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Wireless
Monitoring System
Flash
Innovation 2003 Design Contest Winner
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Read
it now!
by Alberto Ricci Bitti
Alberto’s MC68HC908-based
wireless monitoring system is adaptable for
use in domestic and industrial settings. The
central monitoring station, which consists
of a computer-controlled receiver with a relay
output and LCD, logs and displays data from
up to 20 different sensors. Read on to learn
how to build, program, and test your own system.
p. 10
Keywords:
Wireless, mouse
trap, MC68HC908, LCD, relay, RF, sensor, low
power
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Turbocharged
Upgrade
Crank Trigger Modification Eliminate Engine
Knocking
Pete
Rizun & William Hue
If you push a car with an aftermarket
turbocharger too hard, its engine will knock. You
don’t need to be a trained mechanic to know that
this puts stress on an engine. As a solution, Pete
and William put a PIC16F73 and an MPX4250AP pressure
sensor to work in a device that eliminates engine
knocking without draining too much horsepower in
the process. p. 20
Keywords:
Engine, knock turbocharger, PIC16F73, MPX4520AP,
pressure, timing, ignition, interference
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Monopole
Antenna Design
B.Thurow,
J. Jorgenson, D. Kakumanu, B. Morlock, & M.
Schmitz
Having
trouble selecting an antenna for your new wireless
system? Check out how this North Dakota State University
design team used a guitar string antenna in a wireless
sensor project. It’s a great alternative to the
expensive whip and surface-mount antennas that you’re
used to. p. 28
Keywords:
Antenna, wireless, monopole, performance, impedance
matching, LC, EZNEC, DR3000, MSP430
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Renesas
H8 Design 2003 Contest Winners Announcement
p. 32
Keywords:
Renesas H8 Design 2003 Contest, winners
Simple
Bluetooth Integration (Part 2)
Interfaces and ECI Protocol
Anders Rosvall
Last month Anders explained how the ROK104001 and
cB-OEMSPA13i make Bluetooth integration a cinch.
Now he covers the interfaces and ECI protocol. Bluetooth
integration is in your future. p. 36
Keywords:
Bluetooth, ECI, ROK104001, cB-OEMSPA13i, microcontroller,
AT command, ATmega128, LPC2106, GCC
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ZRT Real-Time Operating System
Gareth
Scott
Gareth’s small preemptive multitasking operating
system runs on Zilog’s Z8 microcontroller. The system—which
consists of lightweight threads, a round-robin scheduler,
and a binary semaphore—has the ability to voluntarily
relinquish control back to the scheduler. Get ready
to incorporate multitasking in your next project.
p. 44
Keywords:
RTOS, Z8 Encore!, ZRT, stack, threads, scheduler
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MCU
Evolution
New Microcontrollers Meet Increasing Demand
Scott
Pape
Survival of the fittest? You bet. Scott describes
two areas in which MCUs are evolving to meet the
demand for cutting-edge apps: reduced power consumption
and clock system flexibility. p. 48
Keywords:
MCU, evolution, power consumption, clock system
flexibility, MC9S08
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ABOVE
GROUND THE PLANE
Robot Mechanics
Ed
Nisley
Writing a program for a robot requires an understanding
of both physics and standard programming techniques.
This column contains all of the basic information—essential
formulas included—every serious robot designer should
know. p. 56
Keywords:
Robotics, mechanics, kinematics, mass, force,
friction, energy, power, momentum
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APPLIED
PCs
Adaptable Temperature Measurement System
Fred
Eady
Fred recently designed a PIC18F452-based temperature
measurement system for a small holding tank. Toss
in a pair of Promi-SD202 Bluetooth modules, and
you have wireless control. p. 60
Keywords:
Temperature, PIC18F452, thermocouple, RTD, ADT70,
Promi-SD202, 650P6B204 PRTD
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FROM
THE BENCH
Smart Sensors Design
Jeff
Bachiochi
Designing smart sensors can be tricky. Back in the
mid-1990s, members of the transducer community believed
that the IEEE 1451 standard would make things easier.
Has it? Take note of Jeff’s opinion before starting
your next smart sensor design. p. 68
Keywords:
Smart sensor, IEEE 1451, transducer, TEDS
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Designing
with the Nios (Part1)
Second-Order, Closed-Loop Servo Control
George
Martin
Is the Nios the next major development in embedded
system design? George is sold on its applicability;
so much so, he used it to design a second-order,
closed-loop servo control. p. 72
Keywords:
Nios, peripherals, FPGA, servo, Quartus
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SILICON
UPDATE
Radio Riot
Tom Cantrell
Wireless this and wireless that. With all the new
products and standards floating in a sea of marketing
hype, it’s hard to know what will best fit your
design needs. Fortunately, Tom’s got the scoop on
the most appropriate wireless solutions available
to you, the designer. p. 78
Keywords:
Wireless, ZigBee, Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15.4,
spread spectrum, CC2420, RFID, WirelessUSB, EPC,
Z-Wave
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Test
Your EQ
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Full-Field
Color Video Frame Grabber
Waveform Capture and Display: Three Controllers
Make a Waveform Monitor
Graphics
LCD Library for the Z8 Encore!
Adaptable
Multimedia Thermometer
Designing with the Nios (Part 2): System
Enchancement
Easy
Reflow: Build an SMT Reflow Oven Controller
Smart-E-Touch: An Intelligent User Interface
APPLIED PCs Uncomplicated
dsPIC Implementation
FROM THE BENCH
Lose the Crystal: Linear's LTC6903/4 Programmagble
SILICON UPDATE Motoring
(Part 1): Motor Basics
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