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

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: Charge, by Ed Nisley, p. 56

Generic Modbus Simulator (Part 2): Create a Modbus Master Using Visual Basic 2005, by Aubrey Kagan, 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

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

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

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

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

FROM THE BENCH—What's the Slope?: Use an Accelerometer to Measure Slope, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 72

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

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

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 Alyn 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Microcontrollers, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tile Graphics, by Chris Cantrell, p. 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vertical Plotter System, by Miguel Sanchez, p. 30

Flight Control: A Communications System for an RC Helicopter, by Michael Ghazi, Stefan Kaban, Scott Morken, Carl Philippsen, & Kyle Wong, p. 36

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

’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

Issue #217 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

A Bootloader For Blackfin, by David Tweed, p.34

PSoC Design Techniques (Part 2): Add DSP Effects, A User Interface And More, by Chris Paiano, p. 44

Create a USB Virtual COM Port, By Jan Axelson, p. 70

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—IR Proximity Sensing, by Ed Nisley, p. 40

FROM THE BENCH—Water War Prevention: An MCU Based Monitor For A Communal Well, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 52

THE DARKER SIDE—Direct Digital Synthesis 101, by Robert Lacoste, p. 60

SILICON UPDATE—Icy Hot: The Soft-Core Concept, FPGAs, And You, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

Issue #218 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

Dynamic Animatronic Remote (Part 1): Build a Custom Controller with a Color LCD, by Peter Montgomery, p. 32

Fast Digital Filtering, by Bruce Land, p. 40

MCU-Based Flight Data Acquisition: Real-Time Vibration Measurement for Aircraft, by Juan Tapia Farias, p. 48

Real-Time Operating System Design: Customize an OS for a Powerful Embedded MCU, by Naubert Aparicio, p. 56

Prototyping with QFP Parts, by stuart Ball, p. 62

FROM THE BENCH—Fingerprint Data Acquisition: Print Sensing with Embedded Technology, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 68

SILICON UPDATE—Embedder Than Ever: ESC Delivers the Goods, by Tom Cantrell, p. 76

Issue #219 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

DIY Signal Generation: Create a Signal Source for a Variety of RF Applications, by Neal Martini, p. 12

SPECIAL FEATURE—Get Started with PIC USB Connectivity, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 24

Dynamic Animatronic Remote (Part 2): Software and Menuing Code, by Peter Montgomery, p. 42

Universal Machine Control: How Hardware Emulation Leads to Prototype Development, by Phil Laird and Jeff Shewan, p. 62

ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—HT Audio, GPS for APRS, and What Works, by Ed Nisley, P.34

FROM THE BENCH—Serial Terminal Solution, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 58

THE DARKER SIDE—Cable Shielding Experiments, by Robert Lacoste, p. 70

SILICON UPDATE—Hot Enough for You?: Seeing Red (Infared, That Is), by Tom Cantrell, p. 78

Issue #220 — (You will be emailed a link to a ZIP file containing a PDF)

Radiation Detection: Digital and Analog Pulse Measurement, by Pete McCollum, p. 14

Embedded Cause and Effect: A Lighting System That Responds to Audio Stimuli, by Matt Corne, Chad Harvey, Thaine Hock, Benjamin Wolpoff, & David Wolpoff, p. 24

Digital Stompboxing: An Easy-to-Use Digital Signal Processing Platform, by Kit Church, p. 32

Time Server Design: Synchronize with the WWVB Time Code Signal, by Steven Nickels, p. 44

Low-Cost Serial-to-USB Migration, by Thayer Fox, Nigel Kostiuck, & Tristan Nixon, p. 52

LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—What Can C Structures Do for You?, by George Martin, p. 68

FROM THE BENCH—Drive by Wire: A Look at Noncontact Sensing, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 74