The answers to Circuit Cellar’s July Electronics Engineer crossword puzzle are now available.
Issue 264 crossword answers
Across
3. IONIZATION—Occurs when an atom or molecule gains either and positive or negative charge
4. ANDROIDPHONE—In “Audio-Enhanced Touch Sensors” (Circuit Cellar, May 2012), Matt Oppenheim said one of the stumbling blocks of using this for data collection is that it will try to recharge itself whenever you connect it to a USB port. [two words]
6. FOLTZER—Circuit Cellar interviewee who participated in Motorola’s IEEE-802 MAC subcommittee on token-passing access control methods. [two words]
13. COORDINATEDUNIVERSALTIME—A method of keeping the world in sync [three words]
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14. CICCHINELLI—Circuit Cellar published his book about a commonly used computer programming language in 2010
17. HACKSPACE—i.e, “a circuit cellar”
18. CHIP—A basic component of an electronic device
19. VOLTAGEREFERENCE—National Semiconductor’s LM385 series is an example of an adjustable one. [three words]
Down
1. DOPPLEREFFECT—A phenomenon that occurs when a vehicle sounding a siren approaches, passes, and recedes from an observer [two words]
2. WAVEFORMGENERATOR—A device that produces electronic signals [two words]
5. ANGSTROM—Equals 1/10,000,000,000 m
7. ISOTHERMALPROCESS— ΔT = 0 [two words]
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8. COMPARATOR—A device that compares two voltages or currents and switches its output to indicate which is larger
9. NSPE—Organization formed in 1934 by bridge engineer David Steinman
10. EMI—Acronym; common cause of electronic data corruption and subject of Novacek’s December 2011 Circuit Cellar article [two words]
11. PIEZOELECTRICITY—Occurs when crystals acquire a charge after being compressed, twisted, or distorted (e.g., quartz)
12. WIDLAR—American electrical engineer (1937–1991); IC pioneer
15. LEDDRIVER—Circuitry that regulates or provides powers to a light source [two words]
16. JOULE—Symbolized by 10th letter of the alphabet
20. RTOS—Hint: acronym. Unscramble the following: IETEORGSEPSMNYMRLTIAEAT
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