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Programmiertechniken fuer AVR-MikrocontrollerAuthor:
Manfred Schwabl-Schmidt,Pages:
213Format:
PDFLanguage:
GermanISBN10:
3895761761Dieses Buch behandelt Softwaretechniken, die es gestatten, auch anspruchsvollere Programme fur AVR-Mikrocontroller zu entwickeln. Speziell wird im ersten Teil, welcher den Datenstrukturen gewidmet ist, besonders auf die Harvard-Architektur der Controller und die daraus resultierenden Programmiertechniken eingegangen. Die kleinen Arbeitsspeicher der meisten AVR-Controller erfordern immer wieder angepasste Implementierungsmethoden, davon werden einige im Buch vorgestellt, beispielsweise die verdichtete Speicherung und das Sortieren kurzer Zahlenfolgen mit Sortiernetzwerken. Die Implementierung der Buddy-Methode zur Arbeitsspeicherverwaltung zeigt, dass bei der Programmierung von AVR-Controllern nicht nur simple Algorithmen verwendet werden konnen.Die 8-Bit-Mikrocontroller-Serie von ATMEL erlaubt Ihnen eine unglaublich rasche Verwirklichung verschiedenster Ideen und Projekte. Die schnelle RISC-Architektur, der einheitliche Aufbau der kompletten Prozessorfamilie und nicht zuletzt die attraktiven Preisangebote fur Hobbyentwickler machen diesen Controller zur richtigen Wahl.
Der Autor hat sich darauf konzentriert, das Buch verstandlich und praktisch zu gestalten. Dieses Werk wird den Arbeitstisch kaum verlassen. Ein Nachschlagewerk fur Ihre Projekte: Haufig benotigteTabellen, Routinen und bekannte "Fallen" werden klar und einfach erklart.
Eine umfangreiche Onlineplattform unterstutzt den Leser und beantwortet Fragen, die uber den Umfang des Buchs hinausgehen. Zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele und Schaltungen stehen daruber hinaus frei zum Download zur Verfugung. 
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Quantitative Forecasting of Problems in Industrial Water SystemsAuthor:
A. G. D. EmersonPages:
500Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
9812381848This textbook is a diagnostic tool. It enables chemical engineers, water technologists and others involved with the design and provision of an industrial water system, while it is still at the design stage, to start with the chemical analysis of a water supply and make a quantitative forecast of the likely problems (scale and corrosion). It is thus possible to make provision for an appropriate water treatment programme from the very outset.The inclusion of a large amount of tabulated data allows results to be read off directly without making complex calculations. This is particularly useful for technologists working on site (for example when "trouble-shooting").The ability to make quantitative forecasts enables designers to meet accountants on level terms — by justifying the cost of including a water treatment programme, and by giving a quantitative assessment of the hazards likely to be encountered if the recommended programme is not installed.Methods of water treatment are not discussed in this textbook, since they can change from time to time; the physical chemistry used in quantitative forecasting does not.
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China's Elite Politics: Governance and DemocratizationAuthor:
Bo ZhiyuePages:
448Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
9812836721A sequel to the author's trailblazer (China's Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing, published by World Scientific in 2007), this book tackles the issue of governance in China. It pres up-to-date information on China's political elites and evaluates their ability to deal with crises through four case studies: Snowstorm in the South, the Tibet issue, the Sichuan Earthquake, and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Along with China's Elite Politics: Political Transition and Power Balancing, this book pres rich empirical information on and insightful theoretical understanding of national-level politics in China and serves as a good reference source for students of Chinese politics.
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Lost Causes in and beyond PhysicsAuthor:
R.F. StreaterPages:
168Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
3540365818Lost Causes in and Beyond Physics deals with a selection of research topics mostly from theoretical physics that have been shown to be a dead-end or continue at least to be highly controversial.Nevertheless, whether it is about Bohmian mechanics, physics from Fisher information or the quantum theory of the brain, small but dedicated research communities continue to work on these issues.
R.F. Streater, renowned mathematical physicist and co-author of the famous book "PCT, Spin and Statistics, and all that," in a series of essays describes the work and struggle of these research commnities, as well as the chances of any breakthrough in these areas. This book is written as both an entertainment and serious study and should be accessible to anyone with a background in theoretical physics and mathematics.
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Excel 2003 for Starters: The Missing ManualAuthor:
Matthew MacDonaldPages:
400Format:
CHMLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0596101546The dominant spreadsheet program and one of the most widely used software applications in the world, Microsoft Excel is unbelievably powerful--and can be downright intimidating. If you're new to Excel or among the many existing Excel users who are dazed and confused by all that the program can do (and by how little it has actually done for you), Excel for Starter: The Missing Manual is your ideal resource.For everyone who wants to quickly get up to speed on Excel to create, organize, and present household and/or office data and information, this smart new guide delivers just the essentials: it concentrates on the must-have information and the best, most practical Excel features that people like you can use to maximize your productivity and minimize your spreadsheet confusion and frustration.Excel for Starters: The Missing Manual demystifies spreadsheets and explains how to use them most effectively and efficiently. Clear explanations (with lots of examples), step-by-step instructions, helpful illustrations, and timesaving advice guide you through all the most common and useful features of Excel 2002 and 2003--including how to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports, create charts and graphics, and use basic formulas and functions.Sure, there are plenty more thorough, more massive Excel books on the bookstore shelves. But why wade your way through a swamp of details you'll never need--or want--to use? Let author Matthew MacDonald, an educator and software developer who also wrote the highly popular Excel: The Missing Manual, be your trusted guide as you learn which Excel features will serve you best and which are best ignored.Utterly practical and refreshingly funny, this down-to-earth guide gives you nothing more (and nothing less) than what you need to make Excel do exactly what you want it to do. It's a quick read you'll want to keep on hand for reference again and again.
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Global Warming and Global PoliticsAuthor:
Matthew PatersonPages:
256Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
041513871XGlobal warming has become established as the major environmental issue on the international political agenda. It is also commonly understood to be the most difficult politically to solve. The entrenched interests of powerful industrial corporations as well as those of many nation-states are severely threatened by attempts to implement reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.Matthew Paterson provides the first systematic account of the politics of global warming. He examines the major theories within the discipline of international relations, and how they might be able to provide accounts of the emergence of global warming as a political issue, and of the negotiations leading up to the signing of the Framework Convention in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and beyond.
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Building the Ecological CityAuthor:
Rodney R. WhitePages:
300Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1855735318Rodney R. White "Building the Ecological City"
Woodhead Publishing Ltd | 2001-10-01 | ISBN: 1855735318 | 300 pages | PDF | 11.36 MBProvides an authoritative review of the environmental impact of modern cities and methods of developing ecological sustainability. Covers all the major functions of the city, discusses its current use of resources such as land, water and air and examines alternative strategies.
