Jens Nickel (256)

1-04-2010 | Back in January we mentioned that we were working on the design of a new CO2 meter. This one is specifically designed for use in cars where...

1-03-2010 | Developers of embedded systems should be aware that there is a wide range of open source programs, programming tools and hardware platforms...

1-03-2010 | The DMX LED lamp controller described here uses a TI MSP430 microcontroller to support DMX bus communication and generate PWM control signal...

1-03-2010 | A few months ago Australian software and tools specialist Altium cut the price of its Altium Designer electronic CAD software suite consider...

1-03-2010 | We suspect there are some of our readers who choose not to equip their listening space with the latest surround-sound, Ethernet-connected, W...

1-02-2010 | The team here in the Elektor lab are a good mix of young engineers and some more experienced ‘veterans’. Ton Giesberts has been with Elektor...

1-01-2010 | Too much carbon dioxide (CO2) is harmful not only for the environment but also for our own health. In just two hours of a meeting or classro...

1-12-2009 | Automatic control of house lighting, heating and other household installations from a central controller is not only convenient but can help...

1-11-2009 | A few months ago we took a call from a gentleman from Munich who had built a function generator featured in the December 1984 edition of Ele...

1-10-2009 | Music, speech, noisy neighbours – sound is all around us. And yet the science of acoustics holds many surprises: sound can be focused into b...