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  • The History of Spacecraft Computers

    from the V-2 to the Space Station

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Space
    This book documents the development of missile and spacecraft guidance computers from the earliest efforts to the current Space Station and satellite onboard systems. This book developed from the author's presentation at the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in 2009 for the Workshop on Flight Software. The second and third editions were expanded with new material and references ... En savoir plus

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  • Computer Virtualization & the Cloud

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Computer Architecture
    This book is intended as an introduction to the topics of computer virtualization and the cloud. We will see how the topics come together.The book includes extensive reference and background material. It will not teach you to be an expert in virtualization or cloud technologies. It will teach you to understand and appreciate these topics, and how they fit into the big picture of computing. The ... En savoir plus

    $12.35 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Energy Storage

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    This is a book on energy storage. Most electrical energy is AC, and is used when generated. Direct current is stored in battery, but there is no such things as an AC battery. There are other ways to store the energy. Solar cells only produce electricity during the day, and we might need the energy at night. Hydro power system generate power when there is a sufficient amount of water flow. Nuclear ... En savoir plus

    $10.98 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Architecture of Massively Parallel Microprocessor Systems

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Computer Architecture
    In the last 11 years, a lot has changed in this field. That's to be expected in a technology that is driven by Moore's Law, where complexity doubles every 18 months or so. So we have a factor of 7 or so, but actually the rate of change is increasing.Where we are today is machines built with multiple cores on one chip, each core being a complete computer. The same communication schemes discussed in ... En savoir plus

    $6.86 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Apollo's Computers

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Space
    Apollo was built in the era of “big iron” computer mainframes. The concept of an onboard computer for space missions was radically new. There was only one place in the world that could design the Apollo Guidance Computers, and that was MIT. It took most of the U.S.’s production of integrated circuits, another radical idea replacing individual vacuum tubes, to build the AGC’s. It took 2,000 person ... En savoir plus

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  • Personal Robots

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Robots
    This book is about the Personal Robots from the 1980's that inspired hopes for the future. This was triggered, in part, by the robots of the Star War series. R2D2 was based on the three service droids of the early Science Fiction movie, Silent Running. They were named Huey, Louie, and Dewey. At the same time, personal computers were emerging as affordable and easier to use. The excitement and the ... En savoir plus

    $8.23 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Cubesats Constellation, Clusters, and Swarms

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Cubesats
    This book discusses the application of Cubesat Clusters, Constellations, and Swarms in the exploration of the solar systems. This includes the Sun, the 8 primary planets and Pluto, many moons, the asteroid belt, comets, the ring systems of the four gas giants, and comets. There is a lot to explore. U.S. Spacecraft have been to all of the planets in the solar system. Although the planets (and Pluto ... En savoir plus

    $9.61 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Chain of gold

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    This book starts with the British Army's attempt to take Fort Duquesne (currentl day Pittsburgh). Along the way is Fort Cumberland, the staging area. The expedition went horribly wrong, with the British taking massive causalitys and loosing their payroll in gold. It has never been found. Those are the facts. This is historical fiction, exploring verious threads about what could have happened. The ... En savoir plus

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  • Lonaconing Residency,

    Iron Technology & the Railroad

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Western Maryland
    The Town of Lonaconing was located centrally in the Georges Creek Valley, between Frostburg at the north, and Westernport at the south. Both towns at the extremes had rail junctions. There were plans to extend the canal through Westernport. Lonaconing became the largest among the dozen or so towns along the Georges Creek, serving as a manufacturing center, a home for companies and miners, and a ... En savoir plus

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  • The Architecture of the ARM Microprocessors

    a Resource Guide

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Computer Architecture
    In 1983, the British company Acorn Computers Ltd. was shopping for a new 16-bit processor to replace the 8-bit Mostek 6502 that they were then using. Some say that Acorn was rejected by Intel, others say that Acorn didn’t like either the Intel 80286 or the Motorola MC 68000. In any case, the company decided to develop its own processor called the Acorn RISC Machine, or ARM. The company had been ... En savoir plus

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  • Exploration of the Gas Giants and the Ice Giants, Space Missions

    to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Space
    This book will discuss the exploration of the four largest planets in our solar system, all located beyond the orbit of Mars. The first two, Jupiter and Saturn are termed the Gas Giants, and the next two, Neptune and Uranus, are the Ice Giants.Each has an extensive set of moons, and a ring system. Each is unique in many ways. They have been explored extensively, and more information is gained ... En savoir plus

    $12.35 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • CubeRovers

    A Synergy of Technologys

    par Patrick Stakem ...
    Collections series Cubesat
    This book discusses the next generation of robot explorers for the surface of the Earth, our Moon and Mars. Up to this point, surface exploration has used one or two car-sized vehicles, operating on their own, or perhaps just a drone. Mars exploration has involved one or two rovers covering a small area around a landing site.A paradigm ship in spacecraft architecture has been the Cubesat approach, ... En savoir plus

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