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Issue #287
June - Communications
Sjoerd Brandsma: The Sun Chaser: GPS Reference Station Design
PROJECT FILES
To download the code, go to ftp://ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2014/287
RESOURCES
S. Brandsma, “Sun Chaser Time Lapse,” YouTube, 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMPLyp9x-X0
C. Cornwall, A. Horiuchi, and C. Lehman, “Sunrise/Sunset Calculator,” US Department of
Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research
Laboratory (ESRL), 2014, www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/sunrise.html
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Leica Geosystems AG, “GPS Reference Stations and Networks: An Introductory Guide,” 2005, http://smartnet.iartn.com/documents/Guide_to_Reference_Stations.pdf
A. Zaugg, The Complete Handbook of Solar Air Heating Systems, Knowledge Publications,
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3329 GPS Receiver
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µC/OS-III Real-time kernel
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RDKRL78G13 Evaluation board, RL78 microcontroller family, and RQK0609CQDQS MOSFET
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SKM53 GPS Module
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LM2596 Buck converter
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Beagle I 2 C/SPI protocol analyzer
Total Phase, Inc. | www.totalphase.com
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Chris Coulston, Daniel Hankewycz, and Austin Kelleher: Build an Automated
Vehicle Locator
PROJECT FILES
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RESOURCES
Nginx, http://nginx.org
PySerial, http://pyserial.sourceforge.net
Raspberry Pi, www.raspberrypi.org
W3Schools, www.w3schools.com
SOURCES
SiRFstarIII Chipset
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VYB15W-T DC-DC Converter
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XTend and XBee RF modules
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LM7805 Linear regulator
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FT232 USB-to-serial bridge
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MIC5205 Regulator
Micrel, Inc. | www.micrel.com
PIC18F26K22 Microcontroller and PICkit 3 debugger
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TXS0102 Bidirectional voltage-level translator
Texas Instruments, Inc. | www.ti.com
Shlomo Engelberg: Bit Banging
RESOURCES
S. Engelberg, ADuC841 Microcontroller Design Manual: From Microcontroller Theory to Design
Projects, Circuit Cellar, Inc., 2011
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———, “Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receiver/transmitter
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SOURCES
ADuC841 Microcontroller
Analog Devices, Inc. | www.analog.com
MAX232 Dual driver/receiver
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Jeff Bachiochi: Passive RFID Tagging (Part 2): Front-End Analog Circuits
PROJECT FILES
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RESOURCES
J. Bachiochi, “Passive RFID Tagging (Part 1): Read-Only Tags,” Circuit Cellar 286, 2014
———, “Electronic Identification,” Circuit Cellar 24, December 1991/January 1992
SOURCES
151 Series Mortise-type electric door opener
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EM4095 and EM4094 RFID Base stations
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PIC18F25K22 Microcontroller
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Bob Japenga: Linux System Configuration (Part 1): The Linux Kernel
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B. Japenga, “Concurrency in Embedded Systems Part 6: POSIX FIFOs and Message Queues,”
Circuit Cellar 273, 2013
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SOURCES
ARM9 Family of microprocessors
ARM, Ltd. | www.armcom
BeagleBone Linux computer
BeagleBoard.org | www.beagleboard.org
Robert Lacoste: Voltage Step-Up Techniques
PROJECT FILES
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RESOURCES
H. Darmawaskita, “DC/DC Converter Controller Using a PIC Microcontroller,” Application Note
216, Microchip Technology, Inc., 2002, http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00216a.pdf
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R. Lacoste, “DC/DC Converter Basics,“ Circuit Cellar 239, 2010
––—, “PID Control Without Math,” Circuit Cellar 221, 2008
Wikipedia, “Voltage Multiplier,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage_multiplier
SOURCES
Proteus VSM design suite
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TME0512S Voltage DC/DC converter
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George Novacek: Wireless Data Links (Part 4): Data Encoding
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R. Lacoste, “Don’t Fade Away: A Multipath Fading Experiment,” Circuit Cellar 247, 2011
M. Maggi, “Modular RF Link Using Manchester Code (2): Software,” Elektor, 2013, www.elektor.com/120187
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G. Novacek, “Wireless Data Links (Part 3): Receivers and Recovery,” Circuit Cellar 286, 2014
Wikipedia, “Antenna Diversity,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_diversity
SOURCES
ATtiny85 Microcontroller
Atmel Corp. | www.atmel.com
XBee wireless RF module
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HT12D Decoder and HT12E encoder
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SparkFun Electronics | www.sparkfun.com
Colin O’Flynn: Partial FPGA Configuration
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C. Cameron, “Digital Duct Tape with FPGA Editor,” Xcell Journal, Xilinx, Inc., Issue 66, 2008, www.xilinx.com/publications/archives/xcell/Xcell66.pdf
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ProgrammableLogicInPractice.com
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SOURCES
LX9 MicroBoard
Avnet, Inc. | www.avnet.com
Spartan-6 FPGA family and ISE design suite
Xilinx, Inc. | www.xilinx.com
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