Circuit Cellar Ink 186
January 2006

Table of Contents

4 Jennifer Huber	HTML Task Manager Something for Everyone
8 John Gorsky	New Product News Ulinx UTP/fiber USB extender from B&B electronics SchmartBoardEZ QFP prototyping board from SchmartBOARD Firgelli miniature linear actuators from Firgelli Technologies RF Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) from TEN-TEC SL80C051 tamper-resistant, dual MCS8051 microcontroller from Silicon Laude
10 Jeremy Baugher Stephen Fenwick	Internet-Connected Display System Jeremy and Stephen use their Voyeur system to display textual content from the Internet. The compact system, which is extremely easy to mount on a wall, features an eZ80F91 micro-controller and a Noritake 2 x 20 CU20029ECPB display. Download: Baugher-186.zip
18 Richard Wotiz	Electronic Scarecrow Richard's Electronic Scarecrow keeps animals from foraging for food in backyard gardens. It includes four remote stations designed around MC13192 SARD boards. When an animal is detected, the system generates loud sounds and runs water sprinklers to scare it away. Download: Wotiz-186.zip
28 Serhiy Matviyenko	Low-Cost EKG Pulsometer Healthcare professionals use expensive high-tech pulsometers to monitor their patients' pulse rates. You can use Serhiy's low-cost EKG pulsometer for a variety of medical, sports, and home appliance applications. You won't miss a beat with this CY8C27443-based system. Download: Matviyenko-186.zip
35 Monte Dalrymple	Third-Generation Rabbit A Look at the Rabbit 4000 You've used Rabbit 2000 and 3000 microprocessors. Now it's time to get familiar with the Rabbit 4000, the newest addition to the Rabbit line of low-EMI microprocessors. According to Monte, the new design includes several exciting features that will enable you to take your communications, embedded control, and Ethernet connectivity applications to the next level.
43 David Gamble Andrew Smallridge	Watchdog Supervisory System It's now possible to increase the availability of a remote data system without hooking into the system's internals. David and Andrew's PIC18F452 microcontroller-based watchdog supervisor system does the trick. Download: Gamble-186.zip
51 Lindsay Meek	Portable Web Server Host your web site the embedded way. No server PC required. Lindsay shows you how to build an M32C/84-based portable web server. Download: Meek-186.zip
56 Ingo Cyliax	Internet-Connected Sonic Anemometer Ingo's Internet-based sonic anemometer gauges wind velocities by measuring the speed of sound in air. Read on to learn how the system works. Ingo has included all the information you need to get started on an anemometer of your own.
62 Victor Lick	Advanced System for Vehicle Back Up Rangefinder and Video Display System Aids Drivers Victor built a PIC18F2320-based, distance-measuring video system so his friend could safely back his truck up to his RV trailer. After a Parallax PING))) ultrasonic ranger measures the distance between the truck and the trailer, the system displays the data on a small monitor. Download: Lick-186.zip
Silicon Update 70 Tom Cantrell	Hot Enough for You? Once again, Tom was our eyes and ears at the annual Hot Chips conference in Silicon Valley. This month he reports on the proceedings and covers such hot topics as power density crises and parallelism.
From the Bench 76 Jeff Bachiochi	Regulator Review New regulator modules are in line to replace trusty old 1-A linear regulators. Are you ready to bring these newbies to your bench? Read on for Jeff's comprehensive review.
Applied PCs 80 Fred Eady	ARM Applications with MicroBolt If you have an industrial application in the works, take a look at Micromint's MicroBolt -- a Philips LPC2106 microcontroller-based embedded controller. You can program the small module in C or assembly language. Fred shows you how to get started.
93	Crossword Puzzle
94	Advertiser's Index / February Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt The Personal Touch

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