Florian Schäffer (11)

| Promoting young electronics talent is an important mission, and this also applies to the German Electronics Design and Manufacturing Associa...

| It is often the case that you don't have all the components required to build a circuit that is developing in your mind. Or, perhaps the cir...

| It is often the case that you don't have all the components required to build a circuit that is developing in your mind. Or, perhaps the cir...

| The path from a circuit diagram (see the previous issue) to a first prototype built on a breadboard is not always smooth: the abstract shape...

| When you have an idea for a circuit and want to share it with others, or even just document it for yourself, it is time to draw a circuit di...

| There are two basic types of chip card in credit card format: Those with a processor and those without. Memory chip cards have just a simple...

| Problems can arise with USB hubs that are powered from a PC when gadgets plugged into them draw too much current. This is often the case wit...

| Remote control using mobile phones and SMS (Text Messaging) is in great demand but many systems on sale suffer from imperfections. The ingen...

| Cars made by the Volkswagen/Audi group (VAG) are easy to interface to using the OBD-2 connector: the VAG-COM software allows values to be re...

| It’s about time, you might say! After all, even if the ATmega microcontroller isn’t necessarily mega, it’s still quite popular and we feel i...