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1-07-2005 | When the light switch in the garage is pressed, the light in the garage comes on for two minutes. Also, one minute and forty-five seconds af...

1-07-2005 | Anyone who has designed circuits using the 555 timer chip will, at some time have wished that it could be programmed for longer timing perio...

1-01-2005 | Some microcontroller applications require a functionality called timekeeping, which isoften within the realms of ‘software only’. Software t...

1-03-2004 | The UK Government recently announced the world’s biggest ever expansion in wind energy. So how realistic is this scheme? What are the pitfal...

1-03-2004 | Despite its surprisingly simple hardware design and construction, the superb frequency meter / event counter described in this article coupl...

1-12-2003 | This special timekeeper records individual time periods and adds them together to produce a total time. The circuit uses a real-time clock d...

1-12-2003 | The DDS RF Signal generator described in the October 2003 issue of Elektor Electronics has an internal 10 MHz quartz crystal oscillator for...

1-07-2003 | `This egg timer, which is both simple and functional, shows once again that it is not essential to use a microcontroller for everything thes...

1-07-2003 | Manufacturers of cordless drills generally recommend a battery charging time of three hours. Once the charging time is up the battery must b...

1-07-2003 | This article was an entry to the Flash Competition of Elektor Electronics, and describes how a real-time clock (RTC) can be implemented in s...