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PAL Controls Simple Dual Port Memory -  04/27/95 EDN-Design Ideas  EDN is migrating links. This link is not verified.  Search the "title" EDN for new link.
PAL Facilitates In System Programming -  03/01/96 EDN-Design Ideas  The advantage of in-system programming is to provide software updates or changes in system configurations without any component changes. Figure 1 shows an approach, which includes the 8051 µC, programmable memory device (EEPROM, or flash memory, for example], RS-232C interface,...[Design Idea by YS Tam Canadian Marconi Co Ottawa, ON, Canada]
PAL Powers Universal ISA Bus Interface -  02/02/95 EDN-Design Ideas  A pc board bearing the 16-bit ISA data-bus interface in Fig 1 can adapt automatically to either 8- or 16-bit motherboard slots....[Design Idea by Jerzy R. Chrzaszcz  Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska, Warsaw, Poland]
Palmpilot Turbo Boost Guage Interface -  (electronic circuit added 4/05)
Parallel (Printer) Port Interface -  ….(Circuit design added 06/09)

Parallel Application of High Speed Link -  National Semiconductor Application Note   (app note added 2/06)
Parallel AVR Programmer -  (electronic circuit added 4/05)
Parallel Connection of Power OP Amps -  Power op amps can be paralleled to increase current, improve SOA (Safe-Operating-Area), or double thermal capability. While the basic topology seems simple, there are design details which require careful attention such….(Cirrus App Note 26 added 06/09)
Parallel PC Interface -  One thing I like to do with computers is controlling hardware. Thats the reason for creating a parallel communication interface connected to the printerport of a computer. First I started with a Z80PIO chip on a Z80CPU controlled ZX Spectrum. When I bought my first laptop I knew I would need a compleet new interface. The Z80PIO interface had 16 channels of which each channel could be configured for input or output. Because of the limitations of the parallel port I decided to create 16 input channels and 16 output channels....   (added 10/05) [Scumari Technology]
Parallel Port Central -  information on using PC parallel port for I/O and Windows drivers for that, useful for your own circuit interfacing   (added 4/02)
Parallel Port Controller -  Control Appliances Through a Computer (circuit added 8/06) 
Parallel port controls arbitrary-waveform generator -  13-Jun-02 Issue of EDN  You can use the parallel port of your PC and a few additional components to generate a powerful, easy-to-use arbitrary-waveform generator. By using a Visual Basic program with the circuit in Figure 1, you can generate any waveform (for example, sinusoid, triangle, amplitude- or frequency-modulated, or exponential decay] by simply entering its characteristic equation.... [Design Idea by Art Kay, Texas Instruments Inc, Tucson, AZ]
Parallel Port Interfacing Made Easy -  PC parallel port was never designed to provide any output power to divices connected to it. it was only designed for connecting printer to your PC . But in this weird PC business everything changes. Suddenly the parallel port have become a port where you can connect very wide selection of devices like software protection dongles, removable disks, modems, network adapters, printer sharing units, parallel port extenders, soundcards, electronic telecard readers and many homebuilt circuits....(electronic schematic / circuit added 11/05)
Parallel Port Powers Simple A/D Interface -  10/23/97 EDN-Design Ideas  If you have to sample just a few low-rate analog signals, or your PC's slots are all full or too outdated for the newer data-acquisition products, a simple interface may be all you need. You can build such an interface that requires no external power supplies or adapters (Figure 1].  This design.... [Design Idea by David M Acre, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, St Louis, MO]
Parallel port provides high-resolution temperature sensing -  3-Oct-02 Issue of EDN  High-resolution temperature sensing at low cost is possible using only one chip attached to the PC's parallel port (Figure 1]. The Dallas Semiconductor (www.dalsemi.com] DS1722 digital thermometer allows measurement resolution as fine as 0.0625°C in digital form and with linear response. The accuracy specification is only 2°C, but you can improve this figure by careful calibration.... [Design Idea by Martin Connors and Mike Foote, Athabasca University, AB, Canada]
Parallel Port Relay Interface (Bill Bowden) -  Below are three examples of controlling a relay from the PC's parallel printer port (LPT1 or LPT2). Figure A shows a solid state relay controlled by one of the parallel port data lines (D0-D7) using a 300 ohm resistor and 5 volt power source. The solid state relay will energize when a "0" is written to the data line. Figure B and C show ….(electronic circuit added 4/05)
Parallel port replaces embedded µC -  12/31/69 EDN-Design Ideas Many applications use an embedded processor, which has certain needs: software, RAM, ROM, board space, and others. Frequently, another host computer, usually a PC, controls the application. Using a single CPLD, you can dispense with the embedded processor....[File contains multiple circuits.  Scroll to find this one.]....Design Idea by Eli Kohav and Leonid Grossman, ECI Telecom, Petah-Tikva, Israel] [Design Idea by Eli Kohav and Leonid Grossman, ECI Telecom, Petah-Tikva, Israel]


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