Department of Marine Science
Links
- Monterey Area Weather Forecast (National Weather Service)
- Surfline report for Carmel Beach
- CDIP ocean swell model for Monterey Bay
- CDIP swell forecast for Monterey Bay
- NOAA tide and current forecasts for Monterey
Purveyors of fine gizmotronic parts, tools, and supplies
(i.e., where EELs forage for goodies)
- BlueRobotics (great source for inexpensive, open-source ocean thrusters, ROVs, and ROV parts)
- Digi-Key (vast selection of electronic tools and components, especially ICs)
- Adafruit (beginner-friendly site offering lots of fun projects, parts, tools, and advice)
- Jameco (great source for electronic tools and components; quick delivery to Monterey)
- McMaster-Carr (vast selection of industrial tools, raw materials, etc.; easily searched online catalog)
- Microchip (makers of PIC microcontrollers)
- On-Line Metals (good selection of metals and plastics for building things)
- Parallax, Inc. home of the user-friendly BASIC Stamp microcontroller and many related products.
- Robot Market Place (lots of good motors, batteries, etc. for building robots)
- ServoCity (servomotors and all sorts of gears and other hardware for them)
- SparkFun (lots of user-friendly electronics/robotics parts, tools, advice)
- Tower Hobbies (R/C car and plane stuff that can be adapted for robots)
Useful training videos
- Smithy machining videos (helpful videos on basic machining techniques)