91猎奇

Here are links to other information on mechatronics that I hope will help you find what you are looking for or help you explore the subject. The links below are by no means exhaustive. If you come across others that you think should be listed here or find any broken links, please let me know.

Design resources

• Dr. Lee's list of suppliers Prof. Lee's list of suppliers for engineering products and services, including MEMS and lab supplies
•  Metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, plus detailed technical data
•  large supplier of mechanical, maintenance, and industrial supplies
•  large supplier of mechanical, maintenance, and industrial supplies
•  the largest global online marketplace connecting manufacturers and buyers of manufactured items
•  Makes your custom parts completely via the Internet. Low cost and convenient.
• ExpressCNC Another online machine shop. Also has links to free CAD software and surplus hardware
•  listing of Silicon Valley surplus dealers, swapmeets, etc.
•  an electrical construction resource
•  exhaustive listing of US manufactures for virtually everything
•  a new online industrial directory, engineering resource, and vertical search engine
•  a comprehensive manufacturers directory
• Where to find things good list of places to get things for prototyping and projects (from Stanford University's Product Realization Laboratory)

Electronics resources

•  a comprehensive reference by Texas Instruments for anyone interested in electronics
•  excellent links to a variety of electronic circuits for the hobbyist and other useful links
•  links to a ton of schematics and other electronics resources
• Circuits Archive the Univ. of Washington's famous database of electronic circuits, and more!
•  an extensive source for data sheets
•  a comprehensive resource database on electronic components and circuits
• EE Toolbox important resources for EE design
•  comprehensive industry resource for for electronics and electrical products
•  excellent resource for explaining the underlying physics of electricity and magnetism
•  an excellent resource for finding numerically and functionally ordered chip lists, chip pinouts and lists of chip manufacturers, manufacturers of controller embedding tools, electronics
  books, CDROM's, magazines, WWW sites and much more.
• (Maxim is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Analog Devices) app. notes, design guides and more
•  nice tool to determine a resistor's nominal resistance from its color bands
•  a helpful resource for all things related to resistors
•  standard EIA decade resistor values table
•  speed controllers for battery operated electric motors and more!
•  extensive compilation of web links to engineering-related resources

Magazines

•  bills itself as, 鈥淭HE WORLD'S SOURCE FOR EMBEDDED ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING INFORMATION鈥�
•  software tools for the professional programmer
•  current, in-depth coverage of emerging electronic technologies for design
•  current, in-depth coverage of emerging electronic technologies for design
•  Electronics & Technology for the hobbyist and professional
•  has some interesting electronics for science experiments
• Provides access to all knowledge about technologies that can help engineers develop meaningful products

Mechatronics conferences

•  An international conference for mechatronics and acoustics, noise and vibration

Mechatronics education

• Mechatronics at 91猎奇 information about the program here at 91猎奇
•  mechatronics and robotics at SCU
•  web link to the Smart Product Design Lab (SPDL)
•  web link to Prof. Auslander's web page
•  link to the 2.737 mechatronics course at MIT
•  Consumer Electronics at the Univ. of Wash. a neat course dealing with design of consumer electronics
•  link to Fred Martin鈥檚 page, a leading researcher in mechatronics
•  lots of neat stuff done with the parallel port, PIC microcontrollers, etc.
• is a clearinghouse for information about degree programs in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more!

Mechatronics in general

• Mechanical Engineering, May 1997 Feature Article a good overview that describes what Mechatronics is all about

Microcontroller resources

Don't miss valuable information from the manufacturer's web sites

•  the "official" site for Atmel AVR aficionados
•  the official site for the Handy Board, a 68HC11-based controller board designed for experimental mobile robotics work developed at MIT
•  a focused discussion group for the Handy Board device: distribution of information of any sort about obtaining, debugging, or using the Handy Board design; troubleshooting problems; exchanging ideas and techniques; sharing code; etc
•  manufacturer of the PIC microcontroller family
•  a leading supplier of single-board computers and industrial embedded controllers
• Mini Board web site a single-board computer, about the size of a business card, optimized for controlling small DC motors and receiving data from various electronic sensors developed at MIT
•  manufactures a broad range of microcontrollers (including the 68HC11 chip we use in the lab)
•  lots of information on the Basic Stamp, a PIC-based microcontroller
•  a super source of information for those interested in the Motorola MC68HC05, MC68HC11 and MC68HC12 microcontrollers
•  offers a good selection of prototyping hardware and tutorials relating to electronics and microcontrollers.
•  claims to be, "the world's largest online selection of microcontroller tools". See their .

Motor related

•  major manufacturer of stepping, ac gearmotors, linear actuators, and fans
• Oriental Motor Stepper Driver Wiring wiring diagram for 5-phase stepping motor driver and controller

Robots!

•  a ton of links on everything related to animatronics
•  a Windows-based software tool to create robotics applications and simulations
• the folks who work on rovers and other neat extraterrestrial vehicles
•  a contest sponsored by National Semiconductor to build an autonomous race car
•  billed as the world's largest robot competition
• Robot Information super resource for everything on robots!
• Robotics Into The 21st Century Links to what is coming in robotics
•  A concise history of robots from used-robots.com
•  an excellent resource for those interested in learning about and building robots
•  a national engineering contest which immerses high school students in the exciting world of engineering. Teaming up with engineers from businesses and universities, students get a hands-on, inside look at the engineering profession. Lots of local high schools participate, so check this out and consider getting involved!

Software resources

• C programming course Univ. of Strathclyde's course on C programming
• C++ Online (CSC 114) Introduction to programming and problem solving using C++
•  Compilers for a host of languages and target systems
•  Full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Win32. It uses GCC, Mingw or Cygwin as compiler and libraries set.
•  Nice overview of programming microcontrollers in C
• (for the 68HC11 and HC12) The GNU Compiler Collection integrates several compilers for many architectures. The C and C++ compilers have been ported for 68HC11 and 68HC12 micro-controllers
•  the official IC manual; also gives a good brief review of some C basics
•  online version of the classic text for all the numerical mathematical algorithms you will ever need
• PIC C Lite compiler Freeware version of the industrial-strength PICC ANSI C compiler. Supports the 16F877, 16F877A, 12F675, 12F629, 16F627, 16C84, 16F84 and 16F84A devices
• Pacific Ca freeware C compiler for MS-DOS
• Programming template a template for developing C programs
• a comprehensive reference for Standard C
• a freeware C compiler for MS-DOS from Borland
• a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of RISC microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform. Includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C++.

Things Mechatronic

•  lots of cool stuff "hacked" from all sorts of mechatronic devices. See also their links to other sites.
•  the world's biggest "do-it-yourself" (DIY) and how-to site