September
2004, Issue 170
Multilab
Build
a Z8 Encore!-Based Multipurpose Test Instrument
SOURCES
AND PDF
Download
the PDF of this article.
Editor’s
Note: Brian’s Multilab project won First Prize in the
2003 Flash for Cash Z8 Encore! International Design
Contest. For more information, go to www.jandspromotions.com/zilog2003.
Brian
Millier is an instrumentation engineer in the Chemistry
Department at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.
He also runs Computer Interface Consultants. You may
reach him at brian.millier@dal.ca.
PROJECT
FILES
To
download the code, go to ftp.circuit cellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2004/170.
SOURCES
MobileVB
Program
AppForge, Inc.
www.appforge.com
TC500CPE
Analog front end
Microchip Technology, Inc.
www.microchip.com
LM1086
Regulator
National Semiconductor Corp.
www.national.com
3052
DPO Oscilloscope
Tektronix, Inc.
www.tek.com
Z8
Encore! microcontroller, IrDA transceiver
Zilog,
Inc.
www.zilog.com
