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ARTICLES

USER'S GUIDE TO AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIERS PART 3 - Ray Marston
Take a look at eight popular audio power amplifier ICs with maximum output power ratings in the range of 6W to 12 W in this episode of our five-part series.

BREADBOARDS - THEN AND NOW - Ron Tipton
Breadboard your ideas faster and with less frustration with this 20-year-old remedy.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS: THE CD-ROM OF 1,000 CIRCUITS - PART 2 - TJ Byers
In this month's installment, wire the modules together to complete the design of the karaoke machine.

3-1/2 DIGIT MODULE PRIMER - Fred Blechman
For less than $10.00, you can modernize your old test equipment with an accurate 3-1/2 digit display.

GPS MAPS vs. A WET TEE-SHIRT - WHICH WAY TO THE LAUNCH RAMP? - Gordon West
How accurate is GPS, really? Get an update on some of the latest happenings with the global positioning system.

ADD MIDI TO YOUR ELECTRONIC DRUMS! - Thomas Henry
Breathe new life into analog musical instruments with this simple, yet sophisticated stand-alone "computer."

BUILD A LAB - AND IMPROVE YOUR AM RADIO RECEPTION TONIGHT! - Larry Ball
In one evening, build this AM-tuned coil loop antenna booster, and hear stations you never knew existed.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS - Karl Lunt
Success in robotics depends on your tool set. .

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
Modeling and simulation (plus other stuff).

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
An update on robotic resources.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Jon Williams
More LCDs: custom characters, animation, and another connection method.

SOFTWARE WIZARDRY - Harry Helms
Inside Visual Basic 5.0.