Circuit Cellar Ink 45
April 1994

Table of Contents

2 Ken Davidson	Editor's INK Video Galore
6	Reader's INK Letters to the Editor
8 Harv Weiner	New Product News
14 Steve Ciarcia	Control Your Audio/Video Connections with the AVMux One of Steve's more popular Circuit Cellar projects from years ago was the AVMux. With today's more sophisticated home theater requirements and the availability of newer, better chips, it's time to revisit the AVMux project.
24 Mike Barnes	Exploring the Vertical Blanking Interval A Tool for Gathering Data from your TV Have you ever wondered what useful information might be hiding between the lines of your typical mindless television show? Mike did, so pulled out his soldering iron and cross-assembler to find out. Download: VBI.ZIP
40 Mary Luria Laura Butzel	Employer Ownership of Employee and Consultant Work Product Do you have work-related hobbies or work at home, or are you an independent contractor hired on a part-time or project basis? If so, who owns your work? Find out the latest case law from two attorneys.
44 Ed Nisley	Firmware Furnace Bringing the '386SX Project's Graphic LCD Panel to Life If you've been ready for some action with Ed's graphic LCD panel, this month's installment gets you started with routines that will give you plenty to watch plus will excercise your system's extended memory. Download: FF45.ZIP
54 Jeff Bachiochi	From the Bench Build the Message Board -- An Audio Record/Playback Unit When you need to speak potentially thousands of different phrases, you can't beat text-to-speech synthesis. When you need a small number of sounds, though, simply record them with the Message Board and play them back at will. Download: FTB45.ZIP
62 Tom Cantrell	Silicon Update When the SHARC Bites You say you need a hot topic to get your mind off the weather? Picture yourself in a lawn chair, Hawaiian shirt, and shorts with a Long Island Ice Tea on the beach reading the latest on SHARCs. No, not the fish, the chip...
68 John Dybowski	Embedded Techniques Who's in Control? In his continuing series on building an embedded control system, John looks at reset circuits, power fail conditions, more battery management, and finally expands on his treatment of the LCD display interface. Download: ET45.ZIP
77 Russ Reiss	Patent Talk
81	Advertiser's Index
84 Ken Davidson	ConnecTime -- Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS
96 Steve Ciarcia	Steve's Own INK In the Citadel

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