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Hi, I was on the brink of throwing out my old notebook when I discovered something that makes it a useful resource again. By adding the IO-Warrior I now use my dusty Dell as a measurment and control hub. The IO-Warrior Expension Board is an universal interface: on the I/F board it takes care of USB communication. Somethin I found very useful is the availability of the source code that works with the free version of Visual Studio. The only downside to this nice module is ths care of USB communication. Somethin I found very useful is the availability of the source code that works with the free versionat it stinks and is….embrace yourselves…. green! It’s a steal for only £38.95, especially when Elektor members only pay £34.95 I highly recommend it, especially since I don’t have a clue what is. Jan Buiting, editor Elektor Magazine
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BY DAVID TAYLOR I am a great fan of DesignSpark PCB, and I’d like to tell you about how I came to use it. It’s not a short story; choosing an ECAD package involves a lot of difficult tradeoffs. But I think if I walk you through the process I went through, it might help you speed up your own choice. I’m an amateur inventor with a strong background in software and occasional forays into hardware. My current project is to create a new kind of musical keyboard that arranges notes in a more natural pattern than a traditional piano keyboard, allowing a player to create rich chords with up to seven notes spanning two octaves or more... using just the four fingers of one hand. After building a couple of small prototypes and The first step – and in some ways the most frustrating one –was choosing an ECAD package. There were many to choose from, they all offered a differe one –was choosinAD packa, they all offereacka, they all offered a difd a different mix of fanged from fre to several thousand dollars. So, based on my experience as an ECAD newbie, I highly recommend that you give DesignSpark PCB a try. The company has asked me for feedback on the product and ideas for improvements, and I have offered a few small suggestions, but the product is really solid just the way it is..
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