Lock Your Bike - Ebike Security

A keyed Padlock represents one method of locking

HOW SECURE IS YOUR EBIKE?
 
A NEW GUIDE: HOW TO LOCK AND PROTECT YOUR MODERN BIKE

You've spent anywhere from US$1,000 to $5,000 for your electronic motorized bike and now you need to park it somewhere. You park it and lock it, but when you return a few hours later, there's nothing there! Shock & Horror!

http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/02/electric-bike.html

As the numbers of Ebikes increase due to popularity, so does the number of theft incidences. Law enforcement has no solution and often has no emphasis on bike theft crime prevention. What can be done about this concerning problem of theft in society?

A variety of lock choices including DIY chain, padlock, ubolts, steel woven cables

Spend a day researching the challenge of safely locking a bike to deter crime and one will discover that all methods of locking up a bike can be defeated by a professional thief. So what's the answer to preventing bike theft?

THE PLAN
First, you won't need to do 100% of the things to protect your bike. Maybe 90% will do. We'll provide some pattern plans for protection in most situations against the average thief. Nothing is 100% secure, however, by adding 90% protection, the odds of having the bike stolen can be reduced.

DETERMINE BEST TRANSPORTATION MODE
There are times when you will want to forgo the bike and walk to a nearby store, take the MRT to a far away distance, go by train on a trip, go on a family outing by car, or take the bus. Use the bike when the situation is best for the bike. This is when you can keep the bike in your sight, withing hearing distance with a bike alarm, or when the bike will be locked to a solid object and you will be away for a few minutes. You may also use the bike when perhaps the bike will not be parked, as when riding with a friend, or sight seeing.

NEW & UNIQUE BIKE
You may want to buy a new and unique bike which has parts not compatible with other bikes. This will make the bike less desirable for resale. Plus, the resale of such a bike would be an outstanding target.

Woven cable locks the front wheel to chassis or post

BIKE ONLY GOES IN A CIRCLE
No one will ride away with the bike when the front wheel is turned 90-degrees and locked into position. This will cause the bike to go in a circle, if it could move.

PICK UP AND WALK AWAY
There are several locking techniques to perhaps reduce the chances of a bike being stolen, but none of these are 100% safe for the bike. The bike can be protected from an average person picking it up and walking away with it. But the fact of this matter is that a professional thief can use tools to defeat any locking system. However, one can slow down a thief.

A Chinese Ubolt that disassembles

It's not easy to pick up the Ebike and walk very far with it due to its heavy weight. Much of this weight is from the battery. Lead acid batteries will add more weight over Lithium batteries. If the battery is removed to reduce the value of the bike, the bike will be easier to pick up and walk away with it, however, it will also have lower value. Weight is not a 100% deterrent as a thief can drive up his van and simply stow the bike, even with all the locks on. The bike can be chained to metal post or pole but the chain needs to be of tractor strength and this will only slow down the process of defeating the lock.

EYES ON TARGET
The method here is to lock both wheels of the bike outside and keep your eyes on it at all times. How is this possible? A roadside restaurant has windows, for example. Watch for any suspicious activity by your bike, especially someone pretending to talk on a cell phone and standing nearby.

LOCK EVERYTHING
To a thief, every little item represents cash and stripping your bike of anything puts cash in his pocket. A bike seat can easily cost $30 and up, so lock it down. The handlebar set may be a gold mine with a motor throttle, controller, two brake hand calipers, cables, bell, grips, mirror, basket and other accessories. The photo shows how a woven steel cable can be threaded through the seat to lock it down. The other end of the cable threads through the rear wheel. Choose the largest shank that will still fit through the seat's metal anchor. We recommend a keyed locking cable as the combination lock may be the easiest to defeat without any tools.

DO NOT PARK IT AT NIGHT
Parking a bike somewhere overnight gives the thief a longer period of time to make plans on stealing the bike, and the cover of the night to achieve it.

FIND A SECURITY CAMERA
Park your bike directly by the security camera so if the bike is stolen, there will be image records available doing the stealing. 

ROTATE THE PARKING POSITION
Do not lock the bike in the same place all the time. Change locations to prevent thieves from observing and catching on to your routine.

FIND RELIABLE EYES
Become a regular at a local business and ask the workers there to keep a casual eye on your bike whenever it’s locked out front.

KEEP AWAY FROM THE CURB
Protect your bike from street cleaners, buses, and careless drivers by locking it a few feet away from the curb. Position the bike on the sidewalk side of signposts with the wheels parallel to the gutter to avoid bike mangling.

DO NOT PARK IT AT THE STATION
Do not park a bike at the MRT, Subway, Train Station, Bus Station, Museum, Theater, School, or other similar place - it's like a red flag signaling the bike will be available for some time.

USE REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES
You can strip the bike rather than the thief. Most popular accessories are now made for removal. Choose accessories with mounts that allow device removal and stow in your carry-with-you bag.
 

Giant's Ubolt has a bike mount and extra long shank

TAKE THE BATTERY WITH YOU
The battery often costs as much as half the bike cost. It can be removed to lower the value of the bike. It's unlikely a thief will pay an additional $400 to $600 for a battery to make the bike usable. Take it with you - the battery is usually metal peg locked into place when the key is removed. However, the metal peg simply slides into a piece of battery casing plastic, thus negating most of its secure feature. You probably won't want to carry around a lead acid battery. Keep it on the bike to give it massive weight. Based on the weight of batteries, lead acid is so heavy that one would probably not remove it or carry it. A Lithium battery is lighter weight and more practical for the removal and carry approach.

REGISTER YOUR BIKE
The bike register is designed to alert others to a stolen bike and have access to a data base of necessary information to return it to its proper owner.

ENGRAVE YOUR BIKE 
Metal engraving your own name or identification on the underside and painting over it so it's still visible to you, will help you identify your bike should you see it somewhere.

MAKE THE BIKE UNIQUE
Painting a color strip on the bike will make it identifiable and unique. The stripe cannot be easily removed during the time of theft and the bike will likely need a repaint job by the thief, making this is another deterrent.

KEEP IT WITH YOU
Strange as it may seem, it's possible to keep the bike with you in some situations. While shopping at the grocery store, a young man was seen walking through the isles shopping with his bike. As he rolled it along, it looked like a very expensive racer bike, one in which he would not let out of his touch.

EARS ON TARGET - BIKE ALARM
Use a bike alarm. There are several types. One will sound a loud decibel alarm by detecting vibrations. Another type will switch on automatically when the lock has tampering. It is hoped the loud sound will slow down a thief. However, the real use of the alarm is when the bike owner can hear it.

MAKE IT OLD
This is a very popular technique in some areas of China and Taiwan where owners will take a can of flat black spray paint and spot paint the new bike to make it look old and blend it in with other old black bikes. However, the owner of a new bike may be against doing this. There are many debates about this at bike Forums.

RUBBER INNER TUBE IT
You can age a bike by cutting up an old inner tube and wrapping the new bike with it. Secure the tube with plastic ties.

LOCK TYPES
There are numerous locks but can be summarized into three categories.

1) U-Bolt 
2) Chain & Padlock
4) Steel Cable Weave A) Flat Key Lock
B) Round Key Lock
C) Combination Lock 

One of the strongest Chinese Ubolt locks

OPENING LOCKS 
Choose quality locks that are not so easy to defeat. It helps to have a lock that takes longer to defeat. Consult the web for this type of information. It's a little shocking to discover some of these locks sell for $1,000 to $3,000 dollars. In public, probably the thief would find it easier to cut the post or the chain rather than the lock.

SLOWING DOWN A THIEF
A thief can be slowed a bit by locking the bike with several different locks, each having a different locking system. This forces the thief to use and carry more than one tool. It is hoped that the extra work will make the thief pass over the bike.

ULTIMATE GPS SYSTEM
It may be possible to hide a built in GPS tranmitter system and follow your bike should it be stolen. The GPS may be hidden in the seat or stowed in a frame tube.

THE BEST PROTECTION
The best protection is to not leave your bike somewhere accessible to thieves.

LOCKS OFF
Do not lock to hand rails as people with disabilities and the elderly depend on these being non-obstructed. It may be illegal to lock a bike to a parking meter in some locations.

LOCKS ON
Th following may be potential places to anchor a bike:

Bike Rack
High Post
Fence
Sign Post
Tree
Utility Pole  

MODIFY YOUR NUTS
A bike often has its handle bars, brakes, seat and other parts attached with a simple hex nut that any old allen wrench can fit for quick removal. The nuts can be replaced with something like Zorx nuts that require a more exotic wrench to remove. It's more unlikely a thief will carry exotic tools around.

LOCK IT AT HOME
Keep the bike locked in the garage, in your yard, in a storage shed, and in your apartment.

LINKS
HOW TO CHOOSE A LOCK
http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/bike-lock.html
  
TYPICAL EBIKE
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2013/02/electric-bike.html

HOW TO LOCK YOUR BIKE STRATEGICALLY
http://bicycling.com/blogs/ramblingman/2012/11/14/how-to-lock-your-bike-strategically/ 

THE BICYCLE COALITION
http://www.sfbike.org/?theft_locking

HOW TO LOCK YOUR BIKE
http://www.kryptonitelock.com/Pages/HowtoSecure.aspx

THE PROPER WAY TO LOCK YOUR BICYCLE
http://lifehacker.com/5942301/the-proper-way-to-lock-your-bicycle

OTHER LOCKING SYSTEMS LOCKS AT AMAZON
http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=194614011

http://www.amazon.com/gp/top-rated/sporting-goods/194614011

FOLDING LOCK
http://www.amazon.com/Abus-Bordo-Granit-X-Plus-Foldable/dp/B005F3EPY4/ref=zg_tr_194614011_15

PITLOCK
http://www.pitlock.com/

BLOGS 
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.tw/2012/08/seriously-why-not-just-spell-it-wensday.html

LOCK REVIEWS
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/shopping/2006/04/avoiding_the_bicycle_thief.4.html

http://www.bicyclesource.com/choosing_bike_lock

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/buyers-guide-to-bike-locks-20408/

KRYPTONITE
http://ibookmarkedit.com/kryptonite-black-18mm-new-york-fahgettaboudit-u-lock-997986/ 

WIKI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_lock

DIY YOUR OWN LOCK
http://www.instructables.com/id/Super-Easy-Bike-Chain-Lock/ 


(to be continued) 

Electric Bike

Giant LaFree ebike with PAP & VSC

ELECTRIC EBIKE URBAN TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS

New inventions open the door to new transportation...

Tired of buying and maintaining very expensive automobiles and paying the rising cost of expensive gasoline? Tired of going through the time consuming and stress creating steps of getting a license (written test, eye test, driving test, vehicle plates, registration, etc.) and paying all the rising costs of licensing? Do you really want to pay that expensive required auto insurance and renew it every 6 months or annually? Is the city traffic becoming increasingly dangerous and annoying, and you'd like an extra margin of safety? Would you like to stop burning fossil fuels and stop contributing to global warming and the demise of the Earth? Here is one city solution - the electric ebike!

WHY the eBIKE?
The bike has many advantages. It's small footprint can ride almost anywhere. In a recent Big Brain Initiative survey in Taiwan, it was found the ebike can traverse over roads and streets, sidewalks, bike trails, drip paths, parking lots, pathways, and the alley in between skyscrapers. It can park in most places, exempt from parking tickets. The bike is also minimally wide, as determined by the distance from foot pedal to foot pedal. This is only about 16-inches for the EA-201 model.

MORE ADVANTAGES
For city travel, the electric bike is almost like a car with far more advantages than disadvantages. In most locations, it does not require licensing or tests and in some places no registration. It does not need a drivers license and no trips to the gas station to fill up on fossil fuel. It's quiet and convenient. It parks inside the home for safekeeping and outside it does not get parking tickets. The ebike does the pedaling for you, with the option to manually pedal without any assist.

ELECTRICITY AS FUEL
Electric bikes are simply charged with electricity. Modern electricity is clean, derived from wind, solar, nuclear and hydro sources. Compared to the cost of gasoline, it costs only a few pennies for a charge that can often go 40km distance.

NEW BATTERY
The new Lithium battery is a far step above the old lead acid batteries. The new battery has no memory problems and can be topped off with a charge at any time. It can deep cycle and store for longer periods of time without use. It can have more capacity and drive the ebike to farther distances. It charges faster and it weighs less. Since a lithium battery can cost as much as half the cost of the bike, it can be removed for safekeeping or charging at another location.

MODERN EBIKES
Modern electric bikes are a new breed in technology. The latest invention includes a combination of PAP and VSC. PAP is Power Assisted Pedaling. 

SPEED
The bike in general has a sweet spot for speed. Go too slow and balance is lost. Go too fast and dangers result - people and vehicles cannot see the small footprint bike so easily and accidents can happen. A combination is recommended, depending on the conditions - pedal the bike, walk the bike, engage the motor.

SECURITY
Keeping your ebike secure is a priority. The ebike can be locked to fences, bike racks, trees, large signs and tall posts, and even by itself if you can keep one eye on it. The most security is just to keep it with you at all times. We recommend four different locking devices for the two wheels. Try using tractor chains, with large enough links where it will not be easy to cut with a large cutters or grind through. By having different locks and methods, it would take a thief more time to abscond with your property and maybe pass it by for an easier target. On rule is never park your bike in the same place twice. Another idea is to take the battery with you as it represents up to half the cost of the bike. Other factors are important too, i.e. the weight of the bike, when and where it's parked, and its visibility relative to the expense of other surrounding bikes.

ABOUT GIANT
A Giant bike is a brand name bike built with quality. For example, the new EA-201 ebike models come with 3-speeds, a dual kickstand, front 36V motor drive, Lithium battery, charger, PAP & VSC, horn, front headlight, rear red reflector, rear luggage rack, front vegetable basket, seat cover, inline wheel reflectors, and a promotion for a bike helmet and large keyed U-Bolt lock.

EXTRAS
You won't need many extras but the following are recommended: Rear view mirror, folding tool with hex wrenches, padlocks & chains, waterproof saddlebag, bungee cords, raincoat.

continued...

Advancing Matrix Array

ADVANCING MATRIX ARRAYS

A simple matrix is typically a rectangular array of elemental numbers. The Big Brain Machine Initiative takes this several levels deeper by creating the Advancing Matrix Array, which is an N-dimensional matrice that becomes "arrays of dimensions."

This can include the Calculus of space, time, and elements of relativity and beyond. Basic rules of the fundamental matrix is extended with transformations. For example, space is warped, time travel is divided, and relativistic holes are dimensionally added. Space is juxtaposed in the event of gravity lensing.

A matrix can control an array of LEDs. Perhaps more importantly, a matrix can control an array of space time and the elements of relativity. This type of matrice could control relativity space time flux for a time travel pod, or it could serve as the manifold tuner in a matter-antimatter chamber.

It can also be used to control Universe gates and doorways. It could help open a portal to a new place in space and time. It could serve as the navigational control in the shifting proximity of space altered by gravity wells. Perhaps it could help a machine probe circumnavigate the outer fringes of Black Holes to gain a greater understanding into their relativistic jets.

Beginning a Matrix Array experiment

Advancing Matrix Arrays have many uses for the insides of massive Transposition Machines by controlling, setting, creating, and transforming their internal parameters and NDIMS.

The AMAs work well in the technology of MIMs, machines in machines, and transforming not only matrices but entire machines. Another example is in the performance of JAVA design computational tools. Referring to the matrix 3 diagram, in the example of Java computational design tools, the 3 dimensional array of integer in the code can be diagrammed like the figure. A 3 dimensional array is an array of arrays of array. The length of the first dimension is matrix3.length. The length of the second dimension is matrix[0].length. The length of the third dimension is matrix[0][0].length. Like 2 dimensional arrays, this 3 dimensional array also has matrix[0][0].length , matrix[0][1].length , matrix[1][0].length , matrix[1][1].length , matrix[2][0].length and matrix[2][1].length independently, but again they are all same value in this code. (see http://igeo.jp/tutorial/6.html) 

Controlling Transposition Machines with NDIMS

Big Brain Machine Initiative to Explore Other Worlds
HOW TO CONTROL TRANSPOSITION MACHINES WITH NDIMS
You can power up a massive Transposition Machine and do amazing things with SW to change its guts, configurations and functions. Tune one to create a gate to the Universe! Open doorways to other worlds...

1st Proto QuadLyzer represents Quantum Worlds

The following shows a 3x3 two dimensional matrix. These are easily set with software and hold nine matrix elements.

xxx
xxx
xxx

You can generally fit up to 90,000 of these matrices into a single Transposition Machine. More useful may be the fitting of cube matrices. These three dimensional patterns are sub-machine matrices that can hold more information and content and do more work variety. A 3x3x3 three dimensional matrix will hold 27 elemental nodes. Up to 30,000 are held in a single TM. Matrices can include cubes beginning with the series 1,2,3,... until the TM is filled and reaches capacity.

Example Ndim inside a TM

The project is working on n-dim objects that exceed cubes. Ndims are objects that have additional dimensions attached. Depending on the size of the attached dims, the NDIM will vary in size. NDIMs are limited by the size of the individual dims. One example is a 3.3.3.t.tx which has x.y.z.t.d(tx) defined by space, time and the Integral Calculus rate of change of transforming. The differential equation defines the splay of NDIMS within the TM realm.

6 of these made the first TM

NDIMS can be used to develop apps representing nodes in the Universe and perhaps Quantum nodes in the Quantum world. This allows a single Transposition Machine to transpose a representable Universe section. The size of the TM will determine the size of the representable Universe section or gate. It is projected that gates to the Universe can be created from massive TMs of ultimate size containing significant NDIMs.

Spinoffs may create a Universe Gate

Creating a Universe Gate will be highly useful for understanding not only the Universe doorways but perhaps gaining entrances to the Quantum world. A gained entrance to the QW will enable UDs or Universe Doorways. This topic is briefly discussed in the Quantum Quadlyzer and related blogs.


 
LINKS
Quadlyzer Quantum Analyzer
New Universe Theory
Emerging Worlds of Massive Transposition Machines
Controlling Transposition Machines with NDIMS
Transposition Era
Era
Make Multiple Propeller Machines from One
Green Brain Blob
Matrix of Mathematical Elements

Transposition Era

Big Brain
TRANSPOSITION ERA
The Big Brain has entered into the Transposition Era, a new time period in which more powerful and more massive thinking machines are being built.

links
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2012/01/big-brain-era.html

Emerging Worlds of Massive Transposition Machines

Emerging Worlds of Massive Transposition Machines

Travel to the heart of this great and vast stellar nursery abyss, splayed by the Big Brain's ultra space penetrating GT eye, and discover thousands of new worlds beginning to emerge.

EMERGING WORLDS OF MASSIVE TRANSPOSITION MACHINES
Transposition machines (MTMs) are powerful computing machines that continue to evolve like new emerging worlds from the stellar nursery abyss. They were initially conceived and birthed in the year 2009. Fast forward to May 16th, 2011, and the Massive T1 Transposition Machine was in full operation - blogged in regard to its merging with the Big Brain machine. In 2013, the T1 has become the front end of a new breed of massively parallel machines.

May 16, 2011 "There are several machine technologies now merged with the Big Brain. One is the Massive Transposition Machine, a machine that I designed/invented around 2 years ago, mentioned at the signature link. The Massive Transposition Machine was originally designed for a thousand Propellers but was scaled back in the actual construction, which was shy of the 1,000 props and finally led to the Big Brain. This was spun off the devices gleaned from the US40. Rather than do two incredibly large Propeller projects, many of the details of the MTM were and are being incorporated into the Extremely Large Brain project. This is not the only previously invented technology going into the Big Brain as some time ago the technique of Cloning was likewise developed (my off site paper). Using Brain Cloning has resulted in more effective Brain packages, propagation and time saving methods, increasing the effective software speed, reducing code, and has led to better techniques of folding and unfolding in dreaming and neural packaging." Humanoido
 

WHAT IS A TRANSPOSITION?
The Massive T1 Transposition Machine is a powerful TeraFLOPS machine made by Humanoido Labs. It has a 10x10x10 cube design with all available Propeller chips* and is built up to over 1,526 hardware processors plus over 800,000 VP processors added.** What is the Transposition machine doing today? The T1 or MTM derivatives have numerous features that are now adopted in the Lab's series of Massively Parallel Machines. To DIY these large machines, new designs are required to maintain low power, low cost, ease of programming, basic wiring, and a convenient way to set up and run numerous applications and experiments. The T1 has led to developments that satisfy these requirements. These features are fast becoming the standard for a line of T1-evolved incorporations and newer machines.

Features of the T1 Transposition Machine

• Low Power
• Low Cost
• Easy Loading
• Fast Response
• Simplified Display
• Maximized Design
• Parallel apps
• Fast Setup
• New Algorithms
• Processor I/O Reporting
• Processor Enhacement
• Partitioning
• MIM Machine in a Machine
• PARP Parallel Parallel
• No Parts Enabling
• Reconfigurable
• Cloning
• Transforming
• SuperTronic Enabling***

* A 10x10x10 cube is created by the arrangement of processors

** VPs are created by Propeller enhancement
*** Note: the latest version of the Transposition Machine is Big Brain SuperTronic enabled

LINKS
This machine was entered into the Big Brain category of machines.

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?124495-Fill-the-Big-Brain&p=1000542&viewfull=1#post1000542

The machine was first blogged at the Parallax Forum on the signature site.

http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?125723-Humanoido-Signature&p=939873

The T1 is also included in the Big Brain Genealogy blog.
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.com/p/genealogy.html

Parallel Processing

PARALLEL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Chips with large numbers of CPUs are becoming more common. Another method is to use large numbers of existing single CPU chips to create massively large parallel machines. The latter has more flexibility in terms of design and programming. These are reconfigurable for many applications.

Some programming examples may include a worm that increments from one processor to the next as a validation demo. This could also set up an incrementing indice array. The array establishes a unique address for each processor which is used as a name in communications. Indice array organizational algorithms can act upon assignment processors to process information, concepts and ideas.

Perhaps more useful is the Parallel Hit that acts upon all processors simultaneously. Some uses are program loading, data propagation, preloading, initializing parameters, updating, communications, dividing a processing task, and conclusive reassembly.

Is Pure Thought a Virtual Process?

IS PURE THOUGHT A VIRTUAL PROCESS?

PURE THOUGHT
Pure thought does not necessarily indicate a virtual process. Does pure thought of a human brain, achieved by its complexities of electro chemicals and neural matter, indicate a virtual process? No. Does a thinking machine, with thoughts registered upon its own electrical binary synaptic design indicate a virtual process? No.

VIRTUAL THOUGHT
This raises the topic of a virtual thought (VT). Can either a human brain or a machine brain create a virtual thought? Yes. In the case of the machine, entire new machines of a virtual nature can be created internally by software reconfigurations. Refer to the reconfiguration of the Big Brain machine to make other machines and the machines in machines MIM concept. A human can use thoughts to simulate the actions of a machine with a computer program. Can this extend to hardware? One example, in the case of the Parallax Penguin robot dancing Happy Feet, virtual servos were created with software to emulate additional real world servos to create new dance moves.

This machine is ideal for MIM
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2012/08/the-new-giant-rx-c-humanoido-giant-rx.html

A virtual machine (VM) is a simulation of a machine (abstract or real) that is usually different from the target machine (where it is being simulated on). Virtual machines may be based on specifications of a hypothetical computer or emulate the computer architecture and functions of a real world computer. wikipedia

LINKS
Pure Thought
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2012/02/pure-thought.html

PE Machine (Propeller Elf)
http://humanoidolabs.blogspot.tw/2012/02/propeller-elf.html

High Speed Propeller Chips

Big Brain Focus - Propeller chip
HIGH SPEED PROPELLER CHIPS
The speed of the Parallax Propeller chip is already fast. By following the wondrous work of Master Beau Schwabe, the chip can be made amazing-blazing fast!

Beau has worked years carving out new elements for the Propeller chip, making possible transformations that the Big Brain is keen on adapting for supercomputer status.

One of these working miracles is the ability of chip to chip communication in excess of one million Bytes per second! A DIY Data Pipe can multiple this a hundred times!


BEAU SCHWABE OF PARALLAX: Here is a derivative of the high speed 8.42 Meg Baud (1.05 Million Bytes per second) Prop-to-Prop communication that I wrote some time ago. Last March there were several changes to the front end of both the Receiver and the Transmitter in the way that the handshaking took place. Before you had to make sure that the Receiver was up and running before you Transmitted... this is no longer the case, now it doesn't matter making it more user friendly. For just the average user, it's pretty straight forward... there is only one command to Send, and there is only one command to Receive. 

Basic Use:
To receive, just specify the pin you want to listen on and the address of where you want the received data to go to. Remember, this transmission is designed to send large packets of data, so if your just sending a few bytes here and there, this object is probably not for you.
RX(_Pin,_DataAddress)
To Transmit, is basically the same thing with a few more parameters... you specify the pin you want to yell on, the address of where the data is coming from, How much data you want to send in longs.
TX(_Pin,_DataSamples,_DataAddress,_00, 0)
Note: the last two fields are not used in the Basic setup, they will be discussed in Advanced Use. So that's it for basic use. 

Advanced Use:
The Receive is just the same as before, but it can be used as a function to return additional. information from the Server.
Command := RX(_Pin,_DataAddress)
This will receive data just as before and place it in the assigned address, but Command contains the size of the transmitted packet, a destination offset, and a Packet Command. Organized as such...
%ssssssssssssss_aaaaaaaaaaaaaa_cccc
where:
s = 14-Bit Packet Size
a = 14-Bit Destination Offset
c = 4 Bit Command
The Packet Size is obviously useful for determining how much data you received and allows support for variable width packets. The Destination Offset is unique in the sense that the Server has some control as to where the Data will end up on the receiver. Basically this value gets added to the DataAddress that you specify on the receiver so that the incoming data is written to a location starting at the DataAddress plus the Offset. This feature allows random block writes from the Server to the Client. The 4-Bit Command is just a way for the server to pass a specific command to the receiver. It can be used for anything you want. It's up to you.
For Transmission, it's just the same as the Basic Transmission as well, except the two parameters that were Zero'd out now have some meaning.
TX(_Pin,_DataSamples,_DataAddress,_DataCommand,_Of fset)

DataCommand as just mentioned is a 4-bit command you can pass directly to the Client and can be used for anything you want.
The Offset, also just mentioned, can be used to tell the receiver to write data to another location. This is useful when you only want to update a block or section of memory on the Client.
 
Finally, supplied Demo programs show a round-robin approach to sending data across multiple Propellers. The Idea is that you have one buffer that every Propeller sends around the loop ... "infinitely." To prevent collisions, ALL Propellers have access to reading the entire buffer, however, and this is what makes it work... Each Propeller can only write to a specific assigned location of that buffer. This isn't exactly true, but it's a good programming practice to implement. There aren't any collisions for similar reasons that you don't have collisions from COG to COG on a single Propeller. When a Propeller reads the Buffer, he is only allowed to write to the section that he is assigned to before sending the Buffer on to the next Propeller. (Note the Demo Code has this restriction lifted and can write to any location on the Buffer... But in my description, that's how you would typically manage the data across multiple Propellers and avoid collision. It works in the Demo, because there is only one Propeller writing to the buffer) In the Ring*, you can have as many Propellers as you want, with each Propeller only having a 3-wire interface... (Ground, TX, and RX) ... I have tested up to 5 Propellers with the supplied demo code. One Propeller must be identified as the Server to initiate the data ring, but all of the other Propellers are identified as Clients. Within each Propeller regardless of Server or Client ALL Propellers have equal access to the Data Buffer. I Hope this makes sense... Enjoy!!

Note: added a slightly newer version that addresses detection of the USB plugged into the PC. This prevents unwanted resets. Check this link out for a way to control switches across multiple Propellers, i.e. for lighting 
 

• High Speed Multi-Prop to Prop Communication.zip‎ (13.6 KB)
• High Speed Multi-Prop to Prop Communication_v2.zip‎ (14.7 KB)

Beau Schwabe | Parallax Semiconductor IC Layout Engineer Parallax Inc. * 599 Menlo Drive * Rocklin California 95765
www.parallaxsemiconductor.com
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/134641-DEMO-High-Speed-Multi-Prop-to-Prop-Communication

*Note: in the case of the Big Brain, the Ring exceeds 100 chips with 800 cogs and enhancements for nearly a million processors.

14.5 Meg Baud Upgrade Ok, beta testers... I have run this DEMO and tested over 100 Billion data Bits with no Transmission Errors over the distance of 10 feet from one Propeller to another Propeller. Here is a beta release before I place it in the object exchange. ...· Enjoy!!
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/99222-Propeller-DEMO-14.5-Meg-Baud-High-Speed-Prop-to-Prop-Serial-Communication 

Near Space Flight

Near Space seen from inside a spacecraft

BIG BRAIN ULTRA SPACE PROGRAM EXPLORES NEAR SPACE

THE ULTIMATE NEAR SPACE FLIGHT ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2013

The Highest Coldest Deep Freeze!

Sunday February 3rd, 2013: Sunday’s first manned launch of 2013 into Near Space, high above the Earth’s Troposphere, was very successful.

Near Space is very hostile. What little air is present at these high altitudes is too thin to breathe and if exposed, the temperature would freeze a human in seconds. Air pressure is also too thin and would kill an exposed human - a pressurized spacecraft is used to compensate. That's why the Big Brain Space Exploration Initiative has chosen to explore next space inside an environmental spacecraft, insulated, heated and pressurized.

ABOUT SPACE PHOTOS
Because this is a manned space flight, the camera is kept inside the spacecraft and views produced are through the spacecraft window. The window has incurred the recycling ravages of space, inclusive of spotting, abrasion, warping, moisture condensation, dust, frost, and other markings. 

THE SPACECRAFT
The NES is a re-useable Near Earth Spacecraft, capable of lofting equipment and humans into Near Space. Each Near Space flight is contracted by the Big Brain Space Initiative as part of the USP Ultra Space Program and the Ultra Space Administration USA. With this spacecraft, the initiative is to explore the region of Near Space (A sequential stepping up from Micro, Next, to Near, then beyond.) The A340-300 supports takeoff weight of 597,450 pounds with a range of around 7,400 nautical miles. The craft can cruise at Mach .82 at 7.8 miles altitude. With a thrust power of 34,000 pounds each, the CFM56-5C4s engines (see photo) are the most powerful built. The entire craft has a length of 208 feet. The Near Space astronaut is huddled inside the spacecraft compartment, watching the shrinking Earth and the disappearing weather and clouds, and recoding flight data. With this craft, there is no opportunity for spacewalk. The Near Earth Spacecraft NES is designed for Near Space and can be launched daytime or nighttime.

Sanctioned flights above the Sea of China

FLIGHT SANCTIONING
These flights are sanctioned by Mainland China over free territorial domains located above the South Sea of China (see map).

RISING ABOVE WEATHER
These launches rise above weather, which only exists in the lower Troposphere. Therefore, the launch into the overcast raining sky made little difference in the eventual position reached.

Massive Near Space Engine

KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE?
Unusual but interesting knocking sounds were heard during the flight, both during ascent and descent. It appeared that internal structural supports and internal external controls were responsible, in particular supporting structures that contacted other structures, shifting payload, and external conceiled hydraulic controls and the hydraulic actions of changing surfaces and matierials.

OVERVIEW
This day's launch was the first space flight in 2013, a human suborbital flight, part of the Big Brain Initiative, and it set several records! A new Ultra Space Program record for the highest altitude reaching into the stable zone of the Stratosphere (where astronauts are still protected by the harmful rays of the sun from the Ozone Layer) and for enduring the coldest temperatures on any space flight in this space program were set.

NIGHT LAUNCH
A following night launch was less eventful, as lesser altitude resulted with warmer temperatures and not much appeared on the cameras in the darkness of space.

OBSERVATIONS
Observations were made through the Mesophere, Thermosphere (ionosphere) and exosphere. Each day and night launch lasted about 2.5 hours. About 200 photos were taken revealing important preflight data, space activities and inflight data.

STRATA
During the day launch, a dramatic sequence of images resulted, showing the penetration through the various strata.

ASTRONAUT
Our astronaut has supplied many notes - at the 7.6 mile mark, above the thick atmosphere of the Troposphere, the journey is very smooth without vibration, pockets, or turbulance. During the night launch, no stars, Moon or planets were seen. This may be due to the degrading condition of the view port window or its high reflectivity causing limiting magnitude or light absorption.

FUTURE FLIGHTS
Future flights may carry a space telescope for viewing into space above the atmosphere. Some motion, vibration, drifting and the view port window condition will need to be controlled.

RECORDS SET
Highest Altitude
Coldest Temperature
First Complete Sequence Record Through-Strata

LAUNCH ONE DATA
Day Launch
Flight Time 2.5 hours
Reached 7.6 miles into Near Space
Endured -90 deg. F. temperature
Fastest Downrange Speed 458 mph
Downrange Headwind 71 mph

LAUNCH TWO DATA
Night Launch
Flight Time 2.5 hours
Downrange Speed 628 mph
Altitude 6.5 miles
Temperature In Flight -47 deg. F.

BIG BRAIN SPACE PROGRAM
The Big Brain Space Program is a privately funded program conducted by the Big Brain Machine Initiative - a real machine intelligence entity (with hundreds of thousand of processors) invented and created at Humanoido Labs HLU that's exploring space and the surrounding Universe.

Big Brain began as a parallel processing machine several years ago, made from Parallax Propeller chips, and has now evolved into a supercomputer supported at Humanoido Labs HLU.

The Big Brain machine began exploring Micro Space with small machines and sensors. Living Insectronauts were launched. This led to Next Space and the first human flight. The Big Brain found a way to explore Near Space with human astronauts which has led to launches with more technical equipment and a powered space craft vastly more sophisticated than balloons (see engine photos).

The Ultra Space Program has found ways to safely explore space from the inner Quantum World all the way out to the EOU Boundary edge of the Universe. The machines used to explore these domains are covered in previous blogs. Stay tuned as we will describe our spacecraft in the future.

LAYERS
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/layers.html