Circuit Cellar Issue 063 October 1995-PDF

ISSUE 63
October 1995
Theme: ROBOTICS

Editor’s INK—Birth of the Firebot, by Ken Davidson, 2.
Reader’s INK, 6.
New Product News, 9.
A Robot Firefighter, by Matthew Linder & Kent Harris-Warren, 14.
Turning Toys Into Tools, by Chuck McManis, 24.
Developing An Engine Control System—Part 2: Ignition Subsystems, by Ed Lansinger, 36.
Self-Testing The M68HC11, by Maurizio Ferrari, 42.
Firmware Furnace—Journey to the Protected Land: Looking at the Virtual-86 Monitor, by Ed Nisley, 76.
From the Bench—Creating the SMART-MD—Part 2: Quadrature Decoding for the Motor Driver, by Jeff Bachiochi, 84.
Silicon Update—I Want My DTV—Philips Chips Bring Digital TV One Step Closer, by Tom Cantrell, 90.
ConnecTime—Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS, conducted by Ken Davidson, 98.
Steve’s Own INK—Now it’s Lollipops, by Steve Ciarcia, 112.
HOME AUTOMATION & BUILDING CONTROL SECTION
Innovations in Home Automation & Building Control, edited by Harv Weiner, 49.
Detecting CO In The Home, by Joe Di Bartolomeo, 51.
The X-10 Spy—Making X-10 Signals Visible, by Paul Moews & David Moews, 57.
A Solid-state Barometer For The HCS II, by John Morley, 63.
An RS-232 Thermometer, by Don McLane, 71.