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  • On the buses Last station still far off
  • Back to the Future Home electronics from the (recent) past
  • High Voltage Amplifier
  • Attitude Sensor
  • Negative Auxiliary Voltage
  • Direction-Sensitive Light Barrier
  • Dimmer with a MOSFET
  • Discrete Robot
  • Car Central-Locking System
  • BTX
  • 5 volts from the Mains
  • I²C and SMBus
  • Unusual LED Blinker
  • On/Off Button
  • NiMH Charger for up to six Cells
  • On-Train Radio Camera -
  • Universal Mains Filter
  • Flickering Light II
  • IIR Tool
  • Simple Audio Peak Detector
  • Voltage Monitor
  • Thrifty2-Hz Clock
  • On-line Conversions
  • IR Multi-Position Switch
  • LM4906 Boomer Audio Power Amp
  • Model Railway Short-Circuit Beeper
  • Resistor-Equipped Transistors (RETs)
  • Low-Drop Constant Current Source for Ultrabright LEDs
  • SATA
  • Modern SMD Packages
  • Stable Filament Supply
  • IR Transmitter with HT12E
  • USB/I²C interface I-square-C rules...
  • I²C-homebus Switch power outlets with your PC
  • Heathkit TC-2P Tube Checker
  • Continuous Flow Soldering
  • Voltage regulator calculation
  • Power Supply for USB Devices
  • LED Christmas Tree -
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