Book Description

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming combines essential operating system and kernel architecture knowledge with a highly practical approach that will help you write effective kernel-level code. You’ll learn fundamental concepts such as memory management and thread synchronization, as well as the I/O Kit framework. You’ll also learn how to write your own kernel-level extensions, such as device drivers for USB and Thunderbolt devices, including networking, storage and audio drivers.

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming provides an incisive and complete introduction to the XNU kernel, which runs iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Mac OS X servers and clients. Then, you’ll expand your horizons to examine Mac OS X and iOS system architecture. Understanding Apple’s operating systems will allow you to write efficient device drivers, such as those covered in the book, using I/O Kit.

With OS X and iOS Kernel Programming, you’ll:

• Discover classical kernel architecture topics such as memory management and thread synchronization
• Become well-versed in the intricacies of the kernel development process by applying kernel debugging and profiling tools
• Learn how to deploy your kernel-level projects and how to successfully package them
• Write code that interacts with hardware devices
• Examine easy to understand example code that can also be used in your own projects
• Create network filters

Whether you’re a hobbyist, student, or professional engineer, turn to OS X andiOS Kernel Programming and find the knowledge you need to start developing

What you’ll learn

• OS X and iOS common core architecture
• How to write extremely efficient code by exploiting kernel details
• Coding kernel-level extensions
• How to write device drivers
• How to program the I/O Kit framework
• Key mobile device topics like power management drivers and video capture modules
• To understand OS X memory management and threads
• To parse kernel debug messages and package projects ready for deployment

Who this book is for
This book is suited for:

• Intermediate and advanced iPhone and OS X programmers ready for the next step
• Kernel-level programmers interested in how OS X and iOS function
• Open source programmers with a background in Linux or BSD, OS X and iOS
• Programmers interested in application performance
• System administrators running OS X clusters

Table of Contents

1. Operating System Fundamentals
2. Mac OS X and iOS
3. Xcode and the Kernel Development Environment
4. The I/O Kit Framework
5. Interacting with Drivers from Applications
6. Memory Management
7. Synchronisation and Threading
8. USB Drivers
9. PCI and Thunderbolt
10. Power Management
11. Serial Port Drivers
12. Core Audio
13. Network Drivers
14. Storage Drivers and Filesystems
15. User-Space Drivers
16. Debugging and Profiling
17. Advanced Kernel Programming
18. Deployment

Book Details

• Paperback: 484 pages
• Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430235365
• ISBN-13: 978-1430235361

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Book Description

Congratulations! You’re on Mars Base Alpha, the first human outpost on the red planet. Don’t relax, though. It’s not all roses and unicorns up here. Mars isn’t called “The Bringer of War” for nothing! You’ve just been rained on by a meteor shower and it’s up to you—you!—to put your LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics skills to work to save the day, and the base! And that’s only the beginning of the challenges that lie ahead.

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is a book of challenge. It’s about challenging yourself to design and build robots to solve problems, tough problems. Taking a similar approach to best-selling LEGO author James Kelly’s other books, this book presents a series of four challenges in the setting of mankind’s first-ever manned base on the planet Mars. Each challenge begins with a backstory to set the scene. You’re given instructions for constructing a playing field, including devices that your eventual robot must manipulate. Your job is to build a robot that will execute the challenge and garner you the most points.

The book requires the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Education Resource Set. Scoring sheets are included that allow for the book’s use in educational and group settings. Teachers can base lesson plans around the different concepts taught in each challenge. Groups and clubs can choose to run mini-competitions in which teams or individuals compete against each other in a race to save the base. LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is an excellent choice for an individual, a group, or a teacher wishing to learn about and have more fun with LEGO’s best-selling robotics platform.

What you’ll learn

• How to build and test robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
• How to develop problem-solving techniques as you set up and conquer the challenges in the book
• How to organize and host a challenge at your school or between friends
• About challenges we might face as humans move beyond Earth
• To work as a team to brainstorm solutions to tough problems
• To grow in your ability to make decisions when faced with multiple solutions

Who this book is for
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: Mars Base Command is written for individuals, clubs, and teachers who want to have fun with LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT while learning more about robotics and problem-solving. The book is an excellent choice for individuals who own the kit and are slightly bored with it. The Mars Base storyline and ensuing challenges cure that boredom. Teachers and club leaders will appreciate the book for its problem-solving and teamwork applications.

Table of Contents

1. Plan B
2. The Power Interrupt Device
3. The Power Redirect
4. The Solar Collector
5. Synopsys and Rules: Plan B Challenge
6. Storm Front
7. The Lander Mark VII: Part I
8. The Lander Mark VII: Part II
9. Synopsys and Rules: Storm Front Challenge
10. Internal Medicine
11. Commander Evan’s Hand: Part I
12. Commander Evan’s Hand: Part II

Book Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430238046
• ISBN-13: 978-1430238041

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Book Description

Arduino Projects to Save the World shows that it takes little more than a few tools, a few wires and sensors, an Arduino board, and a bit of gumption to build devices that lower energy bills, help you grow our own food, monitor pollution in the air and in the ground, even warn you about earth tremors.

Arduino Projects to Save the World introduces the types of sensors needed to collect environmental data—from temperature sensors to motion sensors. You’ll see projects that deal with energy sources—from building your own power strip to running your Arduino board on solar panels so you can actually proceed to build systems that help, for example, to lower your energy bills. Once you have some data, it’s time to put it to good use by publishing it online as you collect it; this book shows you how.

The core of this book deals with the Arduino projects themselves:

• Account for heat loss using a heat loss temperature sensor array that sends probes into every corner of your house for maximum measurement.
• Monitor local seismic activity with your own seismic monitor.
• Keep your Arduino devices alive in the field with a solar powered device that uses a smart, power-saving design.
• Monitor your data and devices with a wireless radio device; place your sensors where you like without worrying about wires.
• Keep an eye on your power consumption with a sophisticated power monitor that records its data wherever you like.

Arduino Projects to Save the World teaches the aspiring green systems expert to build environmentally-sound, home-based Arduino devices. Saving the world, one Arduino at a time.

What you’ll learn

• Help the environment by using Arduino
• Install and use environmental sensors
• Use low-energy or solar energy sources for your Arduino board to avoid loading conventional energy grids
• Build an Arduino-based seismic monitor to protect your home
• Measure energy flows inside your home using temperature sensor arrays
• Pull together your environmental data in an energy consumption monitor

Who this book is for

• Programmers excited by Arduino
• Arduino users looking for green projects
• Embedded systems engineers interested in Arduino

Table of Contents

1. Saving the World: One Sensor at a Time
2. Spider Temps: A Temperature Measurement Tool with Six Legs
3. Jungle Power: Keeping an Arduino Alive on Solar, Batteries, and Super Capacitors
4. Tele-sensation: Wireless Communication for Long-Distance Measurement
5. Contributing to the Hive Mind: Submitting Your Data to Pachube
6. The Mass Effect: Measuring Traffic and Earthquakes with This Seismometer
7. The Tempest Probe: A Weather Station Need Not Be Stationary
8. Radiation: McGeiger has your back
9. Meter Beater: Manage Your Electrical Energy Usage with this Current Monitor and Switch

Book Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Apress (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143023623X
• ISBN-13: 978-1430236238

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Book Description

If you thought your phone was smart, you should see the new Android tablets! Based on Android 3 Honeycomb, these tablets provide all the computing power you’ll need on a device light enough to carry wherever you go.

Get the most out of your Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet with Android Tablets Made Simple—learn all the key features, understand what’s new, and utilize dozens of time-saving tips and tricks.

Android Tablets Made Simple includes over 500 pages of easy-to-read instructions and over 1,000 carefully annotated screen shots to guide you to Android tablet mastery. You’ll never be left wondering, “How did they do that?”

This book guides you through:

• Finding and purchasing the right Android tablet
• Understanding the Android Honeycomb interface
• Downloading and using tablet apps

What you’ll learn

• Connect your tablet to wireless networks, including 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi
• Make video calls to your friends and colleagues
• Download and read eBooks, newspapers, and magazines in your new compact library
• Connect with friends and coworkers through e-mail and social networks
• Unleash your creative side with photo editing and drawing tools
• Troubleshoot minor problems with your tablet without having to wait on hold with tech support

Who this book is for
This book is for new and potential owners of Android-based tablets running Android 3 (Honeycomb) and above. These devices include the Motorola Xoom, the Galaxy Tab 4G, and devices by Toshiba, Asus, and others.

Table of Contents

1. What Is Android? Choosing the Right Tablet
2. Getting Started
3. Typing, Copy, and Search
4. Syncing Your Tablet With Google
5. Setting up Other Accounts
6. Understanding Connection: Wi-Fi, 3G, and 4G
7. Icons and Widgets, and Tabs
8. Email and Instant Messaging
9. Managing Contacts
10. Working With Calendars
11. Using Maps
12. Browsing the Web
13. The Android Market
14. Alternative App Markets
15. Social Media
16. Video Conferencing and Skype
17. Reading E-books, Newspapers, and Magazines on Your Tablet
18. Taking Notes and Working With Documents
19. Viewing Videos and Movies on Your Tablet
20. Creating Photos, Videos, and Art on Android
21. Listening to Music
22. Games on Tablets
23. The Clock, Calculator, and Other Utilities
24. Connecting Your Tablet to Keyboards, Docks, Computers, and TVs

Book Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Apress (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 143023671X
• ISBN-13: 978-1430236719

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Book Description

Build a robot that responds to electrical activity in your brain—it’s easy and fun. If you’re familiar with Arduino and have basic mechanical building skills, this book will show you how to construct a robot that plays sounds, blinks lights, and reacts to signals from an affordable electroencephalography (EEG) headband. Concentrate and the robot will move. Focus more and it will go faster. Let your mind wander and the robot will slow down.

You’ll find complete instructions for building a simple robot chassis with servos, wheels, sensors, LEDs, and a speaker. You also get the code to program the Arduino microcontroller to receive wireless signals from the EEG. Your robot will astound anyone who wears the EEG headband.

This book will help you:

• Connect an inexpensive EEG device to Arduino
• Build a robot platform on wheels
• Calculate a percentage value from a potentiometer reading
• Mix colors with an RGB LED
• Play tones with a piezo speaker
• Write a program that makes the robot avoid boundaries
• Create simple movement routines

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Building the Chassis
Chapter 2. Coding

Appendix. Building the ScrewShield

Book Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Make (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449311547
• ISBN-13: 978-1449311544

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Book Description

With the iOS5 software and the new iPhone 4S device, Apple has another world-class hit on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with the latest edition of his witty, crystal-clear, colorful guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.

• Use it as a phone. Learn the basics as well as time-saving tricks and tips for contact searching by voice, texting, and more.
• Manage hour stuff in the cloud. Sync and back up your contacts and media across all of your devices with iCloud.
• Get things done. Ask Siri to send reminders, place calls, and more.
• Master notifications. Use the Notification Center to find missed messages, calendar invitations, friend requests, and more.
• Connect with other iPhone owners. Send unlimited iMessages to friends, family, and colleagues who are also running iOS5.
• Treat it as an iPod. Master the ins and outs of iTunes, and listen to music, upload and view photos, and fill the iPhone with TV shows and movies.
• Take the iPhone online. Make the most of your online experience to browse the Web, read and compose email, use social networks, or send photos and audio files.
• Go beyond the iPhone. Learn how to use the App Store, and how to multitask between your apps, organize them in folders, and read ebooks in iBooks.

Whether you have a brand-new iPhone or want to update an earlier model with the iOS5 software, this beautiful full-color book is the best, most objective resource available.

Table of Contents
Part I: The iPhone as Phone
Chapter 1. The Guided Tour
Chapter 2. Typing, Editing & Searching
Chapter 3. Phone Calls & FaceTime
Chapter 4. Speech Recognition—and Siri
Chapter 5. Voicemail, Texting & Other Phone Tricks

Part II: Pix, Flix & Apps
Chapter 6. The iPhone as iPod
Chapter 7. Taking Photos, Shooting Video
Chapter 8. All About Apps
Chapter 9. The Built-In Apps

Part III: The iPhone Online
Chapter 10. Getting Online
Chapter 11. The Web
Chapter 12. Email

Part IV: Connections
Chapter 13. Syncing with iTunes
Chapter 14. iCloud
Chapter 15. The Corporate iPhone
Chapter 16. Settings

Part V: Appendixes
Appendix. Signup and Setup
Appendix. Accessorizing the iPhone
Appendix. Troubleshooting & Maintenance

Book Details

• Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Pogue Press; 5th Edition (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449301770
• ISBN-13: 978-1449301774

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Book Description

Want to create devices that interact with the physical world? This cookbook is perfect for anyone who wants to experiment with the popular Arduino microcontroller and programming environment. You’ll find more than 200 tips and techniques for building a variety of objects and prototypes such as toys, detectors, robots, and interactive clothing that can sense and respond to touch, sound, position, heat, and light.

You don’t need experience with Arduino or programming to get started. Updated for the Arduino 1.0 release, the recipes in this second edition include practical examples and guidance to help you begin, expand, and enhance your projects right away—whether you’re an artist, designer, hobbyist, student, or engineer.

• Get up to speed on the Arduino board and essential software concepts quickly
• Learn basic techniques for reading digital and analog signals
• Use Arduino with a variety of popular input devices and sensors
• Drive visual displays, generate sound, and control several types of motors
• Interact with devices that use remote controls, including TVs and appliances
• Learn techniques for handling time delays and time measurement
• Apply advanced coding and memory handling techniques

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter 2. Making the Sketch Do Your Bidding
Chapter 3. Using Mathematical Operators
Chapter 4. Serial Communications
Chapter 5. Simple Digital and Analog Input
Chapter 6. Getting Input from Sensors
Chapter 7. Visual Output
Chapter 8. Physical Output
Chapter 9. Audio Output
Chapter 10. Remotely Controlling External Devices
Chapter 11. Using Displays
Chapter 12. Using Time and Dates
Chapter 13. Communicating Using I2C and SPI
Chapter 14. Wireless Communication
Chapter 15. Ethernet and Networking
Chapter 16. Using, Modifying, and Creating Libraries
Chapter 17. Advanced Coding and Memory Handling
Chapter 18. Using the Controller Chip Hardware

Appendix Electronic Components
Appendix Using Schematic Diagrams and Data Sheets
Appendix Building and Connecting the Circuit
Appendix Tips on Troubleshooting Software Problems
Appendix Tips on Troubleshooting Hardware Problems
Appendix Digital and Analog Pins
Appendix ASCII and Extended Character Sets
Appendix Migrating to Arduino 1.0

Book Details

• Paperback: 724 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 2nd Edition (December 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449313876
• ISBN-13: 978-1449313876

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Book Description

OpenCL in Action is a thorough, hands-on presentation of OpenCL, with an eye toward showing developers how to build high-performance applications of their own. It begins by presenting the core concepts behind OpenCL, including vector computing, parallel programming, and multi-threaded operations, and then guides you step-by-step from simple data structures to complex functions.

Whatever system you have, it probably has more raw processing power than you’re using. OpenCL is a high-performance programming language that maximizes computational power by executing on CPUs, graphics processors, and other number-crunching devices. It’s perfect for speed-sensitive tasks like vector computing, matrix operations, and graphics acceleration.

OpenCL in Action blends the theory of parallel computing with the practical reality of building high-performance applications using OpenCL. It first guides you through the fundamental data structures in an intuitive manner. Then, it explains techniques for high-speed sorting, image processing, matrix operations, and fast Fourier transform. The book concludes with a deep look at the all-important subject of graphics acceleration. Numerous challenging examples give you different ways to experiment with working code.

A background in C or C++ is helpful, but no prior exposure to OpenCL is needed.

What’s Inside

• Learn OpenCL step by step
• Tons of annotated code
• Tested algorithms for maximum performance

Table of Contents
Part 1: Foundations of OpenCL programming
Chapter 1. Introducing OpenCL
Chapter 2. Host programming: fundamental data structures
Chapter 3. Host programming: data transfer and partitioning
Chapter 4. Kernel programming: data types and device memory
Chapter 5. Kernel programming: operators and functions
Chapter 6. Image processing
Chapter 7. Events, profiling, and synchronization
Chapter 8. Development with C++
Chapter 9. Development with Java and Python
Chapter 10. General coding principles

Part 2: Coding practical algorithms in OpenCL
Chapter 11. Reduction and sorting
Chapter 12. Matrices and QR decomposition
Chapter 13. Sparse matrices
Chapter 14. Signal processing and the fast Fourier transform

Part 3: Accelerating OpenGL with OpenCL
Chapter 15. Combining OpenCL and OpenGL
Chapter 16. Textures and renderbuffers

Appendix A. Installing and using a software development kit
Appendix B. Real-time rendering with OpenGL
Appendix C. The minimalist GNU for Windows and OpenCL
Appendix D. OpenCL on mobile devices

Book Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1617290173
• ISBN-13: 978-1617290176

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Book Description

Arduino Internals guides you to the heart of the Arduino board. Author Dale Wheat shares his intimate knowledge of the Arduino board—its secrets, its strengths and possible alternatives to its constituent parts are laid open to scrutiny in this book. You’ll learn to build new, improved Arduino boards and peripherals, while conforming to the Arduino reference design.

Arduino Internals begins by reviewing the current Arduino hardware and software landscape. In particular, it offers a clear analysis of how the ATmega8 board works and when and where to use its derivatives. The chapter on the “hardware heart” is vital for the rest of the book and should be studied in some detail.

Furthermore, Arduino Internals offers important information about the CPU running the Arduino board, the memory contained within it and the peripherals mounted on it. To be able to write software that runs optimally on what is a fairly small embedded board, one must understand how the different parts interact. Later in the book, you’ll learn how to replace certain parts with more powerful alternatives and how to design Arduino peripherals and shields.

Since Arduino Internals addresses both sides of the Arduino hardware-software boundary, the author analyzes the compiler toolchain and again provides suggestions on how to replace it with something more suitable for your own purposes. You’ll also learn about how libraries enable you to change the way Arduino and software interact, and how to write your own library implementing algorithms you’ve devised yourself. Arduino Internals also suggests alternative programming environments, since many Arduino hackers have a background language other than C or Java.

Of course, it is possible to optimize the way in which hardware and software interact—an entire chapter is dedicated to this field.

Arduino Internals doesn’t just focus on the different parts of Arduino architecture, but also on the ways in which example projects can take advantage of the new and improved Arduino board. Wheat employs example projects to exemplify the hacks and algorithms taught throughout the book.

Arduino projects straddling the hardware-software boundary often require collaboration between people of different talents and skills which cannot be taken for granted. For this reason, Arduino Internals contains a whole chapter dedicated to collaboration and open source cooperation to make those tools and skills explicit.

One of the crowning achievements of an Arduino hacker is to design a shield or peripheral residing on the Arduino board, which is the focus of the following chapter. A later chapter takes specialization further by examining Arduino protocols and communications, a field immediately relevant to shields and the communication between peripherals and the board.

Finally, Arduino Internals integrates different skills and design techniques by presenting several projects that challenge you to put your newly-acquired skills to the test!

What you’ll learn

• To understand the internal heart of your Arduino board
• How to replace parts of the Arduino board with new, more powerful elements
• How to build a new Arduino board
• How to build your own peripherals and shields
• How to optimize your own code and existing libraries to run on your own Arduino device

Who this book is for

This book is geared towards intermediate-level Arduino hackers and makers, embedded system designers who want to know what Arduino is about, hardware designers who would like to change Arduino to suit their own requirements, and developers who would like to write optimized Arduino software.

Table of Contents

1. Hardware
2. Software
3. Atmel AVR
4. Supporting Hardware
5. Arduino Software
6. Optimizations
7. Hardware and Software Combined
8. Example Projects
9. Project Management
10. Hardware Design
11. Software Design
12. Networking
13. Tabletop Robot Project

Book Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Apress (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430238828
• ISBN-13: 978-1430238829

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Book Description

MAKE’s Ultimate Kit Guide brings you the top kits of all kinds, from beginner’s crafts to wooden kayaks to advanced robotics and everything in between! Whether you need a gift for the do-it-yourselfer who loves making things, or you want to find the best kits to build yourself, this special issue shows the way, with reviews of 175+ kits selected by the editors of MAKE magazine. In this special issue, we cover:

RobotsElectronics & MicrocontrollersLEDsR/C VehiclesTools & WorkshopOutdoor & SportClocksHome & ShelterScienceToys & GamesCraftSiege & BallisticsWheelsRocketsKit Party!FoodBeveragesAudio GearMusical Instruments

In MAKE Ultimate Kit Guide 2012, you’ll also find:

• The Rally Fighter, the radical DIY car you build at the micro-factory
• How kits drive innovation, from steam engines to computers to 3D printing and microcontrollers
• DIY Drones – autonomous plane and copter kits
• Classic Heathkits and Erector Sets
• Most Dangerous Kits, and more

At MAKE we’re crazy about kits. They’re fun, inspiring, and they are great gifts for any maker. In this special MAKE issue we’ve searched out over 175 of the top kits of all kinds and rated them on quality, instructions, community, and more. Find a kit worth making this season; some of which you never knew existed!

Find the top rated kits for Robots, Rockets, Food, Electronics, Home, Tools, Arduino, Toys, Crafts, R/C, Outdoors, Siege Weapons, and much more.

And check out our new Make: Kit Reviews website, your trusted online source to learn about the best kits on the market.

Book Details

• Paperback: 97 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media / Make (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449323723
• ISBN-13: 978-1449323721

Book Description

UNLEASH YOUR INNER MAD SCIENTIST!

This wickedly inventive guide explains how to design and build 15 fiendishly fun electronics projects. Filled with photos and illustrations, 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius includes step-by-step directions, as well as a construction primer for those who are new to electronics projects.

Using easy-to-find components and equipment, this do-it-yourself book shows you how to create a variety of mischievous gadgets, such as a remote-controlled laser, motorized multicolored LEDs that write in the air, and a surveillance robot. You’ll also learn to use the highly popular Arduino microcontroller board with three of the projects.

15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius:

• Features step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations
• Covers essential safety measures
• Reveals the scientific principles behind the projects
• Removes the frustration factor–all required parts are listed, along with sources

Build these devious devices to amaze your friends and confound your enemies!

• Coil gun
• Trebuchet
• Ping pong ball minigun
• Mini laser turret
• Balloon-popping laser gun
• Touch-activated laser sight
• Laser-grid intruder alarm
• Persistence-of-vision display
• Covert radio bug
• Laser voice transmitter
• Flash bomb
• High-brightness LED strobe
• Levitation machine
• Snailbot
• Surveillance robot

Each fun, inexpensive Evil Genius project includes a detailed list of materials, sources for parts, schematics, and lots of clear, well-illustrated instructions for easy assembly. The larger workbook-style layout and convenient two-column format make following the step-by-step instructions a breeze.

VIDEOS, PHOTOS, AND SOURCE CODE ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.DANGEROUSLYMAD.COM

Make Great Stuff!
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Table of contents
Chapter 1 Coil Gun
Chapter 2 Trebuchet
Chapter 3 Ping Pong Ball Minigun
Chapter 4 Mini Laser Turret
Chapter 5 Balloon-popping Laser Gun
Chapter 6 Touch Activated Laser Sight
Chapter 7 Laser-grid Intruder Alarm
Chapter 8 Persistence of Vision Display
Chapter 9 Covert Radio Bug
Chapter 10 Laser Voice Transmitter
Chapter 11 Flash Bomb
Chapter 12 High Brightness LED Strobe
Chapter 13 Levitation Machine
Chapter 14 Light Seeking Microbot
Chapter 15 Surveillance Robot
Appendix A Electronics Construction Primer

Book Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics (May 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071755675
• ISBN-13: 978-0071755672

Book Description

Master the Art of Electronics Repair

In this hands-on guide, a lifelong electronics repair guru shares his tested techniques and invaluable insights. How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic shows you how to repair and extend the life of all kinds of solid-state devices, from modern digital gadgetry to cherished analog products of yesteryear.

You’ll start by selecting the tools and test equipment you’ll need and setting up your workbench. Then, you’ll get familiar with components and how they form circuits, stages, and sections of a device. Next, you’ll learn how to take a product apart, figure out what’s wrong with it, replace components, and reassemble it. Real-world case studies help clarify the topics covered. Tips and tricks for specific devices, such as optical disc players, computers, and video recorders, are also included in this practical resource.

• Set up a workbench and equip it with tools and test instruments
• Ensure personal safety and avoid electrical and physical damage to devices
• Understand electrical units, circuits, and signals
• Use test equipment, including a digital multimeter, signal generator, frequency counter, and an oscilloscope
• Repair circuit boards and replace parts
• Work with components, from capacitors and ICs to transistors and zeners
• Learn to read block, schematic, and pictorial diagrams
• Disassemble devices and identify sections and stages
• Troubleshoot and diagnose to the component level
• Perform reverse-order reassembly

Up-to-date, easy-to-follow coverage of electricity and electronics
In Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, Fifth Edition, a master teacher provides step-by-step lessons in electricity and electronics fundamentals and applications. Detailed illustrations, practical examples, and hundreds of test questions make it easy to learn the material quickly. This fully revised resource starts with the basics and takes you through advanced applications, such as communications systems and robotics. Solve current-voltage-resistance-impedance problems, make power calculations, optimize system performance, and prepare for licensing exams with help from this hands-on guide.

Updated for the latest technological trends:

• Wireless systems
• Fiber Optics
• Lasers
• Space Communications
• Mechatronics

Comprehensive coverage includes:
Direct-Current Circuit Basics and Analysis * Resistors * Cells and Batteries * Magnetism * Inductance * Capacitance * Phase * Inductive and Capacitive Reactance * Impedance and Admittance * Alternating-Current Circuit Analysis, Power, and Resonance * Transformers and Impedance Matching * Semiconductors * Diode Applications * Power Supplies * Bipolar and Field-Effect Transistors * Amplifiers and Oscillators * Digital and Computer Basics * Antennas for RF Communications * Integrated Circuits * Electron Tubes * Transducers, Sensors, Location, and Navigation * Acoustics and Audio Fundamentals * Advanced Communications Systems

Make Great Stuff!
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Table of contents
Chapter 1. Prepare for Blastoff: Fixing is Fun!
Chapter 2. Setting Up Shop: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 3. Danger, Danger! Staying Safe
Chapter 4. I Fix, Therefore I Am: The Philosophy of Troubleshooting
Chapter 5. Naming Names: Important Terms, Concepts and Building Blocks
Chapter 6. Working Your Weapons: Using Test Equipment
Chapter 7. What Little Gizmos Are Made Of: Components
Chapter 8. Roadmaps and Street Signs: Diagrams
Chapter 9. Entering Without Breaking: Getting Inside
Chapter 10. What the Heck is That: Recognizing Major Features
Chapter 11. A-Hunting We Will Go: Signal Tracing and Diagnosis
Chapter 12. Presto Change-o: Circuit Boards and Replacing Components
Chapter 13. That’s a Wrap: Reverse-Order Reassembly
Chapter 14. Aces Up Your Sleeve: Tips and Tricks for Specific Products

Glossary
Index

Book Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics (January 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071744223
• ISBN-13: 978-0071744225

Book Description

The Bestselling Robotics Book–Now with New Projects and Online Tools!

Have fun while learning how to design, construct, and use small robots! This richly illustrated guide offers everything you need to know to construct sophisticated, fully autonomous robots that can be programmed from your computer. Fully updated with the latest technologies and techniques, Robot Builder’s Bonanza, Fourth Edition includes step-by-step plans that take you from building basic motorized platforms to giving the machine a brain–and teaching it to walk, talk, and obey commands.

This robot builder’s paradise is packed with more than 100 affordable projects, including 10 completely new robot designs. The projects are modular and can be combined to create a variety of highly intelligent and workable robots of all shapes and sizes. Mix and match the projects to develop your own unique creations. The only limit is your imagination!

Robot Builder’s Bonanza, Fourth Edition covers:

• Parts, materials, and tools
• Building motorized wooden, plastic, and metal platforms
• Rapid prototyping methods
• Drafting bots with computer-aided design
• Constructing high-tech robots from toys
• Building bots from found parts
• Power, motors, and locomotion
• Robots with wheels, tracks, and legs
• Constructing robotic arms and grippers
• Robot electronics and circuit making
• Computers and electronic control
• Microcontrollers–Arduino, PICAXE, and the BASIC stamp
• Remote control systems
• Sensors, navigation, and visual feedback
• Robot vision via proximity, light, and distance

New! FREE online content at: www.robotoid.com

• My First Robot tutorial lessons
• Project parts finder
• Animated, interactive learning tools
• How-to videos, robot e-plans, bonus articles, links, and more

Plus, go to: www.mhprofessional.com/rbb4 for:

• Downloadable programs
• RBB app notes
• Bonus chapters

Make Great Stuff!
TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Table of contents
Part 1: The Art and Science of Robot Building
Chapter 1. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Robotics
Chapter 2. Anatomy of a Robot
Chapter 3. Getting Parts

Part 2: Robot Construction
Chapter 4. Safety First (and Always)
Chapter 5. Building Robot Bodies–the Basics
Chapter 6. Mechanical Construction Techniques
Chapter 7. Working with Wood
Chapter 8. Build a Motorized Wooden Platform
Chapter 9. Working with Plastic
Chapter 10. Build a Motorized Plastic Platform
Chapter 11. Working with Metal
Chapter 12. Build a Motorized Metal Platform
Chapter 13. Assembly Techniques
Chapter 14. Rapid Prototyping Methods
Chapter 15. Drafting Bots with Computer-Aided Design
Chapter 16. Constructing High-Tech Robots from Toys
Chapter 17. Building Bots from Found Parts

Part 3: Power, Motors, and Locomotion
Chapter 18. All about Batteries
Chapter 19. Robot Power Systems
Chapter 20. Moving Your Robot
Chapter 21. Choosing the Right Motor
Chapter 22. Using DC Motors
Chapter 23. Using Servo Motors
Chapter 24. Mounting Motors and Wheels
Chapter 25. Robot Movement with Shape Memory Alloy

Part 4: Hands-on Robotic Projects
Chapter 26. Build Robots with Wheels and Tracks
Chapter 27. Build Robots with Legs
Chapter 28. Experimenting with Robotic Arms
Chapter 29. Experimenting with Robotic Grippers

Part 5: Robot Electronics
Chapter 30. Building Robot Electronics–the Basics
Chapter 31. Common Electronic Components for Robotics
Chapter 32. Using Solderless Breadboards
Chapter 33. Making Circuit Boards

Part 6: Computers and Electronic Control
Chapter 34. An Overview of Robot “Brains”
Chapter 35. Understanding Microcontrollers
Chapter 36. Programming Concepts: The Fundamentals

Part 7: Microcontroller Brains
Chapter 37. Using the Arduino
Chapter 38. Using the PICAXE
Chapter 39. Using the BASIC Stamp
Chapter 40. Interfacing Hardware with Your Microcontroller or Computer
Chapter 41. Remote Control Systems

Part 8: Sensors, Navigation, and Feedback
Chapter 42. Adding the Sense of Touch
Chapter 43. Proximity and Distance Sensing
Chapter 44. Robotic Eyes
Chapter 45. Navigating Your Robot
Chapter 46. Making and Listening to Sound
Chapter 47. Interacting with Your Creation
Chapter 48. Danger, Will Robinson

Appendix A–RBB Online Support
Appendix B–Internet Parts Sources
Appendix C–Mechanical Reference
Appendix D–Electronic Reference
Index

Book Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics; 4th Edition (May 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071750363
• ISBN-13: 978-0071750363

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Book Description

Arduino boards have impressed both hackers and professional engineers. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional, it isn’t just a breadboard and a hazy idea that keeps you going. It’s essential to institute a proper design, device instrumentation and, indeed, test your project thoroughly before committing to a particular prototype.

Practical Arduino Engineering begins by outlining the engineering process, from the basic requirements and preliminary design to prototyping and testing. Each and every chapter exemplifies this process and demonstrates how you can profit from the implementation solid engineering principles—regardless of whether you just play in your basement or you want to publicize and sell your devices.

Arduino is a brilliant prototyping platform that allows users to test and iterate design ideas. Imitation by other Arduino makers, hackers and engineers often proves your design’s popularity. Practical Arduino Engineering will teach you to follow the engineering process carefully; over time, you will be able to review and improve this process, and even extend its scope.

Practical Arduino Engineering is not purely theoretical. In addition, you’ll learn the process of hardware engineering as applicable to Arduino projects, and the importance of the process in each and every project presented in this book.

To set the stage, Practical Arduino Engineering begins by reviewing the Arduino software landscape, then shows how to set up an Arduino project for testing. Even if you already know your compiler toolchain and the basics of Arduino programming, this refresher course can help fill in the gaps and explain why your compiler may spit out certain error messages.

Practical Arduino Engineering then gradually builds up the engineering process, from single devices like LCDs, potentiometers and GPS modules, to the integration of several modules into larger projects, such as a wireless temperature measurement system, and ultimately an entire robot.

The engineering projects become progressively more challenging throughout the first 4 engineering chapters. Next, you’ll proceed with simple steps towards the first intelligent part of a robot: the object detector. You’ll find yourself teaching your robot how to avoid very hot objects or insurmountable obstacles. The basic design requirements for a complete robot and, indeed, the detailed design and prototyping for robots can be extremely tricky, which is why engineering discipline is invaluable.

Practical Arduino Engineering then enters the world of domestic engineering by introducing home alarm systems—not quite as simple as they seem. A solid, robust system can only be built by following the engineering process detailed in previous chapters, and this section reinforces that process.

You’ll then take a step further in your Arduino engineering process: instrumentation and control, and some error messaging using GSM. Control is introduced via the Xbox controller, a very powerful piece of technology able to play a considerable role in robotics projects. Having already learned to control motion and to sense and avoid objects, you’ll learn how to debug your Arduino projects of varying complexities via the hardware instrumentation software LabVIEW.

To complete the journey into Practical Arduino Engineering, you’ll discover how to use a special Arduino board to rely on Bluetooth Mate Silver for control of domestic and mobile Arduino projects. Using Bluetooth Mate Silver, you’ll learn to implement basic engineering design with almost any Arduino project, and be able to justify, build, debug, and extend Arduino-based designs using a solid engineering approach.

What you’ll learn

• Practical engineering principles: from collecting requirements onwards
• To instrument Arduino hardware for debugging
• To build stationary Arduino home projects with varying degrees of complexity
• To construct Arduino-based robots and vary your design until an optimal solution is reached
• To add instrumentation software to the hardware design process
• How to move from being a good hacker to being a solid engineer

Who this book is for
This book is geared toward engineers and makers used to a rigorous approach to hardware hacking, Arduino hackers aiming to get to the next level, and Arduino hackers interested in instrumenting their projects using Arduino and other software.

Table of Contents

1. The Process of Arduino Engineering
2. An Arduino Software Review
3. Controlling Robot Motion with a Potentiometer
4. Adding an LCD to the Robot
5. Engineering a GPS Module for the Robot
6. Home Engineering I: Temperature Sensors
7. Object Detection for the Robot
8. Home Engineering II: Alarm System Using Arduino
9. Integrating GSM Technology with the Robot
10. Xbox Controller and the LabVIEW Process
11. Controlling Your Robot: Bluetooth Arduino

Book Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Apress (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430238852
• ISBN-13: 978-1430238850

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Book Description

With iOS 5, Apple added more than 200 new features to the iPad 2, but there’s still no printed guide to using all its amazing capabilities. That’s where this full-color Missing Manual comes in. You’ll learn how to stuff your iPad with media, organize your personal life, wirelessly stream content to and from your tablet, stay connected to friends, and much more.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Build your media library. Fill your iPad with music, movies, TV shows, eBooks, eMagazines, photos, and more.
• Go wireless. Sync content between your computer and iPad—no wires needed.
• Get online. Connect through WiFi or Wi-Fi + 3G, and surf the Web using the iPad’s new tabbed browser.
• Consolidate email. Read and send messages from any of your email accounts.
• Get social. Use built-in apps like iMessage, Twitter, and Ping to stay in touch.
• Store stuff in iCloud. Stash your content online for free, and sync up all your devices automatically.
• Interact with your iPad. Learn new finger moves and undocumented tips, tricks, and shortcuts.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Get to Know Your iPad
Chapter 2. Interact with Your iPad
Chapter 3. Get Online
Chapter 4. Surf the Web
Chapter 5. Keep in Touch with Email
Chapter 6. Use the iPad’s Built-In Apps
Chapter 7. Shop the App Store
Chapter 8. Read iBooks and ePeriodicals
Chapter 9. Play Games
Chapter 10. Get Productive with iWork
Chapter 11. Sync and Share Media Files Using iTunes and iCloud
Chapter 12. Master iTunes
Chapter 13. Play Music and Other Audio
Chapter 14. Watch and Edit Videos
Chapter 15. View, Edit, and Manage Photos
Chapter 16. Back Up and Sync Your Gadgets with iCloud

Appendix. iPad Settings
Appendix. iPad Troubleshooting and Care

Book Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media / Pogue Press; 3rd Edition (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449316166
• ISBN-13: 978-1449316167

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Book Description

Performance of Web Services provides innovative techniques to improve the performance of Web Services, as well as QoS (Quality of Service) requirements. This includes Qos performance, reliability and security.

The author presents two levels of Web Services: the “kernel” (ithe SOAP engine which delivers messages from one point to another through various networks), and the “server side” (which processes heavy load / requests). The primary objective of this book is execution of applications delivered in a timely fashion.

Case studies and examples are provided throughout this book.

Table of Contents

• Introduction.
• Background.
• Benchmarking SOAP Bindings.
• The Use of Similarity & Multicast Protocols to Improve Performance.
• Network Traffic Optimisation.
• Scheduling for Heavy Traffic.
• Scheduling with Time Sharing.
• Conclusion.
• WSDL Specification for the Stock Quote Service.
• SMP Message Schema.
• A Sample SMP Message.

Book Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Springer (November 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1461419298
• ISBN-13: 978-1461419297

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Book Description

Eager to develop embedded systems? These systems don’t tolerate inefficiency, so you may need a more disciplined approach to programming. This easy-to-read book helps you cultivate a host of good development practices, based on classic software design patterns as well as new patterns unique to embedded programming. You not only learn system architecture, but also specific techniques for dealing with system constraints and manufacturing requirements.

Written by an expert who’s created embedded systems ranging from urban surveillance and DNA scanners to children’s toys, Making Embedded Systems is ideal for intermediate and experienced programmers, no matter what platform you use.

• Develop an architecture that makes your software robust and maintainable
• Understand how to make your code smaller, your processor seem faster, and your system use less power
• Learn how to explore sensors, motors, communications, and other I/O devices
• Explore tasks that are complicated on embedded systems, such as updating the software and using fixed point math to implement complex algorithms

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Creating a System Architecture
Chapter 3 Getting Your Hands on the Hardware
Chapter 4 Outputs, Inputs, and Timers
Chapter 5 Managing the Flow of Activity
Chapter 6 Communicating with Peripherals
Chapter 7 Updating Code
Chapter 8 Doing More with Less
Chapter 9 Math
Chapter 10 Reducing Power Consumption

Book Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: O’Reilly Media (October 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1449302149
• ISBN-13: 978-1449302146

Book Description

Diagnose and solve your PC problems with this easy-to-understand guideWritten by veteran For Dummies author Dan Gookin, this straightforward guide shows you how to diagnose and solve the most common hardware and software problems your PC may encounter. In addition, he presents advice for preventing PC problems in the first placeand clearly explains how to create a safe and secure PC environment.

• Walks you through ways to diagnose the most common PC hardware, software, and operating system problems
• Offers clear and easy-to-understand solutions for confidently handling these problems
• Shares valuable advice about maintaining your system to maximize its lifespan
• Reviews an array of useful tools
• Covers Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Internet Explorer 8

Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies, 2^nd Edition helps you to confidently handle whatever PC problems you may encounter.

From the Back Cover
PC on strike? Let Dan Gookin show you how to fix your PC problems — and prevent new ones!

Dan Gookin helps you get things back on track, and he shows you how different PC problems often have similar origins. He also guides you through proper maintenance steps that can head off future headaches. Discover what makes that magical machine tick and how to keep it happy!

• Maintain happy hardware — resolve start-up and shutdown issues and problems with peripherals while adding a little pep to your PC
• Power to the laptop — manage power and battery issues, keep it clean, and learn laptop travel safety
• Cure Internet insanity — make peace with Internet Explorer, explore other browsers, troubleshoot email problems, and protect your PC
• Network for success — solve problems with routers, modems, workgroups, and wireless issues
• More geeky stuff — repartition drives, schedule tasks, and venture inside the case

Open the book and find:

• Solutions for Windows 7, Vista, and XP
• What some common error messages mean
• Built-in Windows tools that help solve problems
• Why your laptop needs a good warranty
• URLs for useful video tutorials
• Translations of terms like NIC, DCHP, and FTP
• How to back up files, programs, and your entire PC
• A guided tour of what’s inside the console

Visit the companion web site at www.dummies.com/go/troubleshootingandmaintainingyourpcaio2e for videos and other examples from the book.

6 Books in 1

• Hardware
• Software
• Laptops
• Internet
• Networking
• Maintenance

Book Details

• Paperback: 792 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 2nd Edition (June 2011)
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• ISBN-10: 0470878673
• ISBN-13: 978-0470878675

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Book Description

Full-color guide to the exciting HTC Droid ThunderBolt!

Now that you’ve got your high-powered new HTC ThunderBolt smartphone, you’ve got to figure out how to use it! If you’re more than a little intimidated by the technology and somewhat put off by the formal documentation, this book can help. Written in the fun but clear and thorough For Dummies style, this book answers all your questions about Verizon’s first 4G LTE Android device and helps you get the very most out of it.

• Helps you get up to speed quickly on how to use the ThunderBolt smartphone
• Delves into the basics how the technology works, how to configure everything, and how to purchase apps through the Android Market or Verizon’s AppSphere
• Delivers a full slate of how-tos, tricks, features, and techniques, all in full color
• Covers everything you need to know, including setup and configuration, texting, e-mailing, accessing the Internet, maps, navigation, camera, video, and synching with a PC
• Shows you how to customize your HTC ThunderBolt, how to maintain it, and how to expand or upgrade it with new software

Once you learn all the bells and whistles, you’ll be overjoyed with your new Android device. The fun starts with HTC ThunderBolt For Dummies.

From the Back Cover
Take charge of your HTC ThunderBolt smartphone and get more bang for your buck with this fun and easy guide!

Outsmart your smartphone with helpful advice from Dan Gookin. You’ll quickly become the master of your HTC ThunderBolt smartphone with step-by-step advice on everything from getting started to managing email, downloading apps, using maps, listening to your favorite music, playing games, and much more.

• Get acquainted — turn the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone on and off, use the screens and keyboards, and set up a Google account
• Do phone stuff — make and receive calls, squeeze every ounce of juice from the battery, configure conference calls, and set up Google Voice for voicemail
• Communicate in other ways — experience the thrill of email and texting over the über-fast 4G LTE network
• Be digitally social — set up Friend Stream for Facebook and Twitter, and take and share photos and videos
• Of maps and apps — locate people and places, get directions, read e-books, find and share music, play games, and monitor your stocks

Open the book and find:

• Tips on keeping your phone safe
• Home screen shortcuts you can make for key contacts
• How to organize your contacts
• Amazing apps worth checking out
• How to access Wi-Fi
• A guide to creating a mobile hotspot
• How to transfer and synchronize files
• Hints for keeping your smartphone healthy and happy
• Ways to extend the HTC ThunderBolt smartphone’s battery life

Learn to:

• Harness the power of your HTC ThunderBolt smartphone and its touchscreen interface
• Capture great-looking photos with the high-res front- and rear-facing cameras
• Play music, shoot video, text, and update your Facebook page

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• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (July 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 111807601X
• ISBN-13: 978-1118076019

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Book Description

Zoom into the next generation of mobile pad technology with XoomThe buzz on Motorola’s new Xoom tablet is that it’s made of some pretty powerful hardware and boasts a larger screen, higher resolution, and a more powerful, dual-core CPU than other tablets on the market. On top of that, it runs on Android 3.0—the latest operating system designed specifically for tablets. Get thoroughly up to speed on the unique Motorola Xoom and take advantage of all the amazing things it can do with Motorola Xoom For Dummies.

This full-color book is packed with practical how-tos, Xoom features, smart techniques, and even insider info on the device, thanks to author Andy Rathbone’s deep expertise. Learn how to browse the web, download apps, access social networks, customize your Xoom, track down the handiest accessories, and more.

• Gets you up to speed on the Motorola Xoom tablet
• Clarifies the basics of how to use it, how the technology works, how to configure everything, and which ten free apps and ten paid apps you absolutely must have
• Delivers a full slate of features, tips, tricks, and techniques, all in full color
• Walks you through basic training, browsing the web, sending and receiving e-mail, accessing social networks, downloading apps, using all the fun multimedia features—music, movies, photos, and books—and more
• Explores how to maintain and customize your Xoom and includes a handy list of Ten Tips ‘n Tricks

Get the very most out of the exciting Motorola Xoom. This jam-packed, full-color For Dummies guide makes it easy.

From the Back Cover
Ready to XOOM into the future? Set up your XOOM and take it for a spin — right now!

Behold the MOTOROLA XOOM — a powerful, lightweight tablet with a large screen to showcase your media, facilitate video chats, and so much more. Whether you have a Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G XOOM, here’s where you’ll learn to set it up. Browse the web, download apps, take and share photos and video, watch movies, read e-books, listen to music, and customize your XOOM.

• Take a test drive — learn what all the lights, buttons, and ports are for and how to understand the XOOM’s messages
• You’re so connected — hook up your XOOM to a keyboard and mouse, HDTV, sound system, digital camera, desktop PC, smartphone, and oh yes — the Internet
• Connect with people, too — your XOOM keeps you in touch via e-mail, contacts, Google Calendar, and social networks
• Media mania — play your music or radio, record movies, shoot and share photos, read e-books, and navigate with maps
• Tweak time — customize your XOOM, change settings, upgrade to Android 3.1, and keep your XOOM at the top of its game

Open the book and find:

• How to get connected using Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G networks
• Advice on upgrading to the Android 3.1 OS
• How to connect the XOOM to the web using your phone’s data plan
• Help downloading and using apps on your XOOM
• How to shoot and share photos and video
• Tips on buying, organizing, and listening to music
• Cool customizations to spruce up your XOOM
• Navigate the multitouch interface, get connected, and manage e-mail
• Shoot stunning photos and HD video
• Fill your XOOM with apps, games, music, e-books, movies, and more

Book Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (July 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118088352
• ISBN-13: 978-1118088357

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