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Circuit Cellar Magazine - March 2017 - Issue #320

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In this issue

10 : 3-D Object Segmentation and Recognition Object Grasping by a Humanoid Robot
By Saroj Bardewa and Sean Hendrickson
Algorithms and 3-D depth camera enable a humanoid robot to handle small objects

18 : Human-to-Machine Interaction - A Physical PIC32-Based Chess Board
By Eric Huang and Nicholas Tan
A microcontroller-based system that monitors and calculates chess moves

MOBILE ROBOTICS
28 : Machine Learning in Mobile Robotics
By Thomas Pech
How advances in machine learning techniques are enabling engineers to develop remarkable mobile robots

32 : Advances in Mobile Robotics - Q&As; with Robot Designers, Researchers, and Advocates
By C. J. Abate
The thoughts of engineers and innovators who are working to develop and promote tomorrow’s game-changing mobile robot systems

44 : Resources for Innovative Mobile Robotics and Automation Products

CC COMMUNITY
46 : QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
3D Stacked Architectures
An Interview with Ayse K. Coskun
By Wisse Hettinga
An introduction to 3D chip design and a look at research in the field

74 : BOOK REVIEW
The Personalities Behind the Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design
By Scott Dorcey
Thoughts about the re-release of The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design (edited by Jim Williams)

COLUMNS
48 : GREEN COMPUTING
The Critical Role of Temperature for Silicon-Photonic Network-on-Chip
By Tiansheng Zhang
The impact of variations on PNoC and a look at runtime methods to reduce power overhead

54 : THE CONSUMMATE ENGINEER
Electrical Power Converters (Part 3)
Zero Crossing Switching & Exotic SCR-Based Devices
By George Novacek
A review of zero crossing switching and other more exotic SCR-based devices

58 : ABOVE THE GROUND PLANE
WWVB Preamplifier
By Ed Nisley
The analog parts of a WWVB receiver

66 : FROM THE BENCH
Charge Management
By Jeff Bachiochi
A charging circuit for single Li-ion battery cells

TECH THE FUTURE
80 : The Future of Automation
All Hail Our Robot Overlords
By Ryan Cousins

Circuit Cellar Magazine Description:

Publisher: KCK-Media-Corp.

Category: Education

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Circuit Cellar magazine features engineering tutorials, detailed microcontroller-based projects, and embedded systems industry news for professional electrical engineers, EE/ECE academics, and highly skilled electronics enthusiasts. Since 1988, Circuit Cellar has featured projects and tutorials from the world's top engineers on subjects such as embedded development (e.g., prototyping and programming), signal processing (e.g., DSP chips and signal conditioning), programmable logic (e.g., FPGA projects), sensor systems (e.g., smart sensors and MEMS), 'Net-connected devices (e.g., IoT projects and protocol stacks), robotics (e.g., robotic systems and proximity sensing), and much more. Circuit Cellar is the ultimate resource for all of your electrical engineering-related needs.