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FROM THE BENCH is a monthly hands-on
Hardware/Software column in Circuit Cellar Magazine (beginning with issue 5 in
1988).
Over 30 of the 150+ columns are available on-line (PDF, HTML) where available
 | #5 September/October 1988, p. 24, From the Bench RS-232
Economic Tradeoffs: Board Space vs. Parts Count vs. Parts Co$t |
| #6 November/December 1988, p. 28, From the Bench Fiber Optics
-- Your link to the future |
Back to the Top |
| #7 January/February 1989, p. 42, From the Bench AC Power Line
Transmission |
| #8 April/May 1989, p. 46, From the Bench Creating a
Network-based Embedded Controller |
| #9 June/July 1989, p. 44, From the Bench The Invisible Net |
| #9 June/July 1989, p. 69, Build an 87xx Programming Adapter |
| #10 August/September 1989, p. 69, From the Bench To
Participate is to Win |
| #11 October/November 1989, p. 62, From the Bench Gentlemen,
Start Your Engines |
Back to the Top |
| #12 December 1989/January 1990, p. 62, From the Bench The
Versatile Light-Emitting Diode |
| #13 February/March 1990, p. 60, From the Bench ENTION ...
ATTENTION ... ATTENTION ... ATT -- Building an LED Moving Message
Display |
| #14 April/May 1990, p. 70, From the Bench Honey, I Shrunk
the... -- New Uses Abound for the Smallest AT-Clone Yet |
| #15 June/July 1990, p. 57, From the Bench Power Control
Basics -- Choosing the Best Digital Power Control Option for your
Application |
| #16 August/September 1990, p. 65, From the Bench Creating a
Nonvolatile RAM Module |
| #17 October/November 1990, p. 82, From the Bench PC
Programming Comes to Embedded Control -- V25 ... An 8088 with all the
good stuff |
Back to the Top |
| #18 December 1990/January 1991, p. 71, From the Bench
Magnetic Levitation: An Example in Closed-Loop Control -- How to Defy
Gravity Without the Use of Black Magic |
| #19 February/March 1991, p. 82, From the Bench Multidrop A/D
and D/A Network -- Using your PC's Printer Port and Four-Conductor
Phone Cable
| #20 April/May 1991, p. 66, From the Bench Working with an
Autorouter -- Integrating a New Tool into an Established Engineering
Routine
| #21 June/July 1991, p. 86, From the Bench IR Communications
-- An Essential Link in the Chain of Control
| #22 August/September 1991, p. 81, From the Bench Reducing
Power Consumption -- Breathing New Life Into Data Logging
| #23 October/November 1991, p. 79, From the Bench Redefining
Remote Control -- Now You See 'em -- Beep -- Now You Don't |
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| #24 December 1991/January 1992, p. 75, From the Bench
Electronic Identification |
| #25 February/March 1992, p. 92, From the Bench Does It Come
With a Memory ... Standard?
| #26 April/May 1992, p. 78, From the Bench Does It Come With a
Memory ... Standard? -- Part 2 -- The Nitty-Gritty
| #27 June/July 1992, p. 76, From the Bench Computers on the
Brain (revisited)
| #28 August/September 1992, p. 80, From the Bench Approaching
PCB Nirvana
| #29 October/November 1992, p. 74, PDF
From the Bench X-10 Interfacing with PLIX |
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| #30 December 1992/January 1993, p. 80, From the Bench
Entry-level Embedded Development -- On a Shoestring Budget |
| #31 February 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Simple Steps for
Easy Positioning -- Controlling Stepper Motors
| #32 March 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Seven-Segment LEDs Live
On
| #33 April 1993, p. 54, From the Bench You Can Count On It
| #34 May 1993, p. 54, From the Bench Squeeze That Battery
'Till It's Dry
| #35 June 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Component Selection,
Inspection, Rejection
| #36 July 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Breathing Life into an
Old Friend: Revisiting the Z8
| #37 August 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Take a Swipe at
Optical ID Cards
| #38 September 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Giving the Optical
Card Reader Improved Vision
| #39 October 1993, p. 58, PDF
From the Bench Updating TIM for the HCS II: Add the Touchtone
Interactive Monitor to your home control system
| #40 November 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Talk on the Phone
Without a Word
| #41 December 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Measuring Up an
Electronic Caliper Interface |
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Back to the Top |
| #42 January 1994, p. 56, PDF
From the Bench Temperature Sensor Eludes Analog Interfacing |
| #43 February 1994, p. 58, PDF
From the Bench Warming Up the Digital Thermostat
| #44 March 1994, p. 56, From the Bench Designers Spell Relief
"IPC"
| #45 April 1994, p. 54, PDF
From the Bench Build the Message Board -- An Audio
Record/Playback Unit
| #46 May 1994, p. 60, PDF
From the Bench Audio/Video Traffic Control
| #47 June 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Virtual Reality Requires
Real Data, Part 1 -- Collecting Data with an Exoskeleton
| #48 July 1994, p. 58, From the Bench Virtual Reality Requires
Real Data, Part II -- A Simple Matter of Software
| #49 August 1994, p. 60, PDF
From the Bench Ta(l)king Control
| #50 September 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Probing the Dark
Side: The Motorist's Aid to Hindsight
| #51 October 1994, p. 64, From the Bench Celebrate National
Cannibalism Week: Take Your Old Floppy Drives to Lunch
| #52 November 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Does Anyone Have the
Time?: A Comparison of Real-time Clocks
| #53 December 1994, p. 66, From the Bench Engineer Seeks
Personal Gardener: Assisting Vocally Challenged Vegetation |
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Back to the Top |
| #54 January 1995, p. 50, From the Bench Getting By With Next
to Nothing: Micro-power Wake-up Control |
| #55 February 1995, p. 60, From the Bench Fitting 10 oz. into
a 5-oz. Package
| #56 March 1995, p. 68, From the Bench RF Panic Button
Commands Multiple Automotive Functions
| #57 April 1995, p. 92, From the Bench Vaporwear: Revealing
Your Humidity
| #58 May 1995, p. 58, From the Bench Time in a Can: Just Add 1
Bit of I/O
| #59 June 1995, p. 56, From the Bench Emulating a Motorola IR
Chip Using a PIC
| #60 July 1995, p. 82, From the Bench Sacrifice for the Good
of the Circuit: Strengthening the Weak Link
| #61 August 1995, p. 64, From the Bench Decontaminating the
Atmosphere
| #62 September 1995, p. 40, From the Bench Creating the
SMART-MD: DC Motor Control for the I2C Bus
| #63 October 1995, p. 84, From the Bench Creating the
Smart-MD: Part 2: Quadrature Decoding for the Motor Driver
| #64 November 1995, p. 62, From the Bench Carrier Current
Modem: Part 1: Communicating at 1200 bps Around the House
| #65 December 1995, p. 84, From the Bench Carrier Current
Modem: Part 2: Alternative Control |
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Back to the Top |
| #66 January 1996, p. 72, From the Bench Programmability
Without Volatility: Ditch Those Back-up Batteries |
| #67 February 1996, p. 78, From the Bench Intel Hex to BASIC
Data Statement Translator
| #68 March 1996, p. 74, From the Bench Stepping into an Analog
World
| #69 April 1996, p. 84, From the Bench LEDs Finally Fill the
Rainbow
| #70 May 1996, p. 62, From the Bench Handcrafting Design Ideas
| #71 June 1996, p. 60, From the Bench Printer Sharing:
Automatic Parallel Printer Switch
| #72 July 1996, p. 68, From the Bench Hard Facts About Soft
Ferrites
| #73 August 1996, p. 48, From the Bench Nonintrusive Current
Monitoring
| #74 September 1996, p. 78, From the Bench Nonintrusive
Current Monitoring: Part 2: Real-time Energy Profile
| #75 October 1996, p. 54, From the Bench Just One Mile More:
Creating a PIC-based Pedometer
| #76 November 1996, p. 68, From the Bench Tools: Part 1:
Schematic Capture -- the Proverbial Electronic Napkin
| #77 December 1996, p. 82, From the Bench Tools Part 2: PCB
Layout -- Time to Place the Donuts |
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Back to the Top |
| #78 January 1997, p. 68, From the Bench Liquid Crystal
Displays -- First You See 'Em, Then You Don't |
| #79 February 1997, p. 82, From the Bench Unconventional
Access
| #80 March 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Magneto-Inductive
Direction Finding
| #81 April 1997, p. 70, From the Bench You Can Take It With
You: Finding Your Way, Electronically
| #82 May 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Infrared Remotes are
Everywhere ... If You Can Find 'Em
| #83 June 1997, p. 74, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot,
Part 1: There are No Arms and Legs!
| #84 July 1997, p. 74, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot,
Part 2: It Doesn't Talk
| #85 August 1997, p. 76, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot,
Part 3: It's Blind as a Bat
| #86 September 1997, p. 74, From the Bench KBDXLATOR, A Cure
for the 16.6-kbps Odd Parity Blues
| #87 October 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Prototypes of the
Rich and Famous -- Not!
| #88 November 1997, p. 74, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench Nonintrusive Interfacing -- Using Kid Gloves
| #89 December 1997, p. 76, From the Bench Listening to
Magnetism |
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Back to the Top |
| #90 January 1998, p. 11, PDF
HTML,
HTML
Ground Zero A Real-World Look at Lightning |
| #91 February 1998, p. 78, From the Bench Choose the Right
Vehicle Before Riding the Air Waves
| #92 March 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Proprietary Serial
Protocols -- No Help from Traditional UARTs
| #93 April 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Rebirth of the Z8, Part
1: An Old Friend Comes to Visit
| #94 May 1998, p. 72, From the Bench Rebirth of the Z8, Part
2: Let Your Micro Answer All
| #95 June 1998, p. 11, PDF
HTML
Gotcha! Alarming the Alarm System
| #96 July 1998, p. 74, From the Bench An Alarming Improvement,
Part 2: Assembly Language Takes the Race
| #97 August 1998, p. 78, From the Bench Transformerless Power
Conversion
| #98 September 1998, p. 74, From the Bench The Next Step in EL
Driver Technology
| #99 October 1998, p. 76, From the Bench MIDI, Part 1: It
Ain't Just for Music Any More
| #100 November 1998, p. 72, From the Bench MIDI, Part 2: The
Show Must Go On
| #101 December 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Learning to Fly
with Atmel's AVR |
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Back to the Top |
| #102 January 1999, p. 76, From the Bench Can You Feel the
Beat? |
| #103 February 1999, p. 74, From the Bench JTAG Testability
| #104 March 1999, p. 70, PDF
HTML,
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From the Bench JTAG: Working with CoolPLD
| #105 April 1999, p. 72, PDF,
PDF HTML,
HTML,
HTML From the
Bench Dallas 1-Wire Devices, Part 1: One on One
| #106 May 1999, p. 70, PDF
HTML,
HTML,
HTML From the
Bench Dallas 1-Wire Devices, Part 2: All on One
| #107 June 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Look Ma, No Hands --
The Qprox Touchless Sensor
| #108 July 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Demystifying LCD Muxing
| #109 August 1999, p. 70, PDF
From the Bench A Familiar Face -- Driving 144 LCD Segments I2C
Style
| #110 September 1999, p. 80, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench Get SmartMedia -- What's It All About?
| #111 October 1999, p. 72, From the Bench Get SmartMedia, Part
2: Hands On
| #112 November 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Without
Acceleration, Part 1: All We Have Left is Velocity
| #113 December 1999, p. 72, From the Bench Without
Acceleration, Part 2: Good (and Bad) Vibrations
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Back to the Top |
| #114 January 2000, p. 70, PDF
From the Bench Speed Racer, Virtual Speed with the SX |
| #115 February 2000, p. 72, PDF
From the Bench In Theory and in Practice, Part 1: Digital
Filters
| #116 March 2000, p. 72, PDF
From the Bench In Theory and Practice, Part 2: Clock Adjustment
and Digital Filters
| #117 April 2000, p. 70, From the Bench Drop the Incredible
Bulk, Using Capacitors as Isolation Components
| #118 May 2000, p. 74, PDF
From the Bench Digital and Analog Output Control, Taking Route
X-10
| #119 June 2000, p. 70, PDF,
PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench The Chips are Alive with the Sound of Music,
Imitating the Dead Melody IC
| #120 July 2000, p. 72, From the Bench DFPs: Riding the Wave
of the Future
| #121 August 2000, p. 74, From the Bench Building on Familiar
Ground, Part 1: Adding Analog to the 8051 Core
| #122 September 2000, p. 80, From the Bench Building on
Familiar Ground, Part 2: A New Addition?
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| #123 October 2000, p. 70, From the Bench They Just Haven't
Caught On Yet
| #124 November 2000, p. 78, From the Bench Megawatt Castles
Made of Sand, Exploring the Solar Cell
| #125 December 2000, p. 74, From the Bench Sharing Technology
with Mother Nature, Out of State with an Internet-Compatible Cell
Phone
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Back to the Top |
| #126 January 2001, p. 70, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench Where's Waldo? Pinpointing Location by
Interfacing with a GPS Receiver |
| #127 February 2001, p. 72, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench Car 54, Where (Exactly) Are You?, Adding E-Mail
Capabilities to Your Project
| #128 March 2001, p. 72, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench Getting a Grip on Complex Integration, Looking
at FPSLIC
| #129 April 2001, p. 70, From the Bench See Through the FOG
Using Fixed-Point Calculations, Fiber Optic Gyros
| #130 May 2001, p. 70, From the Bench Taking a Cue from a Cat,
Hardware Cleanup with :CueCat
| #131 June 2001, p. 68, From the Bench Intelligible HUBbub,
Ethernet Home Networking
| #132 July 2001, p. 66, From the Bench The Missing (Wireless)
Link
| #133 August 2001, p. 68, PDF
HTML,
HTML
From the Bench MSP430 News Flash, Recognizing the Flexibility
of Reprogramming
| #134 September 2001, p. 66, From the Bench Technology That
Improves with Age, Eliminate Senior Moments with SAMI
| #135 October 2001, p. 66, From the Bench A New Thermometer,
Replacing Mercury with a Thermistor
| #136 November 2001, p. 68, From the Bench Probe This
| #137 December 2001, p. 70, From the Bench Desktop Status from
NetMedia |
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Back to the Top |
| #138 January 2002, p. 68, HTML
From the Bench What Good is IrD, Eh?, Part 1: Cordless Protocol |
| #139 February 2002, p. 70, HTML
From the Bench What Good is IrD, Eh? Part 2: Wireless
Communication
| #140 March 2002, p. 68, HTML
From the Bench Spy-Size Event Logger
| #141 April 2002, p. 66, HTML
From the Bench You Too Can Design with SoC, A Design Challenge
2002 Primer
| #142 May 2002, p. 70, HTML
From the Bench You're Not Alone, Dealing with Isolation
| #143 June 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File
Storage, Part 1: A Windows/DOS-Compatible File System
| #144 July 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File
Storage, Part 2: Directory Entries
| #145 August 2002, p. 44, RISCy Business Part 1: RISC Projects
by Cornell Students
| #145 August 2002, p. 76, From the Bench SmartMedia File
Storage, Part 3: Reading a File
| #146 September 2002, p. 12, RISCy Business Part 2: Impressive
Student Designs
| #146 September 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File
Storage, Part 4: Getting Your Data Inside
| #147 October 2002, p. 62, HTML
From the Bench 12, 16, 18, Hike! Dashing for Flash Cash
| #148 November 2002, p. 70, From the Bench Smart Auto Brake
Light Eliminates Turn Indicators
| #149 December 2002, p. 66, From the Bench Smart RF Designing,
Don't Put All of Your Eggs in One Basket |
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Back to the Top |
| #150 January 2003, p. 72, HTML
From the Bench GUI Interfacing, A Straightforward, Simple
Solution |
| #151 February 2003, p. 68, HTML
From the Bench Newcomer Nitron, Motorola's Leading 8/16-Pin
MCUs
| #152 March 2003, p. 74, From the Bench The Switching
Approach, Infiltrating the Linear Supply Market
| #153 April 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Intro to Mindstorms
| #154 May 2003, p. 74, From the Bench Making Sense of the
Gerber File Format
| #155 June 2003, p. 68, HTML
From the Bench Encore!, Zilog's Z8 Flash Memory-Based Micro
| #156 July 2003, p. 72, From the Bench D-Classifying Your
Audio
| #157 August 2003, p. 60, HTML
From the Bench Spotlight on the Renesas H8 Family, Hitachi and
Mitsubishi Market MCUs for Embedded Systems
| #158 September 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Next-Generation
Text to Speech, Winbond Makes Strides with the WTS701
| #159 October 2003, p. 66, From the Bench Designing with RGB
LEDs
| #160 November 2003, p. 70, From the Bench OOPic Eases
Programming Headaches
| #161 December 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Tabletop DMX
Control |
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Back to the Top |
| #162 January 2004, p. 70, From the Bench Global XPortation,
Harness the Power of the 'Net with the XPort Server |
| #163 February 2004, p. 68, HTML
From the Bench The Growth of the Atmel AVR Family
| #164 March 2004, p. 74, Intelligent Current Sensing Harness
the Power of the ACS750 Hall Effect Current Sensor
| #165 April 2004, p. 68, USB in Embedded Design Part 1: The
Undeniable Benefits
| #166 May 2004, p. 68, HTML
USB in Embedded Design Part 2: HIDmaker Converts an Application
| #167 June 2004, p. 68, Smart Sensor Design
| #168 July 2004, p. 74, Lose the Crystal Linear's LTC6903/4
Programmable Oscillator
| #169 August 2004, p. 48, Is There a Robot in Your Future?
Emerging Robot Technologies
| #170 September 2004, p. 54, Create a USB Hybrid Hub
| #171 October 2004, p. 48, Digital Radio Control
| #172 November 2004, p. 70, USB DMX
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#173 December 2004, p. 26, HTML
Light-to-Frequency Conversion Part 1: TSL230R-Based Pulse
Oximeter |
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Back to the Top |
| #174 January 2005, p. 68, HTML
Light-to-Frequency Conversion Part 2: Pulse and Oxygen Content |
| #175 February 2005, p. 60, HTML
A Look at the M16C Lineup Renesas M16C Design Contest 2005
| #176 March 2005, p. 72, Joystick Technology
| #177 April 2005, p. 48, Stay in Touch Sensor Material for
Robotics Applications
| #178 May 2005, p. 70, Speech Synthesis with SpeakJet
| #179 June 2005, p. 70, Surface-Mount Technology Guide
| #180 July 2005, p. 46, A Fresh Look at VoIP
| #181 August 2005, p. 46, Simulate First Simulation Techniques
for Testing New MCUs
| #182 September 2005, p. 76, Capacitive Sensing Technology
| #183 October 2005, p. 78, Understanding Semiconductors
| #184 November 2005, p. 72, Infrared Distance Measurement |
| #185 December 2005, p. 72, Portable Color
Organ |
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| #185 January 2006, p. 76, Regulator Review |
| #187 February 2006, p. 34, Power Over Ethernet Primer
| #188 March 2006, p. 30, Simple Robotics Experimentation
| #189 April 2006, p. 80, Automating Sudoku
| #190 May 2006, p. 51, Radio-Free FM
| #191 June 2006, p. 72, Can you Speak CAN? (Part 1)
| #192 July 2006, p. 70, Can you Speak CAN? (Part 2)
| #193 August 2006, p. 48, Light Therapy
| #194 September 2006, p. 74, SPI Power Alarm
| #195 October 2006, p. 74, Accessing the USB Framework
| #196 November 2006, p. 72, Smart Character Display |
| #197 December 2006, p. 74, Portable
Lightning Detector |
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Back to the Top |
| #198 January 2007, p. 56, Green Energy |
| #199 February 2007, p. 74, Electric Movement and Control
| #200 March 2007, p. 75, Embedded USB
Breakthrough
| #201 April 2007, p. 70, Local Interconnect
Network
| #202 May 2007, p. 72, Use an Accelerometer to Measure Slope
| #203 June 2007, p. 75 Slotted Optical Switches
| #204 July 2007, p. 69, HTML
A Look at Microchip's 16-Bit Micros
| #205 August 2007, page 75, Graphical User
Interfacing
| #206 September 2007, p. 74, I-Zip Dashboard
| #207 October 2007, p. 60, RoboGrowth
| #208 November 2007, p. 70, Motor Driving
for a Robotic Arm |
| #209 December 2007, p. 70, Collecting Solar Energy |
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Back to the Top |
| #210 January 2008, p. 70, Portable Poll
Server (Part 1) |
| #211 February 2008, p. 74, Portable Poll
Server (Part 2)
| #212 March 2008, p. 69, Navigating the Heavens
| #213 April 2008. p. 73, HTML
Digital Touch (A Potentiometer
with No Moving Parts)
| #214 May 2008, p. 70, Control Circuitry (PS2 Game Controller)
| #215 June 2008, p. 62, Self-Destructive
Behavior (Processor Action Requires Power Supply Removal)
| #216 July 2008, p. 74, Electric Motor
Technology (Theory, Construction, And Requirements)
| #217 August 2008, p. 52, Water War
Prevention (An MCU-Based Monitor For A Communal Well)
| #218 September 2008, p. 68, Fingerprint
Data Acquisition (Print Sensing with Embedded Technology)
| #219 October 2008, p. 58, Serial Terminal
Solution (2-Line LCD terminal)
| #220 November 2008, p.74, Drive by Wire (A
Look at Non-contact Sensing) |
| #221 December 2008, p. 62, Component Control (A Tool for Finding
and Handling Small Parts) |
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Back to the Top |
| #222 January 2009, p. 50, Access SD Memory
Cards (Part 1) (Solid-State Storage Media in Embedded Apps) |
| #223 February 2009, p. 57, Access SD Memory
Cards (Part 2) (Use the FAT File Format to Move Data)
| #224 March 2009, page 56, Programmable
Robotics (Part 1) (Build on an Existing Robot Platform)
| #225 April 2009, page 58, Programmable
Robotics (Part 2)
(Application Development)
| #226 May 2009, page 52, HTML,
A World Without NTSC (Bridge the Gap
Between NTSC and VGA)
| #227 June 2009, page 60, Location
Notification (A Look at Anisotropic Magnetoresistance
Sensors)
| #228 July 2009, page 56, Embedded Speak (A Text Library for
Allophone Translation)
| #229 August 2009, page 60, Threat Level Indication System
(Implement a Simple USB-to-Parallel FIFO Interface)
| #230 September 2009, page 66, Smart
Circuitry for Battery Monitoring (Li-Ion multicell batteries)
| #231 October 2009, page 60, Airflow
Analysis (CFM meter)
| #232 November 2009, page 66, Device
Management (Monitor Networked Devices Via SNMP) |
| #233 December 2009, page 64, Extend and
Isolate the I2C Bus |
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