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| Circuit Cellar | |
|---|---|
| Name | Circuit Cellar |
| Type | Magazine |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Wayne Green |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Southboro, Massachusetts |
| ISSN | 1045-587X |
Circuit Cellar Circuit Cellar was a trade magazine focused on embedded systems, microcontrollers, and electronics hobbyist projects. It served practitioners linked to companies and institutions such as Intel, Microchip Technology, Texas Instruments, and ARM Holdings, and engaged readers interested in products from Atmel, Analog Devices, and National Semiconductor. The publication connected professionals associated with universities like MIT, Stanford University, and Carnegie Mellon University, and with organizations such as IEEE, ACM, and the Electronic Components Industry Association.
Circuit Cellar began in 1988 during an era marked by developments at Intel, Motorola, and Zilog, and against the backdrop of events like the launch of the Intel 386 and the rise of the ARM architecture. Its founding related to figures active in publishing alongside names such as Wayne Green and contemporaneous magazines including Byte, Popular Electronics, and Dr. Dobb's Journal. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s the magazine covered transitions involving companies like Fairchild Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technology, and Hitachi, and technologies exemplified by the 8051 family, PIC microcontrollers, AVR microcontrollers, and the ARM Cortex series. The title chronicled industry milestones such as the adoption of USB, Ethernet, CAN bus, and IEEE 802 standards, and tracked vendor shifts involving Cypress Semiconductor, Maxim Integrated, Linear Technology, and STMicroelectronics.
Articles often focused on designs using processors from Intel, AMD, ARM, and MIPS, and peripherals from companies such as Analog Devices, Maxim Integrated, Microchip Technology, and NXP Semiconductors. Regular columns addressed topics connected to tools and workflows from National Instruments, Tektronix, Keysight Technologies, and Agilent Technologies, and discussed software ecosystems including Microsoft Windows CE, Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu, and real-time operating systems such as VxWorks and FreeRTOS. Projects highlighted use of sensors from Bosch Sensortec, MEMS devices from STMicroelectronics, and wireless stacks from Nordic Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm. The magazine published deep dives into protocols including I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and Ethernet, and referenced standards such as IEEE 802.3, USB-IF specifications, and POSIX. Contributors included engineers and authors associated with institutions like MIT, Stanford University, Caltech, and Georgia Institute of Technology, and professionals linked to firms including ARM Holdings, Intel, Microsoft, Apple, and Google.
The magazine was produced and distributed in print and digital formats, reaching subscribers in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region where major semiconductor hubs in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Germany were influential. Distribution channels included trade shows such as Embedded World, Electronica, Design Automation Conference, and Maker Faire, and retail outlets where publications like IEEE Spectrum and Make magazine circulated. Advertising partners often included semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel, Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, and Microchip Technology, as well asEDA tool vendors like Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys. Publishing partnerships and ownership changes involved companies and entities known in the period, and circulation intersected with mailing lists maintained by professional societies including IEEE and ACM.
Circuit Cellar fostered a community that interacted at conferences and workshops such as Embedded Systems Conference, ARM TechCon, DesignCon, and CES, and through user groups connected to Raspberry Pi Foundation, Arduino, BeagleBoard, and Adafruit. Readers engaged via contests and project spotlights similar in spirit to those at Hackaday, Maker Faire, and DEF CON, and collaborated with academic labs at institutions such as MIT Media Lab, UC Berkeley, and ETH Zurich. The community included makers and professionals tied to companies such as Raspberry Pi Trading, Arduino AG, Adafruit Industries, SparkFun Electronics, and Seeed Studio, and intersected with standards bodies like IEEE Standards Association and IETF.
The publication influenced education and practice across projects referencing platforms from Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, and TI LaunchPad, and supported hobbyist and professional transitions to embedded Linux, ARM Cortex-M development, and Internet of Things deployments involving AWS IoT, Azure IoT, and Google Cloud IoT. Its archives documented trends affecting suppliers like Microchip Technology, STMicroelectronics, NXP Semiconductors, and Renesas Electronics, and provided design examples relevant to product groups at companies such as Bosch, Honeywell, Siemens, and GE. The magazine's legacy parallels that of other influential outlets including Byte, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Make, and Popular Electronics, and continues to be cited in discussions by engineers at Intel, ARM, Qualcomm, and Broadcom, as well as by researchers at institutions like MIT, Stanford University, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Category:Electronics magazines