Electronics Now articles from March 1995

Electronics Now archives from March 1995

Sencore CM125 computer monitor signal generator.
March 1, 1995... The need for specialized computer monitor test equipment has increased dramatically in the last decade, not only in repair shops but at the factories where they are made. Monitor video bandwidth has expanded as a result of the increases in...

World's first wireless home theater system makes professional-quality surround sound affordable ....
March 1, 1995... Now you can add surround sound to your home entertainment lineup with the amazing new Chase Technologies decoder that works with your existing stereo and an assortment of wired and wireless speakers. Let's face it. As much fun as renting a...

Microprocessors; two decades of microprocessor history.
March 1, 1995... Since the days of the first vacuum-tube computer, designers have sought better, faster, and cheaper computer performance. Improvements in these areas directly mirror the evolution of device technology from vacuum tubes to transistors....

Solid state thermometer.
March 1, 1995... Build an accurate, 3 1/2-digit, handheld thermometer from a kit or from scratch. The Liquid-Crystal Display (LCD) and the single-chip analog-to-digital converter (ADC) have made possible an almost endless list of battery-powered, hand-held...

Prototyping station.
March 1, 1995... Build this full-featured breadboard laboratory, and add custom features to suit your own needs. One of the most gratifying benefits of being an electronics hobbyist is the opportunity to design and build custom projects for a particular need...

The ProCar security system.
March 1, 1995... This is the second part of a series of articles about building an automobile alarm, anti-theft, and anti-carjacking system that sounds off before it disables the car. In the first part of this article (Electronics Now, March, 1995, page 35)...

Low-cost TV data displays, thoughts on brain implants, digital sinewave generators, a stunning new radio receiver, and distortion reduction schemes.
March 1, 1995... I am going to start off by recalling my articles on the subject of television data display. Articles on Hacker TV data displays first appeared in the September 1973 issue Radio-Electronics with my TV Typewriter. This was followed by Put the...

A couple of 'old' circuits, and a brand new topic.
March 1, 1995... I've been getting a lot of mail about a series of columns I did on video and video descrambling. When the series was reprinted, a gates-only way of decoding the magic line numbers (24 and 257) was omitted. When I was doing the series, I showed...

UberSoft uber alles. (computer hackers on the Internet)
March 1, 1995... Deep underground lies the Command and Information Center, the hub of the most extensive computer network on Earth. This CIC differs from many corporate and military computing centers because it has direct, on-demand connectivity to many tens of...