March 28th, 2008
Timelines Introduces Motor & Robot Controller Board
Timelines Industries is pleased to announce the MoBot™ (Motor & Robot) Controller board. The MoBot is designed to compliment the Timelines SoCSicle, and uSicle product lines by offering a cost effective solution for educators, hobbyists, and developers in developing motor and robot control subsystems across multiple microcontroller or mixed-signal controller platforms.
MoBot compliment the SoCSicle and uSicle boards through the offering of a 3-Axis Accelerometer, Dual H-Bridge Motor Controls, RS232 Transceiver, Voltage Regulation, I2C Bus, and External Sensor Headers.
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February 1st, 2008
SoCSicle Boards Now Available
Timelines Industries is proud to announce the availability of the SoCSicle Development Board. The SoCSicle is based on the Cypress PSoC CY24894 USB part and contains Analog and Digital capabilities in addition to a full speed USB interface. The SoCSicle is supported by both the PSoC Express and PSoC Designer development environments.
November 21st, 2007
Timelines Partners with HI-TECH Software
Timelines Industries today announces a partnership with HI-TECH software of Brisbane Australia. Timelines will immediately begin to distribute HI-TECH Compiler products. Currently Timelines will limit distribution to PSoC and PIC based compilers adding additional compiler support in the future.
October 21st, 2007
Express 3.0 Addendum Announced
We are proud to announce that a PSoC Express 3.0 Addendum will be added to "The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express" book as a PDF on the CD. Four additional chapters will be added that outline the new features in PSoC Express 3.0, Data Monitor Feature, CapSense Tuning, and Starter Project Creation.
June 1st, 2007
"The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express" is now available.
Timelines Industries is proud to introduce "The Beginner's Guide to PSoC Express" is now available. This book is focused on the visual design environment of PSoC Express and how to effectively use this tool from a beginner's perspective. All basic functions of PSoC Express are covered including "If then", "If then Else" statements, Variables, State Machines, Set Point Region and Hysterisis, I2C Communications, USB Serial Bridge, CapSense, and Wireless USB with associated projects.
January 7th, 2006
Timelines PSoC Area Announced
Timelines Industries is proud to announce a dedicated PSoC area. The PSoC Area will be available from the Home page or by typing www.psoc.time-lines.com. Timelines Industries is proud to be a part of the CYPros Consultants program and a partner in PSoC Training. We will be offering many tools and educational materials during 2007. The PSoC Area will go live with the release of "The Beginner Guide to PSoC Express", "Mixed-Signal Microcontroller Development without Programming".
PSoC Training Web Site Announcement
A new web site dedicated to Projects, Training, and Products for the Cypress is being announced today. The new site address is www.psoctraining.com and will contain Books, DVD's, and other Educational products for users and students of the Cypress PSoC. The site will go live upon shipment of the new book "The Beginners Guide to PSoC Express", "Mixed-Signal Microcontroller Development without Programming". The book is scheduled to ship during February 2007 and contains 250 pages of projects using the Cypress PSoC. Projects using I2C communications, 7-Segment Displays, LCD Displays, Potentiometers, Switches Status LED's, Button, Wireless Communications, Cypress CapSense Technology, and Custom USB development, all without writing a single line of code. PSoC Parts covered are: 27643 (WirelessUSB and LCD Display), 29666 (I2C Master and 7-Segment Display), 21434 (CapSense), and 24894 (Custom USB). Information is also provided on developing custom PC software to interface with a PSoC device, and How to Add Custom Code to a PSoC Express project. PSoC Express is a revolutionary new Visual Design Tool from Cypress Semiconductor that allows a user to develop and test custom mixed-signal embedded systems without writing a single line of code. Over 130 drivers are provided for 3rd Party components This book has a print date of February 2007 and is available from Cypress Semiconductor, Timelines, Industries, EmbeddedBooks.com, and other book retailers worldwide. Retail price is $39.95 (book only) or $49,95 (Book with Project CD). A pre-order page will be available February 1st, 2007. The First 100 copies pre-ordered will be signed by the author. ISBN: 978-0-9790344-0-4 (Book Only).
About the Author: Oliver Bailey has been developing hardware and software for over 30 years. A mod-maker and machine-tool designer, Mr. Bailey changed careers early to program 2nd generation CNC machines tools in Indiana. Mr. Bailey quickly learned to master the art of assembly language and went on to develop award wining products for Radio Shack, Commodore, and IBM PC computers while working for Advanced Operating Systems in Indiana during the early 1980's. Eventually Mr. Bailey relocated to Illinois where he managed the development of online access, games, and educational materials for KeyFax, one of the first online systems to offer public access. After leaving KeyFax, Mr. Bailey went back to his hardware and mechanical engineering roots, developing numerous embedded turnkey systems between 1985 and 1998. Those systems include printing press control systems, industrial visions systems, ink-jet filler systems, and numerous telephony, data transmission, and remote acquisition systems. Mr. Bailey was also involved with specifying and troubleshooting the first network installed in the Cook County Illinois Clerk's Office. This is Mr. Bailey's 2nd Book in recent years on Embedded Systems or Communications.
New Book Announcement
Timelines Industries in pleased to announce our next book in the Embedded Systems Series, "The Beginners Guide to PSoC Express", "Microcontroller Development without Code". This 250 page book covers all aspects of "Codeless" development using the Cypress PSoC (Programmable System on Chip) microcontroller products.
PSoC Express is a revolutionary new development tool that brings gives "Drag and Drop" a new meaning when applied to microcontroller development. Using visual components for inputs and outputs, PSoC Express allows quick prototyping of embedded systems. PSoC Express offers a library of pre-defined inputs and outputs. This includes devices like: Accelerometers, USB, CapSense Buttons, Wireless USB, PWM, Motor Control, LED's, LCD, Seven Segment Displays, and many other active and passive components types. Communications Protocols such as I2C, Wireless USB, and USB communications links can easily be established.
The Beginners Guide to PSoC Express explains all aspects of development with this remarkable new tool including: Expression Evaluation, Prototyping with the PSoC Express Simulator, the use Severn Segment Displays, LCD's and remote communications protocols (I2C), and many more topics. The Beginners Guide to PSoC Express will be available in November 2006. It will be a part od the PSoC Express World Tour Developers Kits and available from Timelines Industries, Cypress Semiconductor, and Embeddedbooks.com a new website aimed at embedded topics only.
Further information will be available as the book release date approaches or you may contact psocinfo@time-lines.com
November 27, 2005
Embedded Systems Desktop Integration
Well, after two long years in development this book is finally at the printer and will be in stores around June 1st, 2005.
At slightly over 500 pages (excluding listings) the subject mater covers a "real-world" design of an embedded appliance that is required to communicate to a desktop system running not only Windows, but Linux, and BSD operating systems as well. The printed book is broken into two sections with all listings and project files being available online. Part 1 covers the complete design process of an embedded system prototype. Three processors are used for the prototype implementation. They are the BASIC Stamp from Parallax, the dsPIC from Microchip, and the PSoC from Cypress. Three method of desktop communications redesigned and implemented. They are RS232, Ethernet, and USB. Cross platform development using Delphi / Kylix, C++ Builder, and the GNU compilers using wxWindows are also explored in the prototype design and development. Part 2 covers hardware implementation for the prototype by taking a modular approach to maximize hardware reuse. Several core boards are developed using solder less breadboard techniques. Sample circuit boards are then designed using Eagle CAD and first round prototype circuit boards are fabricated with tools from Pulsar. After the modules are completed three processor boards are built for the BASIC Stamp2p, the dsPIC, and PSoC processors. Each of these devices differ from the other in both features and implementation methods. The BASIC Stamp uses it's native PBASIC language to expedite dev elopement where the dsPIC makes use of built in peripherals through the combined use of code and visual initialization techniques. The PSoC uses a Visual Designer that is extendable to generate processor configuration files. The final chapter covers methods and tools for developing cross platform single source user applications and explores developing multi-layer device drivers accessible from the application layer.