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Contents
Vol.15, No.10; October 2002
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FEATURES
4 3D TV In Your Own Home
You can watch 3D pictures via your computer or TV set but you’re still going
to need special glasses – by Barrie Smith
30 Electronics In Schools: The Class Of 2002
You won’t believe some of the electronics projects the kids are making in
school these days – by Ross Tester
32 6+ Megapixel SLR Cameras
How close do the new SLR digital cameras come to “film” quality? Canon’s
EOS D60 comes pretty close – by Ross Tester
65 Honda Fuel-Cell Vehicle Released In USA
Speed Controller For Universal
Motors – Page 14.
No mass market plans yet but it’s the first fuel-cell vehicle to receive government certification and hit the road
PROJECTS TO BUILD
14 Speed Controller For Universal Motors
Use it to control the speed of circular saws, routers, jig saws, electric drills
and lawn edgers rated up to 1200W – by John Clarke
39 PC Parallel Port Wizard
This simple gizmo can test your PC’s parallel port. It can also teach you a lot
about the way parallel ports operate – by Trent Jackson
53 “Whistle & Point” Cable Tracer
PC Parallel Port Wizard – Page
39.
Connect it to one end of a cable conductor and listen for the whistle at the
other end and your wiring tracing problems are solved – by Jim Rowe
72 Build An AVR ISP Serial Programmer
It allows you to reprogram your AVR micro in a flash, without even removing it
from the application circuit – by Stephen Davies & Peter Smith
SPECIAL COLUMNS
26 Circuit Notebook
(1) DC Automotive Tester With Current Probe; (2) Winter Charge Booster
For 12V Car Batteries; (3) Triple-LED Version Of Torch; (4) One-Of-Nine
Sequencer; (5) Simple AM Transmitter; (6) Battery Status Indicator; (7)
Smoke Alarm Battery Life Extender
60 Serviceman’s Log
Big TV sets can be a nightmare – by the TV Serviceman
“Whistle & Point” Cable Tracer –
Page 53.
80 Vintage Radio
Radio Corporation WS122 army transceiver – by Rodney Champness
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Publisher’s Letter
Mailbag
Book Review
Product Showcase
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Notes & Errata
Market Centre
Advertising Index
Build An AVR ISP Serial Programmer – Page 72.
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