Practical electronics 09/2017

Editor-in-chief recommends

The heating season is approaching, and with it the smog topic will probably come back to the media ... In September Practical Electronics you can find a project of air pollution meter, which in many cases can answer the question of whether it is safe to go for a walk, especially with a small child. An unusual project is a weather station, which made of popular components not only measures environmental conditions, but also gets weather forecast from the Internet and shows it on a clear LCD display. A novelty for the EP, which can not be overlooked due to the growing importance of device prototypes designers and the availability of devices, is 3D printing. In the current issue, under the heading "Automation and Mechatronics", we start the 3D printing course based on the popular, free Design Spark Mechanical program and the Cura slicer. In this first article from the series, we present the basics of drawing three-dimensional objects, useful for electronics. We describe them on the basis of the button head design, so the first, drawn and printed item can find practical use. I encourage you to read!

In the issue

Do not miss

• New components
• Cocktail of Noodles
• Prediction

projects

• wiStation - home weather station with weather forecast
• Modular listening receiver for 40 and 80 m "Dosia" (1)
• Air pollution meter

Miniprojekty

• Miniature microphone preamplifier with SSM2167a circuit
• Stereo tone color regulator powered by a battery
• Potentiometer "Panorama" audio

Readers' projects

• Millimeter TRMS

Equipment

• PAT-10 - electrical equipment safety tester
• GL Spectis 1.0 Touch spectrometer - precise lighting measurements with the Flicker function
• Thermometer / hygrometer Voltcraft PL-100TRH

Builder notebook

• Amazon Alexa. Installation and support of the Echo Dot loudspeaker

components

• Module of a miniature graphic display for the microcontroller

Automation and mechatronics

• What is the industrial revolution 4.0?
• Solutions for powering household energy storage systems
• Roller control for LOGO! 8 - a project with a hardware environmental simulator
• 3D printing for electronics (1)

presentations

• Intelligent identification systems

Measuring bridges

• Tybo | 64
• This year's National Instruments news
• TIMATE - electronic "slow food" to measure working time
• Analysis of multiphase motors

courses

• Renesas Synergy - serial interfaces (2)
• How to use Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC systems with Linux - simple examples (1)
• Programming STM32F4 (9)

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