1 Feb, 2006

Fancy a full-featured alarm control panel with dialler capabilities? This one is PC-programmed and controlled and can handle up to eight zones. The PC only needs to be powered up for arming and disarming, or you can use an optional keypad.

3 Feb, 2006

A/V Equipment Review

8 Feb, 2006

Charge your iPOD without connecting it to a computer!

10 Feb, 2006

We build and test an electric Piper Cub

16 Feb, 2006

So you would like to service electronic gear for yourself and your friends. Provided you have some basic test equipment such as a multimeter and oscilloscope, there is a surprising range of electronic equipment than can be repaired, provided you have the time and persistence to do it. This article gives some useful hints and tips.

17 Feb, 2006

As demonstrated in our recent "PICAXE in Schools" series, the PICAXE-08M is a useful little chip when it comes to learning about microcontrollers. You might think that it has limited uses outside the classroom but here's a project that proves otherwise - a simple but accurate 3-digit temperature display that can act as a thermostat.

18 Feb, 2006

In the December issue we had our first look at the Viper robot from Microbric - a new concept in project building that can turn a beginner into an expert in seconds! Now we're going to start adding more functionality to the Viper by giving it some infrared control capability

19 Feb, 2006

If you'd been off the planet for the last five years and considered a snake's pit of cables linking computers and peripherals as normal, then today's wireless connectivity could come as quite a surprise.

21 Feb, 2006

Making an adjustable loud screamer

23 Feb, 2006

Operating the MIDI Drum Kit via a computer requires software to be installed. In this final article we shall describe this final aspect of the MIDI Drum Kit.

24 Feb, 2006

Brian Lackie's Wireless Museum

28 Feb, 2006

When we ran out of space last month, we were just about to start installing the electronics. So let's get that finished and start blasting the neighbours...