More about DIY (103)

1-11-2008 | We wouldn't be Elektor if we didn't do a little experimenting with e-bikes, which have become popular in recent times. But an off th...

1-03-2008 | Projectors aren’t very expensive to buy and can be modified to produce a large display in the home. Point it at a white wall or projector sc...

1-03-2008 | Here’s the first real-life application of ECIO modules introduced in the October 2007 issue of Elektor. An ECIO acts as the brains of a PLC...

1-12-2007 | In this project, the author has used readily available components and a bit of original design to create a backup power system with an outpu...

1-07-2007 | You don’t have to reinvent the wheel for your robot, but you may have to make your own somehow if you can’t or don’t want to buy them ready...

1-06-2007 | Like it or not, the microcontroller has become an indispensable part of electronics. However, there are still people who know very little ab...

1-10-2006 | An LC display can be used as a readout for all kinds of useful information without using the PC monitor for that. This is not unusual anymor...

1-04-2006 | Occasionally there is the need to charge a battery from a laptop, mobile phone or PMR handheld using an ordinary laboratory power supply. It...

1-02-2005 | Digital terrestrial television (DVB-T) is now available in many parts of the country. Of course, you need a DVB-T receiver and a (new) UHF T...

1-10-2004 | When it is required to make a measurement at a node of an RF circuit, connecting to the circuit using a normal oscilloscope probe, even on t...