Circuit Cellar Ink 193
August 2006

Table of Contents

4 Jennifer Huber	HTML Task Manager Let the Sparks Fly
8 John Gorsky	New Product News AS/SIST high-speed digital circuit simulator from What-If Design Software, LLC VRS51L3074 FRAM-enhanced 8051 MCU from Ramtron International Corp. MC9RS08KA family of 6-pin MCUs from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. SMARTSWITCH development kits from NKK Switches MCB58 industrial microcontroller board with CAN from Micro/sys, Inc.
12 Jason Wu Kiran Kanukurthy David Andersen	Portable Power A Power Supply for Embedded Applications This team of designers built an inductively charged power supply for embedded applications. The portable system provides 100-mA, 3.3-V continuous power. Download: Wu_Andersen_Kanukurthy-193.zip
20 Chris Cantrell	Java Utility for Assembly Programmers Chris's Blend tool enables you to blend assembly language and C-like program flow constructs to create an assembly file. Written in Java language, the tool is easy to customize. Download: C_Cantrell-193.zip
28 Lane Hauck	Windows Volume Control Lane's Windows Volume Control enables him to control the volume of applications running in Windows without having to use his mouse. The system plugs into his PC's USB port. Download: Hauck-193.zip
34 Miguel Sanchez	Beam Up That Serial Port Send Serial Communications Via the 'Net Miguel recently needed remote access to a device designed to use a serial connection. Read on to learn about his unique solution to "teleport" serial communications via the Internet. Download: Sanchez-193.zip
43 Brian Millier	Battery-Free Nonvolatile RAM Do you have a RAM-hungry design in the works? If so, check out what Brian has to say about Ramtron International's integrated processor companions. They may be the perfect solution for your memory problems.
From the Bench 48 Jeff Bachiochi	Light Therapy AC Phase Control for Changing Power Outputs Jeff explains a high-tech lighting technique. You can use AC phase control to create slow-changing power outputs. Now you can truly control both the look and feel of your environment. Download: Bachiochi-193.zip
52 Massimo Manca	Finite Machines and Microthreads Massimo shows you how to simplify finite state machine design and implementation with only a C preprocessor. Now you can translate UML state charts and activity diagrams in C code. With Massimo's macros, the work is a snap. Download: Manca-193.zip
56 Nicholas Clark Adam Liechty	Preemptive OS for AVRs Are you frustrated with the operating systems for Atmel AVR microcontrollers that you've been using? Try Nicholas and Adam's kaOS, which is a real-time preemptive operating system that loads and runs applications from Secure Digital media cards. Download: Clark_Liechty-193.zip
Applied PCs 62 Fred Eady	Microcontroller-Free Design A GP-22050 Plays the Role of MCU Fred recently directed a GP-22050 waveform generator to play the role of microcontroller in a simple mechanical design. Read on to learn how he put a mechanical design in "microcontroller mode" without the help a microcontroller. Download: Eady-193.zip
Above the Ground Plane 70 Ed Nisley	Voltage References Ed provides some tips for choosing the right voltage reference. The measurements he covers should enable you to bring some additional accuracy to your next project.
76 Monte Dalrymple	Cyclic Redundancy Check Understanding CRC Without Math Do cyclic redundancy check (CRC) algorithms confuse you? Monte takes the complicated math out of the picture and uses the 32-bit polynomial used for Ethernet to show you how they work. As you'll see, CRC hardware is fairly straightforward.
Silicon Update 80 Tom Cantrell	Turning the Core-ner Parallax is poised to bring multicore to the masses with its Propeller microcontroller. It looks like a mild-mannered microcontroller, but wait until you see what's under the hood. Download: Cantrell-193.zip
93	Crossword Puzzle
94	Advertiser's Index / September Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt Net Neutrality

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