AtmelMicro

Development boards

 * http://www.minnowboard.org/meet-minnowboard-max/ Intel Atom processor. See EmbeddedPc
 * Rasberry Pi

Arduino

 * Arduino code Stepper motor code.
 * Adruino_device_drivers Device drivers for USB
 * http://www.skillbank.co.uk/arduino/measure.htm precise voltage measurement. Internal vref of arduino results in 5% error, not the 0.25% the adc is capable off.
 * http://tronixstuff.com/2013/07/02/tutorial-arduino-and-the-ti-ads1110-16-bit-adc/ External 16 bit adc . ads1110.
 * http://www.phanderson.com/bx24/ltc1298.html ltc1298 adc 12bit.

8051 Links
* http://www.roboblock.com/info/info1.htm * http://www.boerde.de/~matthias/m8051/ * http://www.rentron.com/at89c205.htm * http://opencollector.org/collector.php * http://wiki.emqbit.com/sales Openembedded linux arm processor * http://www.lunkwill.org/gadgetboard/ Gadgetboard * http://www.ni.com/labview/design/ Design via codeblocks

PID algorithm
* http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.embedded/browse_thread/thread/68223435f15d9f1e/# * http://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/pidwophd.html. * http://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/articles.html, or buy my book:* * http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html. * http://www.wescottdesign.com * http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/download/1829 Applied Control Theory for Embedded Systems" came out in April. See details at http://www.wescottdesign.com/actfes/actfes.html

Masters Thesis http://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/MSK/msk.pdf File  msk.pdf * http://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/MSK/mskTop.html

Applied digital micro control

 * Microcontroller Based Applied Digital Control (Hardcover) by Ibrahim Chapters 10 and 11 round out the discussion with controller realization and a practical case study; A liquid level digital control system.
 * Microcontroller Based Temperature Monitoring & Control by Dogan Ibrahim
 * Digital PID controller.Closing the loop with a PIC, by Kohtz D. md5=1FBED0ADE36D3531524D4AA1BEB7BFB7 Magazine article(10pages) on using a PIC for digital control.

Optical isolators and Robotics

 * http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/SpeedControl/Optos.html
 * Robotics engineering http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/
 * Embedded systems magazine http://www.embedded.com/
 * http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
 * Analog and Digital Circuits for Control System Applications: Using the Ti Msp430 Microcontroller
 * p.249 of j.graeme book in journal 'Sensors', optical position sensing.

PHD thesis
Folder robot16mrch2007

DAC
AD558, ltc8043 Multiplying dac ,  pcf8591,  DAC0830, MCP4706A0T

Embedded pc
http://www.udoo.org/

Current sensing

 * https://www.uam.es/personal_pas/patricio/base_conocimientos/documentos/CurrentSenseCircuitsColectionAN105LinearTechnology.pdf  Lt1787 bidirectional battery current monitor. (70cents us).
 * http://electronicdesign.com/power/whats-all-error-budget-stuff-anyhow common mode errors on high side, low side sensing
 * http://electronicdesign.com/power/what-s-all-4-20-ma-stuff-anyhow 4 to 20ma Bob Pease
 * https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/4404 Constant current

Slotted waveguide
Slotted fiber for microwave
 * http://people.sissa.it/~desimone/Conferences/Presentations09/Pellegrino56.pdf Ultra thin carbon composites.
 * http://us.misumi-ec.com/pdf/fa/2010/p1879.pdf slotted washer
 * http://www.andritz.com/pp-pw-pertec-pim.pdf perforated metal

Links

 * http://www.diyelectronics.co.za components.
 * http://pro-tecc.co.za  electronic components.
 * http://za.rs-online.com/web/ electronic components.
 * Adruino device drivers
 * http://www.gnuh8.org.uk/
 * http://precision-gps.org/ Look for kalmanfilters
 * http://www.galilmc.com/training/webconf.html Galil motion control with modules
 * http://www.gumstix.com Linux compatable used in the paparazzi UnmannedAerialVehicles project.
 * ArrowAltech
 * http://www.robot-electronics.co.uk/