Elektor April 2006

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Table of Contents Elektor April 2006

• Cleaning aluminium with baking soda
  Design Tip
• Designs for the Masses
  How the professionals do it
• DIY Battery Holders
  Design Tip
• FPGA Course (1)
  the basic components of digital electronics
• Halogen-power from a PC Power Supply
  modding & tweaking
• How much wire for a toroidal core?
  Design Tip
• Mailbox, April 2006
  Mailbox contains:
• Making Waves at C
  E-Blocks and Flowcode do your C programming
• OBD 50 years ago
  Retronics
• R8C Control Functions
  Using the R8C/13 hardware in your own applications
• RS232 Controlled Switch
  Design Tip
• Safety with Economy
  Some observations on electronic equipment
• Serial Data Communications
  Clocked data transfer
• Simple Rechargeable AA Cell Characteriser
  The good, the bad and the flaky
• Switch-Mode Power S upplies Revealed
  Elegant designs from China
• Universal SPI Box
  A quicker way to program microcontrollers
• Voltage reference with a difference
  Design Tip