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Lecture Notes





TOPICSTUTORIALS AND HELP PAGES
Design Tools
  • Cobalt Tutorial
  • 3D Modelling Diatribe: Should I use Rhino or Cobalt? (Hayes Raffle)
  • Folding Tutorial: How to Model a Polyhedron by "Folding Up" Flat Polygons (PDF)
Laser, Waterjet,
NC Knife Cutting
Microcontroller
Programming
  • Joe Paradiso's Electronics Primer Notes (Updated by Michael Sung)
  • Useful Electronic Parts and Circuits Information (Scanned by Michael Sung)
  • Simple Pseudo-Random Sound Generator Example
  • Driving Stepmotors (by Axel Kilian)
  • Color Coding of Resistors (by Saoirse Higgins)
  • Web Sites Used for Help with Circuit Design (by David Merril, Kyle Steinfeld):
    http://www.findchips.com/
    http://www.digikey.com/
    http://www.TI.com
  • Midi Stuff:
    http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~tigoe/pcomp/pic/pic-midi-pbpro.shtml
    http://www.midi.org/about-midi/aboutmidi3.shtml
    http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall02/cs436/InputMIDI/midielec.html
    Useful Book: Practical Electronics for Inventors (Good Theory Explanations, Bad Schematics)
Machining
  • Waterjet: Cutting Glass (PDF)
  • Modela Instructions
  • 3D Printer Instructions
  • John's FabLab Tutorials
Circuit Design
  • Problem and Turorial (by Nadya)
  • Joe's Electronics Primer (by Mike Sung)
  • Useful Circuit and Parts Info (by Mike Sung)
  • Steppermotor with PIC (axel)
3D Printing
NC Machining
  • Waterjet: Cutting Glass (PDF)
  • Modela Instructions
  • 3D Printer Instructions
  • John's FabLab Tutorials
PCB Design
and Fab
  • Making a New Schematic/PCB Part in Protel '99 (by David Merrill)
  • Carving a Protel Circuit Board on the Roland Mill (Additional Suggestions from Hayes Raffle)
  • Making a PCB Fixture Bed (Instructions and CAD files, by CSA)
Forming and Joining
  • Handy Page of Links to Forming and Joining Resources (PDF)
Sensors, Actuators,
and Displays
3D Input
Wired and Wireless
Communications
  • Networking Standards Definitions (Axel Kilian with Krikorian)
  • Networking Hardware Schematics, Assembly Code and ORCAD Files
  • Presentation by Raffi Krikorian
Project
Presentations
 


 



 








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