Circuit Cellar Ink 211
February 2008

Table of Contents

4 CJ Abate	HTML Task Manager Real-World Apps
8 John Gorsky	New Product News MAX IIZ low-power CPLD from Altera Corp. 7I43 low-cost, FPGA-based programmable I/O card from Mesa Electronics Hammer Linux-based SBC in 40-pin DIP from Tin Can Tools XtremeDSP Solutions Starter Platform--Spartan-3A DSP 1800A FPGA Edition from Xilinx, Inc.
12 Diego Mendez Chaves Mauricio Guerrero Hurtado Nestor Pena Traslavina	Wireless Sensor Network Design A Flexible Platform for WSNs A group of designers from Los Andes University presents a wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. It is a testbed for the evaluation of different algorithms related to the communications stack of a network (e.g., routing policies, transport protocols, topology control, and medium access control). Download: Mendez_Pena_Guerrero-211.zip
22 Steve Ciarcia	Solar-Powering the Circuit Cellar Part 3: Wiring & Electronics Installing a major renewable energy source like Steve's home photovoltaic system is no small feat. It requires intelligent planning, technical know-how, and the ability to think outside the box. This month, he describes the last leg of this long technical adventure: wiring and electronics.
34 Carlos Cossio	RFID Payment Terminal Carlos's LM3S811-based handheld terminal makes contactless payments a reality. The terminal's LCD -- which shows the date and time -- prompts you to enter payment amounts on the keypad. After transactions are complete, the log file stored on the device's flash memory can be sent to a host system through an RS-232 interface. Download: Cossio-211.zip
44 Richard Hoptroff	Cash for Code Part 2: Publish Your Firmware Richard concludes his series about firmware. In this article, he examines issues such as copy protection, pricing, and firmware publishing. Firmware-related business opportunities are out there. It's time to cash in.
52 Cass Tyler	System Control TCP/IP Communication with Embedded Processors TCP/IP communication with embedded processors, using text commands, is fast and reliable. Best of all, it doesn't strain a host PC's resources. Cass describes how to implement a TCP/IP socket server on a Rabbit Semiconductor RCM2200 microprocessor. Download: Tyler-211.zip
The Darker Side 60 Robert Lacoste	Antenna Basics Robert recently moved out of his comfort zone and stepped into the world of antenna technology. In this article, he describes the experience and covers the topics of impedance matching, antenna simulation, and more. Download: Lacoste-211.zip
Above the Ground Plane 70 Ed Nisley	Transformers Are you looking to try spot welding or resistance soldering? Ed has you covered with a look at transformer basics. He examines some of the fundamental equations governing transformers and measures the properties of a real transformer.
From the Bench 74 Jeff Bachiochi	Portable Poll Server Part 2: Data Acquisition & Results Jeff finishes describing the design of a portable poll server. SitePlayer and a small micro provide Internet access to a poll's questions and the results. Download: Bachiochi-211.zip
Silicon Update 78 Tom Cantrell	Got Chips? Tom's been on the road again, this time heading coast-to-coast from Hot Chips 19 at Stanford University to the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston. See where silicon is and where it's headed as he takes a whirlwind tour of today's and tomorrow's chips.
93	Crossword Puzzle
94	Advertiser's Index / March Preview
96 Steve Ciarcia	HTML Priority Interrupt Avoiding Stereotypes

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