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What device will be the brain of your Boe-Bot? Ans BASIC Stamp When the basic stamp sends a character to your PC/Laptop, what type of numbers are used to send the message through the serial cable? Ans Ones and Zeros What is the name of the window that displays messages sent from the BASIC stamp to your PC/laptop? Ans BASIC Stamp editor What PBASIC commands did you learn this chapter? Ans DEBUG and END commands How do the parralax continuous rotation servos differ from standard servos...

Levers - Answer a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Inclined planes - Answer one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Wedges - Answer a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a ha...

Levers - a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Inclined planes - one of the simple machines, a plane surface inclined to the horizon, or forming with a horizontal plane any angle but a right angle. Wedges - a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Wheels and axle...

What is manufacturing? -The process of converting raw materials into products which involves design and fabrication by means of various methods and techniques. What is production? -The set of activities and resources needed for the manufacturing. Examples of Production Systems: -Design and production engineering, production control and planning, manufacturing system, quality control, warehouse management, supply management

Ferrous Metals -The word 'ferrous' comes from the Latin word ferrum, which means, 'containing iron.' One sure way to tell if a metal is ferrous is to test for magnetic properties. Ferrous metals are generally magnetic by nature and have high tensile strength, making them ideal in construction. Most common ferrous metals: -cast iron, wrought iron, alloy steel, carbon steel This is the backbone of building and construction, and is quite possibly the most widely used material by enginee...