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Here's your next installment of cool reads to keep you entertained for the weekend.
Once again, our good friends at Sphero have been kind enough to make it all happen. So you can bet we'll be toasting them this Thanksgiving!
That's it, Enjoy!
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Modular Designs
Instead of working with individual ICs and passive components, cost- and time-conscious engineers design and construct prototypes by working at the system level using function-specific modules.
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Wireless Trailer Taillights
Tired of broken wiring harnesses and bad connections on your trailer lights? Build a set of wireless taillights that you can use on anything you can tow.
Read It Now!
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Sphero SPRK Edition
For tomorrow's inventors and innovators.
There's no rule that says learning shouldn't be fun, or that playing can't be valuable. If there is, we created SPRK Edition to break it. Teach your robot by using visual blocks that represent our C-based language, OVAL. SPRK is simple enough for beginners, yet sophisticated enough for seasoned programmers.
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Using The "555" Timer IC In 'Special' Or Unusual Circuits
The '555' timer is a popular bipolar IC that is specifically designed to generate accurate and stable C-R - defined timing periods, for use in various monostable 'one-shot' pulse generator and astable square wave generator applications. The 555 is, however, very versatile, and can be used in a variety of 'special' or unusual applications.
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Smiley's Workshop 26
AVR Memory - Part 4
We've already learned how to store constants in Flash to avoid unnecessarily cluttering SRAM and how to read data from Flash, so now, we're ready to write to Flash using C functions from avrlibc.
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Pocket Geiger Counter
Small Geiger-Müller (G-M) tubes make ideal sensors for pocket-sized devices to detect radioactivity. However, even a small G-M tube needs an anode voltage in the 400 to 600 volt region. Here's how to generate that voltage from a 9V battery.
Read It Now!
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From the Nuts & Volts Webstore
Practical Electronics For Inventors - 3rd Edition
All the electronics know-how you need to become a successful inventor.
One of our favorite books for sure. This one is so easy to understand, and covers so much, it's like one of those good books to curl up by the fire with. At over a thousand pages, there just isn't much that you won't find here. While this book may have been written with "inventors" in mind, it's perfect to fill in the knowledge gaps for any hobbyist at any level.
Check It Out!
- Resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transformers
- Diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits
- Optoelectronics, solar cells, and phototransistors
- Sensors, GPS modules, and touch screens
- Op-amps, regulators, and power supplies
- Digital electronics, LCD displays, and logic gates
- Microcontrollers and prototyping platforms, including Arduino
- DC motors, RC servos, and stepper motors
- Microphones, audio amps, and speakers
- Modular electronics and prototyping
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It's Holiday Time Again!
And that means it's time to participate in the time honored tradition of giving gifts. So, to help get everyone in the mood, we're dusting off our traditional two for one subscription special. That's the one where you give
Nuts & Volts OR SERVO as a gift to a deserving friend or loved one, and we give you the same gift in return. Either a new subscription or a renewal of your existing one. Just click the link below to select which magazine, and you're holiday shopping is done!
(Yeah right)
Fine Print
(Always read the fine print)
Must be used for (2) one year subscriptions, not (1) two year subscription.
Can be used for two gifts, or one gift and one for yourself.
Good only for U.S. delivery.
If you prefer to order from a human, call 877 525-2539 between 5am and 5pm PST M-F and
order using promo code M50ENXD.
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