{"title":"The E-Blocks PICmicro development system","authors":"A. Beddoe","doi":"10.1049/EE.2007.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2007.0020","url":null,"abstract":"The E-Blocks Development System, from Matrix Multimedia, is a comprehensive range of modules supporting the design and development of electronic products. It is based on the PICmicro microcontroller family, and aimed at the post-16 education and industrial sectors. A large variety of projects can be assembled using the available modules, from very simple systems requiring just switch inputs and LED outputs, to a fully-functional mobile phone.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114163803","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":"The Bombe that beat Enigma","authors":"B. Elton","doi":"10.1049/EE.2007.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2007.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Before the era of electronics, electromechanical machines were used for complex calculations. The WW-II Bombe machines, that played a vital role in cracking the Enigma code, represented the ultimate in pre-electronic processing power.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131889383","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":"Starting with PICs","authors":"Alan O'Donohoe","doi":"10.1049/ee.2007.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/ee.2007.0006","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes how he overcame practical and financial constraints to successfully introduce PIC microcontrollers at Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127723043","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":"Remote control gets closer","authors":"John Martin, P. Gardiner","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0007","url":null,"abstract":"In the Autumn 2003 edition of Electronics Education, the authors described various systems for remote control. This article discusses new developments that have made remote control even easier and cheaper.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"42 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132433713","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":"Stairway to success","authors":"R. Amos","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0025","url":null,"abstract":"16-year-old Ruth Amos of Eckington School in Derbyshire has become the winner of the Young Engineers for Britain competition with her innovative device to provide support for people while they are climbing the stairs..","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127988284","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":"The night light: evolution of a Key Stage 3 project","authors":"P. Gardiner","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0006","url":null,"abstract":"When I reached secondary school at the age of 11, the very first project I made in Technology (woodwork as it was then called) was a table lamp based on a halving joint. When I arrived at my present place of work, I was amazed to find that similar projects were still being made! Fortunately, such projects have since been banished but a safe low voltage version could offer students a really interesting design project. With this in mind, I looked for ways to provide battery powered lighting projects that would be suitable and safe in a young child's bedroom.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115211401","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":"From fuzzy ideas to finished product. Part 2: Investigating and clarifying","authors":"John Martin","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0021","url":null,"abstract":"This is the second in a series of three articles looking at the interaction of product and electronics design. The first article looked at the general issues. This article looks at the early stages of electronic product design in more detail.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122047982","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":"Breaking the mould","authors":"David Taylor","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0023","url":null,"abstract":"The author talks about the challenges of changing the perception of electronics,implementing new technology and encouraging pupils to make design decisions.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123748204","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":"555 timers: who needs them?","authors":"P. Gardiner","doi":"10.1049/EE.2006.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1049/EE.2006.0024","url":null,"abstract":"The NE555 timer first appeared in 1971. Although it is now well over 30 years old, many exam boards still include it in their specifications. This seems rather odd in a fast developing subject such as electronics. With an ever expanding range of new technology and devices to learn about, perhaps it is now time to relegate the 555 to the museum along with germanium transistors, valves and transistor multivibrators.","PeriodicalId":431789,"journal":{"name":"Electronics Education","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124219164","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}