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Links I found useful

 

Engineering units converters

• Quarkel.com
• OnlineConversion.com

Native Linux PIC development tools

• gpsim and gpasm, free PIC assembler and simulator for LinuxC2C, a shareware PIC C compiler for Linux and other OS's
• Newfound Electronics: PIC programmers with available native Linux driver
  I have the Warp-13 model
  Click here to D/L the Linux driver for the Warp-13 (34K tgz file)
• Free Linux driver for the PICSTART Plus programmer
• Eagle schematic and board layout editor for Linux

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Atmel AVR microcontrollers

• AVR Tutorial
• Free Linux AVR development software (C compiler, Assembler, Programmer, etc)
• AVR Freaks web site (Windows centric)
• AVRdude programmer software for Linux (works with many programmers)
• Atmel AVR Programmer (serial port type)
• PDF file with programmer schematic and theory of operation

 

Atmel AVR free development tools for Mac OS-X

• MacPorts Required to install run AVR development tools
• avr-gcc C compiler for AVR
• avr-libc C library for AVR
• AVRdude AVR programmer for Apple Macintosh OS-X

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RF modules for short range telemetry

• Linx RF modules from DigiKey (pdf)
• Linx Technologies RF module data
• ABACOM Technologies RF modules

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Motors

• Aveox
• Pittman

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Batteries

• Using A123 lithium cells
• A123 Systems home page
• Another page with A123 info

Materials Properties

• Properites of Metals
• Another properties of metals page
• Properties of materials
• NiTi Actuator Wire Properties

Misc.

• Ten Precious Joules. Various ways to store 10 joules of energy.
• Toms R/C Page: Info on R/C car motors and Servo reversing
• Make your own wheels
• Cast your own silicone tires
• Lens field of view calculator for 1/4 and 1/3 inch image sensors
• How PID (Porportional Integral Derivative) control systems work
• Collection of Kinematic Mechanisms
• Gearwheels from hell

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