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Professional associations with ties to video:
Video Links Professional associations with ties to video:
IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Marshall Electronics, Polaris and Supercircuits are sources for video camera modules, lenses, and related items.
B&H Photo/Video is a large catalog discount video equipment dealer in New York.
Markertek offers a massive listing of audio/video gear, including many accessories and esoteric items.
Answers to common (and not-so-common) video questions:
Video info and much, much more: ePanorama.net
Columbia University's Audio & Video Terminology
The Digital Fact Book by Quantel.
Technology Links Bob Hamans offers a nifty OSD program that generates text overlays on your computer screen. The price is right (free), and no extra hardware is required.
Taurus Microsystems is a good place to go for small-scale electronic design & prototyping services. Chris has substantial experience with Decade Engineering products. To be completely ethical about this link, we should disclose that Chris is related to the owners of Decade Engineering.
BagoTronix offers the DOS Stamp and other alternative single-board computers (PC-104 and proprietary) as well as custom design services.
FLX Racing uses our BOB-II modules in this ODB II automotive video data display application.
Al Williams offers a useful assortment of coprocessor modules for embedded controller projects.
E-Lab lists a gallery of low-cost microcontroller coprocessors.
Jan Axelson's Lakeview Research is an excellent source for books on PC interfacing, microcontrollers and related topics.
AM Research specializes in Forth-based embedded controller development tools (hardware and software).
NCD offers smart LCDs and an interesting assortment of low-cost function modules capable of networking on standard RS-232 serial ports, including a few video-related items.
Scott Edwards Electronics offers serial-controlled LCD modules and a range of Stamp/PIC related literature.
Mondo-tronics' Robot Store has small robot kits, books and software. They're also a source for TiNi Alloy, an interesting shape-memory metal that can be used to make very simple mechanical actuators.
Robot Cafe: Robotics news, tutorials, forums, books, and hot links.
Robohoo! is another useful collection of links to robotics resources.
Mike Predko's Page offers books on robotics, microcontrollers, the Darwin Awards and more.
Parallax manufactures the ever-popular BASIC Stamp microcontroller modules.
Microchip Technology: Manufacturer of the famous PIC series microcontrollers and more...
Atmel's Advanced RISC (AVR) microcontrollers present a very successful challenge to the PIC series.
A truly eclectic resource: Don Lancaster's The Guru's Lair
DonTronics offers Simmstick, PICmicro and Atmel hardware and software products. Don offers an Atmel AVR-based Simmstick that's compatible with the free demo version of MCS Electronics' new BASCOM-AVR BASIC compiler. This combination promises a powerful and cheap solution for many small microcontroller applications. Want an AVR Forth instead? Try IRTC2313 from RAM Technology Systems.
Sage is an Australian SimmStick dealer that also offers RF data modules, embedded systems engineering, and desktop publishing services.
HI-TECH Software offers an interesting freebie: Their PICC-Lite is a serious (but code-size-limited) C compiler that's offered as demonstration of HI-TECH's prowess in the PIC compiler business.
Home AutomationCreative Control Concepts is a home automation specialist that hosts a valuable archive of HCS-II information.
Electronic House is a magazine site.
Fun Stuff Like extreme condiments? Check out Mo Hotta, Mo Betta, where "mild" is a four-letter word. And don't miss the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum.
What's in stuff like Cheez Whiz, Silly Putty, and lipstick? Visit What's That Stuff to find out!
Amazing art: Burning Man and Survival Research Labs
Decade's Bargain Page.