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Author Rushi Gajjar
Integrate sensors into your Raspberry Pi projects and let your powerful microcomputer interact with the physical worldIn DetailThe tiny Raspberry Pi device contains the power to revolutionize the way we understand computing. Built with a Linux-based operating system....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Jean-Pierre Chamoux
Over 200 years, industry has mastered iron, fire, power and energy. Today, electronics shape our everyday objects with the widespread integration of chips; from computers and telephones to keys, games and white goods. Data, software and computation structure our be....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Author Laura McKinnon , Kris Helge
Librarians need to utilize web 2.0 tools to generate rich-text learning environments, creating enriching, challenging, and supportive learning platforms for students. The Teaching Librarian shows how to utilize wikis, mindmaps, and Second Life to improve pedagogy fo....
Release Date 2013/11 -
Design Patterns for Embedded Systems in C
Author Bruce Powel Douglass
A recent survey stated that 52% of embedded projects are late by 4-5 months. This book can help get those projects in on-time with design patterns. The author carefully takes into account the special concerns found in designing and developing embedded applicat....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Author Boualem Benatallah , Lina Yao , Yongrui Qin , Michael Sheng
Managing the Web of Things: Linking the Real World to the Web presents a consolidated and holistic coverage of engineering, management, and analytics of the Internet of Things. The web has gone through many transformations, from traditional linking and sharing of c....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Basic Robot Building With LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0
Author John Baichtal
Basic Robot Building with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!Learn LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 from the ground up, hands-on, in full color! Ever wanted to build a robot? Now’s the time, LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT 2.0 is the technology, and this is the....
Release Date 2013/01 -
Author Tim Daly
There are very few books published on digital printing, but this is a topic that photographers of all levels have difficulty with. In this concise and accessible guide from digital printing expert Tim Daly, the reader is presented with a collection of easy-to-follow....
Release Date 2008/12 -
DSP Software Development Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Systems
Author Robert Oshana
Today's embedded and real-time systems contain a mix of processor types: off-the-shelf microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs), and custom processors. The decreasing cost of DSPs has made these sophisticated chips very attractive for a number of em....
Release Date 2006/01 -
The Master Guide to Controllers' Best Practices, 2nd Edition
The essential guide for today's savvy controllersToday's controllers are in leadership roles that put them in the unique position to see across all aspects of the operations they support. The Master Guide to Controllers' Best Practices, Second Edition has been revised and updated to provide contr.... -
Author Shaun Rein
"REIN MASTERFULLY CAPTURES WHERE [CONSUMERS] HAVE BEEN AND WHERE THEY DREAM OF GOING." —FORTUNEPRAISE FOR THE END OF CHEAP CHINA"Brilliantly written." —Financial Times"Rein combines elegant writing and methodical research. Years of working in China have given him ac....
Release Date 2014/06 -
Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux
Author Derek Molloy
In-depth instruction and practical techniques for building with the BeagleBone embedded Linux platformExploring BeagleBone is a hands-on guide to bringing gadgets, gizmos, and robots to life using the popular BeagleBone embedded Linux platform. Comprehensive content....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Author Behnam Salemi
Robotics--the design and creation of robots--is one of the most exciting and fast-growing areas of technology today. Robots are essentially computers with physical bodies; they can sense their environment, make decisions, and perform actions. They come in all shapes....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Dale Wheat
Arduino Internals guides you to the heart of the Arduino board. Author Dale Wheat shares his intimate knowledge of the Arduino board—its secrets, its strengths and possible alternatives to its constituent parts are laid open to scrutiny in this book. You'll learn t....
Release Date 2011/11 -
Arduino and Kinect Projects: Design, Build, Blow Their Minds
Author Przemek Jaworski , Ciriaco Castro Díez , Enrique Ramos Melgar
If you've done some Arduino tinkering and wondered how you could incorporate the Kinect—or the other way around—then this book is for you. The authors of Arduino and Kinect Projects will show you how to create 10 amazing, creative projects, from simple to complex. ....
Release Date 2012/03 -
Nano Optoelectronic Sensors and Devices
Author King Lai , Ning Xi
Nanophotonics has emerged as a major technology and applications domain, exploiting the interaction of light-emitting and light-sensing nanostructured materials. These devices are lightweight, highly efficient, low on power consumption, and are cost effective to pro....
Release Date 2011/10 -
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 ....
Release Date 2014/12 -
Winning Design!: LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Design Patterns for Fun and Competition, Second Edition
Author James Jeffrey Trobaugh
Design that works! It's what you need if you're building and competing with LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 robotics. You'll find uses for the new light sensors and gyro sensors in navigation, helping you to follow lines and make turns more consistently. Approach collision ....
Release Date 2017/06 -
Data, Technology, and the Future of Play
Author Meghan Athavale
Toys are becoming increasingly smarter. Once merely objects of play, today’s toys often act as agents of play, guiding kids toward learning through interactivity and feedback. As this O’Reilly report explains, smart toys not only employ sophisticated algorithms, bu....
Release Date 2016/02 -
Author Martin Evans , Joshua Noble , and Jordan Hochenbaum
SummaryArduino in Action is a hands-on guide to prototyping and building electronics using the Arduino platform. Suitable for both beginners and advanced users, this easy-to-follow book begins with the basics and then systematically guides you through projects rangi....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Second Edition
Author Stefan Sjogelid
Turn your Raspberry Pi into your very own secret agent toolbox with this set of exciting projectsIn DetailThe book starts out with the initial setup of your Raspberry Pi, guides you through a number of pranks and secret agent techniques, and then shows you how to ap....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Home Automation with Intel Galileo
Author Onur Dundar
Create thrilling and intricate home automation projects using Intel GalileoIn DetailThis book provides you with a rapid introduction to Intel Galileo and home automation. You will start by setting up the Intel Galileo Board and its software development environment a....
Release Date 2015/03 -
Enterprise Internet of Things Handbook
Author Arvind Ravulavaru
Get familiar with the building blocks of IoT solutions using off?the-shelf IoT platforms.About This BookWork with various trending IoT platforms such as AWS IoT, Azure IoT, Google IoT, IBM Watson IoT, and Kaa IoTGain hands-on knowledge working with Cloud-based IoT ....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Understanding AJAX: Using JavaScript to Create Rich Internet Applications
Author Joshua Eichorn
AJAX: fast mastery for experienced Web developers!Already an experienced Web developer? Apply your skills in today’s fastest-growing area of Web development: AJAX!Building on what you already know, this fast-paced guide will show you exactly how to create rich, usab....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Renewable Energy Systems, 2nd Edition
Author Henrik Lund
In this new edition of Renewable Energy Systems, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and professor, Henrik Lund, sets forth a straightforward, comprehensive methodology for comparing different energy systems’ abilities to integrate fluctuating and interm....
Release Date 2014/03 -
The Top 10 Things You Must Know About Saving for the Future
Author Gregory Karp
Skills, facts, strategies, techniques…whatever it takes! FT Press’s quick new Top 10s bring together the 10 most crucial things you MUST know to get great results, right now!Improve your finances forever, through 10 easy steps you can take right now!The wonderful se....
Release Date 2010/11 -
Financing the Future: Market-Based Innovations for Growth
Author Glenn Yago , Franklin Allen
“Allen and Yago demonstrate clearly the importance of the interaction of theory and experience in explaining the evolution of financial innovations.”Myron S. Scholes, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1997, and Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Graduate Schoo....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Demystifying Embedded Systems Middleware
Author Tammy Noergaard
This practical technical guide to embedded middleware implementation offers a coherent framework that guides readers through all the key concepts necessary to gain an understanding of this broad topic. It integrates big picture theoretical discussion with dow....
Release Date 2010/11 -
High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for Energy Applications
Author Z Melhem
High temperature superconductors (HTS) offer many advantages through their application in electrical systems, including high efficiency performance and high throughput with low-electrical losses. While cryogenic cooling and precision materials manufacture is require....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Free Marketing: 101 Low and No-Cost Ways to Grow Your Business, Online and Off
Author Jim Cockrum
Simple, powerful marketing strategies every business can afford to implementThere's never been a better time to be a marketer or entrepreneur than right now. Thanks to the Internet, a new world of free and inexpensive tactics can help get the word out to the prospe....
Release Date 2011/09