02 CIRCUIT CELLAR ® / 25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE / circuitcellar.com CONTENTS CC25 04 EDITOR’S LETTER 06 CIRCUIT CELLAR TIMELINE 08 CONTRIBUTORS 11 THE PAST 12 In the Beginning, There Was Light, by Steve Ciarcia 16 Inside the Box Still Counts: A Quarter-Century of Making It Work, by Ed Nisley 24 Long-Time Readers • Chris Elmquist • John D. Horrocks • Kurt Stach • Brian Corrie • Charles Mancuso • Clarence Buersmeyer • Donald L. McGarry 28 A Look Back: Twenty-Five Years of Embedded Designs, by Dave Tweed 34 Notable Contributors • Aubrey Kagan • Jan Axelson • Mark Csele • Mike Smith • Monte Dalrymple • Shlomo Engelberg • Bruce M. Pride • Brian Millier 46 Design Challenge Projects 53 THE PRESENT 54 Dangerous Times: A Review of Embedded Security Risks, by Patrick Schaumont 60 On Robust Engineering: Design Tips for Ensuring System Reliability and Success, by George Novacek 70 User Interface Tips for Embedded Designers, by Curt Terwilliger 74 Member Skills & Preferences
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02 CIRCUIT CELLAR® / 25TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE / circuitcellar.com
C O N T E N T S
CC25
04 EDITOR’S LETTER
06 CIRCUIT CELLAR TIMELINE
08 CONTRIBUTORS
11 THE PAST
12 In the Beginning, There Was Light, by Steve Ciarcia
16 Inside the Box Still Counts: A Quarter-Century of Making It Work, by Ed Nisley
24 Long-Time Readers • Chris Elmquist • John D. Horrocks
• Kurt Stach • Brian Corrie • Charles Mancuso • Clarence Buersmeyer • Donald L. McGarry
28 A Look Back: Twenty-Five Years of Embedded Designs, by Dave Tweed
34 Notable Contributors • Aubrey Kagan • Jan Axelson • Mark Csele • Mike Smith • Monte Dalrymple • Shlomo Engelberg • Bruce M. Pride
• Brian Millier
46 Design Challenge Projects
53 THE PRESENT
54 Dangerous Times: A Review of Embedded Security Risks, by Patrick Schaumont
60 On Robust Engineering: Design Tips for Ensuring System Reliability and Success, by George Novacek
70 User Interface Tips for Embedded Designers, by Curt Terwilliger
74 Member Skills & Preferences
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C O N T E N T S
76 Mixed-Signal Designs: Twenty- Five Mistakes You’ll Make at Least Once, by Robert Lacoste
86 Essential Embedded System Design Principles, by Bob Japenga
92 Electrical Engineering: Tricks and Tools for Project Success, by Jeff Bachiochi
97 Q&A: Embedded Today • Ayse Kivilcim Coskun • Chris Cantrell • David L. Jones • Gerard C. A. Fonte • Joe Benge • Marc Vaz • Rebecca Yang • Tom Kibalo • Vincent Himpe
107 THE FUTURE
108 The Future of eLearning for Engineers, by Marty Hauff
111 The Platform Generation: Thinking in Terms of Platforms, Not Chips, by Clemens Valens
114 The DIY Electronics Revolution: The Present & Future of Open- Source Hardware, by Limor Fried
118 Leaders Look Ahead • Steve Sanghi (Microchip Technology) • Stefan Skarin (IAR Systems) • Jeff Kodosky (National Instruments) • YB Lee (WIZnet) • Jean Labrosse (Micrium)
126 The Future of Rapid Prototyping, by Simon Ford
129 The Future of FPGAs, by Colin O’Flynn
132 Do Small-RAM Devices Have a Future?, by John Regehr
134 Member Predictions
136 8 Bit Is Dead, Long Live 8 Bit, by Tom Cantrell 140 Tech the Future • Helen Li • Ko Ihara • Stephen A. Edwards • Zack Gainsforth • Matthew Oppenheim • Hans Henrik Skovgaard • Peter Montgomery • Chris Gammell
144 CIRCUIT CELLAR TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1988–2012
150 CIRCUIT CELLAR AUTHOR INDEX: 1988–2012
All Electronics Corp. www.allelectronics.com . . . . . . . . . 131
ARM, Ltd. www.arm.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Bitscope Designs www.bitscope.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Earth Computer Technologies store.earthlcd.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Newark element14 www.element14.com . . . . . . . . . . . . C3
EMAC, Inc. www.emacinc.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Humandata, Ltd. www.hdl.co.jp/en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Imagineering, Inc. www.pcbnet.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Labcenter Electronics www.labcenter.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Micro Digital www.smxrtos.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Microchip Technology, Inc. www.microchip.com. . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Pico Technology www.picotech.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . C2
Pololu Corp. www.pololu.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Renesas Electronics Corp. www.renesas.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Saelig Co. www.saelig.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
SEGGER Microntroller Systems www.segger.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C4
Total Phase, Inc. www.totalphase.com . . . . . . . . . . 32,33
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