Hobby DIY Electronics

Online edition of US print magazine Nuts and Volts. Aimed at the electronics hobbyist, with articles covering amateur radio, cellular communications.

Nuts and Volts DIY Magazine
 
Nuts & Volts is written for the hands-on hobbyist, design engineer, technician, and experimenter. The diversity of subjects appeals to all levels of experience and spans such topics as amateur robotics, circuit design, lasers, computer control, home automation, microcontrollers, data acquisition, new technology, DIY projects, electronic theory, and more, not to mention the popular BASIC Stamp.

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A complete ANSI C Compiler for the PIC series with Rapid Application Development front end. Fully inclusive of all of the C Compiler environment and functionality. This is for the PICmicro MCU microcontroller family.

WIZ-C - PIC C Compiler Simulator and IDE 

This has Drag and Drop component selection. Point and Click pin connections and direct parameter selection by drop down lists, check boxes and validated data entry. It also supports In-Circuit Debugging and also can transfer to MPLAB. (professional version). They have a free demo version too.

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Wilko J. Hollemans PA3BWK - "Practice SENDING very fast but ACCURATELY - this in itself will improve your ability to copy fast code. Also use a tape-recorder to tape your sending, and then try copying it a week or so later.

Ultimate Morse Code Web Site - PA3BWK

One final tip - throw the pencil away, copy in your head! Try to run at higher speed than you are used to do."

Morsum Magnificat Issue 15 Spring 1990

"When learning to copy higher speeds, practice writing down the character only after hearing the following character. Once this is practiced a bit, hold off writing down the character until hearing the second character afterwards"

One of the oldest and reputed Electronics Magazine. construction projects, computer, technology, computing, PC technology, microcontroller. Books & CD-Roms, E-blocks, Kits & Modules.R8C pages, RFID pages.

This was one of the Mags along with Radio Electronics that made me a better designer. Radio Electronics was my first favorite mag.

Elektor Electronics - EE Circuits Projects

They also have some of the issues for download. Some nice projects too are available with code for reference and experimenting.

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Some of the projects here are Solar Power Circuits charge control, Amateur Radio Circuits, beacon keyer, antenna tuner. Micro Power FM Broadcasting Circuits, Pulse Width Modulator PWM Circuits, motor speed controls, Geiger Counter Circuits,...

FCs Electronic Circuits

"Only a few of the circuits here rely on microprocessors. Micros can greatly enhance the power of a small device, but the specialized development tools can put the project out of reach for many hobbyists and the development systems tend to go obsolete in a short time." - Forrest Cook