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ARTICLES

LIVE PICTURES FROM THE MIR SPACE STATION - Farrell Winder
Amateur radio and Mir combine to make history with an SSTV system.

AT HOME WITH COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) — PART 1 - Dan Mauch
This article will explain the concepts of CNC and will be the first step in automating the home workshop.

THE “OPTO” IN OPTOELECTRONICS — PART 3 - Ray Marston
The basic nature and behavior of fiber optic cables and communication systems is described in this penultimate installment.

LOW-EARTH-ORBIT HANDHELD COMMUNICATORS - Gordon West
There are GEOs, MEOs, and LEOs in space, and each satellite system has unique capabilities for keeping us in touch with land lines and the Internet anywhere in the world.

SWITCHING VOLTAGE REGULATOR BASICS — PART 1 - TJ Byers
Weighing the Options: See how the industry converts voltage from one value to another without wasting power using switching converters. And learn how to do it yourself.

COW-PATTY PAGEANT RACE TIMER - Lawrence Foltzer
Discover the capability of Microchip’s small but powerful microcontrollers with this simple, yet dis“stink”tive timer.

COLUMNS

AMATEUR ROBOTICS NOTEBOOK - Robert Nansel
Giving Breadbot some modest navigation and obstacle avoidance abilities, plus a robotics book-of-the-month choice on the future of AI.

ELECTRONICS Q & A - TJ Byers

OPEN CHANNEL - Joe Carr
That upcoming science fair: miscellaneous tips for entries and judges.

RESOURCE BIN - Don Lancaster
The hydrogen scene: It’s a gas.

STAMP APPLICATIONS - Lon Glazner
Dual digital power supply — Part 1.

THE COMPUTER-CONTROLLER WORLD - Ryan Sheldon
Video for Windows: Watch 16 video sources simultaneously in a Windows 98 window.