Circuit Cellar Issue 219 October 2008-PDF

Issue #219
October 2008
Theme: Signal Processing

TASK MANAGER—What Makes an Engineer Tick?, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93
DIY Signal Generation: Create a Signal Source for a Variety of RF Applications, by Neal Martini, p. 12
SPECIAL FEATURE—Get Started with PIC USB Connectivity, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 24
Dynamic Animatronic Remote (Part 2): Software and Menuing Code, by Peter Montgomery, p. 42
Automated Data Mining: Build an Embedded Server Application, by Matt Pennell and Aaron Thomas, p. 50 Universal Machine Control: How Hardware Emulation Leads to Prototype Development, by Phil Laird and Jeff Shewan, p. 62
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—HT Audio, GPS for APRS, and What Works, by Ed Nisley, p.34
FROM THE BENCH—Serial Terminal Solution, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 58
THE DARKER SIDE—Cable Shielding Experiments, by Robert Lacoste, p. 70
SILICON UPDATE—Hot Enough for You?: Seeing Red (Infrared, That Is), by Tom Cantrell, p. 78
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Horses and Hard Drives, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96