March 2005 Issue

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PROJECTS and FEATURES

BUILD A GEIGER COUNTER
Part 1: Check for radiation.
by John Iovine

START YOUR OWN CASINO
A sure-bet project for beginners.
by Juan Carlos Morales
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SIDE-SCROLLING DISPLAY
Repurposing a Gameboy to power a side-scrolling LED display.
by Chamberlain Fong
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INSIDE HDTV
Past, Present, and Future.
by Robert Diaz

PID CONTROLLER, PART 3
A complete analog PID system.
by Aaron Dahlen
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PLCs, PART 2
Ladder logic and monitoring your PLC.
by David Ward

SPACESHIP ONE
Effective and Affective Technology.
by Brian Mork
COLUMNS

MICRO MEMORIES
2001 — HAL’s Odyssey.

LET’S GET TECHNICAL
Flash conversion — super fast.

TECHKNOWLEDGEY 2005
Events,Advances, and News from the Electronics World.

Q&A
Cell phone solutions, dipole antennas, wideband RF sniffer, and more.

STAMP APPLICATIONS
Conditional compilation allows one program to work on nearly any BASIC module.
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NEAR SPACE
Modify your camera for digital control.

 

IN THE TRENCHES
Rules and rule-bound behavior.