Circuit Cellar Issue 162 January 2004-PDF

ISSUE 162January 2004Theme: Analog Techniques TASK MANAGER When Off-the-Shelf Won't Do, by Jennifer Huber, p. 4NEW PRODUCT NEWS, edited by John Gorsky, p. 8TEST YOUR EQ, by David Tweed, p. 9The Innovative Wire Tracker, by Robert Lacoste, p. 10Build an Inexpensive Temperature-Testing Chamber, by Steve Hageman, p. 16Remote Observation Station, by Richard Dreher, p. 26Fault-Tolerant Electronic Systems, by George Novacek, p. 36Single-Pin Analog-to-Digital Conversion Techniques, by Ingo Cyliax, p. 44Microcontroller-Based Digital Lock-In Milliohmmeter, by Dick Cappels, p. 50Tracing Current and Voltage: Design a Unique PC Sound Card Curve Tracer, by George Steber, p. 56GNU Development, by M. Tim Jones, p 62FROM THE BENCH Global XPortation: Harness the Power of the ’Net with the XPort Server, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70SILICON UPDATE Hot Chips 15, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78PRIORITY INTERRUPT Be Careful How You Define "Convenient", by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96