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4 January 2008
JANUARY 2008
PROJECTS and
FEATURES
32 BUILD A HIGH-POWER
LED STROBE
Shed some new light on your
next strobe circuit application.
■ By Fernando Garcia
38 MODIFICATION OF A
SIX VOLT LITHONIA
EMERGENCY LIGHT
Never be left in the dark again
with this reliable circuit.
■ By Clifford Chipman
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.
■ By Dan Gravatt
COLUMNS
10 TECHKNOWLEDGEY
2008
Events, advances, and
news from the electronics
world.
14 STAMP APPLICATIONS
The power of networking.
24 Q&A
Mailbox timer, dimming
thermostat, batteries in
the woods, more.
67 GETTING STARTED
WITH PICs
PICKIT 2 command-line
option.
70 PERSONAL ROBOTICS
Robo Spin Art — retro
art meets the joystick
generation.
82 THE DESIGN CYCLE
Managing the real world.
90 NEAR SPACE
Using the PICAXE
microcontroller — Part 2.
46 ROLL THE DICE!
Create an electronic dice
board with a low-cost
microcontroller.
■ By Marc McComb
104 IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Jaycar Electronics.
DEPARTMENTS
06 DEVELOPING
PERSPECTIVES
52 PSYCHEDELIA II 08
A digital upgrade to an already
cool analog color organ. 28
■ By Craig A. Lindley
READER FEEDBACK
NEW PRODUCTS
31 SHOWCASE
60 BASIC ANALOG POWER 66
SUPPLY DESIGN
Part 2: Examine the regulation 96
aspect and concentrate on
basic three-terminal regulators 98
that are both cheap and easy
to obtain.
■ By Gerard Fonte
ELECTRO-NET
CLASSIFIEDS
NV WEBSTORE
101 TECH FORUM
105 AD INDEX
