| technical
information and background |
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author, product or subject
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about
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comments
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mechatronics
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| Perry
Cook (Princeton) |
Basic
Circuits |
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| Dan O'Sullivan & Tom Igo (NYU) |
Physical
Computing |
Textbook - available for loan from MacLean |
| Bill
Putnam (Stanford/CCRMA) |
Input/Data
Acquisition System Design for Human Computer
Interfacing |
Basic foundational information / vocabulary about I/O systems - most of this doesn't change. |
| MicroMo |
Motor
and Gearhead Basics (application notes)
DC Motor Application Considerations (link)
|
a thorough and readable
overview of how DC PM motors work, and how to
specify one. |
| RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) |
Texas
Instruments (formerly TIRIS)
|
Source of information for antennas,
readers, tags. |
| Piezos |
MSIUSA |
Information about piezos and what you can do with them. |
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numerical
analysis, controls and modeling
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| These are mainly
Matlab tutorials. Matlab
is extremely useful for modeling and understanding
the physical systems you're trying to render
haptically;
Simulink is great for modeling and prototyping
the control when it gets at all complex. Matlab
is available on many CS department machines. Google for many more and recent tutorials on any topic. |
| Ed Colgate, Northwestern |
Matlab
Primer |
for getting started |
| U Mich / CMU Mechanical Engineering |
Controls
Tutorials and Modeling Tutorials for Matlab
and Simulink |
modeling & controls
tutorials for matlab newbies (and others who
possibly want a refresher)... |
| resource
lists |
| Brooke's
sensors page |
sensor resources |
amazing list of
every kind of sensor technology you've ever
heard of, including links to every company that
makes them. |
