Issue
149 December 2002
Wireless
Temperature Sensor Stew
Sources
& PDF
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the PDF of this article.
Fred
Eady has more than 20 years of experience as a systems
engineer. He has worked with computers and communication
systems large and small, simple and complex. His forte
is embedded-systems design and communications. Fred
may be reached at fred@edtp.com.
PROJECT
FILES
To
download the code and a block diagram of the boards,
go to ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2002/149/.
SOURCES
Easy
GUI
Amulet Technologies
(408) 244-0363
www.amulettechnologies.com
Serialtest
Async datascope
Frontline Test Equipment, Inc.
(800) 359-8570
www.ftw.com
Wireless
temperature solution kit
Future Electronics (U.S. headquarters)
(978) 779-3000
www.futureelectronics.com
C&K-series
push buttons
ITT Industries, Inc.
(914) 641-2157
www.itt.com
SML-H601C71TR
LCD panel, SML-LX1206 SMT LEDs
Lumex, Inc.
(847) 359-2790
www.lumex.com
Dreamweaver
Macromedia, Inc.
(415) 252-2000
www.macromedia.com
MPLAB
In-circuit debugger, Pro Mate II, PIC16C925/F877 and
rfPIC12C509 microcontrollers, TC55 voltage regulators,
TC74 temperature sensor
Microchip Technology, Inc.
(480) 792-7200
www.microchip.com
UAA3201
RF receiver
Philips Semiconductor
(212) 536-0500
www.philips.com
AS
HC-49/S Quartz crystals, RSR SAW filter
Raltron
Electronics Corp.
(305)
593-6033
www.raltron.com