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Features

Properly Selecting Electronic Components by Vaughn D. Martin
If you want your circuits to work right, you gotta have the right components for the job. This tutorial will help you make sure you know what you're doing.

How To: Intro to Heatsink Selection and Installation by John E. Post
Learn how to not get burned on your next build.

Projects

The Arch-Ball Clock by Elza Simpson
This is one for the most unique approaches ever for keeping track of time.

Transistor Clock by Keith Bayern
If somehow the Arch-Ball clock didn't strike your fancy, you won't be able to "resist" this amazing design.

Columns

Techknowledgey by Jeff Eckert
Techknowledgey 2009
Topics covered include harnessing antimatter, eye-to-robot interface, Intel fined $1.45 billion, plus other info you won't want to miss.

The Spin Zone by Jon Williams
Loving LEDs Again
The Stamp Applications column has evolved into Propeller based projects now! This month, you'll be loving LEDs again.

Smiley’s Workshop by Joe Pardue
Smiley’s Workshop: An AVR C Programming Series (Part 12)
AVR learning platform projects.

Q&A by Russell Kincaid
Q & A
Voltage conversion, understanding thermal lag, software-based power control, plus more.

Personal Robotics by Vern Graner
The Probotix Fireball V90 CNC Visited
In that article, we detailed the PROBOTIX Fireball v90 — one of the first high-accuracy/sub-$1,000 CNC systems on the market.

Getting Started With PICS by Chuck Hellebuyck
Improving the PICKit 2 Development Board
The one thing I always wanted to add was a breadboard area, so I modified the development board included with the Starter Kit — it’s called the low pin count development board.

The Design Cycle by Fred Eady
Kids CAN Love Engineering
This year’s science station consisted of a Lenovo NetBook coupled to a USB-to-CAN bridge. The goal was to introduce the students to a working network they could actually see and touch.

Near Space by L. Paul Verhage
GPS Simulator for Missions to Near Space
What I need is a convenient GPS simulator that will let me test a flight program on the ground. In this article, I’ll describe what I came up with.

Departments

Developing Perspectives by Bryan Bergeron
Please visit our Developing Perspectives blog to read the full article and comment.