Circuit Cellar №287 2014г

Название: Circuit Cellar №287 2014
Издательство: Circuit Cellar
Год: 2014

Месяц: June
Страниц: 84
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21.5 Мб
Язык: английский
 
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CONTENTS JUNE 2014 • ISSUE 287

■  CC COMMUNITY

06 : CC WORLD
08 : QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Embedded Consulting, Software Developing, and Hacking By Nan Price
Quinn Dunki on her computer game company, hackerspaces, pinball-machine project, and more

■ INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE

13 : PRODUCT NEWS
19 : CLIENT PROFILE
Measurement Computing Corp.
(Norton, MA)

■  FEATURES

20 : Build an Automated Vehicle Locater
By Chris Coulston, Daniel Hankewycz, and Austin
Kelleher
Pinpoint a moving vehicle via a smartphone web
interface to a GPS mobile tracker and base station
30 : Bit Banging
By Shlomo Engelberg
Achieve serial communication without a built-in UART
38 : The Sun Chaser
GPS Reference Station Design
By Sjoerd Brandsma
Use GPS, an external compass, and a stepper motor to
continuously orient a solar panel toward the sun

■ COLUMNS

46 : THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER
Wireless Data Links (Part 4)
Data Encoding
By George Novacek
An overview of digital data encoding methods and
solutions for multipath distortion
52 : PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC IN PRACTICE
Partial FPGA Configuration
By Colin O'Flynn
Adjust your FPGA design during operation
58 : EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES
Linux System Configuration (Part 1)
The Linux Kernel
By Bob Japenga
Tweak the Linux kernel to suit your design’s hardware,
software, and debugging needs

62 : THE DARKER SIDE
Voltage Step-Up Techniques
By Robert Lacoste
Integrate transformers, voltage multipliers, boost
converters, and charge pumps to increase your
power supply
68 : FROM THE BENCH
Passive RFID Tagging (Part 2)
Front-End Analog Circuits
By Jeff Bachiochi
Build a secure door-lock entry system with an analog
RFID front-end base station
 

■ TESTS & CHALLENGES

74 : CROSSWORD
75 : TEST YOUR EQ

■ TECH THE FUTURE

80 : Bluetooth Low Energy Changes the “Wireless
Landscape“
By Eric VanWyk
BLE 4.0 in smartphones and tablets fuels growth and
innovation in wireless hardware/sensor add-on devices