SEPTEMBER 2008
www.nutsvolts.com
Features
48 YOU TOO CAN YOU TUBE AND
STAR IN YOUR VERY OWN
TECH SHOW
Learn (almost) everything you need
to know to get started shooting
quality videos at home.
■ By Ed Driscoll
Page 78
Page 12
Columns
55 SMILEY’S WORKSHOP: AN AVR
C PROGRAMMING
SERIES
Part 2: Your First
AVR Program
C’ing With Cylon Eyes
■ By Joe Pardue
Projects
34 THE TALKING SKULL KIT
Thrill kids of all ages this Halloween
with an animated prop that will really
have them talking ... or screaming.
■ By Vern Graner
●●●● Advanced Level
40 USE SURFACE-MOUNT DEVICES
TO BUILD AN FM TRANSMITTER
This low-power transmitter can be
received with a standard FM radio
and works great as a wireless
microphone.
■ By Jim Stewart
●●●● Advanced Level
6
September 2008
12 TECHKNOWLEDGEY 60
2008
Events, Advances, and News
Topics covered include
an internal camera-in-a-pill, an anatomically
correct website, and a 67
way to taser friends and
enemies to music. Plus
other stuff.
STAMP APPLICATIONS
Putting the Spotlight on BASIC
Stamp Projects, Hints & Tips
Experiments with
sound.
THE DESIGN CYCLE
Advanced Techniques for
Design Engineers
Roll your own FPGA
design.
16 GETTING STARTED
WITH PICs 78
The Latest in Programming
Microcontrollers
Pulse width modulation.
24 Q&A
Reader Questions Answered
Here
Power transformers,
alarm auto dialer,
vibrator replacement,
more.
PERSONAL
ROBOTICS
Understanding, Designing &
Constructing Robots
Habitat for Hobbies:
The winners.
82 NEAR SPACE
Approaching the Final Frontier
Near spacecraft recovery
systems: Part 1.
Departments
08 DEVELOPING 66
PERSPECTIVES 88
10 READER FEEDBACK 92
30 NEW PRODUCTS 94
32 SHOWCASE 97
ELECTRO-NET
NV WEBSTORE
CLASSIFIEDS
TECH FORUM
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