Features
Designing Your Own Digital ICs (FPGAs) — Part 1
Who would have thought that we would be able to progress from discrete components, to integrated circuits, to eventually being able to create our own ICs inside a reusable universal chip know as an FPGA?
The Care and Feeding of Analog Meters
In a digital world, there are still quite a few uses for an analog meter, but these beasts require special TLC.
Projects
Build the Irrigation Watch — Part 2
Exploring the software for the Irrigation Watch system.
Build the Digital Impressionist
The Digital Impressionist creates simple, impressionist-style light “paintings” that change over time.
Build the StroboDuino
Build this Arduino-based strobe light for fun technology experiments on your workbench!
Columns
Near Space
by L. Paul Verhage
The Near Space Eclipse
It’s one thing to see a solar eclipse. It’s another thing altogether to see one from near space!
Open Communication
by Louis E. Frenzel
Going All The Way With QRP
Talking around the world on a kilowatt is easy. How far can you go on less than one watt?
The Design Cycle
by Fred Eady
Is This Thingy Your Key to IoT?
Nordic’s new “Thingy”— a compact, power-optimized, multi-sensor development kit!
Q&A
by Kristen McIntyre
Reader Questions Answered Here (10.2017)
Help with a Hit-and-Miss Engine and Overheating Band Pass Filters.
Departments
Electronics: A Multipurpose Modeling Tool
by Bryan Bergeron
Modeling Systems using Electronics.
