Circuit Cellar Ink 195
October 2006

Table of Contents

4 CJ Abate	HTML Task Manager Reduce the Risk
8 John Gorsky	New Product News 128 x 32 LED graphics display with drive electronics from Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Web Tiger Ethernet expansion for Atmel STK500 from Achatz Electronics ARM7X development board from Priio USBR series high retention Type B USB connector from Samtec, Inc. DS3600 secure battery-backup controller from Dallas Semiconductor
12 Dale Wheat	Video13 Build a Simple TV Interface Need a simple TV interface? Dale's inexpensive circuit makes a great six-line by 10-character monochrome ASCII display. Download: Wheat-195.zip
24 Rene Geraets	Generate Video from Software Rene uses an M16C/62P microcontroller to generate video signals without dedicated video hardware. The M16C/62P also produces a PAL or NTSC analog RGB color video signal. Download: Geraets-195.zip
30 Dejan Durdenic	Drive a Color STN Display Why add push buttons to an application when you can easily design in a touchscreen? Check out Dejan's QVGA eight-color LCD controller. The C8051F120-based system features touchscreen support. Download: Durdenic-195.zip
40 Peter Gibbs Ramon Sargeant	LED Message Display You don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a commercial display system. Peter and Ramon describe how to build an Internet-based LED display of virtually any size. Download: Gibs-195.zip
52 Dhananjay Gadre	Power Generator for Portable Applications Battery-less LED flashlights have become quite popular because they offer a perpetual source of power. After studying how LED flashlights work, Dhananjay built a hand-held power generator for portable electronic applications. Download: Gadre-195.zip
Above the Ground Plane 56 Ed Nisley	DIY Diodes Diodes started with do-it-yourself technology. Ed describes how those early diodes worked and explains how natural diodes can cause RF problems. Download: Nisley-195.zip
60 Eddie Insam	Power Over Ethernet Solutions Powering devices over Ethernet cabling seems easy, but there's more to it than meets the eye. Eddie explains how it all works.
Applied PCs 68 Fred Eady	Advanced USB Protocol Sniffer If you're serious about USB development, you need the right tools for designing and debugging. One such tool is the Ellisys USB Explorer 200, which is a high-speed USB 2.0 protocol analyzer that Fred recently put to work. Download: Eady-195.zip
From the Bench 74 Jeff Bachiochi	Accessing the USB Framework A Quick Transition from UART to USB Microchip Technology has integrated USB hardware into some of its microcontrollers. Fortunately, designers can use a USB framework written in C to handle all of the tedious USB routines. Read on to learn how to transition from UART to USB. Download: Bachiochi-195.zip
Silicon Update 80 Tom Cantrell	ARM Twister Are you ready for a new chapter in the ARM story? It's all about Atmel's AVR32 "RISC MCU." Tom takes you between the lines.
93	Crossword Puzzle
94	Advertiser's Index / November Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt In Your Opinion

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