The answers to Circuit Cellar’s September electronics engineering crossword puzzle are now available.
ACROSS
4. ADIABATIC—Heat is neither gained nor lost
5. DISCRETECIRCUIT—Made of resistors and transistors; not integrated [two words]
8. FULLDUPLEX—Two-way communication [two words]
10. KERMIT—Muppet-inspired protocol
12. DEBIAN—Unix-like OS
14. CHIRP—Conveys information
16. FORTRAN—Others like it include BASIC and Pascal
18. NANOKERNEL—Contains a minute amount of code capable of executing in the hardware’s privileged mode
19. RHEOSTAT—Current regulator
DOWN
1. BIPOLARJUNCTION—There are two types: NPN and PNP [two words]
2. ECBBUS—1970s communication system for Zilog and Intel microprocessors [two words]
3. VISUALSERVOING—Used to control a robot’s motions [two words]
4. ATTOSECOND—10-18 of a second
6. NICKELCADMIUM—This small, light, high-power type is commonly used in hand-held devices [two words]
7. DEFCON—Place where hackers annually assemble
9. PIGGYBACKING—Bi-directional data transmission
11. GRASSHOPPER—Programming language for rhinos
13. FLOSSMANUALS—Netherlands-based foundation that provides information about and access to free software [two words]
15. RASPBERRYPI—An inexpensive SBC [two words]
17. LIDAR—Laser-based measurement technique
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