Название: Nuts and Volts
Издательство: nutsvolts.com
Год: 2013
Месяц: April
Страниц: 84
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15.5 Мб
Качество: Отличное
Язык: English
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Projects & Features
30 The Retro-Shield: Where the Past Meets the Present
Combine a vintage vacuum tube with an Arduino for an updated version of an AM broadcaster.
■ By David Goodsell
38 Hacking the Nine-LED Flashlight
The simple circuit in these now common flashlights actually eats through batteries pretty fast.
This hack adapts the flashlight to use an external power source, and adds a pulsed drivei circuit
for better efficiency.
■ By Dan Gravatt
43 How to Make Professional Looking Control Panels and Enclosures —
Part1
Don't you hale it when you've worked really hard on a project, only to have the finished product look like
a six year old put it together?This tutorial will show you a cheap and easy way to make great looking
panels and enclosures when you aren't able to utilize professional services.
■ By Gordon McComb
Columns
10 TechKnowledgey 2013
Events, Advances, and News
Tapping into tap water, a super "duper," and core memory's 60th anniversary are just a few of the things
you'll read about this time.
14 PlCAXE Primer
Sharpening Your Tools of Creativity
Experimenting With Parallel lask Processing. All M2-class processors include this new software feature
that allows them to simulate a multi-core processor by rapidly switching between two or more separate
tasks.
21 Q&A
Header Questions Answered Here
Topics include a pet trainer, bandpass filters, a push on/push off circuit, a DC servo, a voltage reducer,
plus Mailbag.
54 Smilev's Workshop
Programming • Hardware • Projects The Arduino Proto Shield Alarm Clock — continued some more.
We're winding down our discussion on how to use Frilling to take an Arduino design from
prototype to production.
60 The Design Cycle
Advanced Techniques for Design Engineers
Walking the USB Bridge into Androidville. FTDI gave us the power to easily embed USB functionality
into our projects with the FT232RL. The FT311D USB Android host 1С enables us to walk across the
USB bridge that FTDI built into Androidville.
68 Open Communication
The Latest in Networking and Wireless Technologies
60 GHz Wireless Transports HDTV. Transmitting uncompressed digital high definition television signals
is no easy task. Learn about the technologies that are currently being used to accomplish these
transmissions.
Departments
08 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVES
26 NEW PRODUCTS
27 SHOWCASE
67 ELECTRO-NET
72 NV WEBSTORE
75 CLASSIFIEDS
78 TECH FORUM
80 AD INDEX
