Circuit Cellar Ink 196
November 2006

Table of Contents

4 CJ Abate	HTML Task Manager Making a Contribution
8 John Gorsky	New Product News Philips LPC210X Starter Kit from Crossware Luminary Micro LM3S102 KickStart kit from IAR Systems, Inc. Vinculum USB host controller ICs from Future Technology Devices International LT3476 2-MHz four-channel constant current LED driver from Linear Technology Corp.
12 Alexander Enzmann	USB Flash PIC Programmer Why buy a PIC programmer when you can customize your own? Alexander shows you how. His programmer operates on USB power and doesn't require any device drivers. Download: Enzmann-196.zip
20 Eric Gagnon	Control Panel Design Implement a Modular Physical User Interface System Are you tired of designing expensive custom control panels for all of your new embedded systems? Eric's user interface building block modules simplify the process. Download: Gagnon-196.zip
32 Colin O'Flynn	Open-Source AVR Development Ready to join the open source community? Colin introduces you to the AVR-GCC toolchain for AVR microcontrollers. Now you can contribute to a project from a Windows-based environment.
36 John Dammeyer	Electronic Gear Control Add Electronic Gears to a Metal Lathe John upgraded his metal lathe with a PIC18F2620-based gear control system. In this article, he explains how to design and write code for your own electronic gearbox. Download: Dammeyer-196.zip
44 Brian Millier	Low-Cost Gas Leak Detector A gas leak in the chemistry lab in which Brian works can mean big trouble for the electronic instruments he uses on a daily basis. That's why he built an ATmega88-based gas leak detector. The system enables him to monitor for small leaks around the lab's expensive equipment. Download: Millier-196.zip
52 Ilya Mamontov	TV-Based Oscilloscope Ilya turned an ordinary TV into a digital storage oscilloscope with a sampling rate of 160 ksps. In this article, he explains how to use an LPC2138 microcontroller to build a high-resolution system of your own. Download: Mamontov-196.zip
58 Alain d'Espaignet	Smart Probing An R5F2113-Based Soil-Monitoring System Alain's R5F2113-based monitoring system measures soil moisture, temperature, and light levels for potted plants. An audible alarm sounds when any measurement exceeds or falls below the preset limits. The principles he describes can be used in a variety of designs. Download: Espaignet-196.zip
Applied PCs 66 Fred Eady	Stand-Alone Ethernet Control Ethernet technology is constantly evolving. Fortunately, you have Fred to explain what's new before you leap into your next single-IC Ethernet project. Download: Eady-196.zip
From the Bench 72 Jeff Bachiochi	Smart Character Display MCU-Based Information Messaging Made Simple Back in 1990, Jeff built a simple microcontroller-based LED moving message display. Today you can build a "smarter" PIC16F737-based system for a lot less money. Download: Bachiochi-196.zip
Silicon Update 78 Tom Cantrell	Memory Lane Change Get ready for a walk down memory lane. Tom describes the major paradigm shifts that have occurred in memory technology over the past three decades and then readies you for what's ahead.
93	Crossword Puzzle
94	Advertiser's Index / December Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt In Search of the Real Thing

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