Circuit Cellar Issue 210 January 2008-PDF

Issue #210January 2008 Theme: Embedded Applications TASK MANAGER—Twenty Years , by C. J. Abate, p. 4 NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8TEST YOUR EQ—p. 13CROSSWORD—p. 93Get Cooking with Embedded Linux, by Brian Senese, p. 14INTELLIGENT ENERGY SOLUTIONS—Solar Powering the Circuit Cellar: Part 2: From the Ground Up, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 20 Cash for Code: Part 1: A Focus on Firmware, by Richard Hoptroff, p. 30Precision Oscillator Calibrator, by Michael Griebling, p. 40Building a Learning Remote Control, by Ben Smith, p. 50Designing for Hostile Environments, by Monte Dalrymple, p. 60SPECIAL FEATURE—That was Then, This is Now: Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective, by Ed Nisley, p. 68 LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES—The C Half-Time Report, George Martin, p. 56FROM THE BENCH—Portable Poll Server: Part 1: System Setup, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 70SILICON UPDATE—The Quad Squad, by Tom Cantrell, p. 78PRIORITY INTERRUPT—Happy Twentieth Anniversary, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96