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September 22 - Day 2 - Lidar and UAV Technology
The two technologies we will use in this class to develop point clouds lidar and UAV. In this course, we will go into the details of each, especially in relation to our main topic of using drone-based lidar.
September 21 - Day 1 - Primer on Point Clouds
Point clouds have many uses. Simply put, they are a set of points in space. This allows 3D imaging of all manner of objects, including manufactured parts and the external environment. In this course, we take a look at the general concept of point...
August 28 - Day 5 - Electromechanical Relay Control
Attendees will interact with a simple electromechanical relay controlled by a RPi4. A discussion on the operation of a  transistor relay control circuit will be presented.  Also, basic electronic sensing and control applications will be discussed...
August 24 - Day 1 - Physical Computing and Automation Basics
In this introduction session Physical Computing and Automation Basics will be presented. Physical Computing and Automation technical literature will be discussed along with terminology. A review of the Raspberry Pi 4 along with a brief discussion...
August 26 - Day 3 - Understanding Analog to Digital Converters
Day 3 session will allow attendees to explore the circuit operation of an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC).  Attendees will learn how to wire and setup an ADC on a Raspberry Pi 4. Also, ADC basics will be discussed in this session using hands-on...
August 27 - Day 4 - DC Motor Controls
The application of controlling a dc motor with a RPi4 will be discussed and demonstrated in this Day 4 session. To illustrate DC motor controls, the L293 H-Bridge driver integrated circuit (IC) will be demonstrated. Also, the Processing...
July 31 - Day 5 - Nordic DFU
Nordic Semiconductor is an official SEGGER license partner. Unlike STMicroelectronics projects, the Nordic Semiconductor projects we create can be commercial or non-commercial. One of the really cool features of the Nordic Bluetooth radio devices...
July 30 - Day 4 - Microchip SAM Series
I was in the mix when Atmel and Microchip were going head to head. I was on the Microchip side as I became enamored with the PIC16C54 microcontroller. Years later, my first major Atmel project involved the ATMega128 AVR. The “war” ended when...
July 29 - Day 3 - Nordic SDK and Embedded Studio
Nordic Semiconductor has tailored their new SDKs to operate seamlessly with Embedded Studio. I recall attempting to code for the Nordic devices some years back when Embedded Studio was called SES (SEGGER Embedded Studio). It worked, but it took a...
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