Nuts and Volts №8 2012

Название: Nuts and Volts
Издательство: "www.nutsvolts.com"
Год: 2012

Месяц: Август
Страниц: 84
Формат: PDF
Размер: 15.0 Мб
Качество: Отличное
Язык: English

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Projects & Features
28 Build the Voltage Mirror
Instead of having to redesign certain projects, put a voltage mirror into place. Voltage mirrors give you a copy of the input voltage, but with the polarity swapped.
• By Jim Stewart
32 Build the Mystery Solar Powered Pendulum
Amaze and mesmerize your friends and family with this fun gadget that is based on BEAM technology.
• By David Williams
36 Build the Alarm Autodialer
Not only will this device detect household failures related to heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical, but it will call to let you know if anything is going on.
• By Dan Gravatt
41 A Proper Ringing of the Bells
See the art of engineering at work when an older system for ringing church bells needed a makeover.
• By Chris Watson
46 Design a Customized Security System Using RobotBASIC
Implementing a custom security system for your home can be intimidating — unless you have the right software. This article guides you through the basic principles so you can design exactly what will work for you.
• By John Blankenship and Samuel Mishal

Columns
10 TechKnowledgey 2012
Events, Advances, and News
Read about a new PC for bottom-feeders, an automotive mystery that gets solved, the vacuum tube as the next high tech breakthrough ... plus some other interesting stuff.
14 PICAXE Primer
Sharpening Your Tools of   Creativity
Further Explorations With PICAXE Temperature Measurement.
20 Q & A
R Reader Questions Answered Here
Answers to questions on a simple magnetizer, random traffic lights, and a headset amplifier are a few of the topics covered this time.
52 Smiley’s Workshop
Programming • Hardware • Projects
Fritzing With the Arduino — Part 1.
60 Open Communication
The Latest in Networking and Wireless Technologies
M2M —Machine-to-Machine Communications.
68 The Design Cycle
Advanced Techniques for Design Engineers
Putting Basic4android in the Driver’s Seat.

Departments
08 DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVES
26 NEW PRODUCTS
27 SHOWCASE
64 NV WEBSTORE
67 ELECTRO-NET
77 CLASSIFIEDS
78 TECH FORUM
81 AD INDEX

FUNdamentals For Beginners

74 Ohm’s Law