The answers to Circuit Cellar’s November electronics engineering crossword puzzle are now available.
Across
2. FLOWCODE—Columnist Jeff Bachiochi taught readers how to use this graphical programming language in his recent article about flowcharting (Circuit Cellar 266, 2012)
7. LAPLACE—This type of transform is similar to Fourier, but expresses functions into moments as opposed of vibration
11. RACEWAY—Channel to hold wires, cables, etc.
12. SENSORS—Circuit Cellar’s 250th issue (2011) focused on Measurement and this other topic
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13. LANDS—A metallic contact area
14. BITTI—Interviewee (Circuit Cellar 253, 2011) who designed the “Witness Camera,” a self-recording surveillance camera
17. DARLINGTON—This type of pair can be produced using individual transistors or purchased as a single device, as in a 2N6301
18. WAFER—A slice of semiconductor material upon which monolithic ICs are produced
19. DIELECTRICCORE—The insulating material that makes up the center of the cable through which the conductors are run [two words]
20. THERMOPLASTIC—A synthetic, flexible mixture of rosins used as an insulting material
Down
1. ROUNDKEYS—In his article “Hardware-Accelerated Encryption” (Circuit Cellar 266, 2012) Patrick Schaumont said AES encryption’s real secrecy comes from the periodic additions of these
3. OILCAN—A type of planar tube, similar to the lighthouse tube, which has cooling fins
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4. VECTORGRAPHICS—In the 1970s, Circuit Cellar founder Steve Ciarcia wrote his first article for BYTE about this topic
5. VOLTAGECONTROLLED—An oscillator controlled by voltage input; there are usually two types: harmonic and relaxation [two words]
6. TEMPEST—Describes compromising emanations
8. ACQUISITIONTIME—In a communications system, the time interval required to attain synchronism [two words]
9. INTEL—Company credited with making the first single-chip microprocessor
10. HANDSHAKING—How one device communicates with one or more other devices, at a predetermined speed
15. VARACTOR—Used as a capacitor to control voltage
16. SALLENKEY—Active filer, two-pole [two words]
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