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Nuts and Volts Magazine - April 2012

Direct Digital Synthesis


Features

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DDS and the Electronic Music Box
by Craig Lindley
Make Music With Digitally Generated Analog Signals. Page 28

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Return to Transistor Land
by Keith Bayern
This article describes Keith’s process of designing a no-IC, high voltage power supply for his updated Nixie-Transistor clock. Page 36

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Add USB Devices to Your Projects
by Jan Axelson
Data storage, user input, printing, audio, video, and network communications are just a few of the functions that off-the-shelf USB devices can perform. Learn how to include USB devices in your creations with the BeagleBoard-xM. Page 40

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Using Color Graphics and Widgets with the 32-bit Micro Experimenter
by Thomas Kibalo
Discover and harness the power of widgets to use on your Experimenter board. Page 46

Columns

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Techknowledgey
by Jeff Eckert
TechKnowledgey 2012
This month, read about an alarm that combines light and sound, the magnetic memory limit being attained, a tablet to take without water, plus some other interesting stuff. Page 10

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PICAXE Primer
by Ron Hackett
PICAXE Primer
Developing software for the LED-2x7 project board. Page 14

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Q&A
by Russell Kincaid
Q & A
Get answers about LED flasher circuits, lighthouse lamps, PCMCIA memory cards, and multi-station intercoms. Page 22

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Smiley’s Workshop
by Joe Pardue
Smileys Workshop: An AVR C Programming Series (Part 45)
Chaser Light Marquee – Part 1 Page 56

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Fundamentals For Beginners
FUNdamentals For Beginners
Build Railroad Lights. Page 64

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Open Communication
by Louis E. Frenzel
Open Communication
How to get your ham license. Page 68