Wireless Connectivity for Mobile PCs
by Vinit Nijhawan

With all of the advances in wireless technology, itıs no wonder that wireless communications is one of the fastest growing industries on the planet. In this article, Vinit takes a look at some of the various public wireless network technologies available today.

March 2000

Part 2: Implementation
by Shawn Arnold

Last month Shawn got us started with some background information on RAS servers, now it's time to put that knowledge to work as he shows us how to implement a RAS server using a DSP-based system.

March 2000

Understanding the PC's MIDI Interface
by Stuart Ball

Is your soundcard MPU401 or MIDI compatible? If you think it is, but arenıt sure what that means, then you definitely want to listen up. Stuart explains some of the details of working with and understanding MIDI, and then shows you how to build a MIDI adapter (complete with LEDs) for a soundcard.

March 2000

by Noel Rios

Programming the good-old 87C51 is easy when you have a dedicated or universal programmer, but such devices arenıt free. Thatıs why Noel used an EPROM programmer, crystal, logic IC, and a few other parts to make this simple, inexpensive adapter for programming the 87C51.

March 2000

March 2000

Part 3: Emulator to Application Testing

by George Martin

Now that George has explained some of the requirements for embedding a ı486, itıs time to get things going and start testing. Before heıs done with Part 3, youıll have a simple design, some startup code for the emulator, and a project.

March 2000

by Tom Cantrell

Weıre in the middle of the digital revolution, but according to Tom, 1s and 0s will never overthrow the world as we know it. After all, the world as we know it, is analog.

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