Nuts and Volts №11 2013

Название: Nuts and Volts
Издательство: nutsvolts.com
Год: 2013

Месяц: November
Страниц: 84
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Язык: English

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November 2013

28 Quick and Easy USB Keyboard Input
       This circuit is perfect for any application where you use a physical trigger

       to input data onto a computer. Read how it was implemented for video

       TIC-TAC-TOE and a bag toss game.
       ■ By William Pippin
34 Build the CHROMATICON
       Want to be sure you're playing musical chords correctly?This unit will tell

       you if you are and display a light show in the process.
       ■ By Matthew Bates
40 Build a Personal Guitar Microphone Pre-Amp
       Fine-tune the sound for your guitar just the way you want it with this handy

       device that will also work with Karaoke machines, boom boxes, and

       surround sound systems.

       ■ By Ron Hoffman

46 MakerPlot—The DIY Software Kit Part 2
       Besides being a great debugging tool, the real power of this customizable

       software is in its ability to become a virtual instrument for your

       microcontroller's data.

       ■ By John Gavlik and Martin Hebel

Columns

08 TechKnowledgey 2013
       Events, Advances, and News
       The first human B2B interface, the world's thinnest keyboard, digital detox,

       and some tough little fuses are some of the tittilating tidbits you'll read about.
12 The Spin Zone
       Adventures in Propeller Programming
       Digging Into Dynamixels.
       Learn the inner workings of these drivers, so you can use them to make your

       own projects move.
20 Q&A
       Reader Questions Answered Here
       A Jacob's ladder redux, a video monitor alarm, and robot communication issues

       are discussed this time.
53 Smiley s Workshop
       Programming • Hardware • Projects
       Arduino Handheld Prototyper — Part 5.
       Data Logging — Take a look at the SRAM and EEPROM on the Arduino,

       then graduate to SD cards to learn cheap and easy ways to store LOTS of data.

62 Near Space
       Approaching the Final Frontier
       A New Airframe Design for Near Spacecraft - Part 1.
       After a recent capsule landing that did not go smoothly, it was the opportune

       time to come up with a better and stronger design.
71 The Design Cycle
       Advanced Techniques for Design Engineers
       Discovering a Better and More Powerful Engineering Workstation.
       One of the first commercial operational amplifier-based computing

       components was the Model K3-A Adding Component. Unfortunately,

       you needed a full blown lab to gather the K3's analog results. In contrast,

       the Analog Discovery packs an oscilloscope, waveform generator, voltmeter,

       and digital I/O into a space smaller than the first vacuum tube operational

       amplifier.

Departments
06 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVES
      Sound Off!
07 READER FEEDBACK

24 NEW PRODUCTS
27 SHOWCASE

66 ELECTRO-NET
68 NV WEBSTORE
77 CLASSIFIEDS
78 TECH FORUM

80 AD INDEX