Circuit Cellar Issue 259 February 2012-PDF

Issue #259
February 2012
Theme: Wireless Communications

TASK MANAGER—Innovation in Wireless Technology, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ SOLUTIONS—p. 13
CROSSWORD—p. 74 QRSS‐Rx: A Network for Radio Communication, by Clayton Gumbrell, p. 14
The NakedCPU (Part 1): Hardware Experiments and a Roadmap for Navigating Hardware Documentation, by Alexander Pozhitkov, p. 24
KartTracker: A GPS‐Based Vehicle Timing & Monitoring System, by Steve Lubbers, p. 30
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—RFI Bypassing (Part 1): Capacitor Self—Resonance, by Ed Nisley, p. 38
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Build a Robust Power Supply (Part 2): Abnormal Surge Voltage, by George Novacek, p. 44
THE DARKER SIDE—Playing with High‐Speed ADCs, by Robert Lacoste, p. 52
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES —Getting Started with Embedded Linux (Part 3): Linux Licensing Issues, by Bob Japenga, p. 60
FROM THE BENCH—Multi‐Serial Protocol Tool, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 64
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Business in the Cloud?, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80