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Delcom Engineering: Delcom focus on usb solutions and provide pre-programmed chips and OS X drivers for the Cypress EZ-USB series. They also have a nice USB starter kit - works great on OS X. From their websites: Delcom Engineering specializes in electronic product and software development. Delcom is a full service engineering house. Bringing concepts to reality. Our expertise include electrical, mechanical and software engineering. Submited by: Bill Seng Capilano Computing: Capilano Computing offers great ECAD software for Mac users. They are the makers of DesignWorks Professional an easy-to-use electronic circuit schematic drawing tools. You can also find other great software in their web site. URL: http://capilano.com/ (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) CadSoft: CadSoft is the maker of Eagle a schematic and layout program. Version 4.1 now runs on MacOS X using X11. URL: http://www.cadsoftusa.com/version41.htm (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) National Instruments: NI offers a range of Data Adquisition Devices that include MacOS X drivers. URL: http://www.ni.com/dataacquisition/usb/ (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) Boenig and Kallenbach: Boenig and Kallenbach is a German Company makers of the Service USB board. The Service USB board has its own power supply so you can drive different loads up to 15 watts directly from the board. The inputs can retrieve the status from switches and push buttons as well as the analog value from sensors in the range of 0-5V. It has eight each digital inputs and outputs as well as eight bit inputs. URL: http://www.bkohg.com/service_e.html (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) Perfectly Scientific, Inc: PSI is the maker of the b-Top data adquisition and control board. The b-Top seems to be a popular board among Mac users. The b-Top is used in the Mac-Mini robot. The b-top has 8 analog inputs and outputs and 16 digital i/o lines. It offers a good set of source code to get MacUser started. URL: http://www.perfsci.com/hardware.htm (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) MacBrick: MacIO III is the latest data adquisition and control board from the maker of the well know MacIO ADB. Not sure if this board is still supported. The website seems to be updated. URL: http://www.macbrick.com/ (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) Code Mercenaries: Code Mercenaries are the makers of IO-Warrior a I/O board that comes in two models one with 32 generic I/O pins and one with 16 I/O pins. URL: http://www.codemercs.com/IOWarriorE.html (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) HandyBoard: The Handy Board is a 68HC11-based controller board designed for experimental mobile robotics work. MIT has licensed the Handy Board design at no charge for educational, research, and industrial use. URL: http://handyboard.com/ (Last Checked on Dec/04/2005) |
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