Circuit Cellar Issue 206 September 2007-PDF

Issue #206
September 2007
Theme: Data Acquisition

TASK MANAGER—Blogs & Video, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93
Smart Power: An Intelligent Power Supply for Embedded Systems, by Alexander Popov & Jordan Popov, p. 10
PIC-an-LCD: A Character-Based Serial LCD Controller, by Dale Wheat, p. 18
High-Performance Motor Controller, by Daniel Ramirez, p.26
1-Wire in the Real World (Part 2): The Solutions, by Steve Hendrix, p. 42
Resilience in Embedded Designs (Part 1): Power Supply, Inputs, and Ground, by Aubrey Kagan, p. 52
Pulse Generation: Encoder Interfacing to Microcontrollers, by Stuart Ball, p. 58
Embedded Scripting, by Thiadmer Riemersma, p. 62
LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—String Theory, by George Martin, p. 70
FROM THE BENCH—I-Zip Dashboard, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 74
SILICON UPDATE—Game On, by Tom Cantrell, p. 80
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Chronic Subscription Overdose, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96