January 1999 Issue Articles and Columns   Select Year and Month to View Other Issues

ARTICLES

(MOSTLY) TUNED AND TESTED - Gordon West
Check out these down-to-earth reviews on some “truly trick” ham equipment.

YOUR HOTTEST TOOL MAY BE ICE! - Tim Deagan
Been drooling over the thought of owning your own In Circuit Emulation tool? Here’s one for under $130.00!!

CURI vs. CAT - George Katz
Integrating robots into real-world applications — in a “catty” kind of way ...

INEXPENSIVE DIGITAL TIMER - Raymond C. Buck
Never ruin another circuit board again with this handy device that shuts off the exposure time automatically.

PIC-BASED DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM CHARACTERIZES LASER DIODES - Lawrence Foltzer
With the huge success of CD-ROM technology, semiconductor diode lasers have become readily available and inexpensive. But now theres a new, more exciting semiconductor laser ...

MORE WAYS TO USE LOW-COST DIGITAL METERS - John Sharp
If you like things that are cheap and simple but do the job, then check out these imported panel meters for under $10.00!

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS NOTEBOOK - Robert Nansel
Robotic goals for the new year, what it takes to go from point A to point B, and an alternative to optical encoders.

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
Some interesting circuits: a “universal” IF amplifier and a logarithmic amplifier.

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
A look at some medical electronics.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Lon Glazner
Back to the BASICs ... find out what lies ahead for “Stampers” in the upcoming year.

THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED WORLD - Ryan Sheldon
Three convenient sizes of graphic LCD displays offer complete display solutions for most embedded and PC applications.