Finally, after months of hard work by Rob Touslon and Tim Wilmshurst, their textbook "Fast and effective embedded systems design - Applying the ARM mbed" is now available from amazon:

• Buy on Amazon

Just to prove it is real, here is a copy sitting on my desk!

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After various reports of Windows 7 machines hanging while copying files to the mbed Micrcontroller, we did some investigations to recreate the problem, and of course find a fix. Some of the support cases I'd handled suggested that the problem didn't appear on XP, and when it did appear on Window 7, replacing the cable fixed the problem. Could it really come down to the cable not being suitable for Window 7? Fact is often stranger than fiction.

The conclusion is that if you're experiencing this sort of issue, try using another cable. If you want to know why, read on...

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I am very happy to be able to report that the long awaited Collaboration update to mbed is now live. This update contains a huge number of changes to almost every part of the mbed experience. This is the first in a series of posts which will try and explain the new features and how you can make the most of them.

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You may recall that we gave away a few Seeed Studio Grove Modules a couple weeks back.

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We are happy to announce that the collaboration features we've worked so hard on over these past months is now in open beta. This means anyone is welcome to try out the new features. Read on below for instructions on how to try it out. You can also check out the demonstration video below:

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More information about the upcoming features can be found here.

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Electronics distributor SparkFun held their annual Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) last weekend in Boulder, Colorado - and we would like to congratulate Michael Shimniok for his mbed-powered Rover Robot coming in third place!

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Seeed Studio, one of our mbed distributors has kindly sent us some Grove Modules to give-away to mbed users, in return for writing a library and cookbook page for them.

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It's has been a busy few months here at mbed, here's a wrap up of a few interesting things that have been happening with mbed -

• Collaboration beta Trials
• Automated Heating Controller using Google Calendar
• NEW NFC Stack for mbed
• UK SMART Grants for Prototype to Product
• Beta Testers Wanted - 3G Mobile Internet
• Live Webinar : Rapid Prototype & Development of USB Connected Devices Using mbed and LPCXpresso

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Here is a video showing some of the new online collaboration features in action:

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NFC is one of the hottest technology topics around around at the moment, throw in Android and now you should definitely be interested! We've seen banks stumble over each other to be the first to offer NFC-enabled services, and now smart posters are becoming more prevalent in bus shelters begging to deliver you more content by fist pumping your smartphone at it. You've seen the technology in action, now it's time to get prototyping for yourself.

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