Circuit Cellar Issue 279 October 2013-PDF
Issue #279
October 2013
Theme: Signal Processing
EDITOR’S LETTER—A Fresh Focus on Programmable Logic, by Mary Wilson, p. 2
CC WORLD, p. 8
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Communications Specialist: An Interview with Alenka Zajić, by Nan Price, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 14
PRODUCT NEWS, p. 16
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 19
Improving Microprocessor Audio, by Devlin Gualtieri, p. 24
Experiments in Developmental Robotics (Part 2): Robot Reflex and Instinct Systems, by Walter O. Krawec, p. 28
Solar Array Tracker (Part 1): SunSeeker Hardware, by Graig Pearen p. 34
PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC IN PRACTICE—Using Internal Logic Analyzers for FPGAs, by Colin O’Flynn, p. 46
THE DARKER SIDE—Bipolar Transistor Biasing, by Robert Lacoste, p. 52
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Battery Basics (Part 2): Battery Back-Up Power, by George Novacek, p. 58
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES— Embedded File Systems (Part 1): Linux File Systems, by Bob Japenga, p. 62
FROM THE BENCH— Robot Simulation (Part 1): RobotBASIC Basics, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 66
CROSSWORD, p. 72
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 73
TECH THE FUTURE—3-D Printing with Liquid Metals, by Collin Ladd and Michael Dickey, p. 80
October 2013
Theme: Signal Processing
EDITOR’S LETTER—A Fresh Focus on Programmable Logic, by Mary Wilson, p. 2
CC WORLD, p. 8
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS—Communications Specialist: An Interview with Alenka Zajić, by Nan Price, p. 10
MEMBER PROFILE, p. 14
PRODUCT NEWS, p. 16
CLIENT PROFILE, p. 19
Improving Microprocessor Audio, by Devlin Gualtieri, p. 24
Experiments in Developmental Robotics (Part 2): Robot Reflex and Instinct Systems, by Walter O. Krawec, p. 28
Solar Array Tracker (Part 1): SunSeeker Hardware, by Graig Pearen p. 34
PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC IN PRACTICE—Using Internal Logic Analyzers for FPGAs, by Colin O’Flynn, p. 46
THE DARKER SIDE—Bipolar Transistor Biasing, by Robert Lacoste, p. 52
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Battery Basics (Part 2): Battery Back-Up Power, by George Novacek, p. 58
EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES— Embedded File Systems (Part 1): Linux File Systems, by Bob Japenga, p. 62
FROM THE BENCH— Robot Simulation (Part 1): RobotBASIC Basics, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 66
CROSSWORD, p. 72
TEST YOUR EQ, p. 73
TECH THE FUTURE—3-D Printing with Liquid Metals, by Collin Ladd and Michael Dickey, p. 80