{"title":"George's marvellous monster","authors":"G. Willmot","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0032","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes the walking robot he designed for his Systems and Control coursework at Penair School.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123711889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When robots learn to dance","authors":"Ashley S. Green","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0020","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes the role of robotics competitions in encouraging young people to study science and technology.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116338260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feedback: Viva technomusicology!","authors":"C. Seager, A. Bower","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Give us your feedback on Electronics Education and you could win one of four kits to enable your pupils to program a PICAXE chip to play their own compositions on a glockenspiel. The author describes a highly innovative approach to cross-curriculum teaching.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122116383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective fault finding. Part 2","authors":"John Martin","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0026","url":null,"abstract":"This is the second in a series of three articles on fault finding. This article looks at the situation where pupils are adding components to PIC-based PCBs (where the PCB itself is fault-free) and the ways in which the PIC can be used during the build process to simplify testing and fault finding. The author describes how on-board programmable controllers can be used to identify faults on such PIC-based PCBs.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114317108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tribute: a one-off","authors":"P. Hargrave, Peter Branson, B. Elton","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129970763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the edge: Lighting goes flexible and transparent","authors":"S. Harris","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0027","url":null,"abstract":"Reporting from the frontiers of technology, the author describes how new devices based on organic compounds could transform the way that we light our homes, offices and even our furniture.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130185156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing the water","authors":"Ryan Thomas","doi":"10.1049/ee.2008.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ee.2008.0008","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, a team of Year-12 students from Ysgol Tre-Gib (a bilingual 11-18 school in South Wales, participated in an Engineering Education Scheme Wales project with Brecon Beacons Natural Waters. In this article, their teacher describes how they enjoyed their taste of real engineering.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115513728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the edge: DNA logic","authors":"C. Evans-Pughe","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Reporting from the frontiers of technology, the author describes the first steps towards building computers from the fabric of life: DNA.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129448296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Counting. Part 2","authors":"P. Gardiner, Peter Branson","doi":"10.1049/EE.2008.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2008.0011","url":null,"abstract":"The authors continue their series of articles on making design decisions in electronics by looking at alternative approaches to implementing counting circuits that give accurate results despite having to cope with noisy input signals.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"39 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120919109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}