Table of Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Anatomy of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Chapter 2: Robotic System Overview
Chapter 3: Tools and Equipment
Chapter 4: Infrared Communications Overview
Chapter 5: The Electronics
Chapter 6: Building PDA Robot
Chapter 7: Programming the PIC16F876 Microcontroller
Chapter 8: PDA Robot Palm OS Software Using Code Warrior 8.0
Chapter 9: PDA Robot Software for Pocket PC 2002 (Windows CE)
Chapter 10: The PDA Robotics Command Center
Chapter 11: Infinitely Expandable
INDEX
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