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Hello {FIRST_NAME},  welcome to the second edition of our e bulletin.  In this edition:

  • Special offers
  • MIAC – find out what’s next for Matrix
  • Making complex calculations easy with look up tables
  • How to get more I/O
  • NEW ECIO experimentation kit with free projects ideas
  • Your views count - find out how you can earn up to £50 in E-Blocks

 MIAC  – Coming Soon

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In January 2009, we will be launching the Matrix Industrial Automotive Controller (MIAC). This industrial grade programmable electronic controller can be used to control a wide range of different electronic systems including sensing, monitoring  and automotive.

 Internally the MIAC is powered by a powerful 18 series PICmicro device which connects directly to the USB port. This makes the MIAC fast and easy to program with Flowcode, C or Assembly. MIAC is supplied with an industrial standard CAN bus interface. This allows you to develop systems incorporating a large number of MIACs up to 500 metres apart. Each unit contains 8 digital or analogue inputs, four relay outputs, four motor outputs with speed control, four line LCD display and control keys.

We would welcome any thoughts and questions. For more details visit the web site or email justin@matrixmultimedia.co.uk .

Look-up tables

Complex calculations, especially those requiring floating-point operations, can consume large amounts of memory and processing time when executed repeatedly in real-time applications. In this months Knowledge Exchange, we use the example of a sine-wave generator to demonstrate how to create, store, and access, arrays of pre-calculated data values to allow a sine-wave to be generated with only basic calculations. The accompanying spreadsheet illustrates how a C compatible array of data values can be easily created.

“In some applications look-up tables can be used as an alternative to complex calculations. If the results of a calculation are known, for all the possible values of the input variables, they …” read more


NEW ECIO experimentation kit

This kit is designed for anyone who wants to learn microcontroller circuit development at home. The kit includes a:

  • USB programmable ECIO 28 PIN
  • Prototype board
  • Prototype wire (red, black, green)
  • 13 electronic components
  • 10 free project downloads (including clear explanations, schematics, pictures and programs to build your projects).
To take advantage, contact your dealer.

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I/O expanders

Running out of I/O’s? Use one of the synchronous serial busses (SPI or I2C) to add extra ports to your application. In this Knowledge Exchange article, we look at using a Microchip MCP23017 (I2C) or MCP23S17 (SPI) I/O expander chip to add 2 x 8-bit, or 1 x 16-bit port to a system. Each port has all the features you would expect from a microcontroller port. Learn how to connect multiple devices on a single bus to provide a massive I/O count with minimal wiring.

“Many microcontrollers are now available with huge numbers of I/O pins. The drawback for most people is that they are only available in unusable surface mount packages. So the 40-pin, 4 x 8-bit port maximum limit still applies. Multiplexing circuits can …” read more


8 - bit design not big enough for you?  
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Thanks to Matrix, you can rapidly develop complex electronic systems using super fast ARM 7 technology. The Flowcode for ARM and E-Blocks bundle contains:

  • Flowcode for ARM graphical programming software (including floating point and full maths library)
  • An ARM 7 programmer
  • Several E-Blocks from the award winning range.

Save up to 28% on individual RRP. To take advantage, contact your dealer.

Click here to view all our special offers.


Your views count

We'd be pleased to receive your news, top tips for using our products and suggestions for future content. If we publish your articles, we will send you a voucher for £50 towards future purchases of E-Blocks. Email your suggestions to e.bulletin@matrixmultimedia.co.uk.


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Professional demonstration
If you would like to know whats new and how Matrix can help develop your training course or add value to your business, then why not email justin@matrixmultimedia.co.uk to learn more about our free demonstrations.


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