Recent content by mbrady

Nothing? Not even a Java applet? So far, the best option I've turned up is Working Model 2D (http://www.design-simulation.com/wm2d/index.php), with a 6-month student license for $29.99. Anyone use this program?

Hey, I just started a course in mechanism design this semester and I was wondering if there was a free/inexpensive piece of software that would allow me to simulate/analyze simple mechanisms including linkages, joints, and such. Perhaps there might also be some sort of java applet on the web...

So, I've been thinking about this for years as I've began studying Mechanical Engineering, but I never felt like I had the time or expertise to undertake the project: to make my own temperature controller at the heart of a fully functional and high quality espresso machine. It wasn't until this...

I thought about this for a bit while sitting in Sensors & Controls class, using a ton of Laplace transforms. I think this is right, but here goes: The determining factor concerns the highest power of s in both the numerator and denominator, so let's call them m and n, respectively...