My new hobby lab assistant

[jucole]

If you, like me have a memory like a gold-fish then maybe you need a lab assistant to help you with your projects!

How it works; using a bluetooth headset,  win7 and MS speech recognition;  you basically just ask for what you need.  for example an electronics part description or the pin-out on a chip, or maybe the test voltages etc for system you've designed.

The knowledge is added as a speech macro; below is a simple example for the LM317.

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<command>
<listenFor>lm317 index</listenFor>
<speak>lm317, index.
overview.
features.
pin descriptions for pins 1 to pin 3.
</speak>
</command>

<command>
<listenFor>lm317 overview</listenFor>
<speak>lm317.
3-Terminal Positive Adjustable Regulator.
</speak>
</command>

<command>
<listenFor>lm317 features</listenFor>
<speak>lm317,
Output Current, In Excess of 1.5 amps.
Output Adjustable Between 1.2 volts and 37 volts.
Internal Thermal Overload Protection.
Internal Short Circuit Current Limiting.
</speak>
</command>

<command>
<listenFor>lm317 pin 1</listenFor>
<speak>lm317, pin 1. input voltage, 1.2, volts, to 37 volts</speak>
</command>

<command>
<listenFor>lm317 pin 2</listenFor>
<speak>lm317, pin 2. voltage adjust</speak>
</command>

<command>
<listenFor>lm317 pin 3</listenFor>
<speak>lm317, pin 3. voltage out</speak>
</command>


This all came about because I'm planning to design some lab gear just for fun but I wanted to challenge the way we use test gear.

Perhaps we could build up a common electronics knowledge database?