Circuit Cellar Issue 217 August 2008-PDF

Issue #217
August 2008
Theme: Embedded Development

TASK MANAGER—Hone Your Embedded Development Skills, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93
The DMX Portal: Obtain Lighting Control Via Internet, by Matt Ernst, p. 14
INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Electric Vehicle Inverter Design: Build A System For Powering AC Induction Motors, by Dan Hall, Tristan Kasmer, Doug Krahn, Adam McIntyre, & Dean Ponech. p. 22
A Bootloader For Blackfin, by David Tweed, p.34
PSoC Design Techniques (Part 2): Add DSP Effects, A User Interface And More, by Chris Paiano, p. 44
Create a USB Virtual COM Port, by Jan Axelson, p. 70
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—IR Proximity Sensing, by Ed Nisley, p. 40
FROM THE BENCH—Water War Prevention: An MCU-Based Monitor For A Communal Well, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 52
THE DARKER SIDE—Direct Digital Synthesis 101, by Robert Lacoste, p. 60
SILICON UPDATE—Icy Hot: The Soft-Core Concept, FPGAs, And You, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—A Reactive Necessity, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96