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Literature search tools

• IEEE Explore
• Mariott Library Engineering Databases (see especially Inspec and Compendex
• Mariott Library’s E-Journals
• Mariott Library Homepage
  • Search for book, etc. in library holdings
• Eccle’s Health Sciences Library
  • http://library.med.utah.edu/km/a2z_db.php
  • follow link to PubMed Medline (about 3 in. down above entries beginning with A. Following the link from the Eccles page ensures access to online articles Utah suscribes to.
    • use this tool to find articles related to perception, neurophysiology, etc…
    • put in search terms at top. can enter an author name by clicking the “limits” tab
    • to find a known article, use “Single Citation Matcher” on the left-side menu
      • the “citation” view format provides more info than the “abstract plus” display format, including a button to “check Eccles Catalog”
  • can also use PsycInfo from EBSCO
• ISI Web of Knowledge (for psychophysics refs)
• Google Scholar
  • Note: If you are using End Note, go into scholar preferences and scroll down to Bibliography Manager and choose ‘Show links to import citations into’ and choose End Note

Technical notes and vendor lists

Technical notes

• Linux notes
• HTML notes
• DebianRTAINotes
• Ubuntu notes
• Tools
• HEMLVacuumPump (used for SDM)
• Servos
• PIC, dsPIC, Microchip notes
• Small Actuators
• LoadCells and force sensors

Vendor Lists

• PCB, Stencil, and Imaging vendors
• Metal and Materials Suppliers
• Fasteners
• Touch Screen Vendors
• Vacuum Pump Supply/Repair Vendors
• Medical Supplies
• Small Mechanical Hardware (bearings, shafts, gears)
• Robotics and Hobby parts/kits
• Microcontroller project kits
• Hobby Shops
• Machining Wax
• Electronics Suppliers

Sensors

• Flex Sensors (bend sensors)
• FSRs (Force Sensitive Resistors)
• Touch sensors
• IR range finders
• PSDs (Position Sensitive Devices)

Electronics

• High Voltage Amplifiers
• Potentiometers (single turn, trim pot., rotary and linear position)
• Batteries
• how to read capacitor codes

Microcontroller notes (mainly for PICs)

• Manchester encoding for wireless communication

U of Utah specific info

• Utah.edu email alias help desk --→ 801.581.4000 [select option “1″]
• Thesis Editor Guidelines

Software & Installation Notes

• ProE Notes
• SolidWorks Notes
• Linux Documentation

Psychophysics & Haptics & Robotics Courses and info

• http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/~ece511/ Hong Tan’s Psychophysics Course at Purdue
• Allison Okamura’s Haptics Course at JHU
• Karon MacLean’s Haptics course at UBC (can’t currently find)
• Allison Okamura’s Course at JHU on Robot Sensors and Actuators

Tutorials & Process Notes

• SDM Tutorial
• Flex-Circuit & PCB Fabrication
• MATLAB Tutorial

Materials

• Acrylic
• ABS
• Polyethylene?

Department WaterJet Cutter

• Cutting tips and rules of thumb

Printer info

• Follow this link for info on the HEML Samsung printer