Hardware

Field Programmable Gate Arrays FPGAs

• https://www.mouser.com/new/xilinx/xilinx-coolrunner-ii-cplds/ Xilinx Coolrunner family FPGA devices

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USB to UART

A few references to Parallax products, found during search for USB to serial UART cables:

• https://www1.parallax.com/product/28031 . . . USB to serial UART cable

• https://www1.parallax.com/sites/default/files/downloads/28030-USB-Serial-232-Schematic-RevD.pdf

^ P8X32A processor

• https://www.parallax.com/product/propeller-activity-board-wx/ . . . 8-core Propeller P8X32A-Q44 microcontroller

Some reviews of this processor:

• https://hackaday.com/tag/p8x32a/ . . . Hackaday 2014 review of P8X32A processor

^ Sensors

• https://www.kionix.com/about-kionix/about-ithaca

• KX132-1211-Technical-Reference-Manual-Rev-5.0.pdf

• https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/348/KX134-1211-Specifications-Rev-1.0-1659717.pdf Kionix KX134-1211 accelerometer

^ Displays

• https://www.digikey.com/htmldatasheets/production/646381/0/0/1/ap3156.html Diodes Incorporated AP3156FVP LED driver chip

^ Microprocessors

Very Long Instruction Word architecture:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_long_instruction_word
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode#Horizontal_microcode

^ Tools for Electronics

Tools for prototyping and building electronic hardware:

• https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/305/OKi%20PS-900%20Data%20Sheet-1189329.pdf . . . Metcal PS-800 soldering station and accessories

• https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Metcal/PS-HC3?qs=tEuKHpL3Iwl%2F4rOdYAbWyQ%3D%3D . . . Metcal PS-HC3 hand-piece w/cord and Coil Assembly

• https://www.sparkfun.com/products/22857 VR IMU Breakout - BNO086

• https://www.sparkfun.com/products/19725 PCBite hook up accessories

• https://www.sparkfun.com/products/19721 PCBite hook up accessories

PCB Layout Tools and Considerations

• https://welldoneblog.fedevel.com/2023/05/03/do-you-know-how-signal-travels-through-a-via-are-you-sure-explained-by-eric-bogatin/

^ Tools for Programming Microcontrollers

• https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Segger-Microcontroller/8.08.00
• https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Segger-Microcontroller/8.08.00?qs=sGAEpiMZZMuqBwn8WqcFUncXicj3aubZWfen96waVfI%3D ( this link may only be valid for a particular session )

• https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/359/Segger_J-Link_Adapters-1202797.pdf JLink adapters, adaptive cables, adapter cables

• https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Segger-Microcontroller/8.06.02

== ^ Camera systems

• https://ag-projects.com/focus/

^ Vacuum Tube Technology

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S677EQZ_wns Biggest new Nixie clock

• https://hackaday.com/2020/08/06/just-who-makes-tubes-these-days/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/business/worldbusiness/16cheat.html