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Article Title Archives — Issues 141 - 160
ISSUE 141
April 2002
Theme: Robotics
Task Manager—On the Move, by Rob Walker, 6.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
A Noncontract Infrared Bumper, by Tom Baraniak, 12.
The Rovervac—A Robotic Vacum Cleaner, by Mike Rigsby, 22
RoCK Specifications-Part 1: Overview of a Winning Robot Kit, by Joseph Jones
& Ben Wirz, 28
Cyber Robotics, Experimenting with Robot Simulation, by James Wilson, 34
Racebot, A two-Degree-of-Freedom Stiquito Robot, by Scott Vu & James Conrad,
48
Applied PCs—Replacing Relays with
Ladder Logic–Part 2: The T100MD-1616+— by Fred Eady, 54.
Above the Ground Plane—Switches and Glitches, by Ed Nisley, 60.
From the Bench—You
Too Can Design with SoC, by Jeff Bachiochi, 66.
Silicon Update—Home Is Where the Plug Is, by Tom Cantrell, 76.
Priority Interrupt—Those Insidious Pop-Ups,
by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 142
May 2002
Theme: Signal Processing
Task Manager—Getting the Right Signal by Jennifer Huber, 6.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Power Line Modems Meet Home Control, by Brian Millier, 12.
Tiny Planet—A One-Bit Wireless I/O Port, by Claudio Lanconoelli & Alberto
Ricc Bitti, 20.
Working with EMC, by George Novacek, 28.
Robotics Corner—Behind the Scenes–Part 1: Controlling an Animatronics
System, by Daniel Ramirez, 34.
Hand-Soldering Fine-Pitch QFP Devices, by John Taylor, 46.
RoCk Specifications—Part 2 The Circuitry, by Joesph Jone & Ben Wirz,
50.
Applied PCs—Taking a Swim with Atmel's
STK500, by Fred Eady, 56.
Designing Your Own Microprocessor, by Jim
Turley, 62.
From the Bench—You're
Not Alone Dealing with Isolation, by Jeff Bachiochi,
70.
Silicon Update—I-Way the Hard(ware)
Way, by Tom Cantrell, 76.
Priority Interrupt—The Insanity of Sucess,
by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 143
June 2002
Theme: Embedded Programming
Task Manager—Summer Fun by Jennifer Huber, 6.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
BatMon to the Rescue–A Battery Monitor for RC Applications by Thomas
Black,12.
Extreme OSMC–Part 1: Open Source Motor Control Projects by Sonny
LIoyd, 20.
Ultra-Low Pwer Flash MCU MSP430 Design Contest Winners Announcement, 24
Robotics Corner—Behind the Scenes–Part 2: Software Control by Daniel
Ramirez, 28.
Selecting the best CAN Pipeline Controller by Olaf Pfeiffer, 40.
Staring Down the Pipeline–Part 1: Hyper-, Super-, Whatever-Pipelines by
Jim Turley , 44.
RocCK Specifications— Part 3: Behavior-Based Programming by Joseph
Jones & Ben Wirz, 50.
Applied PCs— Still Swimming
With the STK500 Onto the JTAG ICE, by Fred Eady, 58.
Invisible Components, by Ed Nisley,
66.
From the Bench—SmartMedia File Storage— Part 1: A Windows/DOS-Compatible
File System by Jeff Bachiochi, 70.
Silicon Update—FPGA Power Play by Tom Cantrell, 76.
Priority Interrupt—Broadband–A
Report Card—by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 144
July 2002
Theme: Graphics & Video
Task Manager—Reliable Information by Jennifer
Huber, 6.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky,
8.
Driving the NKK Smartswitch–Part
1: Configuration and Software by Aubrey Kagan,12.
Short Solutions—Building a Graphics LCD Bias Supply AVR MCU-Based
AC Phase Controller by Brian Millier, 20.
An 80C31-Controlled Power Supply by Noel Rios, 24
Robotics Corner—Extreme OSMC–Part 2: The Modular OSMC Brain by Sonny
Lloyd, 30.
Taming the Transients by George Novacek, 34.
LCD Controller for a PIC by Peter Chia, 42.
Applied PCs— Building a Modular Programming Platform—Part 1: The Program
Module, by Fred Eady, 46.
RocCK Specifications— Part 4: Tying Up Loose Ends by Joseph Jones
& Ben Wirz, 52.
Dealing With Motor Control Dead-Time Destortion by Ross Bannatyne & Dave
Wilson, 60
Starting Down the Pipeline—Part 2: The Long and Short of It, by Jim Turley,
66.
From the Bench—SmartMedia File Storage— Part 2: Directory Entries
by Jeff Bachiochi, 70.
Silicon Update—Eight Isn't Enough by Tom Cantrell, 76.
Priority Interrupt—Like Avoiding a Bus—by
Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 145
August 2002
Theme: Analog Techniques
Task Manager—The More Things Change...by
Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky,
8.
Are You Grounded? by George Novacek,12.
Embedded Smart Fix Analog Flawsr by Tom Napier, 20.
Driving the NKK Smartswitch—Part
Graphics and Text by Aubrey Kagan, 26.
Above The Ground Plane— PC Audio Bits by Ed Nisley, 30.
Digital Ignition System Building Without a Distributor by Frantisek Bachleda,
36.
RISCy Business Part 1: RISC Projects by Cornell Students by Jeff Bachiochi,
44.
An Open-Source HCS Project by Neil
Cherry, 44.
Robotics Corner— The OO Carolbot by Chris Cantrell, 56.
The AT89C51/52 Flash Memory Programmers, by Noel Rios, 62.
Applied PCs— Building a Modular Programming Platform—Part 2: Building
the PCB, by Fred Eady, 70.
From the Bench—SmartMedia File Storage— Part 3: Reading a File by
Jeff Bachiochi, 76.
Silicon Update—FPGA News Flashby Tom Cantrell, 80.
Priority Interrupt—Upgrade or Die—by
Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 146
September 2002
Theme: Internet & Connectivity
Task Manager—The The Good Life by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
RISCy Business Part 2: Impressive Student Designs by Jeff Bachiochi, 12.
Office Supervisor — A Control System Based on SMS by Jaon Slavat, 18.
The PSC 5-Cent Modem by Rick Hood, 26.
Build Your Own 8051 Web Server by Jim
Brady, 34.
Automatic Blood Pressure Meter, by Aleksey Britov, Alexznder Makeenok, 42.
Killing the EMI Deamon, Norman Rogers,
50.
Robotics Corner— Put Out the Fire, by Tom Baraniak, 58.
Applied PCs— Internet Enabling Made
Easy by Fred Eady, 62.
From the Bench—SmartMedia File Storage— Part 4: Getting Your Data
Inside by Jeff Bachiochi, 70.
Silicon Update—Fast Times at the Forum by Tom Cantrell, 76.
Priority Interrupt—The Right Exposure—by
Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 147
October 2002
Theme: Data Acquisition
Task Manager—Be a Contender by Jennifer Huber,
4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
2-D or Not 2-D by Martin Courtney, 12
High-Frequency Job—Frequency Counter and VFO Controller by Richard Hosking,
20
Robotics Corner—SOPHOCLES: A Solar-Powered MSO430 Robot by Jens Altenburg,
24
Light the Way— An LED-Based Alternative by Philip Ching & Bruce Land,
30
Convert Your PC Sound Card—Make a DC-Coupled Arbitrary Waveform Generator
by David Prutchi & Michael Norris, 36
Choosing Your LCD by Roberto Ferrabone, 44
Above the Ground Plane—Audio Transformation by Ed Nisley, 50
Applied PCs—Design with STKxxx Parts Build an Ethernet Controller by Fred Eady, 54
From the Bench—12,16,18, Hike! Dashing for
Flash Cash by Jeff Bachiochi, 62
Silicon Update— Watch Me Pull A Rabbit
Out of My Hat by Tom Cantrell,76
Priority Interrupt—Linguini with Clam
Sauce —by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 148
November 2002
Theme: Embedded Development
Task Manager—'Tis the Season by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Embedded Real-Time Java in an MPU, by Shahzad Umar, 12
PSoC Design Challenge 2002 Winners Announcement, 24
Efficient, Practical Adders for FPGAs, by Vitit Kantabutra, Ph.D., Pasquale
Corsonello, Stefania Perri, Ph.D., and Maria Antonia Iachino, 28
A Low-Power Embedded Theram Sensor System, by Divyata Kakumanu, Joel Jorgenson,
Tristan Simetkosky, Conrad Thomas, and Brian Morlock, 38
The Air Data Computer, by Richard Soennichsen, 48
ARMs to ARMs Part 1: Welcome to the World of ARM, by Robert Martin, 64
Robotics Corner—Ultrasonic Homing
Device, by Tom Baraniak, 44
Applied PCs—Geckodriving Your Motor Controller Application, by Fred Eady,
58
From the Bench—Smart Auto Brake Light Eliminates Turn Indicators, by Jeff Bachiochi,
70
Silicon Update—Sensors and Sensibility, by Tom Cantrell, 76
Priority Interrupt—As Long as the Light
Goes On—by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE
149
December 2002
Theme: Wireless Communications
Task Manager—No Strings Attached by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Wireless Data Acquisition Using Bluetooth by Mohammed Tana Basheer, 10
Interfacing wiht Frequency Synthesizers by John Teller, 20
Vector-SoC—A 1-Ghz Vehtorial Network Analyzer by Robert Lacoste, 24
ARMs to ARMs Part 2: Delving Deeper into the World of ARM by Robert Martin,
36
Quad Bench Power Supply by Brian
Millier, 40
Above the Ground Plane—HTML Front Pannels by Ed Nisley, 62
Robotics Corner—A Low-Power Photoflash, by Tom Baraniak, 72
Applied PCs—A Wireless Temperature
Sensor Stew, by Fred Eady, 52
From the Bench—Smart RF Designing—Don't Put All of Your Eggs in One Basket,
by Jeff Bachiochi, 66
Silicon Update—Hot Chips, Cold Sweat , by Tom Cantrell, 76
Priority Interrupt—Why-Fi—by Steve
Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 150
January 2003
Theme: Embedded Applications
Task Manager—Fifteen More Years, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Use Frequency Modulation to Send ASCII Data, by Tom Napier, 12
The PSoC RangeFinder—A Simple
Ultrasonic Distance Meter, by Fabio Piana, 26
Robotics Corner: The (G)Eiger Sanction—The Design, Construction, and Interfacing
of a Simple Radiation Detector, by Tom Dahlin
Where is the Hardware, by Enoch Hwang, 32
AVR Video Generator —Teaching Programmong and Graphics, by Bruce Land,
40
Building an Electric Airplane, by George Novacek, 44
Embedded XML—Make your Customer's IT Department Happy, by Edward Steinfeld,
52
ARMs to ARMs—Part 3: Working in the World of ARM, by Robert Martin, 68
Applied PCs: Construct an ATA Hard
Drive Controller, by Fred Eady, 58
From the Bench: GUI Interfacing—A
Straightforward, Simple Solution, by Jeff Bachiochi, 72
Silicon Update: Going Mobile, by Tom
Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt—Inside the Box Still
Counts, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 151
February 2003
Theme: Communications
Task Manager—Triumph Over New Year's Resolution,
by Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
USB Parallel Port, by Jan van de Kamer, 12
MCS-51 SBC for the Classroom—Part 1: Hardware, by Praveen Deshpande, &Viraj
Bhanage, 20
GPS-GSM Mobile Navigator, by
Ma Chao & Lin Ming, 30
A Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Humidity Meter, by Ken Macleish, 38
Robotics Corner: Easy Image Processing Camera Interfacing for Robotics, by Daniel
Herrington, 44
Applied PCs: A P89C668 Development Board for 8051 Fans, by Fred Eady, 54
Above The Ground Plane: Nonlinear Mixing, by Ed Nisley, 68
Short Solution: Simple EL-Lamp Driver, by D. Prabakaran
From the Bench: Newcomer Nitron—Motorola's
Leading 8/16-Pin MCSs, by Jeff Bachiochi, 68
Silicon Update: Working the 'Net,
by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt—Real People, by Steve
Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 152
March 2003
Theme: Signal Processing
Task Manager—HCSII Evolution , by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky,
8.
2-D Optical Position Sensor, by Roger Johnson
& Chris Lentz, 10
Intelligent Light-Effects Controller for Enterainment Systems, by Victor Kremin,
20
MCS-51 SBC for the Classroom—Part 2: Software Development, by Praveen Desphande
& Prajakta Desphande, 28
Updaitng The Home Contro System —Part 1: FPGA Upgrade Board, by Robert
Morrison, 40
Build an MP3 Player, by Jan Szymanski, 46
Using Rotary Encoders as Input Devices,
Brian Millier, 54
Alook at Computer Viruses, Chris Cantrell, 60
Applied PCs: Get Hooked on Video With the STV5730A, by Fred Eady, 66
From the Bench: The Switching Approach— Infiltrating the Linear Supply
Market, by Jeff Bachiochi, 74
Silicon Update:Not Fading Away, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt—Hammers are for Wimps,
by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 153
April 2003
Theme: Robotics
Task Manager—Engineering Pop Culture, by
Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Autonomous Robot—Mini-Sumo Meets IsoPod, by Mike Keesling, 12
Electrical Engineering Robot—Follow the Line, by Peter Hiscocks & Jim
Koch, 20
Muscle for High-Torque Robotics, by
Lonne Mays, 30
Updating the Home Control System—Part 2: FPGA Design Methodology, by Robert
Morrison, 36
Communications Protocol—MIL-STD-1553B Data Bus, by George Novacek, 42
Applied PCs: Test-Driving the Z8,
by Fred Eady, 52
Portable MSP430 DMM, Bruce M. Pride, 58
Above The Ground Plane: Balanced Mixing, Ed Nisley, 66
From the Bench: Intro to Mindstorms, by Jeff Bachiochi, 70
Get One-Chip Programmer Power, by Tom Napier, 76
Silicon Update: E-Chip, by Tom
Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt—What You Don't See
Counts, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 154
May 2003
Theme: Analog Techniques
Task Manager—Variety is the Spice of Life,
by Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
General-Purpose Cable Tester—Stand-Alone or with a GUI, by Mike Griebling,
12
Automatic G-Force Meter—Challenging the Factory Specs, by Ross Tsukashima,
24
Automatic Temp Controller—Data
Logger for Slow Cooker, by John Moyer, 28
DTMF-Controlled Remote Switching System, by Arthur Musah, 36
Bluetooth—Bluetooth Interface for Embedded Systems, by Zoltan Molnar, 44
Updating the Home Control System—Part 3: The Complete Upgrade Solution,
by Robert Morrison,54
Applied PC— New ICE Age—MPLAB ICE 2000 Replaces PICMASTER, by Fred
Eady, 62
Poor Man's Front Panel, by Brian Millie, 70
From the Bench— Making Sense of the Gerber File Format, by Jeff Bachiochi,
74
Silicon Update—Digilog Déjà, by Tom Cantrell, 80
Priority Interrupt—Electronic Gremlins
, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 155
June 2003
Theme: Measurement & Sensors
Task Manager: Change is Good, by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Remote Health-Monitoring System—PSoC Design Challenge 2002 Winner, by Victor
Kremin, 10
Robotics Corner: The Altmotor, by Christopher Dix, 18
Mad Dash for Flash Cash Design Contest Winners' Announcement, 26
Construct a Hand-Held Radiation Monitor, by Mikhail Galeev, 30
Build a Graphical User Interface with Tcl/Tk, by Peter Hiscocks & James
Gaston, 40
Above The Ground Plane: Battery Power—Feeding the Z3801A, by Ed Nisley,
46
Time-Triggered Technology, by George Novacek, 50
Applied PCs: E-Field Evaluation Module,
by Fred Eady, 60
From the Bench: Encore!—Zilog's
Z8 Flash Memory-Based Micro, by Jeff Bachiochi, 68
Silicon Update: Good Vibrations,
by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: Opening E-mail from
HairyAl, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 156
July 2003
Theme: Embedded Programming
Task Manager: Engineering for Everyman, by
Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Stealth Telephone Screener—Mad
Dash for Flash Cash Grand Prize Winner, by Richard Wotiz, 10
A Minimal Flash PIC Programmer, by Tom Napier, 18
Analog's New High-Flying DDS Family, by Brian Millier , 22
Build a Three-In-One Measurement System, by Salvador Perdomo, 32
Construct a classroom-Friendly Evaluation Board, by Bert Korthof, 42
Short Solution—The Perfect PCB Prototype, by Richard Haendel, 48
Let's Get Small—Code Compression Saves 32-Bit Chip, by Jim Turley, 50
Applied PCs: Build a Coyote
Protocol Converter, by Fred Eady, 58
Spread Spectrum: Theory and Practice, by Shlomo Engelberg & Elyehoshua Shekalim,66
From the Bench: D-classifying Your Audio, by Jeff Bachiochi, 72
Silicon Update: What's the Buzz?, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: The New Conspiracy
Theory, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 157
August 2003
Theme: Wireless Communications
Task Manager: Bulk Be Gone, by Jennifer Huber,
4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Wireless CAN Yard Lamp Control, by John Dammeyer, 12
Palm-Enabled Telescope, by Steven
Pope, 20
Build Your Own Four-Function Calculator—Mad Dash for Cash Contest Entry,
by Daneil Ramirez, 28
Above The Ground Plane: IR Sensing, by Ed Nisley, 40
Flexible USB-CAN Bridge, —Mad Dash for Cash First Prize Winner, by Craig
Beiferman 44
The WiFi SniFi—Sniffing In and Out of Wireless Networks, by Roy Franz,
50
From The Bench: Spotlight on the
Renesas H8 Family—Hitachi and Mitsubishi Market MCUs for Embedded Systems,
by Jeff Bachiochi, 60
Applied PCs: Mission Possible—Achieve
Cheap USB connectivity, by Fred Eady, 70
Silicon Update: Switch Hitter, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: Contest Zest, by
Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 158
September 2003
Theme: Internet & Connectivity
Task Manager: Survey Says, by Jennifer Huber,
4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
RS-485 Network for Embedded Systems, by Shubhangi Ambekar, 12
Design a Wide-Range RS-232 Concentrator Box, by Daniel Wiklund & Tomas Henriksson,
24
Audio Spectrum Analyer with a Twist, by Veselin Koev, 32
The XY-Plotter—Drive High-Resolution
LCDs For Less, —Mad Dash for Cash Contest Winner, by Robert Lacoste,
42
Microprocessor Glue Logic with Verilog HDL, by Mark Balch, 52
Applied PCs: Speed Racer—Stand-Alone, Track-Triming Pinewood Debry Computer,
by Fred Eady, 62
From The Bench: Next-Generation Text to Speech—Winbond Makes Strides with
the WTS701, by Jeff Bachiochi, 70
Four Functions and Beyond: Tips for
designing an RPN Calculator, by Daniel Ramirez,
Silicon Update: ESCape to SF, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: Getting Ripped,
by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 159
October 2003
Theme: Data Acquisition
Task Manager: Pinching Pennies, by Jennifer
Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Palm OS Data Acquisition, by Stephen Manley, 10
Speed and Location Data Acquisition,
by Terry Fleischman, 20
LED-Based Color Clock—Tell
Time Anytime, by Keith Brown, 28
Embedded Networking with MicroMessaging,
by Olaf Pfeiffer, 36
Minimum Mass Waveform Capture, by Dick Cappels, 40
Serial Sidekick, by Brian Millier, 46
Applied PCs: Simple Data Display—Driving LCDs with Microchip and
Atmel Micros, by Fred Eady, 58
From The Bench: Designing with RGB LEDs, by Jeff Bachiochi, 66
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE: Modulation and Demodulation, by Ed Nisley, 70
Silicon Update: In ARM's Way, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: Intellectual Property,
by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
ISSUE 160
November 2003
Theme: Embedded Development
Task Manager: Tools and Techniques of the
Trade, by Jennifer Huber, 4.
New Product News, edited by John Gorsky, 8.
Mixed-Signal AVR Simulator, by Engin Ipek & Bruce Land, 14
Timing
(Analysis) is Everything—A How-To Guide for Timing Analysis, by Philip
Nowe, 28
Pure Digital audio—Build
An All-Digital Amplifier, by Yoon Cho, Joe Huntley, Greg Nuttal, Bryan Olson,
& Derek Richardson, 34
Heirarchical Menus in Embedded Systems , by Aubrey Kagan, 44
High-Temperature Superconductor Overview , by Danny Graves, 56
Programming the 386 in32-Bit Protected Mode, by Jim Turley, 60
Applied PCs: RF Made Simple, by
Fred Eady, 64
From The Bench: OOPic Ease Programming Headaches , by Jeff Bachiochi, 70
Silicon Update: Go Sell the Spartans, by Tom Cantrell, 78
Priority Interrupt: Internet Infamy
, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.
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