A Nuts & Volts Total Eclipse of the Sun by Dave Prochnow Use a 3D printed Nuts & Volts (or SERVO Magazine!) pinhole solar projector to view a total eclipse of the sun in the US during August 2017.
Projects
Use Wi-Fi and X-10 in a “Bi-Lingual” approach to Light and Appliance CONTROL by Ronald Gladney ESP8266-based “Bi-Lingual” Home Light and Appliance Timer merges Wi-Fi and X-10.
Build a Geiger Counter to Monitor a Radioactive Cat by Eric Bogatin Use a homebrew Geiger counter to monitor Maxwell, the cat after radiation treatment.
Solar Intensity Monitor by Ken Fisher Build a Solar Intensity Monitor using an Arduino Uno and the MakerPlot Data Acquisition software.
Columns
Tech Forum Questions Check out the Questions for this issue.
Open Communication by Louis E. Frenzel Going the Distance with Wireless Demands for longer range Wi-Fi capacity are growing, and so are the demands for new technology to support it.
The Design Cycle by Fred Eady Try the RAD B4R for ESP8266 Coding An introduction to the B4R programming environment utilizing the popular ESP8266 module.
Q&A by Kristen McIntyre Reader Questions Answered Here Learn about NiCd charger options and the different types of LED display technologies.
Near Space by L. Paul Verhage Factors Controlling Balloon Flights and Predicting Balloon Landing Zones Making proper predictions of your BalloonSats’ flight path.
Departments
Easing Into Tube by Bryan Bergeron Want a break from microcontrollers and MEMS devices? Give tubes a try!
