Bernard C. Zschocke (21)

1-12-2000 | On many cars, the boot light will not go out until the lid is properly closed. It is all too easy when unloading the car, to leave the lid a...

1-01-1998 | The steady progress in the field of microcontrollers and microprocessors has produced new, powerful devices which come in standard IC...

1-12-1997 | Microcontrollers in your toaster, washing machine, the Mars Explorer or a Formula 1 race car; these beasts are literally all around us...

1-12-1997 | All microcontrollers have to be programmed, be it by means of a 'mask' during their production, or by means of a special programmer. I...

1-12-1993 | Because of their inertia, power consumption, contact wear, and often size, relays are not really suitable for switching alternating volta...

1-11-1993 | Build this small add-on unit and put an end to the (often gross) inaccuracy of the real-time clock that ticks in your PC. Complete with a...

1-11-1993 | Integrating an EPROM emulator into a microcontroller system gives tlexibility while reducing cost. It also makes the 80C535 based processo...

1-07-1993 | The aim of the design of this 'zener diode' is to obtain a fast voltage regulator that can provide high currents. The circuit is based on...

1-03-1993 | The PC may not transmit characters to the counter while this is busy executing the command string. Any character, in particular US, has t...

1-02-1993 | This month's instalment explains how the frequency meter can communicate wtth a PC via an RS232 sertal link. Obviously, to be able to wrt...