Jan Buiting (493)

1-12-2006 | A new version of Flowcode for E-blocks has just been released — version 3. This is more than a simple upgrade: Flowcode has matured into a n...

1-12-2006 | Out of curiosity I delved into the Elektor relics cabinet and pulled out an almost intact example of the 20/80 m SSB receiver we published i...

1-11-2006 | At the time of its introduction in late 1953, the SDR314/04 was described by Philips Telecommunication Industries as a “Portable F.M. transm...

1-10-2006 | The CDP1802 was the world’s first CMOS-only CPU which offered a number of advantages: low current consumption, wide temperature ranges, bett...

1-05-2006 | Without delving into the operation of the design, two things must have struck our readers as quite novel at the time: firstly, the use of an...

1-04-2006 | The subject of this month’s instalment, a PrüfRex car & motorcycle electrics test box, is from a time when car owners were in total control...

1-03-2006 | This story starts in May 1988 with the publication of an article with the delightfully simple and technically correct title ‘Plotter (part 1...

1-02-2006 | The subject of this month’s installment of Retronics is a small brownish suitcase which, when first opened (Figure 1), took me back instantl...

1-01-2006 | It’s been said that within a few years the home constructor will be totally dependent on salvaged electronic equipment for even the commones...

1-01-2006 | The Philips MX293 Personal Mobile Radio (PMR) is an oddball transceiver in that it employs AM (amplitude modulation) rather than far more us...