Circuit Cellar Issue 037 August 1993-PDF

ISSUE 37
August 1993
MEASUREMENT & CONTROL

Editor’s INK—Pavlov Would Be Proud, by Ken Davidson, 2.
New Product News, 6.
An Introduction To PC-Based Virtual Reality, by Joseph D. Gradecki, 12.
Oscillators Don’t, Amplifiers Do!, by Mark Nurczyk, 20.
Real-World Macintosh—A Mac SCSI Interface Primer, by Marc Bumble, 26.
A Parallel Expander For the PC, by John F. Lenihan, 38.
Firmware Furnace—Absolute Power Corrupts: The ’386SX Project Gets a Watchdog, by Ed Nisley, 44.
From the Bench—Take a Swipe at Optical ID Cards, by Jeff Bachiochi, 56.
Silicon Update—In Bed with PCs, by Tom Cantrell, 62.
Embedded Techniques—Support Your Batteries, by John Dybowski, 70.
Patent Talk, by Russ Reiss, 78.
ConnecTime—Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS, conducted by Ken Davidson, 84.
Steve’s Own INK—Engineer, Design Thyself, by Steve Ciarcia, 96.