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HARDWARE ■
TOOLS ■
GADGETS
all Front Panel Designer features, the
user can see an immediate price
breakdown for their custom designs.
Front Panel Designer is a tool for
engineers, designers, and do-it-yourselfers to custom design their
front panels and enclosures. It is a
WYSISYG (What You See Is What
You Get) application because the
user gets the results as they see them
on their screen. Front Panel Express
has an automated process to
machine these designs with modern
CNC technology on aluminum or
plastic panels, or on customer
provided material.
For more information, contact:
FRONT PANEL EXPRESS
Web:
www.frontpanelexpress.com
SIMPLE MOTOR
CONTROLLERS
Pololu announces the release of their simple motor controllers —
a line of motor
drivers with
enhanced
capabilities
that make
basic
control of
DC
motors easy.
With four supported
high-level interfaces — USB for direct
connection to a computer, TTL serial
for use with embedded systems, RC
hobby servo pulses for use as RC
controlled electronic speed control
(ESC), and analog voltages for use
with a potentiometer or analog
joystick — and a wide array of
configurable settings, these devices
simplify controlling motors in a
variety of projects. Units can be
paired to enable mixed RC or analog
control of differential-drive robots,
and they can be daisy-chained with
additional Pololu servo and motor
controllers on a single serial line. A
free configuration program (available
for Windows and Linux) allows for
quick controller configuration over
USB (no more DIP switches or
jumpers) and simplifies initial
testing.
For more information, contact:
POLOLU
Web: www.pololu.com/smc
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Zeroplus LAP-C 16032
Logic Analyzer
SPI - i2c - UART - 7-segment
2 free additional protocols
.
16-channel - 100MHz - USB 2.0
RGB LCD - XBee
http://www.NKCelectronics.com
Rigol DS1052E DSO
50MHz - up to 1GSa/s
1 Meg mem - TFT LCD - USB
Advanced triggering: Edge,
Pulse, Video, Slope, Alt
Open Source Hardware
Arduino UNO - MEGA 2560
Arduino Duemilanove $24.95
Freeduino - Seeeduino
DSO Nano
Arduino Shields - Ethernet
SHOWCASESHOWCASE
Dealers Wanted
MIAC is an industrial grade PICmicro controller which
retails at $180. Features include direct USB download, 8
analog/digital inputs, 4 relays, 4 motor outputs, integrated
CAN bus and a free copy of Flowcode V3. We are looking
for commercial partners for MIAC – if you are interested
then please call us in the UK on + 44 1422 252380.
