Category: Geek Reads

Stepper Motors: Fundamentals, Applications and Design (Hardcover)

Stepper Motors: Fundamentals, Applications and Design

This is the first Indian publication devoted solely to stepper motors. It covers all aspects of stepper motors: construction, operation and characteristics of stepper motors; electronic as well as microprocessor based controllers for stepper motors; stepper motor applications in control, instrumentation, computer peripheral devices, CNC systems, robotics, etc.; and stepper motor analysis and design.

Furthermore, the book contains certain special features which have appeared, perhaps for the first time, in a book of this nature such as the latest REMP disk magnet stepper motor micros-tepping controller, etc. Certain Indian contributions to stepper motor controller technology have been highlighted in microprocessor-based contro (more…)

Originally posted 2009-07-14 10:10:34.

Mechatronics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-it-Yourself Projects (Paperback)

Mechatronics for the Evil Genius: 25 Build-it-Yourself Projects

The popular evil genius format provides hobbyists with a fun and inexpensive way to learn Mechatronics (the merger of electronics and mechanics) via 25 complete projects. Projects include: mechanical race car, combat robot, ionic motor, electromagnet, robotic arm, light beam remote control, and more Includes “parts lists” and “tool bin” for each project Covers all the preparation needed to begin building, such as “how to solder,” “how to recognize components and diagrams, “how to read a schematic,” etc.

From the Back CoverDEVELOP THE MECHATRONIC SIDE OF YOUR GENIUS WITH 25 FUNTASTIC PROJECTS! If you’re fascinated by electronics and mechanics, this hands-on tour of the junction where they meet will bring you (more…)

Originally posted 2009-07-21 03:22:32.

How to Manage your Creative Work and Intellectual Property Online

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It is with a hard heart that I write this post today. It has come to our attention that a design, The Pocket Light by Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee (Ryan Harc), was stolen, produced and sold unlicensed under another brand. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-01-30 10:50:49.

The Geekly Reader: The Murder Room

The Murder Room

The premise of The Murder Room sounds fictional: America’s greatest crime-solving experts create a select club, The Vidocq Society, to solve cold cases. … Read More

Originally posted 2010-12-11 08:38:00.