Circuit Cellar Issue 271 February 2013-PDF
Issue #271
February 2013
Theme: Wireless Communications
EDITOR’S LETTER—Got Range? by C. J. Abate, p. 2
NEW PRODUCTS, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 17
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 18
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 19
Build a Digital Dip Meter, by Stuart Ball, p. 20
3-D Paint: A Complete Hardware and Software Package, by William Myers and Guo Jie Chin, p. 26
Digital Camera Controller (Part 3): Build a Generic Front-Panel Board, by Richard Lord, p. 32
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES—Concurrency in Embedded Systems (Part 5): Designing Robust Systems with Linux, by Bob Japenga, p. 37
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Engineering & “Pure”Research: An Interview with Colin O’Flynn, by Nan Price, p. 41
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER— Fault-Tree Analysis, by George Novacek, p. 46
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Arduino Survival Guide: Digital I/O, by Ed Nisley, p. 49
THE DARKER SIDE—Introduction to Standing Waves, by Robert Lacoste, p. 54
FROM THE ARCHIVES—The Wi-Fi SniFi: Sniffing In and Out of Wireless Networks, by Roy Franz, p. 70
FROM THE BENCH—QR Coding for Engineers, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 68
CROSSWORD, p. 76
TECH THE FUTURE—Open-Source Hardware for the Efficient Economy, by Catarina Mota and Marcin Jakubowski, p. 80
February 2013
Theme: Wireless Communications
EDITOR’S LETTER—Got Range? by C. J. Abate, p. 2
NEW PRODUCTS, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 17
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 18
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 19
Build a Digital Dip Meter, by Stuart Ball, p. 20
3-D Paint: A Complete Hardware and Software Package, by William Myers and Guo Jie Chin, p. 26
Digital Camera Controller (Part 3): Build a Generic Front-Panel Board, by Richard Lord, p. 32
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES—Concurrency in Embedded Systems (Part 5): Designing Robust Systems with Linux, by Bob Japenga, p. 37
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Engineering & “Pure”Research: An Interview with Colin O’Flynn, by Nan Price, p. 41
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER— Fault-Tree Analysis, by George Novacek, p. 46
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Arduino Survival Guide: Digital I/O, by Ed Nisley, p. 49
THE DARKER SIDE—Introduction to Standing Waves, by Robert Lacoste, p. 54
FROM THE ARCHIVES—The Wi-Fi SniFi: Sniffing In and Out of Wireless Networks, by Roy Franz, p. 70
FROM THE BENCH—QR Coding for Engineers, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 68
CROSSWORD, p. 76
TECH THE FUTURE—Open-Source Hardware for the Efficient Economy, by Catarina Mota and Marcin Jakubowski, p. 80