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Projects & Features
29 Build the Self-Locking Box
Design your own
RFID-controlled box
that only you
can open.
■ By Corbin Adkins
34 Wireless Trailer Taillights
Keep your trailer in tow with this handy device.
■ By Ron Newton
38 Experiments with
Alternative Energy
Learn the fundamentals of renewable energy
through this educational series.
This month: Build the Telematics Car.
■ By John Gavlik
44 Making the DEFCON 17 Badge
Joe’s annual commentary of what it took to
pull off another innovative design for the
badge of a very unique event.
■ By Joe Grand
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July 2010
Columns
10 TechKnowledgey 2010
Events, Advances, and News
Solar airplane
takes flight,
what’s old is
new again
(think
Commodore
64), compact
AC/DC power
supplies, plus
other stuff you’ll find interesting.
14 The Spin Zone
Adventures in Propeller Programming
Propeller Time
22 Q & A
Reader Questions Answered Here
Power supply, mystery component, convert
DC meter to AC, plus more.
52 Smiley’s Workshop
Programming • Hardware • Projects
AVR Memory Part 2: EEPROM
58 The Design Cycle
Advanced Techniques for Design Engineers
Bringing a USB-to-UART Protocol
Converter to Life
67 Near Space
Approaching the
Final Frontier
They Came From
Outer Space!
(Cosmic Rays,
That Is!)
Departments
08 DEVELOPING
PERSPECTIVES
27 NEW PRODUCTS
28 SHOWCASE
66 ELECTRO-NET
72 NV WEBSTORE
76 CLASSIFIEDS
78 TECH FORUM
81 AD INDEX
FUNdamentals For Beginners
Just getting started in electronics? Try these
simple demos to illustrate electronics principles
and how components function in actual circuits!
64 What a Diode Does
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