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Issue #202 May 2007
Maximum Exposure
by C.J. Abate
First, your name and project appear in Circuit Cellar magazine. Then, your name and a description of your project appear on our recently revamped web site (www.circuitcellar.com). Next, you start getting noticed by our subscribers and advertisers. Soon thereafter, Dave Tweed adds your name to his well-known online Circuit Cellar archive (www.dtweed.com/circuitcellar/authors.htm). Around the same time, professors from all over the world who take part in our College Subscription Program (http://www.circuitcellar.com/subscriptions/college.html) instruct their students to download your article. At that point, your name and project are in the “network” and they start getting picked up by the search engines. And just like that, you have maximum exposure.
Each month, I get dozens of proposals from engineers who are interested in publishing articles in the embedded design community’s favorite magazine. Although the engineers come from different backgrounds, countries, and generations, they are all looking for the same thing: exposure. And which publication is better than Circuit Cellar at shining the light on the world’s best embedded designs? There isn’t one.
The “Measurement & Sensors” issue is always in high demand. Each year, we feature articles about the year’s best microcontroller-based systems that are used for taking measurements, accumulating data, and sensing a variety of stimuli. In this issue, we have great articles about projects that are sure to keep you thinking about new designs well into 2008. The tradition continues.
James Koehler kicks things off with a great article about a proton precession magnetometer that he developed for anyone interested in archaeological research and geophysical exploration (p. 14). This article is more than a great introduction to magnetometer technology; it’s a step-by-step guide to building custom sensors.
As an instrumentation engineer in the Chemistry department at Dalhousie University in Canada, Brian Millier works with measurement systems every day. In “Temperature Calibration System,” he walks you through the process of designing and building a handy portable temperature meter (p. 32). Brian describes everything from calibrating sensors and thermocouples to measuring platinum RTDs.
Need an energy and load analyzer on your workbench or in the lab? Ronaldo Duarte’s cost-effective, M16C/62P-based data logger is the perfect system for measuring RMS voltage, current, power, harmonics, and frequency (p. 58). You don’t need to shell out big bucks for a commercial system. Just follow Ronaldo’s lead and build your own.
Well, the genie is out of the bottle. For more than 19 years, the world’s top embedded designers and programmers have been using Circuit Cellar to showcase their projects and demonstrate their talent. Why shouldn’t you? Whether you are looking to take your product to market, impress potential employers, or simply show off your design skills, Circuit Cellar can give you the exposure you need.
Drop me a line if you think you have what it takes to join the elite list of published Circuit Cellar authors. I’d love to hear from you.
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