Circuit Cellar Issue 230 September 2009-PDF

Issue #230
September 2009
Theme: Data Acquisition

TASK MANAGER—Develop Code, Acquire Data , by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 74
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 15
Timer Development: From Timing Cycles to System Programming, by Chuck Baird, p. 16
Very Low-Frequency Datalogger, by Carlo Tauraso, p. 24
Cable Tracer Design (Part 2): Software and System Control, by Kevin Gorga, p. 36
Get Started With Embedded Development (Part 2): Coding from Start to Finish, by Dale Wheat, p.44
Smart Power Bar: Simple Circuitry Enables Energy Conservation, by Brian Millier, p. 58
SILICON UPDATE—Neural Networker: A SNAP-shot from Synapse Wireless, by Tom Cantrell, p. 50
LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—Embedded Breakup: Divide a Design and Minimize Processing, by George Martin, p. 62
FROM THE BENCH—Smart Circuitry for Battery Monitoring, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 66
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—The Critter Chronicles: The War Continues, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80
BONUS FEATURE ARTICLE—Verification and Simulation of FPGA Designs, by Sharad Sinha