Circuit Cellar Issue 221 December 2008-PDF

Issue #221December 2008Theme: Programmable Logic TASK MANAGER—2008 I/O , by C. J. Abate, p. 4NEW PRODUCT NEWS—edited by John Gorsky, p. 8CROSSWORD—p. 93 A Dynamic Tile Display: Board Layout, Real-Time Animation, and More, by John Peterson, p. 14Cost-Effective Mobile Storage: Interface an SD Memory Card with an MCU, by Mandar Bagul, p. 32Electronic ID System: A Display for Text, Photos, and Slide Shows, by Jan Szymanski, p. 44Beamforming 101, by Martin Courtney, p. 69An Introduction to Verilog, by Kareem Mataryieh, p. 78SILICON UPDATE—Tool time, by Tom Cantrell, p.24ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE—Real-World NiMH Charging, by Ed Nisley, p. 38THE DARKER SIDE—PID Control Without Math, by Robert Lacoste, p. 54FROM THE BENCH—Component Control: A Tool for Finding and Handling Small Parts, by Jeff Bachiochi, p. 62PRIORITY INTERRUPT—My Life and Paper—Take 2, by Steve Ciarcia, p. 96