Circuit Cellar Issue 276 July 2013-PDF

Issue #276
June 2013
Theme: Internet & Connectivity
EDITOR’S LETTER—Not a Hockey Fan?, by Mary
Wilson, p. 6
NEW PRODUCTS, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 13
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 13
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 15
MCU-Based Prosthetic Arm with a Kinect, by Jung Soo Kim, Nika Zolfaghari, and James Andrew Smith p. 16
NBTI and FPGA Design, by Sharad Sinha, p. 30
Systematic Digital Processing (Part 1): Combining Embedded DSP with SQL, by Emily Marasco, Mike Smith, and Maddie Lowe, p. 34

DIY Single-Board Computers (Part 1): Design and Expansion Options, by Oscar Vermeulen and Andrew Lynch, p. 44
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Testing and Testability (Part 3): Testability Design Issues, by George Novacek, p. 52
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Engineer to the Core: An Interview with Joe Grand, by Nan Price, p. 48
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—LED Characterization: Arduino-Based Curve Tracer, by Ed Nisley, p. 56
FROM THE ARCHIVES—Wireless Data Exchange: Build a 2,700-lb Bluetooth Headset, by Tom Struzik, p. 62
FROM THE BENCH—Serial Displays Save Resources (Part 1): Routines, Registers, and Commands, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70 CROSSWORD, p. 76
FROM THE BENCH—Real-Time Fuel Consumption Monitor: Data Collection and an On-Board Display, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70
TECH THE FUTURE—Using Socially Assistive Robots to Address the Caregiver Gap, by David Feil-Seifer, p. 80