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THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC BOX
This note-worthy project incorporates features to simulate the old-style melodious sounds of mechanical music boxes, and can be used in battery-powered, as well as AC-powered applications.
By Richard Panosh Related Information
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ULTRA-LOW POWER TV REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER - PART 2
Ready to go wireless? This month, we expand on September's project and build a remote control encoder.
By Mark Buccini Related Information
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SIMPLE INTERFACE USES COMMON TOOLS
Using a BASIC Stamp, InByte, and Microsoft Excel (of all things!) to make a "homebrew" interface program to read bytes of data.
By Mark Van Steenburgh
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AN INTERNET ENABLED STRIP CHART
With Radio-SkyPipe software, you can share strip chart information with fellow amateur radio astronomy observers over a network, or use the data in a myriad of other applications such as remote weather monitors or seismographs.
By Jim Sky
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USING X-10 TO CONTROL CHRISTMAS LIGHT DISPLAYS
'Tis the season to put X-10 technology to work to build your own awesome holiday light display.
By Richard Haendel
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IDENTIFY THOSE NOISE LEAKS
Whether you're using a ham set, radar detector, CB radio, or one of the new long-range cordless phones, there is plenty of "noise" around you to disturb normal operation.
By Gordon West
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HOUSTON WE HAVE A ... PIC PROJECT?
Going "NASA" style with a model rocket launcher controller.
By Bill Ruehl Related Information
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TECHKNOWLEDGEY 2002
Mind over matter becoming a reality; Atomic anchors promise improved MRAM; Dude, you're gettin' a Dell (even if you don't know it); MAC line-up moves to dual-processor models; Studying sea birds by remote control; Betamax, rest in peace; and Chip sales grow 5.8 percent in second quarter 2002.
By Jeff Eckert
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LASER INSIGHT
Aligning more complex laser systems plus tips regarding additional optical elements found on some of these lasers.
By Stanley York
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ELECTRONICS Q & A
What's Up: Solar power, battery power, and PC power put to work. Got a grab bag of components you need to identify? Here's two hints. The nemesis of the remote-controlled world (broken keypads) finally fixed. And a challenge for the inventor and/or shuttle bug.
By T J Byers Related Information
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OPEN COMMUNICATION
The Most Complex Two-Way Radio Ever Built. A technology update on cell phones.
By Louis Frenzel
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STAMP APPLICATIONS
Play It Again, Stamp! Build a programmable sequencer using the BASIC Stamp to control anything from lights to flash ports to squibs.
By Jon Williams Related Information
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AMATUER ROBOTICS
GNU C for your 68hc12 robots.
Guest Hosted By Carl Lunt
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