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FROM THE BENCH is a monthly hands-on Hardware/Software column in

Circuit Cellar Magazine (beginning with issue 5 in 1988).

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1988-1989

      1988
(5-6)
1989
(7-11)

1990-1999

1990
(12-17)
1991
(18-23)
1992
(24-29)
1993
(30-41)
1994
(42-53)
1995
(54-65)
1996
(66-77)
1997
(78-89)
1998
(90-101)
1999
(102-113)
2000-2009
2000
(114-125)
2001
(126-137)
2002
(138-149)
2003
(150-161)
2004
(162-173)
2005
(174-185)
2006
(186-197)
2007
(198-209)
2008
(210-221)
2009
(222-233)
2010-2019
2010
(234-245)
2011
(246-257)
2012
(258-269)
2013
(270-281)
2014
(282-293)
2015
(294-305)
2016
(306-317)
2017
(318-329)
2018
(330-341)
2019
(342-353)
2020-2023
2020
(354-365)
2021
(366-377)
2022
(378-389)
2023
(390-401)
 

bullet Circuit Cellar , Archive of 'Tables of Contents' for Circuit Cellar Magazines

1988 (5-6)

bullet #5 September/October 1988, p. 24, From the Bench RS-232 Economic Tradeoffs: Board Space vs. Parts Count vs. Parts Co$t
bullet #6 November/December 1988, p. 28, From the Bench Fiber Optics -- Your link to the future

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1989 (7-11)

bullet #7 January/February 1989, p. 42, From the Bench AC Power Line Transmission
bullet #8 April/May 1989, p. 46, From the Bench Creating a Network-based Embedded Controller
bullet #9 June/July 1989, p. 44, From the Bench The Invisible Net
bullet #9 June/July 1989, p. 69, From the Bench Build an 87xx Programming Adapter
bullet #10 August/September 1989, p. 69, From the Bench To Participate is to Win
bullet #11 October/November 1989, p. 62, From the Bench Gentlemen, Start Your Engines

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1990 (12-17)

bullet #12 December 1989/January 1990, p. 62, From the Bench The Versatile Light-Emitting Diode
bullet #13 February/March 1990, p. 60, From the Bench ENTION ... ATTENTION ... ATTENTION ... ATT -- Building an LED Moving Message Display
bullet #14 April/May 1990, p. 70, From the Bench Honey, I Shrunk the... -- New Uses Abound for the Smallest AT-Clone Yet
bullet #15 June/July 1990, p. 57, From the Bench Power Control Basics -- Choosing the Best Digital Power Control Option for your Application
bullet #16 August/September 1990, p. 65, From the Bench Creating a Nonvolatile RAM Module
bullet #17 October/November 1990, p. 82, From the Bench PC Programming Comes to Embedded Control -- V25 ... An 8088 with all the good stuff

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1991 (18-23)

bullet #18 December 1990/January 1991, p. 71, From the Bench Magnetic Levitation: An Example in Closed-Loop Control -- How to Defy Gravity Without the Use of Black Magic
bullet #19 February/March 1991, p. 82, From the Bench Multidrop A/D and D/A Network -- Using your PC's Printer Port and Four-Conductor Phone Cable
bullet #20 April/May 1991, p. 66, From the Bench Working with an Autorouter -- Integrating a New Tool into an Established Engineering Routine
bullet #21 June/July 1991, p. 86, From the Bench IR Communications -- An Essential Link in the Chain of Control
bullet #22 August/September 1991, p. 81, From the Bench Reducing Power Consumption -- Breathing New Life Into Data Logging
bullet #23 October/November 1991, p. 79, From the Bench Redefining Remote Control -- Now You See 'em -- Beep -- Now You Don't

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1992 (24-29)

bullet #24 December 1991/January 1992, p. 75, From the Bench Electronic Identification
bullet #25 February/March 1992, p. 92, From the Bench Does It Come With a Memory ... Standard?
bullet #26 April/May 1992, p. 78, From the Bench Does It Come With a Memory ... Standard? -- Part 2 -- The Nitty-Gritty
bullet #27 June/July 1992, p. 76, From the Bench Computers on the Brain (revisited)
bullet #28 August/September 1992, p. 80, From the Bench Approaching PCB Nirvana
bullet #29 October/November 1992, p. 74, PDFFrom the Bench X-10 Interfacing with PLIX

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1993 (30-41)

bullet #30 December 1992/January 1993, p. 80, From the Bench Entry-level Embedded Development -- On a Shoestring Budget
bullet #31 February 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Simple Steps for Easy Positioning -- Controlling Stepper Motors
bullet #32 March 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Seven-Segment LEDs Live On
bullet #33 April 1993, p. 54, From the Bench You Can Count On It
bullet #34 May 1993, p. 54, From the Bench Squeeze That Battery 'Till It's Dry
bullet #35 June 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Component Selection, Inspection, Rejection
bullet #36 July 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Breathing Life into an Old Friend: Revisiting the Z8
bullet #37 August 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Take a Swipe at Optical ID Cards
bullet #38 September 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Giving the Optical Card Reader Improved Vision
bullet #39 October 1993, p. 58, PDF From the Bench Updating TIM for the HCS II: Add the Touchtone Interactive Monitor to your home control system
bullet #40 November 1993, p. 56, From the Bench Talk on the Phone Without a Word
bullet #41 December 1993, p. 60, From the Bench Measuring Up an Electronic Caliper Interface

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1994 (42-53)

bullet #42 January 1994, p. 56, PDFFrom the Bench Temperature Sensor Eludes Analog Interfacing
bullet #43 February 1994, p. 58, PDF From the Bench Warming Up the Digital Thermostat
bullet #44 March 1994, p. 56, From the Bench Designers Spell Relief "IPC"
bullet #45 April 1994, p. 54, PDFFrom the Bench Build the Message Board -- An Audio Record/Playback Unit
bullet #46 May 1994, p. 60, PDF From the Bench Audio/Video Traffic Control
bullet #47 June 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Virtual Reality Requires Real Data, Part 1 -- Collecting Data with an Exoskeleton
bullet #48 July 1994, p. 58, From the Bench Virtual Reality Requires Real Data, Part II -- A Simple Matter of Software
bullet #49 August 1994, p. 60, PDF From the Bench Ta(l)king Control
bullet #50 September 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Probing the Dark Side: The Motorist's Aid to Hindsight
bullet #51 October 1994, p. 64, From the Bench Celebrate National Cannibalism Week: Take Your Old Floppy Drives to Lunch
bullet #52 November 1994, p. 62, From the Bench Does Anyone Have the Time?: A Comparison of Real-time Clocks
bullet #53 December 1994, p. 66, From the Bench Engineer Seeks Personal Gardener: Assisting Vocally Challenged Vegetation

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1995 (54-65)

bullet #54 January 1995, p. 50, From the Bench Getting By With Next to Nothing: Micro-power Wake-up Control
bullet #55 February 1995, p. 60, From the Bench Fitting 10 oz. into a 5-oz. Package
bullet #56 March 1995, p. 68, From the Bench RF Panic Button Commands Multiple Automotive Functions
bullet #57 April 1995, p. 92, From the Bench Vaporwear: Revealing Your Humidity
bullet #58 May 1995, p. 58, From the Bench Time in a Can: Just Add 1 Bit of I/O
bullet #59 June 1995, p. 56, From the Bench Emulating a Motorola IR Chip Using a PIC
bullet #60 July 1995, p. 82, From the Bench Sacrifice for the Good of the Circuit: Strengthening the Weak Link
bullet #61 August 1995, p. 64, From the Bench Decontaminating the Atmosphere
bullet #62 September 1995, p. 40, From the Bench Creating the SMART-MD: DC Motor Control for the I2C Bus
bullet #63 October 1995, p. 84, From the Bench Creating the Smart-MD: Part 2: Quadrature Decoding for the Motor Driver
bullet #64 November 1995, p. 62, From the Bench Carrier Current Modem: Part 1: Communicating at 1200 bps Around the House
bullet #65 December 1995, p. 84, From the Bench Carrier Current Modem: Part 2: Alternative Control

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1996 (66-77)

bullet #66 January 1996, p. 72, From the Bench Programmability Without Volatility: Ditch Those Back-up Batteries
bullet #67 February 1996, p. 78, From the Bench Intel Hex to BASIC Data Statement Translator
bullet #68 March 1996, p. 74, From the Bench Stepping into an Analog World
bullet #69 April 1996, p. 84, From the Bench LEDs Finally Fill the Rainbow
bullet #70 May 1996, p. 62, From the Bench Handcrafting Design Ideas
bullet #71 June 1996, p. 60, From the Bench Printer Sharing: Automatic Parallel Printer Switch
bullet #72 July 1996, p. 68, From the Bench Hard Facts About Soft Ferrites
bullet #73 August 1996, p. 48, From the Bench Nonintrusive Current Monitoring
bullet #74 September 1996, p. 78, From the Bench Nonintrusive Current Monitoring: Part 2: Real-time Energy Profile
bullet #75 October 1996, p. 54, From the Bench Just One Mile More: Creating a PIC-based Pedometer
bullet #76 November 1996, p. 68, From the Bench Tools: Part 1: Schematic Capture -- the Proverbial Electronic Napkin
bullet #77 December 1996, p. 82, From the Bench Tools Part 2: PCB Layout -- Time to Place the Donuts

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1997 (78-89)

bullet #78 January 1997, p. 68, From the Bench Liquid Crystal Displays -- First You See 'Em, Then You Don't
bullet #79 February 1997, p. 82, From the Bench Unconventional Access
bullet #80 March 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Magneto-Inductive Direction Finding
bullet #81 April 1997, p. 70, From the Bench You Can Take It With You: Finding Your Way, Electronically
bullet #82 May 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Infrared Remotes are Everywhere ... If You Can Find 'Em
bullet #83 June 1997, p. 74, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot, Part 1: There are No Arms and Legs!
bullet #84 July 1997, p. 74, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot, Part 2: It Doesn't Talk
bullet #85 August 1997, p. 76, From the Bench It Can't Be a Robot, Part 3: It's Blind as a Bat
bullet #86 September 1997, p. 74, From the Bench KBDXLATOR, A Cure for the 16.6-kbps Odd Parity Blues
bullet #87 October 1997, p. 74, From the Bench Prototypes of the Rich and Famous -- Not!
bullet #88 November 1997, p. 74, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench Nonintrusive Interfacing -- Using Kid Gloves
bullet #89 December 1997, p. 76, From the Bench Listening to Magnetism

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1998 (90-101)

bullet #90 January 1998, p. 11, PDF, HTML, HTMLGround Zero A Real-World Look at Lightning
bullet #91 February 1998, p. 78, From the Bench Choose the Right Vehicle Before Riding the Air Waves
bullet #92 March 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Proprietary Serial Protocols -- No Help from Traditional UARTs
bullet #93 April 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Rebirth of the Z8, Part 1: An Old Friend Comes to Visit
bullet #94 May 1998, p. 72, From the Bench Rebirth of the Z8, Part 2: Let Your Micro Answer All
bullet #95 June 1998, p. 11, PDF, HTML Gotcha! Alarming the Alarm System
bullet #96 July 1998, p. 74, From the Bench An Alarming Improvement, Part 2: Assembly Language Takes the Race
bullet #97 August 1998, p. 78, From the Bench Transformerless Power Conversion
bullet #98 September 1998, p. 74, From the Bench The Next Step in EL Driver Technology
bullet #99 October 1998, p. 76, From the Bench MIDI, Part 1: It Ain't Just for Music Any More
bullet #100 November 1998, p. 72, From the Bench MIDI, Part 2: The Show Must Go On
bullet #101 December 1998, p. 74, From the Bench Learning to Fly with Atmel's AVR

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1999 (102-113)

bullet #102 January 1999, p. 76, From the Bench Can You Feel the Beat?
bullet #103 February 1999, p. 74, From the Bench JTAG Testability
bullet #104 March 1999, p. 70, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench JTAG: Working with CoolPLD
bullet #105 April 1999, p. 72, PDF, PDF, HTML, HTML, HTML From the Bench Dallas 1-Wire Devices, Part 1: One on One
bullet #106 May 1999, p. 70, PDF, HTML, HTML, HTML From the Bench Dallas 1-Wire Devices, Part 2: All on One
bullet #107 June 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Look Ma, No Hands -- The Qprox Touchless Sensor
bullet #108 July 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Demystifying LCD Muxing
bullet #109 August 1999, p. 70, PDF From the Bench A Familiar Face -- Driving 144 LCD Segments I2C Style
bullet #110 September 1999, p. 80, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench Get SmartMedia -- What's It All About?
bullet #111 October 1999, p. 72, From the Bench Get SmartMedia, Part 2: Hands On
bullet #112 November 1999, p. 74, From the Bench Without Acceleration, Part 1: All We Have Left is Velocity
bullet #113 December 1999, p. 72, From the Bench Without Acceleration, Part 2: Good (and Bad) Vibrations

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2000 (114-125)

bullet #114 January 2000, p. 70, PDF From the Bench Speed Racer, Virtual Speed with the SX
bullet #115 February 2000, p. 72, PDF From the Bench In Theory and in Practice, Part 1: Digital Filters
bullet #116 March 2000, p. 72, PDF From the Bench In Theory and Practice, Part 2: Clock Adjustment and Digital Filters
bullet #117 April 2000, p. 70, From the Bench Drop the Incredible Bulk, Using Capacitors as Isolation Components
bullet #118 May 2000, p. 74, PDF From the Bench Digital and Analog Output Control, Taking Route X-10
bullet #119 June 2000, p. 70, PDF, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench The Chips are Alive with the Sound of Music, Imitating the Dead Melody IC
bullet #120 July 2000, p. 72, From the Bench DFPs: Riding the Wave of the Future
bullet #121 August 2000, p. 74, From the Bench Building on Familiar Ground, Part 1: Adding Analog to the 8051 Core
bullet #122 September 2000, p. 80, From the Bench Building on Familiar Ground, Part 2: A New Addition?
bullet #123 October 2000, p. 70, From the Bench They Just Haven't Caught On Yet
bullet #124 November 2000, p. 78, From the Bench Megawatt Castles Made of Sand, Exploring the Solar Cell
bullet #125 December 2000, p. 74, From the Bench Sharing Technology with Mother Nature, Out of State with an Internet-Compatible Cell Phone

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2001 (126-137)

bullet #126 January 2001, p. 70, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench Where's Waldo? Pinpointing Location by Interfacing with a GPS Receiver
bullet #127 February 2001, p. 72, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench Car 54, Where (Exactly) Are You?, Adding E-Mail Capabilities to Your Project
bullet #128 March 2001, p. 72, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench Getting a Grip on Complex Integration, Looking at FPSLIC
bullet #129 April 2001, p. 70, From the Bench See Through the FOG Using Fixed-Point Calculations, Fiber Optic Gyros
bullet #130 May 2001, p. 70, From the Bench Taking a Cue from a Cat, Hardware Cleanup with :CueCat
bullet #131 June 2001, p. 68, From the Bench Intelligible HUBbub, Ethernet Home Networking
bullet #132 July 2001, p. 66, From the Bench The Missing (Wireless) Link
bullet #133 August 2001, p. 68, PDF, HTML, HTML From the Bench MSP430 News Flash, Recognizing the Flexibility of Reprogramming
bullet #134 September 2001, p. 66, From the Bench Technology That Improves with Age, Eliminate Senior Moments with SAMI
bullet #135 October 2001, p. 66, From the Bench A New Thermometer, Replacing Mercury with a Thermistor
bullet #136 November 2001, p. 68, From the Bench Probe This
bullet #137 December 2001, p. 70, From the Bench Desktop Status from NetMedia

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2002 (138-149)

bullet #138 January 2002, p. 68, HTML From the Bench What Good is IrD, Eh?, Part 1: Cordless Protocol
bullet #139 February 2002, p. 70, HTML From the Bench What Good is IrD, Eh? Part 2: Wireless Communication
bullet #140 March 2002, p. 68, HTML From the Bench Spy-Size Event Logger
bullet #141 April 2002, p. 66, HTML From the Bench You Too Can Design with SoC, A Design Challenge 2002 Primer
bullet #142 May 2002, p. 70, HTML From the Bench You're Not Alone, Dealing with Isolation
bullet #143 June 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File Storage, Part 1: A Windows/DOS-Compatible File System
bullet #144 July 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File Storage, Part 2: Directory Entries
bullet #145 August 2002, p. 44, RISCy Business Part 1: RISC Projects by Cornell Students
bullet #145 August 2002, p. 76, From the Bench SmartMedia File Storage, Part 3: Reading a File
bullet #146 September 2002, p. 12, RISCy Business Part 2: Impressive Student Designs
bullet #146 September 2002, p. 70, From the Bench SmartMedia File Storage, Part 4: Getting Your Data Inside
bullet #147 October 2002, p. 62, HTML From the Bench 12, 16, 18, Hike! Dashing for Flash Cash
bullet #148 November 2002, p. 70, From the Bench Smart Auto Brake Light Eliminates Turn Indicators
bullet #149 December 2002, p. 66, From the Bench Smart RF Designing, Don't Put All of Your Eggs in One Basket

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2003 (150-161)

bullet #150 January 2003, p. 72, HTML From the Bench GUI Interfacing, A Straightforward, Simple Solution
bullet #151 February 2003, p. 68, HTML From the Bench Newcomer Nitron, Motorola's Leading 8/16-Pin MCUs
bullet #152 March 2003, p. 74, From the Bench The Switching Approach, Infiltrating the Linear Supply Market
bullet #153 April 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Intro to Mindstorms
bullet #154 May 2003, p. 74, From the Bench Making Sense of the Gerber File Format
bullet #155 June 2003, p. 68, HTML From the Bench Encore!, Zilog's Z8 Flash Memory-Based Micro
bullet #156 July 2003, p. 72, From the Bench D-Classifying Your Audio
bullet #157 August 2003, p. 60, HTML From the Bench Spotlight on the Renesas H8 Family, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Market MCUs for Embedded Systems
bullet #158 September 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Next-Generation Text to Speech, Winbond Makes Strides with the WTS701
bullet #159 October 2003, p. 66, From the Bench Designing with RGB LEDs
bullet #160 November 2003, p. 70, From the Bench OOPic Eases Programming Headaches
bullet #161 December 2003, p. 70, From the Bench Tabletop DMX Control

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2004 (162-173)

bullet #162 January 2004, p. 70, From the Bench Global XPortation, Harness the Power of the 'Net with the XPort Server
bullet #163 February 2004, p. 68, HTML From the Bench The Growth of the Atmel AVR Family
bullet #164 March 2004, p. 74, Intelligent Current Sensing Harness the Power of the ACS750 Hall Effect Current Sensor
bullet #165 April 2004, p. 68, USB in Embedded Design Part 1: The Undeniable Benefits
bullet #166 May 2004, p. 68, HTML USB in Embedded Design Part 2: HIDmaker Converts an Application
bullet #167 June 2004, p. 68, Smart Sensor Design
bullet #168 July 2004, p. 74, Lose the Crystal Linear's LTC6903/4 Programmable Oscillator
bullet #169 August 2004, p. 48, Is There a Robot in Your Future? Emerging Robot Technologies
bullet #170 September 2004, p. 54, Create a USB Hybrid Hub
bullet #171 October 2004, p. 48, Digital Radio Control
bullet #172 November 2004, p. 70, USB DMX
bullet #173 December 2004, p. 26, HTML Light-to-Frequency Conversion Part 1: TSL230R-Based Pulse Oximeter

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2005 (174-185)

bullet #174 January 2005, p. 68, HTML Light-to-Frequency Conversion Part 2: Pulse and Oxygen Content
bullet #175 February 2005, p. 60, HTML A Look at the M16C Lineup Renesas M16C Design Contest 2005
bullet #176 March 2005, p. 72, Joystick Technology
bullet #177 April 2005, p. 48, Stay in Touch Sensor Material for Robotics Applications
bullet #178 May 2005, p. 70, Speech Synthesis with SpeakJet
bullet #179 June 2005, p. 70, Surface-Mount Technology Guide
bullet #180 July 2005, p. 46, A Fresh Look at VoIP
bullet #181 August 2005, p. 46, Simulate First Simulation Techniques for Testing New MCUs
bullet #182 September 2005, p. 76, Capacitive Sensing Technology
bullet #183 October 2005, p. 78, Understanding Semiconductors
bullet #184 November 2005, p. 72, Infrared Distance Measurement
bullet >#185 December 2005, p. 72, Portable Color Organ

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2006 (186-197)

bullet #185 January 2006, p. 76, Regulator Review
bullet #187 February 2006, p. 34, Power Over Ethernet Primer
bullet #188 March 2006, p. 30, Simple Robotics Experimentation
bullet #189 April 2006, p. 80, Automating Sudoku
bullet #190 May 2006, p. 51, Radio-Free FM
bullet #191 June 2006, p. 72, Can you Speak CAN? (Part 1)
bullet #192 July 2006, p. 70, Can you Speak CAN? (Part 2)
bullet #193 August 2006, p. 48, Light Therapy
bullet #194 September 2006, p. 74,  SPI Power Alarm
bullet #195 October 2006, p. 74, Accessing the USB Framework
bullet #196 November 2006, p. 72, Smart Character Display
bullet #197 December 2006, p. 74, Portable Lightning Detector

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2007 (198-209)

bullet #198 January 2007, p. 56, Green Energy
bullet #199 February 2007, p. 74, Electric Movement and Control
bullet #200 March 2007, p. 75, Embedded USB Breakthrough
bullet #201 April 2007, p. 70, Local Interconnect Network
bullet #202 May 2007, p. 72, Use an Accelerometer to Measure Slope
bullet #203 June 2007, p. 75 Slotted Optical Switches
bullet #204 July 2007, p. 69, HTMLA Look at Microchip's  16-Bit Micros
bullet #205 August 2007, page 75, Graphical User Interfacing
bullet #206 September 2007, p. 74, I-Zip Dashboard
bullet #207 October 2007, p. 60, RoboGrowth
bullet #208 November 2007, p. 70, Motor Driving for a Robotic Arm
bullet #209 December 2007, p. 70, Collecting Solar Energy

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2008 (210-221)

bullet #210 January 2008, p. 70, Portable Poll Server (Part 1)
bullet #211 February 2008, p. 74, Portable Poll Server (Part 2)
bullet #212 March 2008, p. 69, Navigating the Heavens
bullet #213 April 2008. p. 73, HTML Digital Touch (A Potentiometer with No Moving Parts)
bullet #214 May 2008, p. 70, Control Circuitry (PS2 Game Controller)
bullet #215 June 2008, p. 62, Self-Destructive Behavior (Processor Action Requires Power Supply Removal)
bullet #216 July 2008, p. 74, Electric Motor Technology (Theory, Construction, And Requirements)
bullet #217 August 2008, p. 52, Water War Prevention (An MCU-Based Monitor For A Communal Well)
bullet #218 September 2008, p. 68, Fingerprint Data Acquisition (Print Sensing with Embedded Technology)
bullet #219 October 2008, p. 58, Serial Terminal Solution (2-Line LCD terminal)
bullet #220 November 2008, p.74, Drive by Wire (A Look at Non-contact Sensing)
bullet #221 December 2008, p. 62, Component Control (A Tool for Finding and Handling Small Parts)

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2009 (222-233)

bullet #222 January 2009, p. 50, Access SD Memory Cards (Part 1) (Solid-State Storage Media in Embedded Apps)
bullet #223 February 2009, p. 57, Access SD Memory Cards (Part 2) (Use the FAT File Format to Move Data)
bullet #224 March 2009, page 56, Programmable Robotics (Part 1) (Build on an Existing Robot Platform)
bullet #225 April 2009, page 58, Programmable Robotics (Part 2)
(Application Development)
bullet #226 May 2009, page 52, HTML, A World Without NTSC (Bridge the Gap Between NTSC and VGA)
bullet #227 June 2009, page 60, Location Notification (A Look at Anisotropic Magnetoresistance Sensors)
bullet #228 July 2009, page 56, Embedded Speak (A Text Library for Allophone Translation)
bullet #229 August 2009, page 60, Threat Level Indication System (Implement a Simple USB-to-Parallel FIFO Interface)
bullet #230 September 2009, page 66, Smart Circuitry for Battery Monitoring (Li-Ion multicell batteries)
bullet #231 October 2009, page 60, Airflow Analysis (CFM meter)
bullet #232 November 2009, page 66, Device Management (Monitor Networked Devices Via SNMP)
bullet #233 December 2009, page 64, Extend and Isolate the I2C Bus

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2010 (234-245)

bullet #234 January 2010, page 62, Good Vibrations (Wave Shaping and Theremin Design with an MCU)
bullet #235 February 2010, page 68, Sun Tracker (Part 1 - Create a Directional Light Sensor)
bullet #236 March 2010, page 68, Sun Tracker (Part 1 - Power Up and Start Tracking)
bullet #237 April 2010, page 26. Read-Only Memories
bullet #238 May 2010, page 60, Machine Control: Customize and Implement MCU-Based Control Circuitry
bullet #239 June 2010, page 62, Application Communication with USB (Part 1): The Enumeration Process Explained
bullet #240 July 2010, page 58, Application Communication with USB (Part 2): The Importance of Descriptors
bullet #241 August 2010, page 58, Application Communication with USB (Part 3): Assembly code Finale
bullet #242 September 2010, page 56, Transmit and Decode Data (Design and Implement a Keyfob Decoder)
bullet #243 October 2010, page 62, Real-Time Feedback (A Versatile LCD Character Display Module)
bullet #244 November 2010, page 58, Recharging Portable Devices (A DIY Power Adapter Design)
bullet #245 December 2010, page 58, Encoder Essentials ( How to Close the Loop with Hardware)

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2011 (246-257)

bullet #246 January 2011, page 50, Smart Network Access Point (USNAP)
bullet #247 February 2011, page 60, Serving Up BASIC (Your Web site in RUNBASIC)
bullet #248 March 2011, page 60, Direct Line Connection (Non- isolated power)
bullet #249 April 2011, page 64, Boot Up (Bootloading essentials)
bullet #250 May 2011, page 68, Error Checking (Calculating CRCs)
bullet #251 June 2011, page 60, Vehicle Diagnostics (part 1 - CAN and OBDII)
bullet #252 July 2011, page 68, Vehicle Diagnostics (part 2 - preCAN standards)
bullet #253 August 2011, page 56, Vehicle Diagnostics (part 3 - CAN protocol)
bullet #254 September 2011. page 62, Lined Up With Nowhere To Go (Using a Linear Sensor Array)
bullet #255 October 2011, page 60, Get Your Head Out Of The Cloud (An API for your Wi-Fi thermostat)
bullet #256 November 2011, page 66, Fly-By-Wire Wheelchair (part 1 - Beyond Normal Joystick Control)
bullet #257 December 2011, page 68, Fly-By-Wire Wheelchair (part 2 - Bluetooth Control)

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2012 (258-269)

bullet #258 January 2012, page 58, Quantifying Precipitation (A Device To Measure Rainfall Volume)
bullet #259 February 2012, page 68, A Multi-Serial Protocol Tool (USB To Serial whatever)
bullet #260 March 2012, page 64, Wheel-Free Mobile Robots (Freescale FSLBOT)
bullet #261 April 2012, page 68, SNAP to It (Part 1)>Mesh Networking Simplified<
bullet #262 May 2012, page 68, SNAP to It (Part 2) SNAP Engine Versatility
bullet #263 June 2012, page 68, Build an MCU-Based Automatic Blood Pressure Cuff
bullet #264 July 2012, page 68, Wireless Data Delivery (Bluetooth)
bullet #265 August 2012, page 68, Charging with PV Cells (Maximum Power Point)
bullet #266 September 2012, page 66, Flowcharting Made Simple >(Use the Flowcode Flowcharting IDE to Write Code)
bullet #267 October 2012, page 68, Mechanical Gyroscope Replacement (Part 1) (A Microelectromechanical Systems [MEMS] Solution)
bullet #268 November 2012, page 70, Mechanical Gyroscope Replacement (Part 2) Gravity and Acceleration<
bullet >#269 December 2012, page 70, Energy Extraction (Powering Up with Heat Transfer)

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2013 (270-281)

bullet 25th Anniversary Issue, page 92,Electrical Engineering: Tricks and Tools for Project Success
bullet #270 January 2013, page 70,< Web-Based Tools for Energy Efficiency
bullet #271 February 2013, page 68, QR Coding for Engineers (2-D matrix barcodes)
bullet #272 March 2013, page 68, Microcontroller-Based Morse Coding (Text 2 Morse 2 Text)
bullet #273 April 2013, page 60, Build a MIDI CommunicationDevice (Part 1) Introduction to MIDI<
bullet #274 May 2013, page 68, Build a MIDI Communication Device (Part 2) MIDI Output
bullet #275 June 2013, page 68, Real-Time Fuel Consumption Monitor (Data Collection with an On-Board Diagnostics
bullet #276 July 2013, page 70, Serial Displays Save Resources (Part 1) (Routines, Registers, and Commands)
bullet #277 August 2013, page 70, >Serial Displays Save Resources (Part 2) (Button Commands)
bullet #278 September 2013. page 64, Serial Displays Save Resources (Part 3) (BMP Files)
bullet #279 October 2013, page 66, Robot Simulation (Part 1) (RobotBASIC basics)
bullet #280 November 2013, page 66, Robot Simulation (Part 2) (Translating RobotBASIC)
bullet #281 December 2013, page 66, Unleash Your Android Device’s Potential

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2014 (282-293)

bullet #282 January 2014, page 68, DC Servomotors
bullet #283 February 2014, page 68, A Visit to the World Maker Faire
bullet #284 March 2014, page 58, A Low-Cost Connection to the IoT (Electric IMP)
bullet #285 April 2014, page 66, Programmable RGB LED Strips
bullet #286 May 2014, page 66, Passive RFID Tagging (Part 1) (Read-Only Tags)
bullet #287 June 2014, page 68, Passive RFID Tagging (Part 2) (Front-End Analog Circuits)
bullet #288 July 2014, page 66, LCD User Interface (Reconfiguring and Serial Backpacking)
bullet #289 August 2014, page 66, IR Remotes (Part 1) (Remote Transmission)
bullet #290 September 2014, page 66, IR Remotes (Part 2) (IR Transmissions Explained)
bullet #291 October 2014, page 64, Embedded Voice
bullet #292 November 2014, page 66, Embedded Voice Recognition (Part 2) (Add and Access Sound Files)
bullet #293 December 2014, page 66, Got Power? (Smart Energy Harvesting for Small ELectronic Systems)

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2015 (294-305)

bullet #294 January 2015, page 64, Current Traking (How to monitor Current Flow Under Various Operating Conditions)
bullet #295 February 2015, page 66, Solid State Lighting (Part 1) (An Introduction to Electroluminescence)
bullet #296 March 2015, page 66, Solid State Lighting (Part 2) (Getting Your Electroluminescent Lighting Under Control)
bullet #297 April 2015, page 60, Ladder Logic (Part 1) (An Introduction to PLCs)
bullet #298 May 2015, page 68, Ladder Logic (Part 2) (The Export File)
bullet #299 June 2015, page 68, Ultraviolet Intensity Tracking (Build a microcontroller-based UV intensity tracking system)
bullet #300 July 2015, page 66, Light Detection and Ranging (Part 1) (An Introduction to LIDAR Technology)
bullet #301 August 2015, page 66, Light Detection and Ranging (Part 2) (Laser Sensor Exploration)
bullet #302 September 2015, page 68, Wiegand World (An Introduction to the Physical Layer & Protocol)
bullet #303 October 2015, page 68, Wireless Home Automation (Part 1) (X-10 and Beyond)
bullet #304 November 2015, page 68, Wireless Home Automation (Part 2) (Data-Based App)
bullet #305 December 2015, page 68, Wireless Home Automation (Part 3) (Interfacing with ZigBee Devices)

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2016 (306-317)

bullet #306 January 2016, page 68, Charting a Path (Use Run BASIC to Present Data)
bullet #307 February 2016, page 66, Pressure for Energy Efficiency (Making your home more energy efficient)
bullet #308 March 2016, page 68, Magnetic Force Awakens (A system to electronically monitor analog gauges)
bullet #309 April 2016, page 68, Polar Express (Part 1) (MCU-Based Heart-Rate Monitoring)
bullet #310 May 2016, page 64, Polar Express (Part 2) (Implementing Bluetooth Low Energy)
bullet #311 June 2016, page 66, Serving Up HTML (Part 1) (Build a Low-Cost Web Server)
bullet #312 July 2016, page 60, Serving Up HTML (Part 2) (Moving On Up to HTML5)
bullet #313 August 2016, page 66, Get a Load of That (Construct a Load Cell Circuit)
bullet #314 September 2016, page 68, Reverse Engineering Required (Working with an Expensive I2C LCD interface)
bullet #315 October 2016, page 68, Powerless Display Technology (Part 1) (Interface an MCU to an E-Ink Display Module)
bullet #316 November 2016, page 68, Powerless Display Technology (Part 2) (Interface an MCU to an E-Ink Display Module)
bullet #317 December 2016, page 66, No Binary, No Problem (ASCII data to binary)

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2017 (318-329)

bullet #318 January 2017, page 68, Real-World Mapping (Part 1) (Zeroing in on Locations with GPS)
bullet #319 February 2017, page 62, Real-World Mapping (Part 2) (GPS Data)
bullet #320 March 2017, page 66, Charge Management (For single Li-ion battery cells)
bullet #321April 2017, page 69, MIDI Beat Box (Part 1) (Keeping the Beat)
bullet #322 May 2017, page 68, MIDI Beat Box (Part 2) (The Beat Goes On)
bullet #323 June 2017, page 70, Long-Range, Low-Power Wireless Communications (Part 1)
bullet #324 July 2017, page 68, LR, LP Wireless Communications (Part 2) (Put LoRa to Work)
bullet #325 August 2017, page 62 Preventing Unwanted Entry (Part 1)
bullet #326 September 2017, page 64, Deadbolt the Uninvited (Part 2) (Locked Out of My Home)
bullet #327 October 2017, page 62, Gas Monitoring & Sensing (Part 1) (Fun with Fragrant Analysis)
bullet #328 November 2017, page 68, Gas Monitoring & Sensing (Part 2) (Putting the Sensor to Work)
bullet #329 December 2017, page 66, Money Sorting Machines (Part 1) (Pocket Change)

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2018 (330-341)

bullet #330 January 2018, page 68, Money Sorting Machines (Part 2)
bullet #331 February 2018, page 64, Money Sorting Machines (Part 3)
bullet #332 March 2018, page 66, Texting and IoT Embedded Devices (Part 1) (Fun with the ESP8266 SoC)
bullet #333 April 2018, page 64, Texting and IoT Embedded Devices (Part 2) (A Messaging Mission)
bullet #334 May 2018, page 66, Wireless Charging Electric (Field of Dreams)
bullet #335 June 2018, page 66, Passive Infrared Sensors (Homing in on Heat)
bullet #336 July 2018, page 66, Electronic Speed Control (Part 1) Motor Evolution
bullet #337 August 2018, page 68, Electronic Speed Control (Part 2) Building the Circuit
bullet #338 September 2018, page 70, Electronic Speed Control (Part 3) Taking Flight
bullet #339 October 2018, page 68, Fog-Detection Audio Project (Using Arduino Uno)
bullet #340 November 2018, page 66, Sleeping Electronics (Managing Power Vampires)
bullet #341 December 2018, page 65, Sun Tracking Project (Using PIC18 MCU)

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2019 (342-353)

bullet #342 January 2019, page 67, High-Side Current Sensing (A Means of Measuring)
bullet #343 February 2019, page 69, Tinkering with Time (Protocols and Programming)
bullet #344 March 2019, page 69, Non-Evasive Current Sensor (Pondering Probes)
bullet #345 April 2019, page 69, Building an All-in-One Serial Terminal (With a Tiny Touchscreen)
bullet #346 May 2019, page 67, An Itty Bitty Education (STEM at Home)
bullet #347 June 2019, page 68, Windless Wind Chimes (Part 1) (Let Randomness Ring)
bullet #348 July 2019, page 67, Windless Wind Chimes (Part 2) (My MIDI Upgrade)
bullet #349 August 2019, page 64, Watt’s Up with LEDs? (Efficiency Put to the Test)
bullet #350 September 2019, page 64, Offloading Intelligence (A Robotics Example)
bullet #351 October 2019, page 67, MQ Telemetry Transport (Part 1) (Going Aloft with Mosquitto)
bullet #352 November 2019, page 64, MQ Telemetry Transport (Part 2) (Bringing it All Back Home)
bullet #353 December 2019, page 61, Controlled Circuit Breaking (Home Electricity Evolution)

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2020 (354-365)

bullet #354 January 2020, page 66, Shedding Light on Smart LED Design (Part 1) (Programming and Pixels)
bullet #355 February 2020, page 68, Shedding Light on Smart LED (Part 2) (Cube Puzzle with No Moving Parts)
bullet #356 March 2020, page 66, Taking RPLIDAR Out for a Spin (Part 1) (Out for a Spin)
bullet #357 April 2020, page 66, Taking RPLIDAR Out for a Spin (Part 2) (Intelligence Upgrade)
bullet #358 May 2020, page 68, Upgrading the Weather Tree (With I2C Interfacing)
bullet #359 June 2020, page 68, Measuring Soil Moisture with ADCs (Capacitors as Garden Tools)
bullet #360 July 2020, page 66, Oil Tank Gauge Uses Ultrasonic Sensing (Arduino in Action)
bullet #361 August 2020, page 66, Build a Joystick Interface for Flight Sims (Using Trusted RC )
bullet #362 September 2020, page 66, Dusting Off the Vinyl (Wireless-Connected Turntable)
bullet #363 October 2020, page 70, White Hot: Measuring Color Temperature (Using an Arduino Mega)
bullet #364 November 2020, page 68, Voltage Regulators (Beat the Heat)
bullet #365 December 2020, page 60, Automated TV Antenna Positioning System (Zeroing in on HDTV)

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2021 (366-377)

bullet #366 January 2021, page 62, Build a Tiny OLED Display Subsystem (SSD1306 Out on a Cheap Date)
bullet #367 February 2021, page 67, Crafting a Custom Dictionary (Using Liberty BASIC)
bullet #368 March 2021, page 70, Control and Monitor Valves Remotely (High-Tech Plumbing with 8-bit MCU)
bullet #369 April 2021, page 64, Magnetic Repulsion-Based Levitation
bullet #370 May 2021, page 62, A Guide to Using Transistors (As a Switch and More)
bullet #371 June 2021, page 67, Create a Calendar File Building App (Using Liberty BASIC)
bullet #372 July 2021, page 68, Build Your Own Battery Monitor (Counting Coulombs)
bullet #373 August 2021, page 68, Putting 1-Wire Protocol into Action (Power and Control Share a Link)
bullet #374 September 2021, page 68, How Gun-Style IR Thermometers Work (Part 1) (Foreheads and Fahrenheits)
bullet #375 October 2021, page 68, How Gun-Style IR Thermometers Work (Part 2) (Time for Temperature Tests)
bullet #376 November 2021, page 68, Timekeeping Using an MCU (Stepper Substitute)
bullet #377 December 2021, page 68, Refrigerator Repair Project (Using Espressif’s ESP32 MCU)

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2022 (378-389)

bullet #378 January 2022, page 68, Build an IR-Based LEGO Train Controller (Part 1) (Near-Wavelength IR in Action)
bullet #379 February 2022, page 58, Build an IR-Based LEGO Train Controller (Part 2) (IR Receiving End)
bullet #380 March 2022, page 58, Using I2S to Transfer Digital Data (Part 1) (The Input Side)
bullet #381 April 2022, page 52, Using I2S to Transfer Digital Data (Part 2) (The Output Side)
bullet #382 May 2022, page 66, Hand Gesture Detection (Using Broadcom’s APDS-9960)
bullet #383 June 2022, page 68, Small Signal Sampling (In a Heartbeat)
bullet #384 July 2022, page 69, Heart Monitoring From Home (A Personal EKG Device and Heart Monitor)
bullet #385 August 2022, page 69, Build Quiz Game Based on Key Fob (Q&A Game Project with MEGA 2560 and Key Fob)
bullet #386 September 2022, page 70, It’s All HD Now (The Gameduino GDX3 Dazzler)
bullet #387 October 2022, page 69, Don’t Touch That! (You Don’t Know Where It’s Been)
bullet #388 November 2022, page 69, Rainbow LEDs (Comparing Options)
bullet #389 December 2022

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2023 (390-401)

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