N&V August 2017

Features

• 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

• 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.

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