ARTICLES

USER'S GUIDE TO AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS - PART 5 - Ray Marston
Practical IC-based audio power amplifier circuit design techniques are described in the final episode of this five-part series.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS: PCB LAYOUT - PART 3 - TJ Byers
In this final installment, the karaoke schematic is converted into a printed circuit board.

BUILD YOUR OWN MIDI-TO-SYNTHESIZER INTERFACE - Thomas Henry
Miss the richer and warmer sound of your favorite instruments of yesteryear? Well, with the MTS-100, it's a snap to connect a modern music keyboard or a personal computer running sequencer software to your dinosaurs.

BOATERS SEE BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN RADARS - Gordon West
Although mariners don't have the sophisticated transponders that private pilots now have, it appears that marine radar and radar systems are now getting more sophisticated for the water.

RS-232 RELAYS - Ryan Sheldon
Simplify the task of hardware and software design by learning what tools can get the job done quickly and effectively.

INEXPENSIVE POWER INVERTER CONVERSION PROJECT - Kenton Chun
With the cost of solar energy being far from free, this project suggests a low-cost alternative that produces quality modified sinewave power for your household appliances.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS - Karl Lunt
Take a brief look at both the Forth language and the powerful Time Processing Unit built into the Motorola 68332. .

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
More radio direction finding, with a look at some additional types of antenna and receiver systems used for RDF activity.

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
My secrets of web-based research.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Jon Williams
It's time to get real - Part 2. Create an alarm clock using the Pocket Watch B.