September 2007
Beginner to intermediate
432 pages
17h 48m
English
Content preview from Making Things Talk
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microcontrollers (continued)
BX-24, 356
commonly used, 22–23
defined, 19
DNS utility, 86
MAKE, 357
multiple, USB hub, 53
network modules, 116–125
network modules, air quality meter,
126–138
Phidgets, 357
PICs, 357
Propeller, 357
SitePlayer, 358
specialty devices, 42
Wiring (See Wiring)
microwave range, 184
MIDI, 344–346
mobile phone application
development, 352–356
modems, 71, 75, 83, 124
Mok, Jin-Yo, 146–147, 174–175
monkeys, author’s fondness for, 228
Monski Pong project
circuit, 56–57
flow control, 68–70
parts list, 56
programming, 61–70
programming, wireless, 74
testing sensors, 59–61
wireless, 71–74
wiring monkey, 56–58
multimeter, 22–23
multipath effect, 276
multiplexing, 185
multitiered network model, 83
Musicbox, 146–147, 174–175
N
NADA, 352
nameservers, 85–86
nano, 29
needlenose pliers, 22–23
negotiating in Bluetooth, 75–78
net library, 109
netmask, 122
network modules
air quality meter project, 126–138
connection project, 118–125
overview, 116–117
network modules (continued)
test client program, 143–144
test server program, 144–145
troubleshooting, 139–145
networked cat project
cat mat sensors, 97–106
cat-sensing circuit, 100
connections, 109–111
email, 106–109
housing and wires, 112
programming connections, 109–111
programming email, 106–108
programming sensors, 101–106
web page, 94–97
Networked Flowers, 80–81
networks
addresses, 84–86
hubs, 83
identification, 326–339
layers of agreement, 50
locating things, 262–265
maps, ...
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