Circuit Cellar Issue 249 April 2011-PDF

Issue #249
April 2011
Theme: Embedded Programming

TASK MANAGER— Keeping It Professional, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 15
CROSSWORD—p. 74
Getting Started with Microprogramming (Part 1); The Architecture, Programmer Model, and SMP, by Thomas Mitchell . p. 16
Reprogrammable UAV Autopilot System (Part 1); System Hardware and Software, by Mariano Lizarraga, Renwick Curry, and Gabriel Elkaim p. 24
DSP-Based Color Organ; Use the Convolution Technique to Create High-Performance Filters, by Mark Csele  p. 38
THE DARKER SIDE — Noise Figures 101, by Robert Lacoste, p. 46
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER— Reliable Programming Work Toward Fault-Free Software, by George Novacek, p. 54
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE — Thermal Performance, by Ed Nisley, p. 56
FROM THE BENCH— Boot Up; Bootloading Essentials, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 64
PRIORITY INTERRUPT— A Guess to Come, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80