Circuit Cellar Issue 221 December 2008-PDF

Issue #221
December 2008
Theme: Programmable Logic

TASK MANAGER—2008 I/O , by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 93
A Dynamic Tile Display: Board Layout, Real-Time Animation, and More, by John Peterson, p. 14
Cost-Effective Mobile Storage: Interface an SD Memory Card with an MCU, by Mandar Bagul, p. 32
Electronic ID System: A Display for Text, Photos, and Slide Shows, by Jan Szymanski, p. 44
Beamforming 101, by Martin Courtney, p. 69
An Introduction to Verilog, by Kareem Mataryieh, p. 78
SILICON UPDATE—Tool time, by Tom Cantrell, p.24
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Real-World NiMH Charging, by Ed Nisley, p. 38
THE DARKER SIDE—PID Control Without Math, by Robert Lacoste, p. 54
FROM THE BENCH—Component Control: A Tool for Finding and Handling Small Parts, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 62
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—My Life and Paper—Take 2, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96