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Plot, Cut, Drill, Mill and Laser with the Z99 This book covers the construction, hardware, software, and operation of the Z99 – CNC machine. This is a multifunctional 4-axis machine for home construction. The capabilities of the Z99 machine include: large-format schematic plotting PCB plotting with etch-resist pens schematic plotting with conductive-ink pens letter cutting out of vinyl paper cutting PCB/substrate drilling PCB/substrate milling text milling laser engraving laser cutting of solder paste masks By making the support software available as freeware, readers of the book are challenged and encouraged to develop new applications for the Z99. The machine would not be of much use if the user has no option to create suitable files for the designs in mind. A large part of this book is dedicated to creating source files in a variety of freeware software packages, including Inkscape, DesignSpark PCB, KiCad, and FlatCAM. The book is also useful for readers keen to comprehend and then master the basic structure of HPGL, Gerber, Drill, and G-code files, as well as to have a go at deciphering them using software.

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Quite unintentionally a one-page story on an old Heathkit tube tester in the December 2004 edition of Elektor magazine spawned dozens of ‘Retronics’ tales appearing with a monthly cadence, and attracting a steady flow of reader feedback and contributions to the series. Since launching his Retronics columns, Elektor Editor Jan Buiting has never been short of copy to print, or vintage equipment to marvel at. This book is a compilation of about 80 Retronics installments published between 2004 and 2012. The stories cover vintage test equipment, prehistoric computers, long forgotten components, and Elektor blockbuster projects, all aiming to make engineers smile, sit up, object, drool, or experience a whiff of nostalgia. To reflect that our memories are constantly playing tricks on us, and honoring that “one man’s rubbish is another man’s gem”, the tales in the book purposely have no chronological order, and no bias in favor of transistor or tube, microprocessor or discrete part, audio or RF, DIY or professional, dry or narrative style. Although vastly diff erent in subject matter, all tales in the book are told with personal gusto because Retronics is about sentiment in electronics engineering, construction and repair, be it to reminisce about a 1960s Tektronix scope with a cleaning lady as a feature, or a 1928 PanSanitor box for dubious medical use. Owners of this book are advised to not exceed one Retronics tale per working day, preferably consumed in the evening hours under lamp light, in a comfortable chair, with a piece of vintage electronic equipment close and powered up.

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Two reasons can be identified for the immense success of the Arduino platform. First, the cheap, ready to go processor board greatly simplifies the introduction to hardware. The second success factor is the free and open-source programming suite that does not require an installation procedure. Simple entry-level examples ensure rapid successes. Complex selection procedures for parameters like the microprocessor version or interface settings are not required. The first sample programs can be uploaded to the Arduino board, and tested, in a matter of minutes. The Arduino user is supported by an array of software libraries. However, the daily increasing volume of libraries poses initial problems to the newcomer, and the way ahead may be uncertain after a few entry-level examples. In many cases, detailed descriptions are missing, and poorly described projects tend to confuse rather than elucidate. Clear guidance and a single motto are missing, usually owing to the projects having been created by several different persons—all with different aims in mind. This book represents a different approach. All projects are presented in a systematical manner, guiding into various theme areas. In the coverage of must-know theory great attention is given to practical directions users can absorb, including essential programming techniques like A/D conversion, timers and interrupts—all contained in the hands-on projects. In this way readers of the book create running lights, a wakeup light, fully functional voltmeters, precision digital thermometers, clocks of many varieties, reaction speed meters, or mouse controlled robotic arms. While actively working on these projects the reader gets to truly comprehend and master the basics of the underlying controller technology.

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Build Smart Applications with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and ESP32 Discover how easy and exciting mobile app development can be with MIT App Inventor. This hands-on guide takes you from basic concepts to building real-world mobile applications using a simple visual programming approach—no prior coding experience required. You will create IoT and AI-powered apps for Android devices and explore how App Inventor can also be used with iPhones and iPads. Connect your applications to platforms such as Arduino UNO R4 WiFi, ESP32, Raspberry Pi Pico (2)W and Raspberry Pi 5, enabling you to build smart, connected systems. Inside the book, you will learn how to: Build interactive apps using buttons, images, sound, and multimedia Create text-to-speech and speech-recognition applications Develop camera-based and location-aware (GPS) apps Design useful tools such as calculators and educational apps Work with smartphone sensors like accelerometers and light sensors Build AI-powered applications, including voice assistants and image-generation features Send and receive messages, and create communication-based apps Connect mobile apps to hardware using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Control real devices such as LEDs, motors, and sensors Designed for beginners, students, and hobbyists, this book focuses on learning by doing. By the end, you will have the skills and confidence to create your own innovative applications that interact with both the digital and physical worlds. Start building and turning your ideas into reality.

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Die Mikrocontrollertechnologie ist eines der wichtigsten Gebiete der modernen Elektronik. Mikrocontroller haben sich in den letzten Jahren in allen Bereichen der modernen Technik etabliert. Der vorliegende Kurs gibt eine umfassende Einführung in die faszinierende Welt der Controllertechnik. Nach grundlegenden Betrachtungen zur Controllertechnologie wird bereits im ersten Teil des Kurses auf die praktische Umsetzung des Stoffes eingegangen. Als Basis dafür dient ein modernes Entwicklungsboard (XMEGA-A3BU Xplained), das mit einem der aktuellsten Controller des Herstellers Atmel ausgestattet ist. Der zweite Teil beschäftigt sich detailliert mit der Programmierung des Controllers. Hier kommt die Sprache „C“ zum Einsatz, da diese in der Firmware-Entwicklung eine dominierende Stellung einnimmt. Die bei weitem überwiegende Mehrheit der professionellen Entwicklungsarbeit wird in C ausgeführt. Diese Programmiersprache bietet eine umfassende Grundlage für alle Controlleranwendungen. Im dritten Teil des Kurses wird schließlich auf die hardwarenahe Programmierung eingegangen. Nach der Durchsprache von Pin-Ansteuerung, Takterzeugung und Oszillatoroptionen werden die anspruchsvolleren Themen wie Interrupts, Timer und Counter, Pulsweitenmodulation und Analog-Digitalwandlung behandelt. Der Kurs setzt auf die Philosophie des „Learning by Doing“. Er eignet sich dadurch hervorragend als praktische Ergänzung für Unterricht und Vorlesungen in Weiterführenden Schulen Technischen Berufsschulen und Fachakademien Fachhochschulen und Universitäten Aber auch der ambitionierte, nichtprofessionelle Anwender kann sich mit dem Lernmaterial einen Überblick über den neuesten Stand der Controllertechnik verschaffen.Umfangreiche Praxisbeispiele und Übungsprogramme runden den Kurs ab und lassen keine Fragen offen.

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Mastering PCB design with real-world projects This book builts on KiCad Like a Pro – Fundamentals and Projects and aims to help you practice your new KiCad skills by challenging you in a series of real-world projects. The projects are supported by a comprehensive set of recipes with detailed instructions on how to achieve a variety of simple and complex tasks. Design the PCBs for a solar power supply, an LED matrix array, an Arduino-powered datalogger, and a custom ESP32 board. Understand the finer details of the interactive router, how to manage KiCad project teams with Git, how to use an autorouter on 2 and 4-layer PCBs, and much more. KiCad 8 is a modern, cross-platform application suite built around schematic and design editors. This stable and mature PCB tool is a perfect fit for electronic engineers and makers. With KiCad 8, you can create PCBs of any complexity and size without the constraints associated with the commercial packages. Here are the most significant improvements and features in KiCad 8, both over and under the hood: Modern user interface, completely redesigned from earlier versions Improved and customizable electrical and design rule checkers Theme editor allowing you to fully customize the look of KiCad on your screen Ability to import projects from Eagle, CADSTART, and more An improved and tightly integrated SPICE circuit simulator Autorouting with the Freerouting plugin Filters define which elements of a layout are selectable Enhanced interactive router helps you draw single tracks and differential pairs with precision New or enhanced tools to draw tracks, measure distances, tune track lengths, etc. Enhanced tool for creating filled zones A customizable coordinate system facilitates data exchange with other CAD applications Realistic ray-tracing capable 3D viewer Differential pair routing Rich repositories of symbol, footprint, and 3D shape libraries Python scripting API for programmatic customization and extensions Improved footprint wizard for fast custom footprints

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Steeds vaker komen we op smartphones en tablet-computers het besturingssysteem Android tegen. Het aantal toepassingsprogramma's – de zogenaamde applicaties of kortweg apps - waarmee de apparaten individueel aan de voorkeuren en wensen van de gebruiker kunnen worden aangepast, neemt van dag tot dag toe. En de steeds betere technische uitvoering en uitrusting van de apparaten maken het nu mogelijk toepassingen te 'draaien' waarvoor een paar jaar geleden nog een desktop-PC of speciale hardware vereist was. Inmiddels kan elke smartphone de exacte (geografische) positie bepalen, video's opnemen – en nog veel meer. Maar bij het individualiseren van onze smartphone hoeven we ons niet te beperken tot kant-en-klare applicaties! Het is namelijk helemaal niet zo moeilijk om zelf Android-apparaten te programmeren en eigen apps te schrijven. Dit boek vormt een inleiding tot het programmeren van apps voor Android-apparaten. De werking van het Android-systeem wordt op begrijpelijke manier uitgelegd en we zien stap voor stap hoe applicaties kunnen worden geprogrammeerd. Aan de hand van een groot aantal voorbeelden worden allerlei toepassingsmogelijkheden getoond. Het scala loopt van eenvoudige rekenprogramma's via het uitlezen van sensoren en GPS-data tot het programmeren van applicaties voor internetcommunicatie. Naast het schrijven van applicaties in de programmeertaal Java wordt in dit boek ook besproken hoe apps met behulp van Javascript of PHP-scripts kunnen worden geprogrammeerd.

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A Handbook on DIY Nowadays, security problems are rarely properly solved or correctly addressed. Electronic security is only part of the chain in making a system secure. Electronic security is usually addressed as network or software security, neglecting other aspects, but the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This book is about electronic hardware security, with an emphasis on problems that you can solve on a shoestring DIY budget. It deals mostly with secure communications, cryptosystems, and espionage. You will quickly appreciate that you can’t simply buy a trustworthy and reliable cryptosystem off the shelf. You will then realise that this applies equally to individuals, corporations, and governments. If you want to increase your electronic security awareness in a world already overcrowded with networks of microphones and cameras, this is a book for you. Furthermore, if you want to do something DIY by designing and expanding upon simple electronic systems, please continue reading. Some of the devices described are already published as projects in the Elektor magazine. Some are still ideas yet to be worked out. Complexity is the main enemy of security, so we'll try to keep to simple systems. Every chapter will analyse real-life espionage events or at least several hypothetical scenarios that will hopefully spark your imagination. The final goal is to build a security-conscious mindset (or “to get into a head of a spy”) which is necessary to recognise possible threats beforehand, to design a truly secure system. Don’t bother reading if: you think you and your secrets are 100% safe and secure you think somebody else can effectively handle your security you think conspiracy theories only exist in theory – Telefunken’s masterpiece the “FS-5000 Harpoon” was built on one!

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Eine Einführung in die Schaltungssimulation LTspice wurde von Mike Engelhardt entwickelt und gehört inzwischen zu Analog Devices. Es handelt sich dabei um ein Programm zur Schaltplanerstellung – einen leistungsstarken, schnellen und kostenlosen SPICE-Simulator sowie um ein Werkzeug zur Darstellung von Kurvenverläufen. Es bietet eine umfangreiche Bauteildatenbank, die weltweit durch SPICE-Modelle unterstützt wird. Mit LTspice kann man schnell und einfach Schaltpläne erstellen. Dank der leistungsfähigen grafischen Ausgabefunktionen lassen sich Spannungen und Ströme in einer Schaltung, die Leistungsaufnahme der Bauteile und viele weitere Parameter darstellen. Ziel dieses Buches ist es, den Entwurf und die Simulation elektronischer Schaltungen mit LTspice zu vermitteln. Es behandelt unter anderem folgende Themen: DC und AC-Schaltungen Kleinsignal- und Z-Dioden Transistorschaltungen inkl. Oszillatoren Tryristor-, Diac- und Triacschaltungen Operationsverstärkerschaltungen inkl. Oszillatoren Der 555 Timer-IC Filter Spannungsregler Optokoppler Erstellung von Spannungskurven Simulation von Logikschaltungen mit der 74HC-Familie SPICE-Modellierung LTspice ist ein äußerst vielseitiges Werkzeug zur Simulation elektronischer Schaltungen mit zahlreichen Funktionen und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Eine vollständige Behandlung aller Details würde jedoch den Rahmen dieses Buches sprengen. Daher konzentriert sich das Buch auf die gängigsten Themen wie DC- und AC-Analyse, Parametersweep, Übertragungsfunktionen, Oszillatoren, Diagramme und weitere grundlegende Anwendungen. Obwohl es sich um eine Einführung handelt, deckt dieses Buch dennoch die meisten Interessensgebiete all jener ab, die sich mit der Simulation elektronischer Schaltungen beschäftigen.

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If you have the right tools, designing a microprocessor shouldn’t be complicated. The Verilog hardware description language (HDL) is one such tool. It can enable you to depict, simulate, and synthesize an electronic design, and thus increase your productivity by reducing the overall workload associated with a given project.Monte Dalrymple’s Microprocessor Design Using Verilog HDL is a practical guide to processor design in the real world. It presents the Verilog HDL in a straightforward fashion and serves as a detailed introduction to reducing the computer architecture and as an instruction set to practice. You’re led through the microprocessor design process from start to finish, and essential topics ranging from writing in Verilog to debugging and testing are laid bare.The book details the following, and more: Verilog HDL Review: data types, bit widths/labeling, operations, statements, and design hierarchy Verilog Coding Style: files vs. modules, indentation, and design organization Design Work: instruction set architecture, external bus interface, and machine cycle Microarchitecture: design spreadsheet and essential worksheets (e.g., Operation, Instruction Code, and Next State) Writing in Verilog: choosing encoding, assigning states in a state machine, and files (e.g., defines.v, hierarchy.v, machine.v) Debugging, Verification, and Testing: debugging requirements, verification requirements, testing requirements, and the test bench Post Simulation: enhancements and reduction to practice Monte Dalrymple received a BSEE (with highest honors) and an MSEE from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Monte started his career at Zilog, where he designed a number of successful products, including the Serial Communication Controller (SCC) family and the Universal Serial Controller (USC) family. He was also the architect and lead designer of the Z380 microprocessor. Monte started his own company, Systemyde International Corp., in 1995, and has been doing contract design work ever since. He designed all five generations of Rabbit microprocessors, a Z180 clone that is flying on the Juno mission to Jupiter, and a Z8000 clone that flies in a commercial avionics air data computer. Monte holds 16 patents as well as both amateur and commercial radio licenses. Monte wrote 10 articles for Circuit Cellar magazine between 1996 and 2010. He recently completed a side project to replace the CPU in an HP-41C calculator with a modern FPGA-based version.

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De ESP8266 van Espressif is een Wi-Fi microchip met volledige TCP/IP stack en functionaliteit van een microcontroller. Het heeft indruk gemaakt in de maker community met zijn lage prijs. Maar veel ontwikkelaars waren ontevreden over het hoge stroomverbruik van de ESP8266. De ESP32, uitgerust met een ULP (Ultra Low Power) coprocessor, biedt hiervoor een oplossing. Dit e-book bevat een aantal projecten met ESP32 & ESP8266 en een interview met de CEO Teo Swee Ann van Espressif. Artikelen Lichtkrant met ESP-12F, 512 LED’s via WiFi aansturen VFD-klok met ESP32, met nauwkeurige internettijd Zuinige ESP32, de programmering van de ULP-coprocessor DCF77-emulator met ESP8266, internettijd vervangt draadloze tijd WiFi desktop-thermostaat, flexibele en programmeerbare temperatuurregeling Timers voor de WiFi desktop-thermostaat, zeven kanalen met atoomprecisie Zwitsers zakmes voor microcontrollers, PlatformIO als universeel programmeertool ESP8266 USB-programmeer-adapter voor de Espressif-modules ESP-01 en ESP-012 De ESP8266 op het Android I/O-board, zelf nieuwe firmware flashen Weerdisplay, actuele weersinformatie op een kleuren-LCD GoNotify, een flexibele IoT sensor-interface. Join the bubble! CV-monitor met ESP8266, domotica voor de overgang naar duurzame energie MicroPython en het pyboard, van een knipperende LED naar … een knipperende LED aan een webserver De grote broer van de ESP8266, de eerste stappen met de ESP32 en de Arduino-IDE RGBDigit klok, een kleurrijk 7-segment-display voor uw data WLAN voor microcontrollers, besturen met de ESP8266 De terugkeer van de Wi-Fi-besturingskaart, apparatuur bedienen met uw smartphone Compact en autonoom WLAN, handig gebruik van de ESP8266 zonder MCU

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