Circuit Cellar Issue 272 March 2013-PDF

Issue #272
March 2013
Theme: Robotics
EDITOR’S LETTER—Issue of Ingenuity, by Mary Wilson, p. 2
NEW PRODUCTS, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 17
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 18
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 19
RIP-Roaring Fun: Rotational Inverted Pendulum Design, by Nelson Epp, p. 20
Markov Music Box: Build a Microcontroller-Based Music Device, by Bruce Land, p. 28
Energy Monitoring System, by Dean Boman, p. 34
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Problem Solving, Programming, and PSoC-Based Design: An Interview with Chris Paiano, by Nan Price, p. 41
EMBEDDED SECURITY—Chip Biometrics, by Patrick Schaumont, p. 45
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Quality and Reliability in Design, by George Novacek, p. 52
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Arduino Survival Guide: Analog I/O, by Ed Nisley, p. 56
FROM THE ARCHIVES—SOPHOCLES: A Solar-Powered MSP430 Robot, by Jens Altenburg, p. 62
FROM THE BENCH—Microcontroller-Based Morse Coding, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 68
CROSSWORD, p. 76
TECH THE FUTURE—The Future of Data Acquisition Technology, by Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio, p. 80