Click link to show video of  inverted pendulum moving with sinusoidal position.  Implement something similar.  Inverted pendulum

No screen, for use with computer but potentially very useful for projects.

https://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,842,1018&Prod=ANALOG-DISCOVERY

Understanding analog to digital converter specifications | Embedded.

PID without a PhD | Embedded.

DRV8837 Evaluation Module – DRV8837EVM – TI Tool Folder.

Articles with background on AC Power measurement

Accurate Power Measurement in Smart Meters, Part I: Design Considerations

Accurate Power Measurement in Smart Meters, Part II: Specifying Components

Title says it all.  USB, Ethernet, Video in and out, more processing power than beaglebone. Requires an external JTAG controller.

Use the technique outlined in this document and attempt to tune one (or several) control systems.

A stepwise method for tuning PI controllers using ITAE criteria: http://t.co/bqd3CBY5

Product: ST Electronics introduced a 6-axis sensor that actually does some analysis of the sensor data, freeing the host processor from continually having to poll the sensor.  Part # is LSM330.

http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/st/analog/product/253882.jsp

Find interesting application for an interesting sensor (compass, accelerometer, touchscreen, proximity…)

Build a dual slope A/D converter.  Quantify it’s performance.

Build a cardiotachometer – a device that measures pulse rate.  The signal from the heart can either be from an ECG (electrical) source, or from a light source (measuring light transmission through skin)

APC has developed a 49$ Android computer.  This might be an interesting platform for an embedded system for somebody who wants to learn app development on an Android system.  It should have very powerful low level control of hardware and a very nice user interface.

MSP430 LaunchPad (MSP-EXP430G2) – Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki.

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