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Design and model a solution to a problem from ThinkCycle.
Help:
>> Cobalt tutorial
>> 3D modeling diatribe: should I use Rhino or Cobalt? (Hayes Raffle)
>> Folding Tutorial: how to model a polyhedron by "folding up" flat polygons (Hayes Raffle)

>> Joe Paradiso's Electronics Primer Notes (updated by Michael Sung)

>> Useful Electronic Parts and Circuits Information (scanned by Michael Sung)

>> Simple Pseudo-Random Sound Generator Example

>> A funny video of circuit de-bugging

Problem 1: How to drive stepmotors?
>> Driving Stepmotors (by Axel Kilian)

>> Color coding of resistors (by Saoirse Higgins)

>> Web sites used for help with circuit design (by David Merril, Kyle Steinfeld):
http://www.findchips.com/
http://www.digikey.com/ (voted " the best source")
http://www.google.com/ PIC
http://www.TI.com

>> Midi stuff:
http://fargo.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~tigoe/pcomp/pic/pic-midi-pbpro.shtml
http://www.midi.org/about-midi/abtmidi.htm
http://www.weir.net/~mwhitco/ http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall02/cs436/InputMIDI/midielec.html

useful book: "Practical Electronics for Inventors" (good theory explanations, bad schematics)

>> Modela instructions (by C. Scott Ananian)
>> 3D printer instructions (by C. Scott Ananian)

>> John's FabLab Tutorials (by difran)

>> Site for Making Gears with printers of cutters (by Axel Killian):
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rapidproto/mechanisms/chpt7.html

• Making a new Schematic/PCB part in Protel '99 (by David Merrill)
• Making a PCB on the Modela (instructions and software, by CSA)
• Carving a Protel circuit board on the Roland Mill (Additional suggestions from Hayes Raffle)
• Making a PCB fixture bed (instructions and CAD files, by CSA)

SENSORS, ACTUATORS AND DISPLAYS

Joe P Revisited (Parutron)