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Hello {FIRST_NAME}, in this edition:
- We launch our Electronic Workstation, why not treat yourself to the only design and prototyping platform you need?
- Design your electronics circuits the simple way with our new Protstation
- Teach yourself how to program for under £30
- USB made simple in the Knowledge
Exchange
- Have you say on Flowcode and you may win £200 in Matrix products
- Earn rewards for helping on the Forum
- Control a reptile vivarium with MIAC
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NEW Electronic Workstation - our new design and prototyping platform
Our new Electronic Workstation
meets all your power and
instrumentation needs
for
electronics education and prototyping in one
self contained, easily
portable
unit. It will allow you to analyse both analogue
and digital circuits.
USB
connectivity lets you use a PC to monitor,
store, display and recall
your
parameter readings along with oscilloscope
waveforms. Features include:
Multiple
power voltages
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Analogue
oscilloscope |
| Arbitrary
waveform
generator |
Digital
analyser with
serial bus decoding |
| Customisable
PC
interface |
Integral
USB Hub and E-Blocks compatible
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HP512 Protostation, create and test electronic circuits the easy way
The Protostation is an advanced prototype board which is used for
developing electronic circuits making it the perfect complement to the
Electronic Workstation.
Together they form a complete electronics prototyping and analysis
system.
Alternatively, use Protostation on its own for the convenience of its
integral signal sources and output devices.
To take advantage, click
here or contact
your dealer
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USB made simple
This month's Knowledge
Exchange article demonstrates how the
USBHID component, included in the PIC version of Flowcode V4, can be
used in the development of projects that can interface with a PC by appearing
to be a mouse. The target device for the attached programs is an ECIO28P,
though other USB enabled devices can be used. The programs use alternative
sensing devices to replace the movement sensors of a traditional mouse,
and can be used to interact with standard PC programs.
"USB is now the only way that most
peripheral devices can communicate with a PC. The flexibility and performance
of USB requires a complex system that can be difficult to understand and
implement. To make USB applications easier to implement, Flowcode includes components
that hide most of the complexities of the USB protocol, and provide the
programmer with a more user-friendly interface..." read more
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Teach yourself how to program this holiday
for under £30
This kit is designed for students
and hobbyists who want to start
learning microcontroller circuit development at
home. It is
supplied with a high quality prototype board, a
28 PIN PICmicro
microcontroller ECIO device, 1.5 metres of
single core
prototype wire and 13 electronic components
which
allow a wide range of experiments to be
conducted.
Click
here to find the download the free worksheet.
 Click
here to download a free copy of Flowcode which works with this
course
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Still time to receive a £200 present from Matrix this Xmas
Thank you to all those who
have completed our online
Flowcode questionnaire. Readers have come up with
some great ideas of what they would like to see. We always value feedback from
all of our users. This is the perfect way to have your say and influence future
features of Flowcode.
Due to the excellent quality of
the responses so far, we have decided to extend the deadline until 8 December. The winner will announced later
this month.
MIAC controlled reptile vivarium
This
Knowledge
Exchange article describes how to use Flowcode and a MIAC to develop an environmental control
system for a reptile vivarium. By monitoring ambient light and temperature, the
MIAC can control the output of a heat lamp, via a mains dimmer circuit, to
maintain optimum conditions and simulate natural daily and
seasonal variations.
"I have been a reptile enthusiast for
some time now, and one of the things that is always a headache with keeping
reptiles is the amount of constant maintenance of the vivariums that is
necessary. Being introduced to Flowcode and the MIAC, the possibility presented
itself to automate some of this work in the form of an environmental control
system...read more
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MIAC - your perfect rugged programming partner
MIAC is an industrial grade
control unit which can be used to control a wide range of different
electronic systems including sensing, monitoring and automotive. Features include:
| Programmable from USB |
Compatible with Flowcode, C and Assembly
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| 8 digital or analogue inputs |
4 relay outputs |
| 4 motor outputs with speed control |
4 line LCD display and control keys |
| CAN bus interface |
CAN bus interface |
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How to become a Forum star
Our forums have become
an essential resource for finding answers to problems. In the 5 years since we
created it, there have been over 16,000 posts and we are currently averaging
nearly 10 posts per day.
Our expert engineers answer
a lot of the questions on the forum, but other forum users are providing
answers and we appreciate this help very much. In recognition of this contribution
to our online community we have created a special group - "Valued
Contributor".
To show our
appreciation, Valued Contributors receive privileged technical support for
their own issues as well as the occasional freebie. To find out more about this
group and how you too could join, please see this forum post.
Tell us how you use Flowcode and get up to -
£200 in Matrix products
We'd be pleased to receive your
article for future content and if we publish, we will send you a voucher for up
to £200 towards future purchases at Matrix. Click here to see what Forum user
Nicolas Lopez ('spanish_dude') posted to receive free
E-Blocks
Freelance Development Engineers opportunities
Our forum contains
details of engineers who can do development
work for you. For more details Click
here.
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