Too cool for Skullspace

Our listing of electronic development boards, computers, books and other items that are "Too cool for Skullspace". They are held by members for when someone needs them. Best for items that are rarely used and/or too precious to leave open to the risks of theft/disposalcide.

Contact the member holding each item to make arrangements to borrow.

Electronic development boards

• Mark Jenkins <mark@parit.ca>
  • TI 5402DSK DSP development board with TMS320vc5402 processor and one-day workshop guide
  • Altera Nios II Development Kit: Cyclone II Edition with 4506 Ethernet PHY 1.1 daughter board and ASI/DSI daughter board.
  • Atmel Mega AVR development board, STK500

• Adrian Stonnes
  • Multiple EEPROM programmers

Computers

• Mark Jenkins <mark@parit.ca>
  • Commodore VIC-20 with cassette tape drive and edge connector for user pins

• Colin Stanners
  • 2xHP small desktop PCs with 2GB DDR2, Pentium IV 3Ghz, Windows XP / Ubuntu, LCD monitors (to be transferred)

Books

• Mark Jenkins <mark@parit.ca>
  • Basic Digital Electronics, Alvis J. Evans, 1996
  • Computer Hardware, System Software, and Architecture, Thom Luce, 1989, ISBN 0075577720
  • Data and Computer Communications, William Stallings, 1991, ISBN 0024154547
  • Modern Electronic Communication, Gary M. Miller, 1983, ISBN 0135931525
  • Introduction to Parallel Computing, Grama, Gupta, Karypis, Kumar, 2003, ISBN 9780201648652