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Issue #242 September 2010 - DATA AQUISITION
FEATURE ARTICLES
◊ Rapid Prototyping: Build a Scrolling LED Message Board with mbed/NXP LPC Platform
◊ Mesh Telephony System: The Mesh Potato Project from an Embedded Designer’s POV
◊ Precision Temperature Control Circuitry
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◊ THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER Is the Door Closed?: Why Designing Safety-Critical
Systems Is Essential
◊ LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES State Machines Revisited: Addressing Real-World
Word Problems
◊ FROM THE BENCH Data Transmission and Decoding: Design and Implement a Keyfob Decoder
◊ SILICON UPDATE Once More, With Feeling: An MCU + FPGA Without the Compromises
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PRIORITY INTERRUPT
Mobile Metamorphosis
by Steve Ciarcia
I consider myself to be a technically sophisticated Luddite. Yes, I realize that is probably an oxymoron, but it might be the best way to describe a guy who has the technical knowledge to design gadgets that enhance a contemporary world but who then prefers not to use them himself. It’s not as bad as wanting to return to rotary-dial phones mind you, but neither do I want to join a new generation that seems to get off on streaming live video and tweets while arguing with a meter maid giving them a parking ticket... Read it now!
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