February 2000 Issue 

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ARTICLES

BUILDING A BETTER MOUSE TRAP — PART 2 - Steve Parkis
 In this installment, a mouse, BASIC Stamp II, LCD, and a Scenix SX28-based interface are integrated to provide complete mouse functions for a BASIC Stamp.

OPTOCOUPLER CIRCUITS - Ray Marston
 Operating principles and practical applications of a variety of optocoupler devices are described.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY — A STORAGE SCOPE FOR YOUR PC - Al Williams
 Check out the Velleman PCS65i — a PC-based digital storage oscilloscope that doubles as a spectrum analyzer.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SIMPLIFIES HAM TESTS AND LOWERS CODE SPEEDS - Gordon West
 On April 15, 2000, the FCC amateur radio service license restructuring becomes law. If you ever wanted to get your ham ticket, there’s no better time than right now to do it!

PROTOLAB CIRCUIT DESIGN AND SIMULATION - Fred Blechman
If you have any interest at all in electronic circuit design or analysis, then this is the program for you!

PLUGGING ELECTRICITY LEAKS - Bill Siuru
 Learn how to save electricity, money, and the environment with options that cut down “miscellaneous” leaks.

AN EASILY BUILT & PRACTICAL SWBB RECEIVER - Peter Lehmann
 Discover modifications to the design of a shortwave receiver that will greatly improve reception of the broadcast band stations.

DIGITAL VOLTAGE SUPPLY FROM YOUR PC - Russ Knapp
You’ll find many uses in the general area of circuit building and testing with this power supply completely controlled by your PC.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS NOTEBOOK - Robert Nansel
Motor control continued and what’s hot in robotics reading.

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
Signal Generators — Part 2.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Lon Glazner
Motor control made easy.

THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLED WORLD - Ryan Sheldon
The SCAM Chip: Control the pan and tilt of 256 different cameras from your desktop PC.

   
   
   

 

 

 

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