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Table of Contents
Task
Manager
The Good Life —by
Jennifer Huber
Priority
Interrupt
The Right Exposure— by Steve Ciarcia
New Product
News—edited by John Gorsky
RISCy
Business
Part 2: Impressive Student Designs by
Jeff Bachiochi
Last month, Jeff gave us a glimpse into the minds
of several engineering students whose projects were
entered in the Atmel Design Logic 2001 contest.
This time around, he describes four more designs
and the project-oriented curriculum that nurtured
them to fruition. p.12
Keywords:
Design Logic 2001, electrophysiological stimulator,
AT90S8515, isolation, PWM, wireless, pager, communications,
HT-648L, HT-640, home audio control, SN74LV4052,
robotics, feedback, OWI 007, AT90S8535, Hall effect
Office Supervisor
A Control System Based on SMS by
Joan Slavat
Joan developed
an SMS-based system that allows his friend to control
the lights in his corner store via a cell phone.
Soon thereafter, Joan found that minor changes in
the system’s hardware and firmware afforded him
other options like monitoring the refrigerator’s
temperature. p.18
Keywords:
SMS, control, lighting, GSM,
modem, SD186ES, Am188ES, serial, C, cell phone
The
PSoC 5-Cent Modem by Rick Hood
If
you’re thinking about adding a modem to an embedded
design, there’s a smorgasbord of microcontrollers
on the market for you to choose from. But, as Rick
explains, a PSoC microcontroller is the smart choice
for minimizing the cost and maximizing the functionality
of your design. p.26
Keywords:
PSoC, CYG2021, modem,
DAA, modules, CY8C26443, DTMF, transmitter, receiver
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—Feature
Article of the Month—
Build
Your Own 8051 Web Server
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Read
it Now!
by Jim Brady
Building your own web server can be a difficult
task, especially if you proceed without proper
direction and the right parts for the job.
Fortunately, Jim has finished an 8051 server
and he’s eager to walk you through his project.
With this tutorial, you can avoid common difficulties.
p.34
Keywords:
C8051F005, TCP/IP,
web server, CS8900A, Ethernet, memory
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Automatic Blood Pressure
Meter by Aleksey Britov, Alexander Makeenok,
Sergei Khlebnikov, Vladimir Lomakovsky, & Vitaly
Zakharchenko
Thanks to the popularity of TI’s MSP430 and all
of the entrants’ ingenuity, the Ultra-Low Power
Flash MCU MSP430 Design Contest was a success. Read
on to find out how these five gentlemen from Ukraine
captured Second Place in the stiff competition.
p.42
Keywords:
Blood pressure meter,
LCD, battery, MSP430F135, serial, sensor, assembly
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—Sponcored
Article —
Internet
Enabling Made Easy
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Read
it Now!
by
Norman Rogers
Emissions regulations can make it expensive
to get your microprocessor boards to the market.
In an effort to help us reduce EMI testing
costs, Norman reveals the EMI reduction tricks
Rabbit Semiconductor developed for its second-generation
processor. p.50
Keywords:
EMI, FCC, Rabbit
3000, frequency, harmonic, pulses, clock,
power supply, bus, spectrum spreader, OFDM
Sponsored
By: Rabbit Semiconductor
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ROBOTICS
CORNER
Put Out the Fire
Detect Flames with the UV TRON Sensor by Tom
Baraniak
You’re liable to burn more than your money if you
build a sentry robot incapable of detecting a fire
in its earliest stages. Tom introduces us to the
UV TRON ultraviolet sensor, and explains how to
build an interface to it with an 8-pin PIC12C672
microcontroller. p.58
Keywords:
UV
TRON, robotics, ultraviolet sensor, PIC12C672, high
voltage, flame detection
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—Sponcored
Article —
Internet
Enabling Made Easy
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Read
it Now!
APPLIED
PCs
by Fred Eady
Attaching data-transferring devices to the
Internet can be a burdensome task for IT whizzes
and novices alike. However, Cermetek’s 2124
Internet Appliance Modem makes the process
a lot easier and affordable, regardless of
the project’s complexity.p.62
Keywords:
CH2124, Internet,
appliance module, iNetWizard, PPP, TCP/IP,
modem, DAA, SMTP, ISP
Sponsored
By: Cermetek
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FROM
THE BENCH
SmartMedia File Storage
Part 4: Getting Your Data Inside by Jeff
Bachiochi
If you’ve been following Jeff’s columns closely,
then you’re probably familiar with the SmartMedia
by now. He’ll wrap up his series with a lesson on
saving data to a module via the DOS FAT file format.
p.70
Keywords:
SmartMedia, DOS FAT,
PIC18F452, file storage, directory
SILICON
UPDATE
Fast Times at the Forum by Tom Cantrell
Many of today’s concept chips are primed to become
the staples of tomorrow’s technology, so it’s worthwhile
to preview the chips you may be reliant on in the
near future. Tom will talk about some promising
chips. p.76
Keywords:
Embedded
Processor Forum, ARM, MIPS, SuperH, x86, RISC, RM9000X2,
ARM11, Au1100, optical vector-matrix core
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Index
PREVIEW
OCtober #147
Data
Acquistion
2-D or Not 2-D?
High-Frequency Job—Frequency Counter and
VFO Controller
Light the Way—An LED Based Alternative
Convert YOur PC Sound Card
Choosing Your LCD
Robotics Corner: SOPHOCLES — A Solar-Powered
MSP430 Robot
Above the Ground Plane: Audio Transformation
Applied PCs: Using STKxxx Hardware
to Build an Ethernet Controller
From the Bench: 12, 16, 18
Hike!—Dashing for Flash
Silicon Update: Watch Me Pull a
Rabbit Out of My Hat
Cover
Photography by Meadows Marketing
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