Animatronics: Guide to Holiday Displays

Name: Animatronics: Guide to Holiday Displays
Price: 56.96 USD
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ISBN: 9780790612195

ISBN-10: 0790612194

ISBN-13: 9780790612195

Edition: 2000

Authors: Edwin Wise

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Author Edwin Wise takes the reader inside his world of robotics in an innovative guide to designing, developing, and building animated displays centered around the holidays of Halloween and Christmas.

Book details

List price: $139.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 8/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



Welcome to the Lab


Tools and Materials



Skin and Bones


Skin


Bones


Joints, Ligaments, and Fasteners


Muscle



Basic Muscle Power: Electric Motors


AC versus DC


Motor Specifications


Attaching to the Shaft



Stirring and Spinning


Simple Spinner


Offset Spinner


Alternative Construction


Stirring



Back and Forth


Oscillation


Pull


Push


Technical Details


Putting it to Use



Up and Down


Cams



Pneumatics Basics


Principles


Pneumatic Components


Pneumatics Overview



Surprise!


Up and at 'em!



The Big Picture


The Plan


The Details



Who's There?


Sensing People


Feedback in the Automata



Power Drivers


AC Control: Silicon-Controlled Rectifiers


DC Control: MOSFETs



Brains....Bring me Brains


Delayed Turnoff


Delayed Turn-on


Sequencing


Pulse-Width Modulation


R/C Servo Control


PC Ports


Microcontroller Systems for Sale


Custom MCU


Index