Design Ideas: August 17, 1995

January 6, 1994:	"Classic detector enables low-cost receiver," Charles Kitchin, Analog Devices Inc (Wilmington, MA).
January 20, 1994:	"PC programs PROM simulator," Shwang-Shi Bai, Chang-Shan Institute of Technology (Taiwan, ROC).
February 3, 1994:	"Color video travels on twisted-pair cable," Raphael Horton, National Semiconductor (Santa Clara, CA).
February 17, 1994:	"Off-line power supply requires few parts," Sam Ochi, IXYS Corp (Santa Clara, CA).
March 3, 1994:	"Pressure gauge responds linearly to altitude," Bruce Trump, Burr-Brown Corp (Tucson, AZ).
March 17, 1994:	"Digital potentiometer controls LCD bias," Michael Cortopassi, Dauphin Technology (Lombard, IL).
March 31, 1994:	"Low-cost converter drives fluorescent tubes," Steven Hageman, Calex Manufacturing Co (Concord, CA).
April 14, 1994:	"Technique targets board parasites," Rea Schmid, Comlinear Corp (Ft Collins, CO).
April 28, 1994:	"31/2-digit DVM IC measures power factor," Devadoss John and KRS Sarma, Hindustan Cables Ltd (Hyderabad, India).
May 12, 1994:	"Laser printer prototypes pc-board artwork," Raj Shah and Dan Meeks, Q-bit Corp (Palm Bay, FL).
May 26, 1994:	"Simple module gives voice to PC," Jerzy Chrzaszcz, Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland).
June 9, 1994:	"Printer-port data appears as bar on PC screen," Yongping Xia, EBT Inc (Torrance, CA).
June 23, 1994:	"Dual microphones separate voice from noise," Samuel Kerem, Infrared Fiber Systems (Silver Spring, MD).
July 7, 1994:	"10-octave audio generator speeds tests," Wayne Sward, Consultant (Bountiful, UT).
July 21, 1994:	"Negatrons enrich filter, oscillator designs," Aleksandr Belousov (Baltimore, MD).
August 4, 1994:	"RC network eliminates precision reference," Christophe Basso, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble, France).
August 18, 1994:	"$10 receiver has microvolt sensitivity," Charles Kitchin, Analog Devices Inc (Wilmington, MA).
September 1, 1994:	"Solid-state relay saves battery's life," Tom Gay, Siemens (Regensburg, Germany).
September 15, 1994:	"Switch conserves microcontroller's I/O pins," Franklyn Dahlberg Jr, US Air Force (Hill AFB, UT).
September 29, 1994:	"PC acts as RS-232C protocol analyzer," JS Holmes, Boehringer Mannheim (Indianapolis, IN).
October 13, 1994:	"Serial-controlled 'postage stamp' computer governs process," Steven Hageman, Calex Manufacturing Inc (Concord, CA).
October 27, 1994:	"Peltier element controls itself," Dmitrii Loukianov, Intel Corp (Moscow, Russia).
November 10, 1994:	"Oscillator keeps THD below 1 ppm," Jeff Smith, Analog Devices Inc (Wilmington, MA).
November 23, 1994:	"IC adds full-duplex RS-485 operation," Ron Clark, Maxim Integrated Products (Sunnyvale, CA).
December 8, 1994:	"Battery-powered sensor detects dangerous UV radiation," Joerg Hollman, Hughes Leitz (Ontario, Canada).
December 22, 1994:	"Pseudonoise generator doubles its speed," RN Mutagi, Space Applications Centre (Ahmedabad, India).