More about logic (135)

| This project is based on the ‘Fan-Flash’ published in the December 2010 edition, a circuit that gives the illusion of stopping the blades of...

| In the wake of the London riots Prime Minister David Cameron floated the idea of a partial ban on social media. But is the technology in pla...

| Although the final application, a reliable system to hatch chicken eggs, may seem specialized, the method of getting there has potential for...

| We’re at the dawn of the fifth technological revolution. At least, that’s the working premise of the recently founded think/do tank the Hyb...

| Colossus was a digital computer that contained 2400 valves and ran its programs as fast as a modern computer. It was designed in 1943 and ma...

| The oscilloscope is a fine tool for showing the evolution of a signal in time, but when it comes to digital signals it soon shows its limita...

| The small super-bright Luxeon LEDs from Philips are suitable for many applications, including small but handy (that is, bright) pocket torch...

| Generating a stable, high-frequency signal from a crystal is simple, but you can’t always get just the frequency you want. Of course, you ca...

| Back in the 70’s when engineers were bread-boarding their designs using the new fangled microprocessors they soon found that the traditional...

| Now, through the power of paper (cheap and generally available) logic gates are available in goat form. Properly constructed from the DIY gu...