Cheever's References

This page is just a link to series of references that I have put up on the web, as well as some outside links

PIC Stuff

• MPLab intro
• CCS C compiler for PIC microprocessors
• Using PIC peripherals
• Using LCD on new version of PICDEM 2 Plus
• Using LCD on PICDEM LCD with CCS compiler
• Using MPLab ICE

Electric Circuits

• SCAM: A MatLab® tool for generating and solving circuit equations symbolically
• Bode Plots - the hows and whys.  Also includes MatLab® code to generate asymptotic Bode plots.
• Bode Paper - Generate your own semilog paper for making Bode plots - both magnitude and phase.
• Phasors:  A MatLab tool for visualising phasors.

Electronics

• Resistor color codes (and capacitors)
• Directions to have a PCB manufactured from Ultiboard
• Soldering technique
• Prototyping tips
• Working with surface mount parts
• Links to semiconductor manufacturers (UC Santa Cruz)
• Links to semiconductor manufacturers (Mine)
• The Chip Directory :This site has a useful (though not exhaustive) cross-referencing system when you need to find a part, but don't have all the information.
• Alberta Printed Circuits: Printed Circuit (fast -- 2 or 3 days from submission to boards in hand)
• Advanced Circuits:  Another printed circuit company
• Sensors - a page that has a lot of useful information about different types of sensors

Electronics (references from my classes)

• Digital logic intro
• Some digital logic problems
• Transistor Amplifiers
• Filter intro
• Single Supply Op Amp Design

Numerical Analysis

• Numerical integration
• Numerical representations
• Binary math

Linear Systems

• Convolution
• Bode Plots - the hows and whys.  Also includes MatLab® code to generate asymptotic Bode plots.
• Bode Paper - Generate your own semilog paper for making Bode plots - both magnitude and phase.
• Laplace transform table (and Z transforms)
• A bio of Fourier
• A demo of some Fourier Series
• Root Locus - the hows and whys.  Also includes MatLab® code to generate plots and explain applicable rules.
• Introduction to Kalman Filters
• TM
• Performance Measurement of second order circuit

MATLAB®

• My Matlab intro
• Matlab Refs
• Interface for 54602b Scope
• Interface for Tektronix TDS4013 Scope

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Erik Cheever Engineering Department Swarthmore College