Circuit Cellar Issue 227 June 2009-PDF

Issue #227
June 2009
Theme: Communications

TASK MANAGER—Forward-Thinking Designers, by C. J. Abate
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Lawns and Ponds, by Steve Ciarcia
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky
CROSSWORD
Keystroke Communication: Design a Customizable Virtual Keyboard, by Naweed Paya & Venkat Ganesh, p. 14
SSI Controller for Linear-Position Sensors, by Robert Bowen, p. 30
Autonomous Vehicle Design: Embedded Systems, Sensor Technology, and Motor Control, by Chris Britney, Paul Green, Andy Heath, Stephen Lau, and Kylee Lathrop, p. 42
INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Solar Data Logger (Part 2): Data Points, by Ed Nisley, p. 22
THE DARKER SIDE—High-Speed Signal Transmission: From Eye Diagrams to Preemphasis and Equalization, by Robert Lacoste, p. 52
FROM THE BENCH—Location Notification: A Look at Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensors, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 60
SILICON UPDATE—Easy (E)mbed: An Alternative Approach to Embedded Programming, by Tom Cantrell, p. 68
CORRECTION: May 26, 2009: In Tom Cantrell’s article “Easy (E)mbed” (Circuit Cellar Issue 227, June 2009), the NXP part number should be “LPC236x” (not LPC263x) . The editorial department apologizes for the confusion. 
BONUS FEATURE ARTICLE—Time-Triggered Systems (Part 3): Tackle Data Acquisition, by Michael Smith & Lizie Dunling-Smith