Circuit Cellar Ink 153
April 2003

Table of Contents

4 Jennifer Huber	HTML Task Manager Engineering Pop Culture
8 John Gorsky	New Product News Flashlite 186 DOS-based SBC from JK Microsystems MC3110CP parallel-interface motion processor from Performance Motion Devices, Inc. USBee LX Digital Test Pod from CWAV MCF5407 soft modem reference design from Motorola, Inc. SM5415 and SM5455 pressure sensors from Silicon Microstructures, Inc. OEM2500 Coyote Rabbit 3000 based SBC from Z-World
11 David Tweed	HTML Test Your EQ
12 Mike Keesling	Autonomous Robot Mini-Sumo Meets IsoPod Before putting your pride on the Shikiri line in a mini-sumo ring, you should make sure your warrior 'bot has the brains to match his brawn. In this article, Mike shows you how to build the perfect IsoPod-based brain for your autonomous robot warrior. Download: Keesling 153.ZIP
20 Peter Hiscocks Jim Koch	Electrical Engineering Robot Follow the Line Interested in steering their students toward successful electrical engineering careers, Peter and Jim built a line-following robot. Serving primarily as a lab aid, the eebot is a ready-built starting point for students enrolled in software and system programming courses. Download: hiscocks & koch 153.ZIP
30 Lonne Mays	HTML Muscle for High-Torque Robotics Is your favorite robot getting to be a bit too atrophied for your taste? Does it lack vim and vigor? If so, don't worry. What you need is high torque and speed. With the MC33887D integrated H-Bridge and a little direction from Lonne, you can bulk up your robot in no time.
36 Robert Morrison	Updating the Home Control System Part 2: FPGA Design Methodology Ethernet support, audio, and video -- these are what HCS dreams are made of. Last month, Robert awakened you to the possibility of bringing such technology to the table. Now he's back with the FPGA design methodology and source code to get you started. Download: morrison 153.ZIP
42 George Novacek	Communications Protocol MIL-STD-1553B Data Bus In the early 1970s, the MIL-STD-1533 communications protocol -- grandfather to many of today's protocols -- was created to enhance military and aerospace applications. In this article, George maps the MIL-STD-1533's history and explains its effect on new technology.
Embedded PC 52 Fred Eady	HTML Applied PCs Test-Driving the Z8 Do you remember your first experience with the Z80 microcontroller? Some things sure have changed over the years. Follow Fred as he looks to the past and future while test-driving the easy-to-use, inexpensive Z8 Encore! development kit from Zilog. Download: eady153.ZIP
58 Bruce M. Pride	Portable MSP430 DMM To develop and debug electronic control-based systems, Bruce designed a portable DMM. By combining multimeter functions and a power supply in a single device, he has logic-level detection and point-to-point continuity capabilities, and can power breadboard circuits. Download: pride 153.ZIP
66 Ed Nisley	Above the Ground Plane Balanced Mixing Ed knows how important carefully controlled mixing is to radio design. This month, he'll show you how to bring some practicality and efficiency to your next radio project. So, get ready to learn what a switched-diode, double-balanced mixer can do for you.
70 Jeff Bachiochi	From the Bench Intro to Mindstorms Give Legos to a child and get half a multicolored airplane in return. But what happens when you give them to an engineer with a micro and motors? Before answering, let Jeff introduce you to the Mindstorms RIS. Download: jeff 153.ZIP
Short Solutions 76 Tom Napier	Get One-Chip Programmer Power Have you been searching for one-chip programmer power? Look no further than your own workbench. In this article, Tom shows you how easy it is to build an LM78S40 converter chip to supply a PIC or PROM programmer with 5 and 13 V. Download: napier 153.ZIP
78 Tom Cantrell	HTML Silicon Update E-Chips Some tickets allow you to see professional sporting events, others get you into amusement parks. This month, Tom familiarizes you with E-Chips -- the newest and hottest tickets for accessing the I-way.
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96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt What You Don't See Counts

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