Circuit Cellar Ink 38
September 1993

Table of Contents

2 Ken Davidson	Editor's INK Mainstream Processing
6	Reader's INK Letters to the Editor
8 Harv Weiner	New Product News
14 Michael R. Smith	Is the AMD29050 a FIR-bearing Animal? Can the Am29050 RISC processor be used where a dedicated DSP normally rules? Using a finite impulse response (FIR) filter as an example, one university professor explores the possibilities. Download: RISCFIR.ZIP
26 David S. Birkett	Using Your PC for Function Analysis and Control With the addition of a bit of hardware and software, there is a test bench hidden inside your PC. Find out how to control chip-level function generators and analyze incoming waveforms, all with your PC. Download: FANALYZE.BAS
36 Dwayne Phillips	Neural Network Basics You don't have to be a surgeon to understand how neural networks function. Dwayne introduces the Adaline and Madaline, two fundamental concepts in neural network design. Download: NNET.ZIP
44 Ed Nisley	Firmware Furnace Ticks, Pops, and Restarts: The '386SX Project Gets a BIOS Extension The PC's built-in BIOS doesn't always do all the tricks you need. When you have some custom hardware, it's time to add some custom software. Find out how to add a BIOS extension and check out another Nisley war story. Download: FF38.ZIP
56 Jeff Bachiochi	From the Bench Giving the Optical Card Reader Improved Vision Concluding his optical ID card reader project, Jeff adds a Hewlett-Packard optics package to improve the reader's resolution and adds a dedicated processor for some network-ready intelligence.
64 Tom Cantrell	Silicon Update Penny-pinching OTPs When you're in a pinch for space and need to keep costs down, but must have more smarts than a simple gate array can provide, it's time to check out the latest round of tiny, inexpensive processors from Phillips and Zilog.
70 John Dybowski	Embedded Techniques Storage for the Masses Using a small microcontroller doesn't necessarily mean you're saddled with a small amount of memory. Using bank-switching techniques or even a special serial interface, lots of memory is well within your reach. Download: ET38.ZIP
81	Advertiser's Index
82 Russ Reiss	Patent Talk
86 Ken Davidson	ConnecTime -- Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS
96 Steve Ciarcia	Steve's Own INK The Collegiate Challenge

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