Circuit Cellar Issue 265 August 2012-PDF

Issue #265
August 2012
Theme: Embedded Development
TASK MANAGER—Embedded Systems Abound, by C. J. Abate, p. 2
NEW PRODUCT NEWS, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 14
TEST YOUR EQ SOLUTIONS—p. 15
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—The Man Behind the dsNavCon Design: An Interview with Guido Ottaviani, by Nan Price,
p. 24
CROSSWORD—p. 76
eCompass: Build and Calibrate a Tilt‐Compensating Electronic Compass, by Mark Pedley, p. 16
MCU‐Based Light Control: Longer Serial Communication on Differential Wires, by Scott Weber, p. 32
Examining an I/O Port: The Internal Structure of an I/O Pin with a Pull‐Up Resistor, by Shlomo Engelberg, p. 40
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES—Concurrency in Embedded Systems (Part 2): Atomicity and TOCTTOU, by Bob Japenga,
p. 44
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Project Development (Part 2): Development Process, Milestones, and Design
Reviews, by George Novacek, p. 48
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—MOSFET Channel Resistance: Tester Hardware, by Ed Nisley, p. 52
THE DARKER SIDE—System‐Level RF Design, by Robert Lacoste, p. 58
FROM THE BENCH—Charging with PV Cells, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 68
PRIORITY INTERRUPT— What Were They Thinking?, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80