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Issue #201 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

April 2007
Theme: Embedded Programming
TASK MANAGER The Cruelest Month?, by C.J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD, p. 93
ATir Keyboard Interface, by Steven Savage, p. 12

Java-Based EarthBox Watering System, by Tom Kibalo, p. 20

Build a Three-Axis CNC Mill Machine, by Gordon Dick, p. 28

Reverse Engineered ECP Bus, by Miguel Sanchez, p. 38

Uncomplicated RF Communication, by Fred Eady, p. 45

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Battery Capacity, by Ed Nisley, p. 56

Generic Modbus Simulator (Part 2): Create a Modbus Master using Visual Basic 2005, by Aubrey Kagany, p. 60

FROM THE BENCH—Local Interconnect Network, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—USB: (Wire)Less is More, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT - Only Real Events Lead to Real Trends, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #202 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

May 2007
Theme: Measurement & Sensors
TASK MANAGER Maximum Exposure, by C.J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD, p. 93

Proton Precession Magnetometer, by James Koehler, p.14

Circuit Board Plotting, by Curt Carpenter, p. 24

Temperature Calibration System, by Brian Millier, p.32

Embedded USB Host, by Lane Hauck, p. 43

The Witness Camera: Build a Self Recording Surveillance Camera, by Alberto Ricci Bitti, p. 48

Energy and Load Analyzer, by Ronaldo Duarte, p. 58

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—More "Hello World": CProgram Flow, by George Martin, p.67

FROM THE BENCH—What's the Slope?, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 72

SILICON UPDATE—Be All You Can Bee, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT - Keeping the Lights On, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

 

Issue #203 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

June 2007
Theme: Communications
TASK MANAGER Projects, Projects and More Projects, by C.J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD, p. 93

Network of Keypads, by Dhananjay Gadre, Anurag Chugh, Parag Shah & Sneha Lele, p. 16

Video-Based Motion Sensor, by Naubert Aparicio, p. 24

Dew Point Monitor, by Peter Gibbs & Ramon Sargeant, p. 32

Slave Flash Trigger, by Aleksander Borysiuk, p. 38

USB-Controlled Pulse Generator, by Alan Hunt, p. 46

LIN-Based Ultrasound Parking Assistant, by Victor Kremin & Valeriy Kyrynyuk, p. 58

Power Supply Design: A PID-Based SMPS, by Fred Eady, p. 67

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Practical Photomicrography, by Ed Nisley, p. 71

FROM THE BENCH—Gearing Up to Go the Distance: Slotted Optical Switches, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 75

SILICON UPDATE—Rock 'Em, Clock 'Em, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT - Technical Merit, by Steve Ciarcia,p. 96

Issue #204 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

July 2007
Theme: Internet & Connectivity
TASK MANAGER A look Back and Forward in Tech Time, by C.J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD, p. 93

MiniEmail: A Compact MCU-Based Mail Client, by Alexander Mann, p. 14

Internet Password Manager, by Carlos Cossio, p. 22

Motion Tracking and Analysis System, by Albert Tran, Andrew Kwan, Kevin Brown, Jason Vangilst, p. 35

Multipurpose Automotive Gauge, by Eric Kesselring, p. 44

Winner's Announcement: Luminary Micro DesignStellaris2006, p. 55

Flash Drive Connection: Add a Flash Drive  to Your Next Design, by John Hyde, p. 59

SILICON UPDATE—Pyxos Power, by Tom Cantrell, p. 68

FROM THE BENCH— Are you up for 16 Bits?: A Look at Microchip's Family of 16-Bit Microcontrollers, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 76

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—From "Hello World" to Big Iron, by George Martin, p. 81

PRIORITY INTERRUPT - Keeping the Lights On: Reality Time, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #205 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

August 2007
Theme: Embedded Development
TASK MANAGER Another Eclectic Mix, by C.J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD, p. 93

Handheld Multifunction Scope: First Prize Luminary Micro Design Stellaris 2006 Contest, by Jingxi Zhang & Yang Zhang, p. 14

Electronic Bicycle Design, by Roxanne Ahmed, Michael Buchanan, Andrew Clarke, Chris Elder, & Warren Shrieves, p. 24

Text Adventure Gaming, by Chris Cantrell, p. 40

Build a PHP Components Database, by Keith Brown, p. 48

1-Wire in the Real World (Part 1): The Challenges, by Steve Hendrix, p. 58

THE DARKER SIDE—Let's Play with EMI!, by Robert Lacoste, p. 66

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Hearing Clearly, by Ed Nisley, p. 71

FROM THE BENCH—Graphical User Interfacing, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 75

SILICON UPDATE—Silicon Secrets, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT-Let's Count the Lumens, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #206 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

September 2007
Theme: Data Acquisition
TASK MANAGER: Blogs & Video, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS: edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD: p. 93

Smart Power, An Intelligent Power Supply for Embedded Systems, by Alexander Popov & Jordan Popov, p. 10

PIC-an-LCD: A Character-Based Serial LCD Controller, by Dale Wheat, p. 18

High-Performance Motor Controller, by Daniel Ramirez, p.26

1-Wire in the Real World (Part 2): The Solutions, by Steve Hendrix, p. 42

Resilience in Embedded Designs (Part 1): Power Supply, Inputs and Ground, by Aubrey Kagan, p. 52

Pulse Generation: Encoder Interfacing to Microcontriollers, by Stuart Ball, p. 58

Embedded Scripting: by Thiadmer Riemersma, p. 62

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—String Theory, by George Martin, p. 70

FROM THE BENCH—I-Zip Dashboard, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 74

SILICON UPDATE—Game On, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT: Chronic Subscription Overdose , by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #207 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

October 2007
Theme: Signal Processing
TASK MANAGER: Mark Your Calendars, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS: edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD: p. 93

Signal Recovery: Restore the Attenuated Portion of an AC-Coupled Signal, by Brian Felder, p. 10

Wireless Thermostat System, by Darryl Uchitil, p. 18

The Monarch Butterfly: Build a Barometric Altimiter, by Thomas Black, p. 26

Resilience in Embedded Designs (Part 2): RS-485, Voltage Supervisors, Watchdogs & Outputs, by Aubrey Kagan, p. 35

Simple Ethernet, by Ken Merk, p. 40

Embedded Speech: Speech Synthesis for Small Applications, by Nicusor Birsan & Ionut Tarsa

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE: Hearing Clearly, Hardware, by Ed Nisley, p. 55

FROM THE BENCH—ROBOGROWTH, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 60

THE DARKER SIDE—No Fear with FIR, Put a FIR Filter to Work, by Robert Lacoste, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—I Sense, Therefore I Am, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT: The Law of Unintended Consequences, By Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #208 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

November 2007
Theme: Analog Techniques
TASK MANAGER—New Initiatives, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Embedded IP-PBX: Switch Analog and VoIP Calls, by David Rowe, p. 12

NimbleSig: A Compact DDS RF Signal Generator, by Thomas Alldread, p.22

WIZnet iEthernet 2007 Design Contest Primer, iEthernet Bootcamp: Get Started with the W5100, by Fred Eady, p. 34

Hybrid Computing on an FPGA, by Bruce Land, p. 44

Communication Protocols, by Massimo Manca, p. 50

Resilience in Embedded Designs (Part 3): Software, by Aubrey Kagan, p. 58

SMT Manufacturing—Take a Board from Prototype to Production, by Zack Gainsforth, p. 63

FROM THE BENCH—Motor Driving for a Robotic Arm, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—A Flash in the Pan, by George Martin, p. 76

SILICON UPDATE—Thanks for the MEMS, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

Priority Interrupt—Let There Be Light, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #209 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

December 2007
Theme: Graphics & Video
TASK MANAGER—We Hear You, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Tile Graphics, by Chris Cantrell, p. 12

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Solar Powering the Circuit Cellar: Part 1: Preparing the Site, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 20

LCD Digital Voltage Meter: Talking to the Glass, by Dale Wheat, p. 34

SD Card Display Controller, by Sylvain Davaine, p. 40

Programmable Voltage Source, by Paul Ward, p. 46

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—LED Power, by Ed Nisley, p. 56

THE DARKER SIDE—Are you Locked?: A PLL Primer, by Robert Lacoste, p. 60

FROM THE BENCH—Collecting Solar Energy, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—Harvest Time, by Tom Cantrell. p 78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—My Kingdom for a Battery, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #210 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

January 2008
Theme: Embedded Applications
TASK MANAGER—Twenty Years , by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 13
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Get Cooking with Embedded Linux, by Brian Senese, p. 14

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Solar Powering the Circuit Cellar: Part 2: From the Ground Up, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 20

Cash for Code—Part 1: A Focus on Firmware, by Richard Hoptroff, p. 30

Precision Oscillator Calibrator, by Michael Griebling, p. 40

Building a Learning Remote Control, by Ben Smith, p. 50

Designing for Hostile Environments, by Monte Dalrymple, p. 60

SPECIAL FEATURE—That was Then, This is Now: Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective, by Ed Nisley, p. 68

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—The C Half-Time Report, George Martin, p. 56

FROM THE BENCH—Portable Poll Server: Part 1: System Setup, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—The Quad Squad, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Happy Twentieth Anniversary, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #211 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

February 2008
Theme: Wireless Communications
TASK MANAGER—Real-World Apps , by C. J. Abate, p.
4 NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Wireless Sensor Network Design: A Flexible Platform for WSNs, byDiego Méndez Chaves, Mauricio Guerrero Hurtado, & Néstor Peña Traslaviña, p. 12

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Solar-Powering the Circuit Cellar: Part 3: Wiring & Electronics, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 22

RFID Payment Terminal, by Carlos Cossio, p. 34

Cash for Code: Part 2: Publish Your Firmware, by Richard Hoptroff, p. 44

System Control: TCP/IP Communication with Embedded Processors, by Cass Tyler, p. 52

THE DARKER SIDE—Antenna Basics, by Robert Lacoste, p. 60

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Transformers, by Ed Nisley, p.70

FROM THE BENCH—Portable Poll Server: Part 2: Data Acquisition & Results, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 74

SILICON UPDATE—Got Chips?, by Tom Cantrell, p.78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Avoiding Stereotypes, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96

Issue #212 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

March 2008
Theme: Robotics
TASK MANAGER—Design, Program & Prosper , by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 13
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Robotics with Ada95, by Daniel Ramirez, p.14

CONTEST WINNERS—Microchip Embedded Control 2007 Design Contest Winners, p. 26

Vertical Plotter System, by Miguel Sanchez, p. 30

Flight Control: A Communication System for an RC Helicopter, by Michael Ghazi, Stefan Kaban, Scott Morken, Carl Philippsen, & Kyle Wong

Do-It-Yourself Motion-Controlled Gaming (Part 1): Get Started with a Simple Application, Chris Coulston, p. 43

Robotics Made Easy: A Peripheral Chip for Low-Level Functions, by Monte Dalrymple, p. 52

Efficient Micro Mathematics: Multiplication and Division Techniques for MCUs, by Kripasagar Venkat, p. 60

FROM THE BENCH—NAvigationg the Heavens, by Jeff Bachiochi, p.69

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—Do You Want to Do a Design?: Linked Lists, by George Martin, p. 76

SILICON UPDATE—More Bits, Less Filling, by Tom Cantrell, p.80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—What Happened to Performance?, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #213 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

April 2008
Theme: Embedded Programming
TASK MANAGER—Smart Design & Intelligent Programming, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Embedded Linux Development (Part 1): A Virtual Linux Environment on a Windows System, by David Lynch, p. 14

THE DARKER SIDE—INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Low-Power Techniques: Build Better Energy-Saving Electronic systems, by Robert Lacoste, p. 22

Programmable Power: Build a Simple USB DAC, by Yoshiyasu Takefuli, p. 35

Do-It-Yourself Motion-Controlled Gaming (Part 2):Manipulate 3-D Graphics, by Chris Coulston, p. 40

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Triac Behavior: Triac control Meets an Inductive Load, by Ed Nisley, p. 46

Video Stamp: A Handy Display for Debugging Programs, by Jose Sanchez, p. 52

Simple Hardware Development, by Taylor Hutt, p. 60

FROM THE BENCH—Digital Touch: A Potentiometer with No Moving Parts, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 73

SILICON UPDATE—More Than a Core, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—What Makes an Engineer?, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #214 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

May 2008
Theme: Measurement & Sensors
TASK MANAGER—DIY Measurement And Sensing Projects, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 15
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Depth Measurement: Construct An Ultrasonic Snow Depth Sensor, by Gerhard Oberforcher, p. 16

Contest Winners: WIZnet iEthernet 2007 Design Contest, p. 30

Where Analog And Digital Collide: An Easy-To-Use LCR Meter, by Miguel Rusch —Third Place Microchip 2007 Design Contest, p.34

Electronic Data Logging And Analysis: A How-To Guide For Building A Seizure-Monitoring System, by Steve Lubbers, p. 41

Embedded Linux Development (Part 2): Create An Embedded Development Environment, by David Lynch, p. 52

Advanced Technology Attachment I/O: Use ATA Interfaces For General-Purpose I/O Applications, by Wolfgang Matthes, p. 60

FROM THE BENCH— Control Circuitry, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE— Designer’s Best Friend, by Tom Cantrell, p. 76

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES— Making Changes: A Look Into The C Compiler, by George Martin, p. 83

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Who Said Variety is Good?, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #215 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

June 2008
Theme: Communications
TASK MANAGER—Communications Hub , by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93

Message Acquisition: Ring Signal Detection And Interpretation, by Peter Csaszar, p. 14

Pump control: Build a Vairable-Speed Drive for Motors, by Richard Wotiz, p. 20

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Resistance Soldering, by Ed Nisley, p. 30

Ray Tracing Made Simple: A Ray Tracer Implemented On An FPGA, by Scott Bingham & Yunfan Donald Zhang, p. 36

AIS Transmission Decoding, by Peter Baston, p. 46

MCU-Based Game System: A Dot-Matrix Game That Targets C Coding Efficiency, by Andrew March, p. 54

FROM THE BENCH—Self-Destructive Bahavior: Processor Action Requires Power Supply Removal, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 62

THE DARKER SIDE—Let's Be Crystal Clear, by Robert Lacoste, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—Touch Me, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—It's All In The Whiskers, by Steve Ciarcia, p.96

Issue #216 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

July 2008
Theme: Internet & Connectivity
TASK MANAGER—Energy Costs Drive Design Ingenuity, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 10
CROSSWORD—p. 93

’Net-Enabled Alarm Clock, by DJ Delorie, p.12

INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES: Living And Working Off The Grid: Part 1: Planning And Design, by George Martin. p 22

Internet Information Retrieval: Target And Display Web Site Content, by Fernando Jordan, p.30

Launch Control: Build A Coil Gun Controller And Launcher, by Andrew Sterian, p. 38

>Card Connection: Magnetic Card Data Decoding And Transmission, by Carlo Tauraso, p. 46

Create A Modbus Slave, by Aubrey Kagan, p. 54

PSoC Design Techniques (Part 1): Build An Eight-Channel Mixer, by Chris Paiano, p. 62

Sound Effects Processing, by Robert Papp, p. 69

FROM THE BENCH—Electric Motor Technology: Theory, Construction, And Requirements, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 74

SILICON UPDATE—MIPS For The Masses, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80

PRIORITY INTERRUPT—A Real Rube Goldberg Solution, by Steve Ciarcia , p.96


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