Circuit Cellar Ink 46
May 1994

Table of Contents

2 Ken Davidson	Editor's INK Robocult
6	Reader's INK Letters to the Editor
9 Harv Weiner	New Product News
14 Tom Ward	Scope Out the Laser Range Finder We've seen many kinds of sensor systems for robots, including ultrasonics, IR LEDs, video ... the list goes on. This Design Contest Winner that uses a laser instantly caught the judges' eyes, as it likely will yours. Download: RANGEFND.ZIP
22 Robert Angelo	A Robotics Design Seminar For some, robotics is a topic that conjures up images of fully automated servants ready to fulfill your every whim. In reality, that may be in the future, but for now, get started with something a bit simpler.
30 Michael Swartzendruber	YAMCI -- Yet Another Motor Control Interface If you've been looking for a motor control system for your next robotics project, look no further. Michael covers the details of a basic setup that's perfect for any level of expertise.
36 Steve Ciarcia	Wireless Remote Control of the AVMux What good is having ultimate control over your virtual audio/video environment if you have to get out of your chair to change the setup? Outfit your home theater in style by adding an RF interface to the AVMux.
46 Ed Nisley	Firmware Furnace All Text is Graphics: Characters for the '386SX Project's Graphic LCD Panel A graphic panel that displays lots of dots is fine until you need some text. It turns out the raw resources are already in your PC, put in place to support the old CGA. Harness those resources to produce text on your LCD display. Download: FF46.ZIP
60 Jeff Bachiochi	From the Bench Audio/Video Traffic Control Two heads are better than one, and what better way to improve on the AVMux than to bring in someone else to help with the development. With Steve doing the hardware and Jeff the software, we have one nifty box. Download: FTB46.ZIP
68 Tom Cantrell	Silicon Update Honey, I Shrunk the PC First came the ATs, enough to cover three quarters of the space located on your desk. Then came laptops, and then notebooks, and more recently, palmtops. Could it get any smaller? And to what end? Enter CARDIO ...
74 John Dybowski	Embedded Techniques Embedded Programs All embedded controllers must have their main program in some sort of nonvolatile memory, whether it be EPROM, EEPROM, Flash memory, or battery-backed RAM. Which you choose depends on the application. Download: ET46.ZIP
81	Advertiser's Index
84 Ken Davidson	ConnecTime -- Excerpts from the Circuit Cellar BBS
96 Steve Ciarcia	Steve's Own INK The Market That Was Never Born, Refuses to Die, and May Yet Live

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