Nuts & Volts

Name Title Description
Bob Dempsey Display Interface Control a HD44780-type LCD.
Frank Derryberry
Ken Fallot
Tim Gilmore
John Havel
Bob Hyland
Two-Channel Serial
Thermocouple Interface for
a PC-based Data Logger
Power Monitoring Subsystem
911 Fire Alarm Box Addressing
Closed-Loop Barn Technology
Automatic Cat Feeder
Steven Janigian Automatic Ticketer for Speeders
Kenneth Tindle
Steve Woodruff
Dan Youngs
X10 Controlled Zoned Audio
Automotive Status Monitor
Automated Light Control
Read (2) K-type thermocouples and
communicate their values to a PC
using its serial communication port.
Real-time acquisition and monitoring
of multiple power circuits.
Map of hundreds of fire alarm
boxes to a real-time LED map, with
alphanumeric LCD status readout.
Cows are kept safe and happy with
their environment electronically
controlled.
Ring a bell to signal feeding time
and control the food mechanism.
Combine a radar gun, digital
camera, and ticket printer, and
make the roads safe again.
Use off-the-shelf technologies
in a system to provide zoned whole
house stereo audio at low cost.
Talk to the CAN bus interface in a
Toyota Prius Hybrid car.
Control all navigation lights in a
commercial bus.
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(it was not for the 4K
board).
7. When I finally heard the
words “The temperature is
71 degrees” come from the
speaker, I had reached my
86 March 2006