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Small circuit and PCB layout for recording to PC Sound Monitor / Pre-amp -  . .

 

Small Home Controller -  Circuit designed by Peter Addante. . . 

 

Small mezzanine-board format offers more I/O -  04/01/99 EDN Design Idea   (contains several designs, scroll to find this one)  You can now get both modules and carrier boards for the PC-MIP mezzanine format. MEN and SBS-Greenspring (now called SBS Technologies) developed the format as a smaller alternative to PMC modules and lets you put six PCI-based modules on any CompactPCI, PCI, or VME motherboards. Motorola sponsors the format, and about 20 companies now support it. PC-MIP uses an unaltered PCI bus and the same connectors as PMC but in a layout measuring 47X90 mm. . . .  [by Graham Prophet]

Smart Battery Charger -  This unit was constructed in the shell of a Radio Shack battery charger. The original unit charged only one type of battery at a time and only in pairs. This unit allows for mix and match for AAA, AA, C, and D cells. Each battery is individually monitored and charged. An LED for each one flashes to show the current charging condition as follows[list:68e9b49a6d]Dim with bright flash: No battery detected Solid on: Battery charging Blinking on: Battery charged[/list:u:68e9b49a6d] When a battery is first inserted, a small charge is pulsed to it. In between the pulses, the battery is. . .  [Copyright 2006 Luhan Monat]

 

Smart Laptop Docking Station -  This circuit is used to convert an ordinary docking station into a smart electronic laptop docking station equipped with anti theft alarm. It features an optosensor. When someone tries to remove the laptop from the docking station the alarm will beep and an LED will glow. . . .  [© EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved.]

 

Smart Sensor CAN Node using the MCP2510 and PIC16F876 -  AN212 - Technology Inc. . . .  [Microchip App Note last updated on 4-Nov-10]

 

SmartCard PC Emulator -  . . . 

Smartcard PC Emulator -  This smartcard adapter follow exactly the specification ISO 7816. Also, the protocol is the "asynchronous half duplex T=0 protocol" with "active low reset" and "inverse convention" as defined in this standard. The following description may be used in order to connect computers to ISO 7816 compatible chip. . .  [designed by Markus Kuhn]

 

SMBus Accelerator Improves Data Integrity – Design Note 193 -  DN193 Design Notes (Linear Technology). . .  [Linear Technology]

 

Soft limiter for oscillator circuits uses emitter-degenerated differential pair -  10/12/06 EDN Design Idea   Phase-shift network plus a few active components yields low-distortion output - Most oscillator circuits include a nonlinear amplitude control that sustains oscillations at a desired amplitude with minimum output distortion. One . . .  [by Douglas Sudjian, Resonext Communications Inc, San Jose, CA]

 

Soft-Start Module -  Simple circuit that reduces surge current on start of an induction motor. . . .  [Wichit Sirichote, designer]

 

Software Code EE-236 -  EE-236 Analog Devices App Note. . . 

 

Software Code EE-247 -  EE-247 Analog Devices App Note. . . 

 

Software Code EE-248 -  EE-248 Analog Devices App Note. . . 

 

Software I2C Routine for the COP8 -  Application Note. . .  [National Semiconductor]

 

Software Implementation of Asynchronous Serial I/O -  Application Note Published 26-Aug-97. . .  [Microchip]

 

Software Implementation of I²C Bus Master -  Application Note Published 26-Aug-97. . .  [Microchip]

 

Software Implements Digital Potentiometer -  06/08/95 EDN Design Idea   In some applications (for example, dynamic biasing of laser diodes) , the use of digital potentiometers, or trimDACs, has limitations because of resolution, accuracy, or interface difficulties. Using the simple (but maybe not so obv. . .  [by Gray Creager,Xicor Inc, Milpitas, CA]

 

Software makes full use of 8051's interrupt system -  12/06/01  EDN Design Idea   The program in Listing 1 uses a pseudo-RETI instruction to provide a five-priority-level interrupt system for the 8051P microcontroller. The interrupt-priority order, from high to low, is INT0 IT0 INT1 IT1 INTP. Before the pseudo-RE. . .  [by Deng Yong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China]

 

Software PLL locks VCXO to reference -  08/01/98 EDN Design Idea   (File has several circuit ideas. Scroll to find this one. ) The circuit in Figure 1 provides a precisely controlled clock signal. The method modifies the controller's quartz oscillator such that the control voltage at point P1 controls the frequency. A D/A converter using an R-2R ladder n. . .  [by Martin Ossmann, Philips Research Labs, Aachen, Germany]

 

Software PLL locks VCXO to reference  -  08/01/98 EDN Design Idea   The circuit in Figure 1 provides a precisely controlled clock signal. The method modifies the controller's quartz oscillator such that the control voltage at point P1 controls the frequency. A D/A converter using an R-2R ladder network connected to output port D generates the control voltage. A precise reference-frequency signalMultiple circuits in this file. . .  [by Martin Ossmann, Philips Research Labs, Aachen, Germany]

 

Software provides interrupt system for 8052 -  11/23/00 EDN Design Idea   By using a pseudo-RETI instruction, the program in Listing 1 provides a three-priority-level interrupt system for the 8051 mC. Among the three interrupt sources in the routine, external Request 0 (INTO) hasPDF contains multiple . . .  [by Deng Yong, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China]

 

Software Routine Minimizes Large Logic Tables -  07/03/97 EDN Design Idea   You can define combinatorial logic circuitry by explicitly stating the output patterns that result from particular input patterns. Such behavioral description is sometimes more convenient than writing logic equations; virtually all logic-design systems accept table entry, among other entry formats. Unfortunately, limitations of allowable table size preclude direct minimization of large logic tables. The technique proposed here uses Espresso, a public-domain logic minimizer available from the University of California--Berkeley. . . .  [by Jerzy Chrzaszcz, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland]

 

Software routine stabilizes hardware register  -  07/18/96 EDN Design Idea   Microprocessor peripheral devices with multibyte registers often harbor a subtle bug that can bite the unwary software engineer. If your program reads the peripheral device's registers at the same time that the device is updating those registers, the program can obtain a mixed result. One or more of the bytes could be left over from a previous reading, . . .  [by Greg Young, Z-World Engineering, Davis, CA]

 

Software snippet provides improved subset-sum algorithm -  09/25/03  EDN Design Idea   The subset-sum problem is one of the most frequently occurring NP (nondeterministic, polynomial-time]-complete] problems. It asks whether a subset of numbers in a set of positive integers adds up exactly to a given value. A relaxed . . .  [by Ivan Basov, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA]

 

Solar Charged LED Utility Light -  Tired of always spending money on flashlight batteries only to have them fail just when you need them? Try this simple circuit out. It would make an excellent science fair project. The white LEDs are quite bright, they provide enough light to illuminate a small room at night. The LEDs produce a nicely focused beam. You can read by the light of this device. . . .  [G. Forrest Cook]

 

Solar Energy Meter -  Turn 8051SBC to be a dedicated instrument for measuring AC energy when sunshine. . . .  [Wichit Sirichote, designer]

 

Solar Powered Reading Lamp -  The goal of this project was to produce a self contained reading lamp that could be used by students in developing countries for reading at night. The circuit can be used for a wide variety of lighting applications. . .  [G. Forrest Cook]

 

Solar Recorder -  The PIC Solar recorder for daily insolation measurement. . . .  [Wichit Sirichote, designer]

 

Sonic Distortion -  . . . 

 

Sonicguide Helps Blind Ambulate Freely -  Analog Devices-Analog Dialogue. . .  [by Smith, Russell]

 

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