Circuit Cellar Issue 224 March 2009-PDF

Issue #224
March 2009
Theme: Robotics

TASK MANAGER—Design Evolution, by C. J. Abate
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Cloud Computing, by Steve Ciarcia
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky
CROSSWORD
Robot Navigation and Control (Part 1): Construct a Navigation Control Subsystem, by Guido Ottaviani, p. 14
Vision-Guided Robotics: A Next-Generation Balancing Robot, by Hanno Sander, p. 22
Networked Timing: Build a Timer With Advanced Planning Tools, by Thomas Bereiter, p. 31
Wireless Mobile Robotics: A Wi-Fi-Enabled System With a Mounted Webcam, by Scott Coppersmith, p. 41
LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—FAT File System Review (Part 1): Open Files and Perform Operations, by George Martin, p. 51
FROM THE BENCH—Programmable Robotics (Part 1): Build on an Existing Robot Platform, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 56
SILICON UPDATE—A Really Simple Plan: The “8-Bits” Saga Continues, by Tom Cantrell, p. 64