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| Many hobbyists use their PCs to control circuits via an I²C interface. In this article, we show how the necessary programming can be made...

| When construction of the barometer/altimeter, which is based on a precision airpressure sensor with integral signal processor from Mo...

| The PLC87(A) is programmed using Simatic compatible command lists (CLs). A CL consists of a sequence of logic combinations and/or instructi...

| Reading smartcards and writing to them, that’s all very well, but building real-life application circuits, that’s even better! Among t...

| Nearly all of today’s PCs have a 15-way connection for a joystick. This port is only used for games, while the serial and parallel ports r...

| Among the most popular shareware programs for PIC16C84 programming is PIP02 from Silicon Studios. The circuit shown here also uses PIP02...

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

| For some programming applications such as writing Pascal units, you have to enter lots of hexadecimal numbers. Using a standard PC keyboard...

| In this second and final instalment of the PLC programming course we deepen our knowledge of the Micro PLC. First we discuss the individual...

| Last month we described a low-cost Programmable Logic Controller system, the Micro PLC. This system uses an instruction set which is large...