Nuts and Volts 2008-01.pdf

JANUARY 2008

PROJECTS and

FEATURES

COLUMNS

10 TECHKNOWLEDGEY

2008

Events, advances, and

news from the electronics

world.

32 BUILD A HIGH-POWER

LED STROBE

Shed some new light on your

next strobe circuit application.

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14 STAMP APPLICATIONS

The power of networking.

By Fernando Garcia

24 Q&A

Mailbox timer, dimming

thermostat, batteries in

the woods, more.

38 MODIFICATION OF A

SIX VOLT LITHONIA

EMERGENCY LIGHT

Never be left in the dark again

with this reliable circuit.

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By Clifford Chipman

67 GETTING STARTED

WITH PICs

PICKIT 2 command-line

option.

42 SINGLE CHIP, FOUR

CHANNEL DATALOGGER

Use this inexpensive

datalogger to sample analog

voltages, convert them to

digital values, and store the

data in non-volatile memory.

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70 PERSONAL ROBOTICS

Robo Spin Art — retro

art meets the joystick

generation.

82 THE DESIGN CYCLE

Managing the real world.

By Dan Gravatt

90 NEAR SPACE

Using the PICAXE

microcontroller — Part 2.

46 ROLL THE DICE!

Create an electronic dice

board with a low-cost

microcontroller.

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104 IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Jaycar Electronics.

DEPARTMENTS

By Marc McComb

06 DEVELOPING

PERSPECTIVES

52 PSYCHEDELIA II

A digital upgrade to an already

cool analog color organ.

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08 READER FEEDBACK

28 NEW PRODUCTS

By Craig A. Lindley

31 SHOWCASE

60 BASIC ANALOG POWER

SUPPLY DESIGN

Part 2: Examine the regulation

aspect and concentrate on

basic three-terminal regulators

that are both cheap and easy

to obtain.

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66 ELECTRO-NET

96 CLASSIFIEDS

98 NV WEBSTORE

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101 TECH FORUM

By Gerard Fonte

105 AD INDEX

January 2008

Link Instruments

PC-Based Test Equipment

Digital Oscilloscopes

$950

SALE

$850*

• 2 Channels

• 500 MSa/s single shot rate

• 1Mpt sample memory

• Small and Portable

• USB 2.0

• FFT Spectrum Analyzer

DSO-8202 (200MSa,128K) $799

DSO-8502 (500MSa,1MPt) $950 $850

Use code CC12

for an additional

$25 off*

Logic Analyzers

Pattern Generators

• 32 channels

• 400 MSa/s

• 2Msamples/ch

• SPI monitor and generator

• I 2 C monitor and generator

• Portable (3.2” x 3” x 0.65”)

• USB 2.0 powered

IO-3208A 200 MSa/s

$750

IO-3232A200 MSa/s

$899

IO-3232B 400 MSa/s

$1399

Use code CC12

for an additional

$25 off*

www.Link-instruments.com

(973) 808-8990

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