Circuit Cellar Issue 245 December 2010-PDF

Issue #245
December 2010
Theme: Programmable Logic

TASK MANAGER— Looking to the Future, by C. J. Abate, p. 4
NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8
TEST YOUR EQ—p. 9 CROSSWORD—p. 74
Mobile Application Development (Part 1): Program a Sound-Monitoring Prototype, by Riley Kotchorek, Mike Smith, & Vahid Garousi, p. 16
MCU-Based Aircraft Data Logging and Telemetry (Part 2): Telemetry System Development and Results, by Eric Ohmit, p. 28
Interactive USB Module, by Richard Dzioba, p. 34
THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER—Good Old PALs, by George Novacek, p. 12
ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Real-Life VHF Data Transmission: Understanding and Using the APRS, by Ed Nisley, p. 42
THE DARKER SIDE—Parasitic Components: When Capacitors Behave Like Inductors, By Robert Lacoste, p. 50
FROM THE BENCH— Encoder Essentials: How to Close the Loop with Hardware, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 58 SILICON UPDATE— Moving Toward a General-Purpose Chip, by Tom Cantrell, p. 66
PRIORITY INTERRUPT— Winging It, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 80