Nuts & Volts, February 2009

FPGAs at the Command Line
The problem with using Field
Programmable Gate Arrays is that you have to learn a design language
and then set up a fairly complex development environment to write
programs in. That problem is addressed here.

Power MOSFETs
Experience for yourself how power
MOSFETs are an inexpensive and easy way to control significant power by
building the two projects presented this month using what you learned
last month.

A Touch of Spice
In this final part, take a look at oscillator circuits that create their own signal during simulation.
How To: A Guide to Soldering
Never soldered before? Now you can learn how!
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