Circuit Cellar Issue 232 November 2009-PDF

Issue #232
November 2009
Theme: Analog Techniques

TASK MANAGER—You're Covered, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
CROSSWORD—p. 74
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 15
Embedded Linux-Based Location System, by James Stephanick, p. 16
Energize a Circuit: An Innovative Switched-Mode Power Supply Design, by Noel Rios, p. 26
Precision Linear Encoder Display, by Carl Stoesz, p. 36
How to Repurpose a Development Platform, by Cyrille de Brebisson, p. 44
Low-Distortion FSK Generation, by Dennis Seguine, p. 54
LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—Passing Parameters, by George Martin, p. 50
SILICON UPDATE—Power Pitcher: Wireless Power on a Microelectronic Scale, by Tom Cantrell, p. 60
FROM THE BENCH—Device Management: Monitor Networked Devices, Via SNMP, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 66
PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Keeping the Lights On, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80
BONUS FEATURE ARTICLE—Measuring Propagation Delay with a Universal Counter, by Neil Forcier