2Mary Wilson | HTML Editor's LetterNot a Hockey Fan? |
10CJ Abate | HTML New Product News
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15David Tweed | HTML Test Your EQ |
16Jung Soo Kim Nika Zolfaghari James Andrew Smith | MCU-Based Prosthetic Arm with a KinectThe technology behind Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox motion-sensing device can extend beyond gaming and into engineering applications. This project integrates a Kinect and a prototype prosthetic arm and demonstrates a platform to test control algorithms for prosthetics.Download: 276-Kim.zip |
30Sharad Sinha | NBTI and FPGA DesignNegative-bias temperature instability (NBTI) can affect the performance of FPGA-based designs. Changing a product's design or altering files containing circuit block information can reduce NBTI. This article provides an introduction to NBTI and describes its impact on FPGAs and digital clock managers. |
34Emily Marasco Michael R. Smith Maddie Lowe | Systematic Digital ProcessingPart 1: Combining Embedded DSP with SQLYou can use a DSP-SQL interface to access large amounts of data on a server. This article describes a digital-signal processing design that combines MATLAB and a server query language into a database on a server, enabling easy access to externally collected data.Download: 276-Smith.zip |
44Oscar Vermeulen Andrew Lynch | DIY Single-Board ComputersPart 1: Design and Expansion OptionsYou can build your own computer on a small circuit board. This article describes a simple single-board CP/M design that uses just one high-capacity RAM chip and is compatible with a serial or PC terminal. |
Questions & Answers48Nan Price | Engineer to the CoreAn Interview with Joe GrandFrom his grade-school Atari obsession and his teenage involvement in the L0pht Heavy Industries hacker group, to co-hosting Discovery Channel's Prototype This! and starting his own company, Grand Idea Studio, Joe Grand has always maintained his passion for engineering. Joe and I recently discussed his journey and his lifelong love of all things engineering. |
The Consummate Engineer52George Novacek | Testing and TestabilityPart 3: Testability Design IssuesAn important aspect of product testing involves ensuring the product can be automatically tested easily, repeatedly, and often. The first two parts of this article series walked you through building a dedicated tester and discussed common testing techniques. Part 3 focuses on guaranteeing products can be efficiently tested. |
Above the Ground Plane56Ed Nisley | LED CharacterizationArduino-Based Curve TracerNot content with using datasheet values, Ed built a specialized curve tracer to measure the actual characteristics of the LEDs in his collection.Download: 276-Nisley.zip |
From the Archives62Tom Struzik | Wireless Data ExchangeBuild a 2,700-lb. Bluetooth HeadsetBuilding a Bluetooth-enabled device can be difficult if you don't have any experience with the technology. Finding the right module can greatly simplify the process. The Bluegiga WT32 is a highly integrated Bluetooth module that fits the bill. Here you learn how to put Bluetooth to good use.Download: Struzik-240.zip |
From the Bench70Jeff Bachiochi | Serial Displays Save ResourcesPart 1: Routines, Registers, and CommandsYou can use a dedicated microcontroller to create a user-friendly graphic display. This microcontroller-based project utilizes a four-wire interface for its graphic-touch LCD.Download: 276-Bachiochi.zip |
76 | Crossword Puzzle |
79 | Crossword Puzzle - Answers for Issue 275 |
80David Feil-Seifer | Tech the FutureUsing Socially Assistive Robots to Address the Caregiver Gap |
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