Inside Circuit Cellar magazine 2021 Issues
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Issue #366
January 2021
Embedded Solutions for COVID-19
6: Build a Solar-Powered Weather Station: Using Adafruit IO, By Mark Komus
14: Build an Automated Fruit-Ripeness Detector: Banana Scan, By Christina Chang, Michelle Feng and Russell Silva
20: LoRa Air Quality Monitoring System: IoT Tech Put to Good Use, By Dhairya A. Parikh
28: Understanding the Ultra96 Board (Part 2): The Software, By Nishant Mittal
32: Embedded Tech Provides COVID-19 Era Solutions: Sensors, MCUs, AI and More, By Jeff Child
42: Data Acquisition Gear Looks to System Solutions: Leveraging the Best Ideas, By Jeff Child
48: DATASHEET: COM Express Boards: Upgradeable Computing, By Jeff Child
52: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ESSENTIALS: Finding a $Billion Dollar Fault Mode: Using EMFI Analysis, By Colin O’Flynn
58: PICKING UP MIXED SIGNALS: A Deep Dive on Thunderboard Sense 2: Sensors for a Song, By Brian Millier
67: FROM THE BENCH: Build a Tiny OLED Display Subsystem: SSD1306 Out on a Cheap Date, By Jeff Bachiochi
74: Product News
78: Test Your EQ 79: The Future of LoRa-Networked IoT: Keeping Tomorrow’s IoT Connected, By Remi Lorrain
Issue #367
February 2021
Advances in Digital Signage
6: Multi-Sensor Device Measures Water Pollution: The UnifiedWater Project, By Andrei Florian
18: Giga-Bug: A Retro Game Revamp: Using Raspberry Pi and Python, By Chris Cantrell
24: Smart Gardening System Uses Raspberry Pi: The GardenPi Project, By Richard Sears
38: DDR4 DRAM 101: How it Works, By Nishant Mittal
42: Compact, Reliable Solutions Feed Digital Signage Needs: Small Systems for Big Displays, By Jeff Child
49: MCU Software Solutions Evolve for Today’s Needs: Support for AI, IoT and More, By Jeff Child
54: DATASHEET: Power/Battery Management ICs: Perfecting Power, By Jeff Child
58: EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES: FreeRTOS (Part 2): FreeRTOS Tasks, By Bob Japenga
62: THE DARKER SIDE: Understanding Proper PCB Design (Part 1): 4-Layer Board Design, By Robert Lacoste
70: FROM THE BENCH: Crafting a Custom Dictionary: Using Liberty BASIC, By Jeff Bachiochi
76: Product News
78: Test Your EQ 79: The Future of Mesh Networking: Wireless Networks for Tomorrow’s Safety Challenges, By Angela Quinn
Issue #368
March 2021
Chips for the Energy Market
6: Understanding LIN Bus: Car TPMS Tinkering, By Scott Weber
12: Intro to Robot Operating System (ROS) (Part 1): ROS Framework and Concepts, By Raul Alvarez-Torrico
20: Build a Rubik’s-Cube-Solving Robot: Using a PIC32 MCU, By James Connelly and Shivansh Gupta
26: Build an Urban Air Quality Monitoring System: Using IoT Technologies, By Dhairya A. Parikh
35: Compiling Old Kernels Under Today’s GNU/Linux: Docker Smooths the Way, By Kris Bahnsen
38: ICs Power Up Tech for the Energy Market: Electrification Ramps Up, By Jeff Child
46: Quick-Turn PCB Prototyping: Speedy Services at the Ready, By Jeff Child
52: DATASHEET: Panel PCs: Trend Leans App-Specific, By Jeff Child
56: PICKING UP MIXED SIGNALS: Using ESP-NOW Protocol (Part 1): A Low-Power Wi-Fi Alternative, By Brian Millier
64: FROM THE BENCH: Control and Monitor Valves Remotely: High-Tech Plumbing with 8-bit MCU, By Jeff Bachiochi
70: EMBEDDED SYSTEM ESSENTIALS: Voltage Fault Injection on a Modern RPi SBC: Glitching Raspberry Pi 3B+, By Colin O’Flynn
75: Product News
78: Test Your EQ 79: The Future of DRAM for the IoT: Why HyperRAM Works Best: for IoT Designs, By Hsiu-min Lin
Issue #369
April 2021
Analog ICs for Industrial Systems
6: Build an RF-Controlled Robotic Car: Using Two PIC32 MCUs, By Drew Mera, Rohit Krishnakumar: and Asad Marghoob
12: Intro to Robot Operating System (ROS) (Part 2): Build an ROS-based Robotic Car, By Raul Alvarez-Torrico
20: Build a Digital City Tour Guide: Using Sony’s Spresense Module, By Andrei Florian
32: Golf Cart Solar Charger Project: Using ADI’s LT8491 Controller IC, By Wade Tantrum, Damon Gagnon and Jordan Baird
38: How to Eliminate Switch Bounce: 5 Basic Methods, By Michael H. Pelkey
41: Analog ICs Fuel Modernization of Industrial Systems: Facilitating Smart Factories, By Jeff Child
48: Code Quality Tools Tame Software Complexities: Programming Perfection, By Jeff Child
52: DATASHEET: Mini-ITX and Pico-ITX SBCs: Single Board Success, By Jeff Child
57: EMBEDDED IN THIN SLICES: FreeRTOS (Part 3): FreeRTOS Configuration, By Bob Japenga
62: FROM THE BENCH: Magnetic Repulsion-Based Levitation: Using ESP8266 and Arduino, By Jeff Bachiochi
70: THE DARKER SIDE: Understanding Proper PCB Design (Part 2): Multilayer Board Design, By Robert Lacoste
76: Product News
78: Test Your EQ 79: The Future of Energy Harvesting: Advancing Toward Forever Battery Life for the IoT, By Srinivas Pattamatta
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