Alberto Vela Nava , Mario Heiderich
Web applications are used every day by millions of users, which is why they are one of the most popular vectors for attackers. Obfuscation of code has allowed hackers to take one attack and create hundreds-if not millions-of variants that can evade your security mea....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 25
Author Mark Frauenfelder
MAKE Volume 25 is all about the Arduino Revolution!Give your gadgets a brain! Previously out of reach for the do-it-yourselfer, the tiny computers called microcontrollers are now so cheap and easy to use that anyone can make their stuff smart. With a microcontroll....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Making Things Move DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists
Author Dustyn Roberts
Get Your Move On!In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists, you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creat....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Fundamentals of Sensor Network Programming: Applications and Technology
Author Chuka D. Okoye , N. Balakrishnan , Vir V. Phoha , Nandan Parameshwaran , S. Sitharam
This book provides the basics needed to develop sensor network software and supplements it with many case studies covering network applications. It also examines how to develop onboard applications on individual sensors, how to interconnect these sensors, and how to....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Winning Design!: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Design Patterns for Fun and Competition
Author James J. Trobaugh
Winning Design! LEGO Mindstorms NXT Design Patterns for Fun and Competition is about design that works. It's about building with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT for fun, for education, but especially for competition. Author James Trobaugh is an experienced coach and leader in ....
Release Date 2010/12