Circuit Cellar Ink 146
September 2002

Table of Contents

4 Jennifer Huber	HTML Task Manager The Good Life
8 John Gorsky	New Product News PCB design software and fabrication service from PCB123 MAX3053 fault-protected CAN transceiver from Maxim Model 4030 low-cost 10-MHz pulse generator from B&K Precision Corp. Hinge-style safety interlock switches from Banner Engineering Corp.
11	Reader I/O Letters to the Editor
11 David Tweed	HTML Test Your EQ
12 Jeff Bachiochi	RISCy Business Part 2: Impressive Student Designs Last month, Jeff gave us a glimpse into the minds of several engineering students whose projects were entered in the Atmel Design Logic 2001 contest. This time around, he describes four more designs and the project-oriented curriculum that nurtured them to fruition.
18 Joan Slavat	Office Supervisor A Control System Based on SMS Joan developed an SMS-based system that allows his friend to control the lights in his corner store via a cell phone. Soon thereafter, Joan found that minor changes in the system's hardware and firmware afforded him other options like monitoring the refrigerator's temperature. Download: slavat 146.ZIP
26 Rick Hood	The PSoC 5-Cent Modem If you're thinking about adding a modem to an embedded design, there's a smorgasbord of microcontrollers on the market for you to choose from. But, as Rick explains, a PSoC microcontroller is the smart choice for minimizing the cost and maximizing the functionality of your design.
34 Jim Brady	HTML Build Your Own 8051 Web Server Building your own web server can be a difficult task, especially if you proceed without proper direction and the right parts for the job. Fortunately, Jim has finished an 8051 server and he's eager to walk you through his project. With this tutorial, you can avoid common difficulties. Download: brady 146.ZIP
42 Aleksey Britov Sergei Khlebnikov Vladimir Lomakovsky Alexander Makeenok Vitaly Zakharchenko	Automatic Blood Pressure Meter Thanks to the popularity of TI's MSP430 and all of the entrants' ingenuity, the Ultra-Low Power Flash MCU MSP430 Design Contest was a success. Read on to find out how these five gentlemen from Ukraine captured Second Place in the stiff competition. Download: britov & makeenok 146.ZIP
50 Norman Rogers	HTML Killing the EMI Demon Emissions regulations can make it expensive to get your microprocessor boards to the market. In an effort to help us reduce EMI testing costs, Norman reveals the EMI reduction tricks Rabbit Semiconductor developed for its second-generation processor.
Robotics Corner 58 Tom Baraniak	Put Out the Fire Detect Flames with the UV TRON Sensor You're liable to burn more than your money if you build a sentry robot incapable of detecting a fire in its earliest stages. Tom introduces us to the UV TRON ultraviolet sensor, and explains how to build an interface to it with an 8-pin PIC12C672 microcontroller. Download: baraniak 146.ZIP
Embedded PC 62 Fred Eady	HTML Applied PCs Internet Enabling Made Easy Attaching data-transferring devices to the Internet can be a burdensome task for IT whizzes and novices alike. However, Cermetek's 2124 Internet Appliance Modem makes the process a lot easier and affordable, regardless of the project's complexity.
70 Jeff Bachiochi	From the Bench SmartMedia File Storage, Part 4: Getting Your Data Inside If you've been following Jeff's columns closely, then you're probably familiar with the SmartMedia by now. He'll wrap up his series with a lesson on saving data to a module via the DOS FAT file format. Download: ftb143146.zip
76 Tom Cantrell	Silicon Update Fast Times at the Forum Many of today's concept chips are primed to become the staples of tomorrow's technology, so it's worthwhile to preview the chips you may be reliant on in the near future. Tom will talk about some promising chips.
94	Advertiser's Index / October Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML, HTML Priority Interrupt The Right Exposure

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