Electronics Now articles from October 1995

Electronics Now archives from October 1995

Fieldpiece HS24K15 stick meter fieldpack.
October 1, 1995... Field service technicians require test equipment that's specially designed for making measurements on the go. The equipment should be as light as possible, yet afford plenty of versatility. It should be designed to make troubleshooting as...

High-power hi-fi audio amplifier.
October 1, 1995... This powerful stereo amplifier outperforms commercial units. One version is for the home and the other is portable for sound reinforcement in halls, auditoriums, and theaters. The amplifier describe in this article is a lightweight,...

Low-cost software for electronics.
October 1, 1995... New low-cost software lets you draw schematics, lay out PC boards, and breadboard circuits on your desktop PC. LAST MONTH WE looked at several schematic drawing software packages. Most of them could be used only for drawing purposes. This...

Powered subwoofer.
October 1, 1995... The "Little Earthquake" home-theater subwoofer delivers the deep bass you've been missing. BY NOW, JUST ABOUT everyone has heard about home theater, and anyone who has had the pleasure of hearing a demonstration can appreciate the incredible...

Build this subwoofer for your car.
October 1, 1995... Adding this subwoofer to your car audio system will dramatically improve its bass response and lower its distortion. WHAT's THE BEST WAY TO UPGRADE your car stereo? For many systems, replacing poor quality speakers with better ones is the...

L-C bridges.
October 1, 1995... Learn about popular capacitance and inductance bridges, and build your own Hay-Maxwell bridge and an 18-range LCR laboratory-grade bridge. THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT AC BRIDGES for measuring inductance and capacitance. It explains one popular...

Seeing the unseen. (Harold Edgerton's ultra-high-speed photographs)
October 1, 1995... Harold Edgerton was a prolific inventor of stroboscopes, high-intensity lamps, underwater cameras, and specialized sonar. But he is best remembered for his ultra high-speed photographs that are recognized as works of art. AN EXHIBITION AT...

Understanding pitot tubes.
October 1, 1995... Plus a GPS navigation update, picking a new microcontroller, new Internet directories, and more on the mystery band. Maybe it's because I am sitting here on a sand dune watching gila monsters in the Middle of the upper Sonoran desert, but...

High-definition compatible digital processing.
October 1, 1995... I became aware of the latest audiophile love object in, of all places, the business pages of the New York times. It appeared under the Catchy Headline "Hot New Audio Technology Chases Dolby's Soundprints." Once into the article you realized...

This month we start the design of a general-purpose controller circuit.
October 1, 1995... Whenever I have to start on a new project here, the first place I search for ideas in the mail. Historically speaking, my mail has changed over the years. Once upon a time, the majority of the requests I received were for coverage of...

Windows 95 update.
October 1, 1995... Window's 95 should be commercially available by the time you read this, so at long last you'll get a chance to check it out for yourself. For more than a year now, I've been playing with various pre-release versions of it, studying its...