Tag: Elektor

This control circuit will provide the correct rotational speed and direction of a 12-V DC motor. Nothing special in that? But there is definitely, when you consider the multitude of potential options for actuating the motor. You can adjust the speed manually with a potentiometer...

Original publication: Elektor magazine September 2015, page 102 Author: Danny Winkler Free download expires: Friday 20 September 2019 Elektor PCB available: yes, low stock. Extra boards available by 23 September 2019, please check article page Please Note: Four...

This article describes the electronics, the BL600 program and the Android program; the last being an Android smartphone application with which your mains switch circuit may be controlled wirelessly. You may notice an unusual detail for these pages — the transformerless power...

Author: Burkhard Kainka All that’s required to measure radiation is a simple PIN photodiode and a suitable preamplifier circuit. We present here an optimised preamplifier and a microcontroller-based counter. The microcontroller takes care of measuring time and pulse rate, displaying...

Original publication: Elektor magazine January 2013. Author: Gert Baars, Free download expires: Friday 9 August, 2019. For aircraft enthusiasts and in particular plane spotters, it’s always interesting to listen to communications between aircraft and control towers. This receiver...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have managed to beat the previous world record for high-temperature superconductivity (HTSC) by 50K. This new material reaches superconductivity at –23 °C (under very high pressure conditions). by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com Even...

By Dr. Martin Oppermann (Germany) & www.elektormagazine.com In his article published in the July & August 2016 issue, Elektor author Alfred Rosenkränzer presented a wonderfully simple differential probe for oscilloscopes, based around the AD8479 precision differential...

Here is a nice mini review of  Siglent SDS1204X-E four-channel oscilloscope by Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com: A few years ago I wrote a review about the Siglent SDS1102X and back then I was very enamoured by the quality and extensive capabilities of this affordable instrument. In...