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Contents
Vol.16, No.9; September 2003
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FEATURES
8 Robot Wars: The Tech Sport Of The New Millennium
Crush, mangle, hack and dismember your opponent any way you can; this
is a fight to the death – by Brett Paulin
66 New Technologies In Automotive Lighting
From headlights that “see” around corners to infrared illumination, car lighting
is about to undergo some big changes – by Julian Edgar
Robot Wars: It’s A Fight To The
Death – Page 8.
PROJECTS TO BUILD
15 Very Bright, Very Cheap Krypton Bike Light
Be seen at night with this fantastically effective bike headlight. It's cheap to
build and can run from a variety of power supplies – by Julian Edgar
26 Portable PIC Programmer
Pass your PIC programmer around the class or take it out on the road using
the easy-to-build design. It programs most popular PICs as well as serial
EEPROMs – by Peter Smith
53 Current Clamp Meter Adaptor For DMMs
Current clamp meters normally cost an arm and a leg. This simple adaptor
connects to your DMM and can be built for about $35 – by John Clarke
Very Bright
Krypton Bike
Light – Page 15
60 The PICAXE Pt.8: A Datalogger & Sending It To Sleep
Our final article on the PICAXE-08. This time, there are two ideas for you
to try – by Stan Swan
78 Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.2
Second article shows you how to connect different sensors and gives the
calibration details – by John Clarke
SPECIAL COLUMNS
36 Circuit Notebook
(1) “Safe” Oscillator For Watch Crystals; (2) Internal Resistance Tester For
Batteries; (3) Pendulum-Controlled Clock; (4) Super Light Sensor Circuit; (5)
LED Lighting For Dual-Filament Lamps
40 Serviceman’s Log
A Matchline meets its match – by the TV Serviceman
82 Vintage Radio
Portable PIC Programmer – Page
26.
Current Clamp
Meter Adaptor For
DMMs – Page 53.
Vibrators: the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.1 – by Rodney
Champness
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Notes & Errata
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