Electronics Now articles from May 1998

Electronics Now archives from May 1998

The platform is the UI. (PlamPilot's user interface)
May 1, 1998... We've been rubbing our noses pretty deeply in palmpilot programming the past few months. I think we've gotten a pretty good idea of what's involved, including the capabilities and limitations of the target platform, the development tools, and the...

On the floor at CES. (Winter Consumer Electronics)
May 1, 1998... If you've never attended a mega trade show like the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, the experience is hard to describe adequately. Part serious business forum, part crazed carnival on steroids, it could only be held in Las Vegas - a city where...

Get the big picture. (digital television designs displayed during the Winter Consumer Electronics Show)
May 1, 1998... Since at least the 1950s, researchers have said that a practical large-screen, flat, wall-hanging TV display was about ten years away. Well, after nearly a half-century, those ten years have finally passed. At the just concluded CES, nearly every...

Equipment Report: Fluke Model 77 III DMM. (digital multimeter)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1998... Fluke's 77 Series III DMM brings a fresh new look to the world of multimeters. In terms of appearance, not much has changed over the years when it comes to common digital multimeters, or DMMs. Show any technician or experienced hobbyist any...

CD information storage and playback. (compact disc)
May 1, 1998... BEFORE WE CAN GET INTO THE NITTY-GRITTY OF REPAIRING A CD PLAYER OR CD-ROM DRIVE, WE NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON HOW CD INFORMATION STORAGE AND PLAYBACK WORKS. LET'S TACKLE THAT NEXT. The actual information to be recorded on a CD...

Build the InfoCard card scanner.
May 1, 1998... Limit access to sensitive areas, files, and more with this simple circuit and encoded cards you can create yourself! Reflective-optical sensors are non-contact devices that use a light source and a photo-sensitive detector to detect the...

Build a digital-storage oscilloscope for your high-performance logic analyzer.
May 1, 1998... Combine this add-on device, March's Logic Analyzer, and almost any PC, and get a full-featured digital-storage oscilloscope. Everyone who works with electronics would like to have a decent oscilloscope as a part of their bench equipment....

Fuel-cell powered vehicles.
May 1, 1998... Are fuel cells the technology that will allow us to replace the polluting internal-combustion engine with a cleaner, good-performing alternative? It is hard to beat the internal-combustion engine (ICE) when it comes to performance, range,...

National Electronics Technician's Day 1998. (certification of electronics technicians worldwide)
May 1, 1998... Promote your career and join the ranks of the professional electronics technicians who've proven their expertise and earned the designation of CET. Since its founding in 1970, The International Society of Certified Electronics Technicians,...

The right way to measure AC power.
May 1, 1998... ACCURATE MEASUREMENT OF REAL-WORLD AC POWER HAS LONG BEEN THE BANE OF BEGINNING EE STUDENTS. THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE OF AC POWER IN THE PRESENCE OF PHASE SHIFTS, HARMONICS, AND NONLINEAR LOADS. Power measurement difficulties also partly explain...