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SPECIAL FEATURES
BUILD THIS
39 BUYER'S GUIDE-CORDLESS TELEPHONES
Here's a look at what's available in terms of features. price. and
performance of those popular devices. Gordon McComb
51 BUYING MAIL-ORDER COMPONENTS
Part 2-Mail -order is sometimes the only way to obtain the com-
ponents you need. Here are some tips you should know. and
some pitfalls you should avoid. Karl T. Thurber, Jr., W8FX
43 FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER FOR YOUR COUNTER
Add-on for your counter multiplies the signal frequency by either
10 or 100. This easy-to-build device increases the low-frequency
range and accuracy of your counter. Gary McClellan
47 PICTURE PHONE
Final construction details as well as calibration, set-up, and use
for this adapter that sends video signals over your telephone
line. Josef Bernard
ON THE COVER
Cordless telephones are more than
just a convenience; they can also
save you money. Rather than have
multiple-extension phones, you can
use just one cordless phone and an-
swer the telephone from anywhere
inside the house-or from up to
1000 feet away. For an in-depth look
at what's available, including prices
and features, turn to page 39.
TECHNOLOGY
59 HEART-RATE MONITOR
Final construction details for a device that measures your heart
rate and displays it on a digital display in beats-per-minute.
Robert Grossblatt
79 GUITAR AND BASS TUNER
Easy-to-build musical "pitch pipe" that enables you to tune your
guitar and bass instruments quickly. James I. Jarnagin
4 VIDEO ELECTRONICS
Tomorrow's news and technology in this quickly changing industry.
David Lachenbruch
10 SATELLITE TV NEWS
The latest happenings in communications technology.
Gary Arlen
75 ALL ABOUT BUBBLE MEMORIES
How those high-density memory devices work. Robert F. Scott
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BUILD THIS FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER and in-
crease the low-frequency range and accuracy of
your frequency counter. Complete construction
details start on page 43.
HOW TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS WORK, and
how to design them, are covered in this month's
installment of our back-to-school series . For the
full details, turn to page 67.
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84 SERVICE CLINIC
More about capacitors. Jack Darr
92 NEW IDEAS
Sample-and-hold probe for a DMM.
67 HOW TO DESIGN ANALOG CIRCUITS
An in-depth look at single-stage transistor amplifiers. Mannie
Horowitz
90 HOBBY CORNER
A new puzzle for our readers, plus a timer circuit using Schmitt
gates. Earl " Doc" Savage, K4SDS
100 COMMUNICATIONS CORNER
Using a computer to receive RTTY transrnlssions. Herb
Fri edman
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8 Advertising and Sales Offic es 12 Letter s
142 Adve rt ising Index 110 New Liter atur e
105 Books 114 Market Cent er
8 Editorial 107 New Products
143 Free Information Card 6 What' s News
COMPUTERS
EQUIPMENT
REPORTS
96 COMPUTER CORNER
A look at the Osborne 1 portable computer. Les Spindle
26 B&K Prec ision 3030 Sweep/Function Generator
32 Byt ewr iter Daisy-Wh eel Printer
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LIVE-ACTION
VIDEO GAMES
VCR/CAMERA
COMBOS
Input and output jacks are featured on some models of almost all 1983 TV lines to
accommodate various video-program sources and external audio systems. Like RCA,
Magnavox didn't strictly go the video-component route in its 1983 models, but instead
provided what it calls " user-friendly" video and audio systems- featuring complete color
sets with 10 audio and video input and output jacks, as well as three switched 75-ohm RF
inputs.
Console furniture has traditional ly been a strong point with Magnavox, and for 1983 it will
offer nine high-end audio, video, and storage modules in matching furniture cabinets. The
modules can be assembled in 17 different combi nations for use with VCR's, videodisc
players, and so forth. The systems have a choice of three different screen sizes-an
extremely compact 40-inch rear-projection (see photo) and 25- or 19-inch direct-viewsets.
There's also a choice of two audio systems, two sets of loudspeake rs, and two equipment
cabinets, all in the same console-rack styling. The TV's all have comb-filter circuits and
random-access remote tuning systems; and the 25- and 40-inch models have stereo
amplifiers.
North American Philips is working on interfacing a home computer with the Laservision
videodisc system to produce on-screen games with actual " Iive" -type video instead of
computer-generated graphics. It's not known when the product actual ly will be introduced,
but it may use the upcoming Odyssey 3 (which probably will more closely resemble a
computer than a video game) and Magnavox's new-model videodisc player, which has a
computer input jack.
Sony has quietly been developing a single-unit combination camera and VCR which
weighs only about five pounds, including battery, and records on a full-size standard Beta
cassette. At press time, reports in Tokyo indicated it could be introduced some time in
1983. Sony conceded that such a product had been developed but was mum on detail s.
It's understood that the miniaturization was made possible by using a smaller head drum
which nonetheless is compatible with standard recording at the Beta II speed.
Sony's proposed camera and recorder is the size and shape of a slightly elongated cigar
box and is only about 5% larger than JVC's VHS-C recorder without camera. JVC's unit,
which weighs slightly more than the Sony combination , records for 20 minutes on a small
cassette which can be played back on the VHS-C recorder itself , or on any standard VHS
recorder by inserting it in an adaptor . The Sony mini is understood to record for three
hours, but is a record-only unit, whereas the VHS-C recorder also will play back.
JVC has developed a miniaturized camera weighing 2% pounds, using a new V2-inch
Saticon pickup tube as a companion to its VHS-C recorder. It can be combined with the
recorder into a single unit without cable connections by use of a special shoulder-frame
accessory , giving the combination camera-recorder a total weight of less than eight
pounds. Sony's one-piece unit is said to be aimed at an under $1,000 price on the
Japanese market. R-E
WHAT'S NEWS
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faster and more reliable service--
especially for length y technical
doc ume nta ti on - t ha n c o n-
ventional manual translation be-
tween English and French, Ger-
man. and Spanish.
The service uses six software
programs. one for each language
pair. Original text can be input from
a keyboard, or froma disk, tape, or
optical character readers. or via
telex or data links.
The translated texts are pro-
duced at five to tentimes thespeed
of manual translation. and with the
help of ITT's own data bank as an
integral part of the service. the
co mput e r - as s i st ed sys tem
assures high accuracy. idiomatic
usage. and orderly syntax. Final
editing is done on-line by expert
tech nical tr an sl at or s. nati ve
speakers of the language int o
which they translate. The custom-
er receives the finished translation
in hard copy. tape, or disk, or over
data links worldwide.
The new service that is now be-
ing offered commercially was origi-
nally developed for use by ITT
companies. R-E
EFFICIENCY OF AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELLS is measured by An-
thony W. Catalano, of the RCA Labs tech nical staff. The new higher-efficiency
cells may open t he way to large-scale production of solar power at costs
competitive with the present oil-fired generating plants.
The new companies are Digital
Research. Graphics Software Sys-
tems. Hazeltine Corp, ICl. ISSCO
Graphics, Manneman Tally Corp,
Microsoft. AEl Microtel Ltd. Nor-
pak, West inghouse . Xerox Corp
and Precision Visuals.
The two proposed standards are
the North American Presentation
l evel Protocol Syntax (NAPl PS)
and Virtual Device Interface (VOl).
NAPl PS is used in transmitting
graphics information. VOl will re-
sult in improved software portabil-
ity among computer systems and
graphic devices.
Both of the new standards are
being considered for adoption by
the American National Standards
Institute.
Computer t ranslati on
off ered in Europe
A new service to provide two-
way translation between English
and three other languages is being
offered by the ITT Eur o pe
Engineering Support Center in
Harlow. England. By coupling the
new service wi th i t s present
translation facilities. ITTcanoffer a
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Amorphous solar cells
reach 10% efficiency
Amorphous silico n cells that
operate at 10 percent efficiency
are reported by the RCA l abora-
to ries at Princeton , NJ . Th at ,
according to RCA execut ives .
marks an important step toward
large-scale solar power production
at costs comparable to those of
oil-fired electric generating plants.
Wh il e th e e f f i c ie ncy of
amorphou s si licon is still lower
than the 17 percent or so of the
crystalline type now used widely
for solar cells. its cost is much low-
er. Scientists believe that at 10 per-
cent effici ency, mass production
becomes feasible.
RCA received a basic patent on
its invention of amorphous silicon
devices in 1977.
" to hel p alleviate the current
budqet crisis in public radio."
Progress reported in
graphics standards
Digital Equipment Cor p. Intel
Corp and Textronix report that 12
companies are joining their move
to adopt two proposed new
graphics standards. Those would
cover methods for creating and
tran smitting computer-gr aphics
images. l ack of standards for
those activities at lower interface
levels results in inefficiency. es-
pecially in graphics software de-
velopment and portability.
NA TIONWI DE SA TEL LITE PAGI NG SYS TEM


THE NATIONAL SATELLITE PAGING SYSTEM, showi ng how paging call s can
be routed to recipients all over the nat ion.
National radio paging
is now on the way
A preliminary agreement to form
National Satellite Paging Inc.-a
new company that will offer the first
comprehens ive satellite-
interconnect paging sys te m
across the country-has been an-
nounced joi ntly by National Public
Radio (NPR) and Mobi le Com-
munications Corp. of America
(MCCA) .
Users of the system will phone
paging calls to the local paging ser-
vices. which will transmit them by
li ne telephone to NSP's control
center in Washington. DC. They
will then be uplinked to the West-
ern Union satellite. Westar IV. on
which NPR leases space. From
the satellite, the calls will be trans-
mitted through NPR's more than
200 downlinks to part ici pating
ground stations nationwide.
The stations will transmit all calls
designed for their areas by tele-
phone to the appropriate local pag-
ing company, which will then put
them on the air in the usual man-
ner. Users of the national service
will pay a minimum additional fee
above the current monthly rates for
local paging.
National Public Radio is a non-
profit corporation based in Wash-
ington. DC. It supplies programs
through more than 200 downlinks
to 267 public radio stations in 48
states, the District of Columbia.
and Puerto Rico. NPR expects to
use revenues fromthe newservice
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Tek's most successful
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it's easy tosee why!
In 30 years of Tektronix oscil -
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scopes have recorded the
immediate popular appeal of
the Tek 2200 Series. The Tek 2213
and 2215are unapproached for the
performance and reliability they
offer at a surprisingly affordable
price.
There's no compromise with
Tektronix quality: The low cost is t he
result of a new desig n concept that
cut mechanical parts by 65%. Cut
cabling by 90%. Virtually eliminated
board electri cal connectors. And
obviated the usual cooling fan.
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Yet performance is written allover
the front panels . There's the band-
width for digital and analog circuits.
The sensitivity for low signal mea-
surements. The sweep speeds for
fast logic fami lies. And delayed
sweep for fast , acc urate timing
measurements.
The cost : $1100 for the 2213*.
$1400 for the dual time base 2215.
You can orde r, or obtain more
information, through the Tektronix
National Marketing Center, where
technical personnel can answer
your questions and expedite
delivery. Your direct order includes
probes, operating manuals, 15-
day return pol icy and full Tektroni x
warranty.
For a demonstration stop by your
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Ask for Department 10142
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Behind closed doors
EDITORIAL
Do you ever wonder what's going on behind the closed doors of the
research labs? As you know, the major consumer-electronics man-
ufacturers (primarily located in, but not limited to, Japan) are pouring
lots and lots of money into research and development with the hope of
developing products that you will want to buy. Although very few peo-
ple actually know what's going on behind those closed doors, we have
seen some of the recent developments that have come out of the
labs.
From ITT comes a set of 6 IC's for implementing a digital color
TV-all signal processing will be performed digital ly. Many TV man-
ufacturers are currently evaluating those IC's for use in their own sets
or developing their own digital IC's. To the consumer, the new digital
TV sets will offer little immediate advantage; they'll reduce the man-
ufacturers' cost both in terms of parts and assembling. For the future ,
that breakthrough could lead to new features such as automatic ghost
cance llation, noise reduction for the video signal, TV receivers capable
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and more. (Next month, we will present a feature article on digital TV
as part of a spec ial section on video entertainment.)
While the digital IC's are receiving lots of attention, Mitsubishi has
succeeded in developing two IC's that make up a complete color TV
chassis, minus the tuner , power-driver transistors and, of course , the
CRT. The performance of those IC's is remarkable! For example, the
video bandwidth is no less than 7 MHz.
TV isn't the only place where things are happening. Sony has put a
complete AM/FM radio receiver on just one IC. The only external com-
ponents are a few capacitors, coils and a speaker. The IC even in-
cludes a power amplifier. To demonstrate the new IC, Sony produced
a prototype self-contained wristwatch/radio. Although impressive,
Seiko's recent development of a wristwatchlTV is even more im-
pressive. That device uses an LCD display, but unfortunately the
majority of the electronics is housed separately and strapped around
the user 's waist.
Turning to a different area, Nippon Electric has developed a soft-
ware technique that will permit online handwritten character recogni-
tion for personal computers. Using that new system with a digitizing
tablet , a personal computer will be able to " read" handwritten (script
as well as printed) words with a 99.5% recognition accuracy. Can you
imagine writing a letter on that system while a word-processing pro-
gram is loaded in the computer? Just by pressing a button you could
have the spelling checked, the text justified, and then have it printed
out.
Those are just a few of the many developments that have recent ly
come out of the research labs. They will all have a major impact on
future electronics products. Many more will be forthcoming. As the
new ones are announced, you can be sure that Radio-Electronics
will be there and we wil l report the details . And you can also be sure
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Address your comments to: Letters, Radio-Electronics,
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ON NIKOLA TESLA
Being yet anot her admirer of Nikola Tesla, I
take your editor's comment in the June 1982
issue of Radio-Electronics as an open in-
vitation to provide factual information missing
in Mr. Vince Marasco's letter.
A native of Yugoslavia, Nikola Tesla (1856-
1943) came to the United States of America
in 1884, where his many inventions, covered
by more than 700 patents, came to fruiti on in
such diverse fields as electrical-energy pro-
cessing, thermodynamics, telegraphy, radio,
radio ast ronomy, aviation, physics, optics,
mathematics, and chemistry. Here only a few
will be highlighted, which are indeed in every-
day use at home or at work.
Tesl a invented t he modern system of
polyphase AC currents. Today, that system is
still unsurpassed in its efficient and economic
generation, transmission, and usage of vir-
tually all available electrical power , and is the
single most important factor is the wide-
spread use of electrical energy as we know it
now. To make the transmitt ed polyphase cur-
rents perform mechanical work, he invented
a revoluti onary polyphase AC motor. which is
by far superior to the conventional DC com-
mut at or mot or . Th e mech ani cal co m-
mutators, and the brushes that wear out and
requir e continuous maint enance, are elimin-
ated. The rotating action is obtained through
his polyphase stator windings, which gener-
ate a rotating magnetic field, inducing cur-
rents in shorted turn rotor windings, hence
producing torque and rotation.
In the days of the wars of currents, with
Tesla being the proponent of his new AC
polyphase power system and AC motor, and
Edison backing DC power generation and
t ransmiss ion, and DC motors, the "Testa
motor" , as it was known, was blamed by his
opponents for " 100 evils." Later, after it be-
came the workhorse of industry, with today' s
estimates putting 90% of all industrial power
in factories being created by using his motor,
its name was changed to the mundane AC
induction squirrel cage motor. It is also re-
latively little known that the Westinghouse
Electri c Company was born and built just on
that small subset of Tesla's patents and in-
ventions. That company had followed Edison
and the DC approach, at first: later, it turned
to follow Tesla's AC direction.
It i s i r oni c th at reade rs of Radio-
Electronics magazine may be unfamili ar
with another major contribution of Tesla's-
the present-day radio. In 1893, in a lecture on
hi gh- f requency, high-volt age phenomena
(given at St. Louis), Tesla demonstrated the
first system for radio transmission, complete
with 5 kVA transmitt er and a receiver with
electronic tube detection. Tesla's patents and
priority over Marconi in wi reless transmission
were finally and belatedly established in the
early 1960's by the United States Supreme
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Court. Testa even went one step further in
experimenting not only with transmission of
signals, but of high power as well. His high-
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orado Springs in 1893 still fascinate present-
day scientists.
Despite all of that, and other pioneering
work, Tesla obtained very little recognition in
the USA with (ironically) the Edison Medal
being his highest honor. Nevertheless, the
International Electrotechnical Commission in
Munich, on July 7, 1956 (100 years after Tes-
la's birth), bestowed upon him one of the
highest forms of recognition that a scientist
can achieve. A unit of magnetic induction in
the international system of units bears the
name tesla, joi ning such historical electrical
units as the farad, volt, ampere, and ohm.
Let me quote one of his contemporaries,
Mr. Behrend, who spoke these words when
asking Tesla to accept the Edison medal:
"Were we to seize and eliminate from our
industrial world the results of Mr. Tesla's
work, the Wheels of industry would cease to
turn, our electric cars and trains would stop,
our towns would be dark, our mills would be
dead and idle...His name marks an epoch in
the advance of electrical science. From that
work has sprung a revolution."
For those of your readers who want to learn
more about the accomplishments of Testa, I
recommend two books: the classical work,
Prodigal Genius-The Life of Nikola Tesla-
Inventor Extraordinary, by John O'Neill, and
the recent work, Tesla-Man Out Of Time, by
Margaret Cheney. (See page 158, Radio-
October 1982.)
SLOBODAN CUK, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology
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resistance. For example, the one-volt source
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ohms. Thu s, when calibrating a 20,000
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percent; at 10,000 ohms-per-volt four per-
cent, and at 1000 ohms-per-volt, it will drop
25 percent. A few percent accuracy, indeed!
Second, he imp lies a dependence of
measurement accuracy of AC voltages on
frequency-not so. The heating ability of an
AC wave (that which we are usually trying to
measure) is a function of periodicity, ampli-
tude (usually specified as peak or peak-to-
peak) and a shape factor (specifically, the
root-mean-square of the voltage taken over a
period); it depends upon frequency only to
the extent of bandpass considerations of the
measuring device. Thus crystal frequency
stabi lity in his calibrat or is who lly un-
necessary. The same result could have been
obtained much more economically by using,
say, a micropower equivalent of the 555 timer
circuit in the free-running mode.
It is perhaps of no moment that the vertical
scan rate of color TV is not 60 Hz but 59.94
Hz. McClellen can't get 60 Hz out of his cir-
cuit, anyway, without pushing (or pulling) the
Xtal.
Let me say, ho wever , th at Radio-
Electronics is the only electronics magazine
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Regarding Smithey's remarks about "re-
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cause trouble with low-impedance analog
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project clear that up. As a reminder, the text
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meters, the output will be reduced. It is then
suggested that you measure the 1-volt and
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So, as you see, there is no problem here if
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correct output, if you prefer.
Regarding Mr. Smithey's remarks on the
frequency dependence of the AC calibration:
In that case there is a relation. due to the
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7420 2/.85 74161. . 1.19
7447 .1.19 74164. .1.59
7474 69 74174 . 1.59
7475 79 74175 . 1.49
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lOOK. 1 Meg lOOK. 500 K. lMe g
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JPTTL Jim-Pak7400174LS TTL $3.95
JPCML Jim-PakCMOS/Linear 4.49
JPMPO Jim-PakMicro.lOisplay 3.95
30001 National CMOS 6.95
30003 National Linear 9.95
30005 National TTLLogic 9.95
30009 Intersil 7.95
10400 Intel Component 10.95
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4009 .79 4047 2.75
4010 .79 4049 .79
4011 .55 4050 .89
4013 .79 4051 1.59
4016 .79 4066 .95
4017 1.39 4069 .69
4018 1.39 4070 .75
4020 1.39 4071 .69
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DB25S D-Su bmini atu re Soc ket 4.95
DB51 226 Co ver f o r DB 25P/S 2.25
22/44S E P.C . Edge 2.95
UG88/U BNC Plug 2. 19
UG89/U BNC Jack 3.95
UGI75/U UHF Adapter .59
S0239 UHF Pane l Re ep. 1.49
P L2SS UHF Ad a pter 1.95
P L259 UHF Plug 1.95
UG 260/U BNC Plu g 2.39
UGI094/U BNC BUl khead Re e p . 1.49
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LM305H. 1.39 LM7812T 1.75
LM307N . .75 LM7815T 1.75
LM308N . 1.19 LM380N . 1.49
LM309K. 2.25 LM384N . 2.49
LM310N . 2.69 LM555N . .69
LM31lN . 1.49 LM556N . 1.49
LM317T . 2.29 LM565N . 1.95
LM318N . 2.95 LM566N. 1.95
LM319 N 2.95 LM567N . 1.79
LM32O K-5. 2.25 LM723N. .79
LM7905T 1.75 LM741N. .65
LM7912T 1.75 LM1310N 2.95
LM7915T 1.75 LM14SSN .99
LM323K . 5.95 LMI488N 1.59
LM324N . 1.29 LM1489N 1.59
LM337T . 2.29 LMI800N 4.49
LM339N. 1.29 76477N . . 3.95
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where neee ssar v to make a point more
clear to the user. A large-sized schematic
diag ra m is supplied and is
broken up into seve ral smaller schematics
by functio n: those arc gene rator loop and
lockout. signal shaping and output cir-
cuitry. frequency multipl iers. and power
supplies and VCF control. The schematic
also contai ns the parts list. which identi f-
ies the parts and provides the B&K part
number for eac h item. A list that de-
scribes the function of all the IC s is also
provided .
There is a list of author ized service
ce nters provide d that indicates where
both in and out of warranty serv ice is
available: the unit comes with a one year
limit ed warranty .
The genera tor measur es 5 x 12.5 x
II inches and weighs 10 pounds . Power
requ irements arc 10011 20/220/240 volts-
AC. 50/60 Hz. 30 watts . An interes ting
bail-type handl e that firmly locks into
several positi ons is provided for carrying
the unit. as well as for eleva ting it when it
is used on the bench .
If you have been consi deri ng. but put-
ting off the purchase of a sweep/function
generator, why not investigate the fea-
tures to be found on the B&K-Precision
model 3030 sweep/f unction generator? It
may be exac tly the unit you have been
lookin g for. Th e model 3030 sweep/
functi on genera tor carries a suggested list
pr ice of S645.00 . R-E
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electronic typewriters with that of the
microcomputer. the Bytewriter dai sy-
whee l printer from By tewriter ( 125
Northview Rd . . Ithaca. N.Y. 14850 ) is a
rock -bottom pri ced printer capable of
producing " letter qual ity" hard copy .
The uni t. which is priced at $795 plus
535 for the connecti na cable. functions as
both a da isy- wheel at 8 to 12
c harac te r s-per- seco nd. a nd as an
elec tronic self-correcting typewriter. As
we ' ll show. the flexibili ty of that arrange-
ment far exceeds the convenience of the
typical printer and/or termin al used with
personal computers.
Ma ny mod ern typewri ters now usc
daisy-wheel print er mechani sms. Early
typewriters used indi vidual typc bars that
moved upwards to strike a ribbon. print-
in g a charac ter. The more mode rn
Select ric-sty le mechanisms use a round
typing element about the size of a golf
ball . The ball is covered with ra ised
charac ters. Wh en a typewrit er key is
struck the ball is pos itione d so the appro-
pr iate character faces the ribbon: that is
done almos t instantl y. When the ball is
posit ioned proper ly. the ball strikes a rib-
bon. printing the character. The mech-
anism works we ll. but it' s so complex that
someone once cl aimed that " The Selec-
tri c is a triumph of ma rk eting over
enginee ring.':
The daisy whee l. which was deve loped
originally for computer-controlled print -
ing. is a circular device with the charact-
ers locat ed on flexibl e " petals"'-the
whole arra ngement somewhat resembl es
a daisy and hence the name.
When a key is struck . that information is
sent to a microproces sor that is part of the
daisy-whee l mec ha nis m. Th e mi cr op-
rocessor de termines which character was
selected and pos itions the daisy whee l
properly. A hammer then strikes the
appropriate petal. which in turn strikes a
ribbon cau sing a character to be print ed .
The daisv whcc ls mec hanical mech-
ani sm is rud iment ary compared to that of
the typcbar and Select ric printers: most of
the wor k is do ne by the mi croprocessor.
which contro ls character selection. spac-
ing. and even multiple keybo ards.
Beca use a da isy-whee l type writ er is
electronic. it is easily ada pted for use as a
computer pri nter. That is prec isely what's
done in the Bvtewriter. Th at printer is
based on the Olive tt i Praxi s 30 self-
correct ing portable elec tro nic typewrit er.
T ha t unit t yp es at 10- . 12- . or 15-
charac ters -pe r-inch (switch select able)
and is supplied with a 10 pit ch daisy-type
pri ntwhcc l, a linecord. and a carrying
case. Printwhee ls are available in many
different typ e styles .
In addi tion to the usu al elec tro nic-
typewriter funct ions. the unit also fea-
tures a . ' two-level" keyboard . The first
level is a standard typewriter. the second
level prov ides many of the spec ial sym-
bols used in languages other than English.
Those incl ude . for examp le. the acce nt
marks of Fre nch . the invert ed ques tion
mark and the tilde-accented "n" and
" N" of Spanish. Those spec ial symbols
are substituted for some of the less-often
used typewrit er symbols and characters
such as +. = . Y2 . Yol . etc . Th e level s are
switch selec table and the user can switch
from one to the other at will.
As the printwheel is already mi cro-
processor contro lled. all that ' s needed to
make the Praxis 30 funct ion as a compu-
ter prin ter is an appro priate inter face .
What Bytewrit er has done is to install a
Cc ntro nics-cornpatablc parall el interface
dir ect ly into the typewr iter . cre ating a
dai sy- whee l co mbina tion typ ewrit er/
printer. The interface is installed inside
the typewriter. and the only obvious sign
that its there is a small connec tor added
to the right side of the machine for the
computer' s connec ting cable. Also inside
the typewriter is a DIP switch package
cons isting of four SPST switches. Three
of those ~ w i t c h e s are used to set the cor-
rect spac ing for 10-. 12- . or 15- character-
per-inch printwheel s. the fourth can be
used to defeat the automatic linefeed after
the carriage ret urn . if desired. That fourth
switch thus allows the pr inter to be used
e it he r wit h co mputers that o ut put a
lincfccd after a carriage ret urn . or tho se
that output only a carri age ret urn. requir-
ing the printer to provide the linefeed .
The interface also provides a self-test
mode . If you send a CONT ROL- T from the
computer (use an LPRI NT from BASIC. or
its equiva lent) the device will print a
sma ll di spl ay of its und erlin e and tab
capabi lities. as well as the co pyright
noti ce . Alternately. the self- test can be
ge nerated by ju mper- wi ring a connec tor
plug. but si nce the plug is diffic ult to
obtain fro m many local electronics- part s
stores. and since wiring that tinv con-
nect or isn ' t all that easy, one wonders
why the jumper instruct ions are included
at al l.
The nice part abo ut the unit is that its
use as a computer printer does not in-
terfere with its use as a typewri ter. and
vice versa. That allows for great flcxibi l-
ity in wor d processing. Forexampl e , as-
sume you are printing a for m letter. but
eac h per son and their address is listed
only on a print out. not stored in the com-
put er where it ca n be au tomat icall y
merged by a mai li ng-li st pr ogra m.
There' s no need to first enter the names
and add resses in the co mputer before
printin g the letter s. You simp ly positi on
the pap er . type the names and addres ses
manu all y. and then key the computer .
which type s the body of the letter.
Here' s anot her example : Assume you
have wr itten a report on your word pro-
cessor. and have justprinted it out. Rea d-
ing it over. you di scover you' ve mi s-
spelled a word. With thi s unit there' s no
need to correct the computer- stored ver -
sion and repr int the entire doc ume nt. In-
stead. simply position the pri nthead over
the incorrect characters and remove them
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originate capability.
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on/off/standby switch. etc. More com-
pli cated model s incl ude other feat ures
such as an "intercom call" and "secur-
it y" . The sec urity feat ure is used to pre-
vent unauthori zed use of your phone line.
Manufacture rs routinel y offe r th eir
phones in a var iety of operating frequenc-
ies. but it is possible that an indi vidual
near yo u co uld use another co rdless
phone or other type of communications
equipment. and' ' tap" into your line. If
your cordless phone does not have a
securi tv feature . it is recommended that
you di sconnect the unit from your phone
line whenever you will be away from
home for any length of time.
As menti oned earl ier. a pushbutton
keypad is provided for di aling on those
unit s that offer dial-out capability. Quite
often . the # or * key is used for an auto-
matic redial function: pressing the appro-
priat e key will cause the phone to redial
that last number called- handy wheneve r
the line is busv.
Nearly all of the cordless phones on the
market use standar d dupl ex transmission.
allowi ng eit her party to speak at any time:
a few less expensive models operate in the
simplex mode. like a walki e-t al kie or CB
radio. and only one person can talk at a
time. Al so. with very few exceptions.
today' s cordless phones use FM. That
allows the unit to operate with much less
static and interference. although a com-
pletel y static-free cordl ess phone. at thi s
time at least. does not exis t.
Because the base transpond er usuall y
uses the AC wiri ng in your home to trans-
mit its signal. the structure of your house.
as well as how it' s wired. can have a
significant effect on your recepti on. If
vour AC lines are enclosed in metal con-
duit. you' ll have quite a bit of troubl e
gett ing a wort hwhile signal to the hand-
set. Aluminum- backed insul ati on in
walls and attics will also impede the sig-
nal somewhat. as will concre te and brick
structures. Man y phone manufacturer s
r e c ommend usin g a 2 5 foo t AC
extension-cord on the base if you have
trouble with recepti on caused by those
factors. Lay out the extension cor d along
a wall or. better yet. along two walls that
are at right angles to eac h other.
Locating the base as high up as possible
will help improve recept ion . According
to many manu facturers. the higher the
base unit. the better the reception . Avoid
placing the base unit in basement s or
other part s of your house that are bel ow
ground level.
Obviously. since cordless phones use
RF signals for communication. some in-
terference probl ems may result when two
or more unit s arc used in close prox imity
to one another. Several manufacturer s
offer as many as five different channel
selections to help avo id that probl em . The
freque ncy se t is not user adjust able .
however. and. at least so far. avoiding
such inter ference is mostl y a hit and mi ss
affair. If. when you bring the unit home.
yo u noti ce yo ur nei ghbor ' s cordl ess
phone is also operating at or near your
frequency . the only reco urse you have is
to bring the unit back to the store and try
anothe r one . As cordless phones become
more popular. the seriousness of that
problem will increase rapidl y. Already.
some manufacturers are petiti onin g the
FCC to ope n more fre que ncies fo r
cordless-phone usc.
It' s diff icult to requ est spec ific fre-
quency sets from the manufac turer. and
eve n more difficult to order the base unit
and handset separately. There may be an
occasion when you may wish to have
more than one base unit or hand set on any
one line. Kee p in mind. however . that
you cannot operate more than one handset
with the base stat ion at anyone time. As
the maj ority of models use FM. the hand-
set with the stronger signal would simply
capt ure the base sta tio n. effect ive ly
cutting out the ot her remote completel y.
What does the phone company have to
say about cordless phones? After all. by
using a cordl ess. you are bypassing the
need for installing and wiring extension
phone s. which is one of their primary
sources of income. Simply stated. the
telephone company cannot do a thing.
Ove r the past few years. Congress and
the FCC have passed new laws and regu-
lat ions gove rni ng the use of privatel y
made equipment on common-carrier lo-
cal and long distance phone-lines. Since
1977 . it has been legal to own and connect
your own commercially manufactured
and FCC-a pproved pho ne or phon e
access ory. As of thi s writing. the FCC has
ruled that all phon e companies must "un-
bundl e" their rates. that is. they must
itemi ze your phone bi ll into service. rent-
al. wiring. and other important catagor-
ies. Thus. you may be able to reduce your
month ly charge for phone rent al by as
much as 50% by using your own phone-
cor dless or not-meanin g a yearly sav-
ings of about $25 to S I00.
The phone company does require (le-
gall y) that you notify them wheneve r you
place a new phon e or phone accessory
ont o thei r line. All vou need to do is call
up the customer service offic e (or other
number so desi gn ated in your phone
book). tell them you have installed a cord-
less phone per the instructions packed
with the unit. and read off the make.
model. FCC registratio n number. and
Ringer equiva lent number. All of that
information should be stamped on the
base unit. or clearl v marked on the box or
instruction booklet .
Keep in mind that no additional charge
or fee is required when you own a cord-
less phone. and . since there is little or no
extra wiring invol ved. you save yourse lf a
service call and any monthl y extension-
wiring fec as well .
What's available
The following is a rundown of all the
major cordless-phone manufact urers. and
their models that are currentlv on the mar-
ket. Remember that models come and go.
so consult with vour local dealer to ~ e e
what's currently avail able. The pric e
given for each model is the manufactur-
er's list price: the price you pay may vary
from dealer to dealer.
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Electra FF-550 $219.95 1.7/49 600 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer No
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Electra FF-1550 $279.95 1.7/49 600 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer! Yes
Ori
Electra FF-3050 $239.95 1.7/49 600 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answerl No
Ori
Electra FF-3500 $329.95 1.7/49 600 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer! No
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Electra FF-4000 $349.95 49/49 600 Yes Yes Duplex FM Answer/ No
Orig
Pathcom Pacer $219.95 1.7/49 1000 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer/ No
7800 Ori
Pathcom Pacer $229.95 1.7/49 1000 Yes Yes Tone Duplex FM Answer/ No
7800T Ori
Pathcom Pacer $239.95 1.7/49 1000 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer No
7800D (Nine- Orig
Number -
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Pathcom Pacer $299.95 1.7/49 1000 Yes Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer/ Yes
9800 and Orig
Tone
Pathcom Pacer $329.95 1.7/49 1000 Yes Pulse Duplex FM Answer/ Yes
9800D and Orig
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Cobra-Dynascan
Cobra. well known for its citizens'
band radios. has come out with four
cord less -phone models . The least ex-
pensive is their CPI55. an answer-only
phone. That model has neither security
nor interco m features .
The ot he r mod el s . th e CP I 00S.
CP200S. and CP2 105 . are all essentially
identi cal. They all feature auto-redial cir-
cuitry. are capable of receiving as well as
making calls from the handset. and use
pulse dialing. All of them have claimed
ma ximum ranges of up to 600 fee t.
although the manufacturer stresses that
recepti on in enclosed areas. such as a
warehouse. is usuall y limited to about
300 feet.
The only differe nce bet ween th e
CPJOOS and the CP200S is cosmetic-
the CPI005 has a two-way-radio- styled
handset. The CP2 I OS has all the feature s
of those two models. but also include s an
intercom feature. That feature allows the
user to disconnect the base unit phone
from the line and use the handset and base
unit as a wireless intercom system.
Electra-Bearcat
Elec tra has six .. Freedom Phone"
model s to choose from. perhaps the most
extensive line on the market. Available
are unit s that range all the way from the
pocket-sized FF-3500 to the fully multi-
plexed . mult i-featured model FF-4000.
Electra's most basic model is its FF-
200 , an answer only unit. The estimated
reception range of that phone is about 300
feet. It includes several features that are
found in all of thi s company's unit s.
Those are a call button mounted on the
base unit . a volume switch. and a securit y
feature that automatically engages when
the hands et is placed in the ba se 's
recharging cradle.
Up the ladder we find two nearly iden-
tical models. the FF-550 and the FF-
1550 ; both use Princess-Phone-t ype styl-
ing. The biggest difference is that the
FF-1550 comes with a separate handset
recharger in addition to the charger built
into the base. Both models have a range of
up to 600 feet and feature auto-redial cir-
cuitry. The FF-1550 also includes a fully
automatic two-way intercom that allows
you to carry on a conversation between
the handset and base without using the
phone lines . Similar to those model si s the
FF-3050, which uses " military" styli ng
'and does not have an intercom.
The FF-3500 is a refreshingly different
cordless phone-both the base and the
handset have been down-sized consider-
ably. The handset has a few extra goodies
built into it as well. including a three-
position volume switch. a pulsing light
for dialing confi rmation. and pushbutton
dial ing with tone confirmation. The FF-
3500 is claimed to have a maximum range
of about 600 feet.
Electra 's best is their new FF-4000. a '
TABLE 2-
CORDLESS PHONE MANUFACTURERS
Cobra Communications
A Division of Dynascan Corp.
6460 W. Cort land
Chicago, IL 60635
Electra Co.
300 E. County Line Road
Cumberland, IN 46229
Fracom/Rovafone International
2130 W. Clybourn SI.
Milwaukee , WI 53233
Midland International Corp.
1690 N. Topping
Kansas City, MO 64120
Mura Corporation
177 Cantiague Rock Rd
Westbury, NY 11590
Pathcom Inc. (Pace)
24105 S. Frampton Ave.
Harbor City, CA 90710
Radio Shack
One Tandy Center
FI. Worth, Tx 76102
Universal Security Instruments, Inc.
10324 S. Dolfield Rd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Webcor Electronics
28 S. Terminal Drive
Plainview, NY 11803
fully multiplexed 49-MHz/49-MHz unit
that has a claimed range of 600 feet. In
addition. that model boasts a three-
phone-number-capacity automatic redial
system and a three-position switch for 10
pulse-per-second (normal) . 20 pulse-per-
second , or Touch-Tone dialing. A coded
security system helps ensure that only
your handset will be able to access your
base.
Fracom/Rovaphone
Thi s company's Rovette features Trim-
Line-like styling and allows you to either
store the base unit and handset on any flat
surface like most other cordless models.
or hang it up on a wall.
The unit uses pulse dialin g and has an
estimated maximum range of 300 feet. In
addition. the unit includes auto-redi al cir-
cuitry and pager-call buttons on both the
base unit and remote. An intercom switch
allows a phone connect ed to the base to
communicate freel y with the remote.
bypassing the phone lines.
A unique feature of that cordl ess is that
its base has no visible recepti on antenna.
Instead. the antenna is encased in the
coil ed cord that attaches the base unit to
the modul ar phone j ack on the wall .
The company also offers the Rovett e 2 .
which is similar to the Rovett e but offers a
600-foot range .
Midland
Midland offers three cordless-phone
models. All feature pushbutton pulse di-
aling. auto-redialing. a call button to page
handset users. and slim styling. In addi-
tion. all are answer/originate models.
The model 80-200 has a range of up to
60 feet. The model 80-250 has a range of
up to 600 feet. The top-of-the-line mode l
80 -300 also has the 600-foot range of the
80-250 but adds intercom capability and a
security feature; it can also store up to
nine pre-programmed numbers for auto-
matic dialing.
Mura
Mura Corporation has trimmed down
its cordl ess-phone line and offers two
moderately priced full-duplex versions-
the MP600 /601 and the MP5 10/5I I . Pre-
viously. Mur a had been offeri ng severa l
AM simplex-type units , but those have
recentl y been discontinued.
The MP5 10/51 I has a maximum effec-
tive range of about 150 feet. It offers
auto-redia l and pulse dialing. but has no
intercom or security feature. The MP600/
601 has a maximum range of 600 feet .
auto-redia l. and a security feature. Unlike
most other cordless units . that one does
not have a recharging unit built into the
base. Instead. a coi led-cord battery char-
ger plugs into the handset; that recharger
will recharge the handset even when it is
in use . The base unit can then be hidden
away in a close t, behind a bookself', or
even in an attic .
Pathcom (Pace)
Pathcom offers two of the more ad-
vanced lines of cordless phones currently
on the market. Their 7800 series consists
of three models. The base model Pacer
7800 offers pulse dialing. paging from
base to handset. automatic redial. and a
security feature. The Pacer 7800T adds
true Touch-Tone dialing. Thei r Pacer
7800D offers pulse dialing, but features a
nine-phone- number memory for auto-
matic dialing.
Unl ike most other manu facturers .
Pathcom allows you to order base units
and handsets separately. allowi ng you to
have more than one remote for each base .
or vice versa. (Remember . you cannot
operate more than one handset with a base
at a time.)
Pathcom' s top-of-the-line model. the
Pacer 9800. has evcrvthinz the Pac er
7800 has. as well as a wireless
intercom, call forwarding (where avai l-
able from the phone company). and has
switch-selectable pulse or Touch-Tone
operation. The wireless intercom feature
allows one user to screen calls at the base .
call the other user with the handset. and
speak to him or her over the intercom
system before passing the incoming call
to the handset. Also. while most cordless
phones have a provision that allows the
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FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER
FOR YOUR COUNTER
Here's an easy way to add low-frequency accuracy-and speed-
to your counter. No modifications are required.
GARY McCLELLAN
FOR YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF
devices like prescalers available to extend
the high-frequency range of the average
counter. But for those of us who work with
audio frequencies , the selection of add-on' s
hasn't been so great and that can cause a
problem when you try to measure some-
thing like a 20- Hz signal accurately.
Most of the time the counter reads ' '20, "
but it frequently j umps to " 19" or " 2 1."
That' s a total of 10% error (5% above, and
5% below) , and not very good if you' re
trying to get a precise reading. The usual
solution is ei ther to use a counter that has a
ten-second tirnebase, or that has period-
measurement capability. Such counters are
usu all y fairl y ex pe ns ive, thou gh . But
wait-there 's a far-lower-cos t solution to
the probl em, and it requir es no mod-
ifications to your counter!
The audio-freque ncy multipli er de-
scribed here allows you to measure signals
from 10Hz to 40 kHz accurately and qui ck-
ly using your existing counter. The multi-
plier is a little box that goes betwe en your
test cable and counter. With it you can mul-
tipl y the frequency of the incoming signal
by a factor of ten or a hundred for eas ier
readi ng. Now, the 20-Hz signal mentioned
earlier can be read on your co unter as
" 20.15"-a hundredfold, impr ovement in
resolution .
The frequency mult ipli er offers a
lot more than increased accur acy.
It will give you readings more
quick ly than a counter with
a ten-second timebase. My
expensive "system-type"
counter will display fre-
quency values every 20
seconds, and invariab ly,
the first reading will be
wrong. It' s usually bette r
to allow three readings
for best accuracy-and
that takes a full minute!
By contrast , the fre-
quency multiplier will
give an accurate
reading of a
20-Hz signal within just six seco nds-and
that includes the two-second update time of
the typical inexpensive counter. Further-
more, the circuit responds to small changes
faster than my expe nsive counter. and the
speed increases as the freq uency being
measured does . If you hate to stand around
and wait for the display on an expensive
counter to be updated, you' re bound to like
this device.
Many expensive counters have per iod-
measurement cap abi liti es, which means
fast , accurate, display of time , but some
calculation is needed to convert that figure
to frequency . The freque ncy multiplier
gives a direct readout of frequency without
time-consuming calc ulations. (To be fair,
though, if the sig na l freq uency is not
stable-if it j itters a bit-the figure derived
from the period measurement will be more
accurate.)
It' s tough to estimate proj ect cos ts these
days, but you should be able to build the
frequency multiplier for under $ 15; quite
possibly for under $10 if you have a well- .
stocked junk box. Costs are kept down by
using common, low-cost Ie' s and part s.
There' s one board to "stuff ," with four
Ie' s on it, and little else . The board is in-
stalled in a cabinet along with a few more
parts, and that is about all there is to it. The
prototype was built in one afte rnoon, and
there is no reason why you can' t build the
frequency multiplier about as quickly.
How it works
The frequency multiplier is basically a
PLL (Phase Locked Loop) circuit, and is
similar to the Programma I synt hes ized
pulse-generator featured in the October
1980 issue of Radio-Electronics . Many of
the same Ie' s are used, and the circu it de-
sign is simi lar , but the thumbwhee l switches
are replaced by a single switch for x 10 or
x 100 output. Also, the input signal re-
places the IOO-Hz reference used in the Pro-
gramma I . Refer to Fig. I as we look at how
the frequency multiplier works .
Low-frequency signals appearing at the
input pass through the GA IN potent iometer.
RIO1, which permit s the frequency multi-
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levels. Then. the attenuated signal drives
ICI. which shapes it into a square wave.
That signal drives phase detector IC2 .
Another part of the same IC also serves as
a YCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) . It
accepts a DC voltage from the phase de-
tector and generates a square-wave signal.
The YCO can generate signals ranging from
under 100 Hz to over 400 kHz without any
switching. From the YCO. the signal-path
branches out.
One branch takes the signal to IC3. a
NAND gate. That gate acts as a switch. and
allows signals to pass to the frequency coun-
ter only when the PLL is locked onto a good
signal. That suppresses the stray readings
you would normally get without an input
signal. or with signals the device can' t han-
dle. The output from the YCO also drives
two divide-b y-ten counters, both of which
FIG. 1-MULTIPLICATION FACTOR is de-
termined by number of div ide-by-ten counters
used.
are contained in IC4. The outputs from the
div i de rs are se lec te d by S I 0 I . th e
MULTIPLIER swi tch. The output selected
drives the phase detector , which generates
the DC control-voltage for the YCO. Thus.
a simple PLL circuit. that can genera te
frequencies ten times or a hundred times the
input frequency. is formed.
Let' s look at some of the finer points of
the circuitry. Refer to the schematic dia-
gram in Fig. 2 for details. The shaper amp
consists of a fast CMOS CA3130 op-amp,
ICI . Its high-frequency response is reduced
by C3 so the circuit won' t oscillate. yet will
have flat gain over its IO-Hz to 40-kHz input
range. The input s of the op-amp are biased
to half the supply yoltage by RI and R3.
eliminating the need for a split (positive and
negative voltages) power supply.
Resistors R4 and R5 set the hysteresis or
" trip" point for the circuit. which is about
350 mY. The output signal is a nine-volt
square wave that drives the phase-detector
portion of IC2. The phase detector compar-
es the signal with that from the MULTIPLIER
switch. and outputs a DC voltage at pin 13
of the IC. That drives a network known as a
loop filter, which smooths out the pulses
from the phase detector . giving a clean DC-
signal.
The YCO input is at pin 9 of IC2, and the
timing capacitor that sets the frequency
range is C5. The YCO output appears at pin
4, and drives both IC3 and IC4. Resistor R9
and capacitor C7 form another filter to "de-
bounce" the signal from pin I oflC2 (which
indicates that the PLL is locked onto the
signal) so that it can enable IC3-a' s NAND
gate whenever a good signal is present at pin
4 of lC2. Resistor R10 is included so that the
charge on C7 won' t blow IC3 when the
power is tumed off. The output of IC3 is
reduced by RI I/R I2 to about 900 mY peak-
to-peak. which is a comfortable level for
most counters. The remaining circuitry con-
sists of a standard CMOS dual divide-by-ten
counter. IC4.
Components
Because most people will want to raid
their junk boxes for parts for the multi plier.
let ' s discuss substitutions. Since most of the
component values aren' t critical. some sub-
stitutions can be made. The exceptions to
that are resistors RI and R3, which bias the
op-amp. If you have to substitute for them.
you must make sure that the values of both
substitutes are identic al. Another area you
should watch is the loop filter. Try to use the
values indicated for C6. R7, and R8 if you
can. (If you have trouble finding a 1.8K
resistor for R8, you can either combine two
resistors in series or parallel to get the cor-
rect value, or use a 1.5K or 2K one.)
Also. be sure to use a tantalum-t ype capa-
citor for C6. If you use an electrolytic. with
its higher leakage, the performan ce of the
multiplier will suffer. Finall y. C5 must be
220 pF-it sets the YCO range, which is
critical.
Aside from observing those precautions.
you are fr ee to make reasonable sub-
stitutions from your junk box. Remember to
test the parts before installing them; that can
save trouble shooting later.
Construction
A PC board will make construction a lot
easier and will help to insure that the device
will work the first time it is tried. You can
also use perforated construction-bo ard, but
be careful with the parts layout-you are
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Using the frequ ency multiplier is easy.
board aside temporarily.
The enclosure comes next. Fig ure 5
shows how the case -mo unted components
can be laid out. One thi ng we di d that needs
comment concerns the input j acks. In our
laboratory, all the connectors are of the
BNC type. so that's what was used for J101 .
For some appl icat ions, though , an RCA-
type j ack is preferable, so J10 2, connected
in parallel with Jl Ol , is of that sort. Use
whatever best suits your needs.
You can insta ll the PC boa rd in the box
using long (about I V2inches) threaded spac-
ers behind S lOI and R IOI. If you can ' t
locate the space rs, use " L" bracke ts to fas-
ten the board to the top of the box . Don't
mount the board in place . ye t, though:
there' s still a bit of wir ing left to be done.
Refer agai n to Fig . 5 for detai ls.
Start by mounting and wiri ng the GAIN
pot (RIO I) . Attach one end of a 0.1 J..l.F
Mylar capac itor (C101) to the wiper of the
potentiometer. As indicated in Fig . 6, the
ground lug of the pot should be connected
both to the ground wire coming from the
board and to the case . The "hot " end of the
control should be connected to the center
connectors of J 10I and J 102. The other end
of C101 should be connected to the board as
shown in Fig. 6.
Con nect the left -hand (as seen in Fig . 6)
battery wire ( - ) to the switch mounted on
the pot (S 102), and wire a transistor-battery
snap between that switch and the ot her bat-
tery-pad on the board. Mount S101 on the
case and install the board . Finish up by
attaching PL I0 I to one end of a three -foot
lengt h of thin coa xial cable (l ike RG- 174/
AU) and the other end of the cable to the
points indicated in the parts-placement dia-
gram all the foi l side of the board. Tack-
solder the shield of the cable to the ground
plane of the board. Position CIOI so it
doesn't shor t aga inst anything .
Check over . your work for shor ts and
other potential problem-causers. and cor-
rect anything that' s amiss. Install a 9-vo lt
battery and you' re ready to go .
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then a lOOKresistor bet ween it and IC2 at
R7. Move up and install a 1.8K resis tor at
R8. Then , on the other side of IC2, install
two l OOK unit s at R9 and RIO. At the right
edge of the board install a 2.7K resistor at
RI 2, and a 22K one at Rl l , Stop at that
point and check your work. Correct any
mistakes you may find before goi ng fart her.
Next come the capacitors. Start near IC I
as you did with the resistors and install a
10-J..l.F electrolytic or tant alum capac itor at
C2. Note that the positive side faces R2 .
Install a 47-pF ceramic disc at C3 . Install a
1O-J..l.F electrolytic or tant alum at CI, mak-
ing sure that the positi ve side points toward
IC4 . On the other side oflC2 install a 15-J..l. F
tantal um capacitor at C6 with its "plus"
sign pointing toward the 1.8K resis tor , R8.
Then below it install a 220-pF disc at C5 .
Fini sh up by installing O.I-J..l.F cera mic discs
at C7 and C4 . Be sure to check your wor k
after all the capacitors are insta lled .
Install a wire jumper near pin 1of IC2 and
then cut five pieces of hookup wire , eac h
about three inches long. Stri p both ends of
the wires , and solder one to each of the five
pads marked wit h asterisks in Fig . 6. The
remaini ng connections to the board will be
made when it is installed in the box.
Connect S101 as shown in Fig. 6 and then
finish up the board by installing the IC s.
Install the CA3 130 at ICI. a CD4046 at
IC2. a CD40 11 at IC3, and a MCI45 18 (or
CD45 18) at IC4 . Doub le check to be sure
the Ie' s are installed correctl y: if they' re in
backwards, they' ll probably be damaged
when power is app lied to the board. Set the
FIG. 4-MAKE CERTAIN that IC's and polarized
capacitors are oriented properly. Failure to do so
can cause sensitive parts to be destroyed.
FIG. 3-FULL-SIZE foil pattern for frequency multiplier can be used for making your own PC board.
All res istors 1/4-watt, 5%
R1, R3, R5, R7, R9, R1Q-100,000 ohms
R2-1 mego hm
R4-1000 ohms
R6--1 0,000 ohms
R8-1800 ohms
R11-22,000 ohms
R12-2700 ohms
R101-1 megohm, potentiometer, linear tap-
e r with SPST switch (S102)
Cap acitors
C1, C2-10 IJ. F, 16 volts, elect rolytic or tan-
ta lum
C3-47 pF, ceramic disc
C4, C7-0.1 IJ.F, 16 volts, ce ramic disc
C5--220 pF, ce ramic disc
C6--15 IJ.F, 16 volts, tanta lum
C101--o.1 IJ.F, 100 volts, Mylar
Sem iconduc to rs
IC1-CA3130AE CMOS op-amp
IC2- CD4046 CMOS Pll
IC3-CD4011 CMOS quad 2-input NAND gate
IC4-MC14518 or CD4518 CMOS dua l syn-
chronous -i- 10 counter
J 101- female BNC connector, chassis -
mount
J102- RCA phono jack, chassis mount
PL101- male BNC connector
S101-SPDT toggle switch
S102-SPST switch (part of R101)
B1-9-volt transistor battery
Miscellaneous: PC board, cabine t (l MB
type CR-332 or similar), 1V2-inch spacers,
9-volt battery snap, battery clip, IC sockets,
wire, so lder, etc.
The following is available from Technlco
Services, PO Box 20HC, Orangehurst, Ful-
le rton, CA 92633: Etc he d and drilled PC
board (MULT). 86.00. Kit of all pa rts ex-
cluding PC board (MULT-P) is available
for 835.00 from: ABC Electr on ics, 2033 La
Habra Blvd., La Habra, CA 90631 . CA res i-
dents please add 6% sales tax; fo reign
orders please add 81.00 for s hipping.
PARTS LIST
working with high-gain analog ci rcuitry and
noisy digital-c ircuitry . The PC-board layout
shown in Fig . 3 is idea l for the circuit . and
you may want to copy it eve n if you use
point-to- point wiring.
Start construction by installi ng the board-
mounted components. Refer to Figs. 4 and 5
as you proceed. Position the board as shown
in Fig . 4 and leave the board in that pos ition
unt il you are finished with it.
Install an 8-pi n IC socket at the IC I loca-
tion. Be sure to orie nt any pin- I identifica-
tion (notch or dot) on that socket so that it
poi nts up. Then install a 16-pin socket wi th
its pin- I identification pointing down at
IC2. and anot her. pointing right . at IC4.
Finally . install a 14- pin socket at IC3 so it
faces to the right.
With the four IC sockets in place . next
come the resistors . Start at the ICI socket.
Install a l- rnegohm resistor at R2. and then
a IK res istor next to it at R4 . Move down
and install a l OOK resistor at R3 . After that.
install two l OOK resistors at RI and R5. at
the " tai l" end of ICI.
The second batch of resi stors is located
around IC2 . Insta ll a 10K unit at R6 firs t.
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FIG. 5-1 V,.INCH threaded spacers are used to attach PC board to top of case.
A reading of " 200 " on the x 10 range will
represent "20.0" and a read ing of " 2000"
on the x 100 range will represent " 20. 00. , -
That will soon become automatic.
The frequency multiplier does have some
limit at ions. For exa mple, the yeO range of
the unit is 100 Hz to 400 kHz. That means
that with the MUL TI PLIER switch set to the
x 10 positi on , the inpui frequency must be
bet ween 10Hz and 40 kl-l z, since 40 kHz x
10is 400 kHz-the upper limit of the Ye o.
Simi larly, on the x 100 range you are res-
tricted to a range of 10 Hz to 4 kHz. If you
are not within those limi ts, there will be no
readi ng on the counter .
Beca use the current drain (500-750 fJ- A)
on the battery is so light , you may wonder
how you' ll know when to change it. Re-
place it when the upper freq uency- limit
start s to drop , and you can no longer get
outputs in the 300-kHz to 400-kHz range .
The maximum range wi ll drop with the batt-
ery voltage . Another cl ue that it's time for
battery repl acement is the multiplier' s sud-
denly refusing to multiply. That' s a sure
sign that it' s time to change the battery.
Finall y, for those of you who would like
(or need ) more gain, it can be incr eased
simply by making the value of R4 ( I K)
smaller. Nothing else need be changed. R E
measurin g is 4-kHz or lower. swi tch the
MUL TIPLIER to x 100.
Here are a few tips that you may find
helpful. When you look at the di spl ay on
your counter. remember to ment all y shift
the decimal point one place to the left when
you're using the x 10 range . and two places
to the left when you-re using the x 100 range.
X10 S101
- MULTIPLIER
J101(Ol-----<l >----,
INPUT
J102
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CASE
GROUND
Simply connect the audio signal to be meas-
ured to JIOI or JI02 and connect PLI OI to
your counter. Set the MULTIPLI ER switch to
x 10 and advance the GA IN cont rol until the
counter gives a stable reading. Note that
advancing the control beyond that point will
have litt le or no effect. If you need bett er
reso l uti on. and th e f re q ue ncy yo u' re
FIG. 6-CONNECTIONS TO CASEMOUNTED parts . Shield of coax used for output is tack-soldered to
ground foil on bottom of board.
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Your Picture Phone should now be nearly complete.
Here's how to finish it, calibrate it, set it up, and use it.
JOSEF BERNARD
TECHNICAL EDITOR
P t 4
BEFORE YOU CAN PUT
ar your Picture Phone in-
to service. you'll need to buy and install a
telephone coupler. This month wcll look
at those. and show you how to align and
use your Picture Phone. But first. let's
finish up the construction.
When running lines for the AC vol-
tages. twist wires carrying similar vol-
tages together: that will help reduce 60-
Hz hum in the system. Also try to keep the
wires as close to the chassis as possible.
again to reduce hum.
Next. install the telephone adaptor
board. again using standoffs . You can
now proceed with the chassis wiring.
shown in Fig. 16. It's a good idea to
color-code your wires-red for + 5 volts.
blue for +'12 volts. orange for control
signals. etc. That will make wire-routing
easier and also help you in troubleshoot-
ing. should that be required.
Aside from keeping things neat. per-
haps the most difficult part of the chassis
wiring is the switch. S I. Make sure
that all the diodes on the switch are
oriented correctly. and be liberal with the
" spaghetti" to prevent shorts. Thinning
the braid of the shielded cables before
twisting and tinning it may make it easier
for it to fit through the switch lugs.
Note that the use of the OB25-S con-
nector (sec Fig. 17) is optional. but it's a
good idea to install it incase you decide to
use it later. Also, R710 ( 10K) is intended
for use with tape recorders having a LINE
or AUX input. If your recorder has only a
MIC input. use a much higher value-at
least several hundred kilohms.
Your last step should be to mount the
edge connector for the PC board. again
using standoffs. It should be at a level
where the board can plug into it without
touching the components below it. You
will also have to provide a frame and
bracket to support the sides and rear of the
board. Figure 15 (sec last month's issue)
shows you how that can be done (note the
nylon standoffs into which the board
snaps).
Before plugging the PC board into the
edge connector. turn the unit on and
check to make sure that the right voltages
appear at the right pins. If everything
checks out. turn the power off. allow a
couple of seconds for the capacitors to
discharge (you can tell by watching the
front-panel LED's). and then carefully
insert the board into its connector.
Again. turn the power on and. this
time. check for the proper voltages at the
IC-sockets . An ordinary straight pin
makes an ideal probe for the purpose-it
will slip right into the socket hole you're
checking. If everything looks OK, turn
the power off and insert the ICs into their
sockets.
Certain pins on IC23. IC31, and IC47
have to be disabled for timing purposes.
That is done as shown in Fig. 18. by
bending the unused pins up until they
stick out at right angles to the others and
cannot tit the ;ockets.
An inexpensive coupler
Telephone couplers. somct i mcs
known as wiring protectors. arc required
to prevent the possibility of damage to
telephone-company equipment by de-
vices (such as the Picture Phone youbuilt)
that have not been approved by. and reg-
istered with. the FCC. Unfortunately.
homcbrcw equipment-s-even if built fro;n
a kit-s-cannot. at least. not cnsily-s-obtain
FCC approval. and an approved coupler
must be used.
There are a number of couplers that
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FIG. 18-5ECTION5 OFIC23, IC31, and IC47 are disabled by bending ICpins up (b) . Pins to be bent are
indicated by aster isks in c.
FIG. 16-WIRING DIAGRAM for chassis-mounted components and for connections to edge con-
nector. Be especially caref ul in wiri ng diodes t o 51-d.
signals and to translate the ring signal and
o ~ - h o o k J o f f - h o o k voltages into relay clo-
sures that will supply the appropriate vol-
tages to the telephone equipment on your
side of it. (You can do almost anything on
your side of the coupler : that' s why it' s
used-to protect the equipment on the
telephone-company side from damage.)
The coupler requires tW0 operating
voltages and, if the telephone is going tv
be permanentl y connected to the Pietur e
Phone, those voltages must alwavs be
available. Only a few hundred milliamps
are required , and a suitable supply is
shown in Fig. 20. It provides - 24-volts
DC to operat e the coupl er' s relays, and
117-volts AC at 30 Hz (derived by plac-
ing diode 080 1 in the AC line) to ring the
telephone' s bell.
The coup ler comes with a cord and
modular plug, which is inserted in the
wall jack that your phone would norma lly
connect to (refer back to Fig. 19.) The
telephone itself is connected to the mod-
ular jack on the rear of the Picture Phone
and the user-side (your side) of the cou-
plerto the " T" and " R" owputterminals
on the Picture Phone ' s telephone adapter
board.
While the power suppl y for the coupler
can be mount ed inside the Picture Phone
(and the 117-volts AC taken from its line
cord befor e the power switch) , the cou-
pler should be mounted as close as poss i-
ble to the wall jack it will be plugged into.
Be sure to noti fy your telepho ne com-
pany of the following:
1. The particular line to which you will
be making your connection.
2. The type of jack used (type RJ11 W
in the case of modular wall jacks).
3. The FCC registration number of the
coupler.
4. The ringer-equivalence number of
the coupler.
Checkout and adjustment
Now that you know how to connect the
Picture Phone to the phone line in a per-
fectl y legal fashion, it' s time to make sure
that it works properl y and to calibrate it.
(If you run into problems, skip to the
section on troubleshooting.) Perform the
and the teleph one company's modular
telephone j ack. Note that only the tip
(green) and ring (red) leads are used .
The coupler is designed to pass audio
FIG. 17-REAR PANE L of Picture Phone.
Circu it-breaker reset is located above li ne cord
at left.
will do the job for us avail able from var-
ious manufact urers: the one we' ll use as
an exampl e is the Elgin Electronics model
EWP / 30A Voice Coupler , which costs
about $85 (see the Part s List for order ing
information).
Figure 19 shows the terminals on the
EWPJ30A board, and the connec tions
that have to be made to the Picture Phone
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fully clockwise (Fig. 21 shows the front-
panel controls). With the FRAME GRAB
switch in the MANUAL position push the
FRAME GRAB butt on to load a frame of
white into' memory . Adjust the WHITE
trimmer potentiometer , RI04. until you
get a reading of 2300 Hz on your counter .
Finally. with TP2 still grounded, turn
the CONTRAST control fully clockwise ,
and the BRIGHTNESS control fully COUIl -
terclockw ise. Adj ust the BLACK trimmer,
RI 06. until your counter reads 1500 Hz.
the freq ue ncy used in slow scan to
represent black. That completes the fre-
quency adjustments for slow-scan output
and you can remove the lead from TP2.
The next step is to adjust the brightness
and contrast levels for slow-scan recep-
tion. That will be done by referring to the
four-level (black, two shades of gray, and
white) gray scale generated by the Picture
Phone.
First. set the MODE switch to the GRAY
SCA LE position and snatch a gray scale
using the FRAME GRAB button. Do not be
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nected, you see a crazy jumble of lines
on the scr een in the GRA Y SCALE or
CAMERA mode. That is normal , and is
due to the fact that the Picture Phone is
r eceiving no fast-scan sync signal. The
gray scale can be viewed by putting the
MODE swit ch into the TRANSMIT or
HOLD position. You may notice some
slight glitc hes where one gray shade
meets the next. That, too, is normal , and
will not be obvious when you are viewing
slow-scan pictures.
With a gray scale being displayed from
memory (MODE switch in the HOLD posi-
tion) adjust the CONTRAST control of the
monitor or receiver until the white bar at
the right j ust begins to " bloom" -blend
with the next shade of gray. Then adjust
the monitor or TV set' s BRIGHTNESS con-
trol until the black bar on the left matches
the blanked area of the screen. Do not
reduce the bright ness below the point
where the raster lines j ust disappear from
the screen. Your display device should
now be correctly adjusted for slow-scan
viewing.
Now you can adjust the Picture Phone
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calibration without connecting the device
to the phone you leave it con-
nected while you are working on it, any-
one who tries to call you will get a busy
signal. Instead, temporari ly use a small
piece of wire to jumper the contacts on the
PICT URE switch so you are constant ly in
the VIDEO mode.
To perform the alignment you' ll need a
frequency count er . cassette recorder, and
a video monitor or a TV set with an RF
modulator (which you're going to need
anyway when you put the Picture Phone
to use). A TV camera, which, of course,
you' ll eventually require. is not needed
for most of the alignment procedure .
The fir st step is to set the proper
frequencies for slow-scan sync, white
level. and black level. Connect a frequen-
cy count er to the TO TAPE jack and then
temporarily connect TP2 (see Fig. 2 in the
August issue) to +5 volts. Adjust the
SYNC trimmer. R107 until you get a read-
ing of 1200 Hz. the slow-scan sync fre-
quency.
Next. ground TP2 and turn the front-
panel CONTRAST control fully counter-
clockwise and the BRIGHTNESS control
The following are available from Robot
Research Inc. , 7591 Convoy Court, San
Diego, CA 92111, (714) 279-9430: Assem-
bled & tested Model 535 Picture Phone,
FCC registered for direct connection to
telephone line (KIT-1) (14Ibs.), $1195.00;
assembled and tested No. 400929C main
PC board (KIT-2) (4Ibs.), $495.00; assem-
bled and tested Picture Phone chassis,
including telephone adaptor board, but
less main board, (KIT-3) (12 lbs.), $695.00;
kit of No. 400929C main PC board with all
main-board parts (KIT- 4) (5 lbs.), S295.00;
kit including chassis and chassis parts,
and telephone adaptor board and parts,
but less main board, (KIT-5) (12 Ibs.),
$445.00; telephone adaptor board kit in-
cluding board and parts (KIT-6) (3 Ibs.),
$79.50; etched , drilled, and plated-
through ma in board (KIT-7) (3 lbs.),
S59 .00 ; etched, drilled, and plated-
through telephone adaptor board (KIT-8)
(2 Ibs. ), S19.95; T1 (KIT-9) (4Ibs.), $29.50;
T601 (KIT-10)(2Ibs.), S24.50; DT1 (KIT-11)
(1 lb.) , S8.50; ki t of 32 1% res istors fo r
mai n board (KIT-12) (1 lb.), $12.00; in-
dividual1% res isto r (KIT-13) (1 lb. ), SO.35;
Model 535 Picture Phone encl osur e kit
wit h mounting rails for main board and
back plate for controls (KIT-14) (6 lbs.),
$99.50 ; kit of front panel parts only, (KIT-
15) (2Ibs.), S59.50; assembled & tested RF
modulator, less power supply and enclo-
sure (KIT-16) (1 lb.), S29.00; RF-modulato r
kit , less power supply and enclosure (KIT-
17) (1 lb.) , S19.50. For infor mat ion on oth er
parts, write to Robot Research.
CA residents please add 6% sales tax.
All prices F.O.B. San Diego-check wit h
UPS for shipping ch arges; please add
SO.50 per S100.00 of valu e above f ir st
S100.00 for insurance. MC an d Visa
accepted.
For information on where to obtain the
coupler described in th e text wr ite to :
Elgi n Electronics, 802 Walnut Street ,
Waterford, PA 16441. The price of the
EWP130A coupler is S87.00, ppd .
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FIG. 21-PICTURE PHONE'S front-panel controls. The FRAME GRAB button is below and to t he left ofthe
five-position MOOE switch.
First. check for all the things you
would normally look for if something you
built didn 't work. Check your solder
joi nts-both on the PC boards and the
chassis wiri ng- and make sure that all
the wires run to and from the points
they' re supposed to. Also make sure that
all the Ie' s and other polarized com-
ponent s are installed properly and that all
the Ie' s are in the socke ts they' re sup-
posed to be in. Don't forget to check for
IC pins that may have gotten bent under
when you were inserting them into their
socke ts .
You can tell whether your unit is out-
putt ing slow scan by grabbing a frame,
setting the MODE switch to TRANSMIT , and
connecting an earphone to the TO TAPE
FIG. 22- CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM t he Picture Phone. Be sur e t o use shi elded cabl e to keep
signals cl ean.
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jack. You should hear a sort of burbling
sound that ' s very difficu lt to describe in
writing but which you' ll soon become
fami liar with . If you hear a steady tone,
something's wrong; start checking back
from the slow-scan audio-output stage.
If everything you've built looks all
right. but you' re still not getting results,
it' s time to get an oscilloscope and start
signal tracing. It' s not enough to verify
that all the clocking and control signals
are present-they must also be at the
proper logic-levels. In the unit I built. I
found that an off-value res istor had
caused the biasing of one of the 1458
op-amps to be off. and the logic-level
signals it was passing were shifted to the
extent that the following TTL Ie' s could
not recognize them. Use a logic probe, if
necessary, to verify that you are getting
true logic-hi ghs and logic-lows.
Whil e JC' s are normally the last things
you should blame for your probl ems.
brand-new ones do tend to have an "in-
fant mortality" rate of about one percent
and, in a device with as many Ie' s as the
Pictur e Phone has, there is a chanc e that
one of them is bad. So, if a signal goes
into an IC but doesn't come out. try
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Troubleshoot ing
The preceding assumed that your Pic-
ture Phone oper ated properl y the first
time you turned it on. It is quite
possible---due to the complexity of the
device-that it did not and the following
may help you to set things right.
of your test picture and then play it back
with the MODE control in the RECEIVE
positi on . Adj ust the WIDTH trimmer ,
R143, unt il the picture j ust fills the square
display area . It should have the same
height and width as the picture viewed in
the CAMERA mode.
Remove the j umper from the PICTURE
switch and you've completed the Picture
Phone calibration, and are ready to put
your unit to use.
OOOOOOPS
In the schematic of the main board of the
Picture Phone (Fig. 2, August 1982), capaci-
tor C208 appeared twice. The C208 with a
value of .001f.lF(near R139) should be om-
itted, as should its ground. In the Parts List
(page 50, September 1982), resistor R81 is
used-its value is 1000 ohms. Resistors
J;l82-R84 are not used.
Should you bui ld-or purchase-your
own Picture Phone, Radio-Electronics
would like to know about it. We hope to
publish a directory of Picture Phone users
so, if you're interested in talking to (and
seeing) others, be sure to include your
telephone number.
PICTURE PHONE DIRECTORY
for slow-scan recept ion . Co nnec t a
shielded audio cable from the TO TAPE
jack of the Picture Phone to the line or
mike input of the cassette recor der and,
with a gray scale being displayed in the
TRANSMIT mode , record about five-
minutes worth. You may have to adjust
the SINE trimmer , R204 , to get an accept-
able recording level .
Connect a second shielded cable be-
tween the output or earphone j ack of the
recorder and the FROM TAPE jack on the
Picture Phone . Rewind the tape you just
made and set the Picture Phone ' s MODE
SW ITCH TO THE RECEIVE position. Play
back the gray -sca le tap e and adj ust
trimmer s Rl 38 (B LACK) and RI41
(WHITE) until the recorded gray scale
matches a frame-grabbed one (viewed in
the TR ANSM IT position) .
If you are not able to make the recorded
center two gray shades match the ones
viewed directl y from the Picture Phone,
R138 is prob abl y not set correc t ly.
Change its setting slightly, and then try to
match the two gray scales using R141. In
the end, you should be able to make four
distinctly differe nt brightness levels.
The last two adj ustments require a TV
camera . A digitized, real-time image can
be viewed with the MODE control in the
CAM ERA positi on . Foc us on a round
objec t-a di nne r plate o r fis bee,
perhaps-and grab a frame of it. Use the
SNATCH WIDTH trimmer , R56, to adjust
the width of the pictur e stored in memory
(viewed in the TRANSMIT or HOLD posi-
tion of the MODE switch) until it is the
same as that of the one obtained directly
from the camera.
Finally, record several minut es worth
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Often, the hardest task in building a project is obtaining
the various parts that you need. Keeping a well-stocked
junk box can save you a considerable amount of time,
effort, and money!
KARL T. THURBER, JR., W8FX
Part 2
IN THE SEPTEMBER. 19R2 ISSUE. WE WENT OVER SOME OF
the things you should consider in putting together your
junk box. Let ' s now look at some of the ways and places you can get parts. If
you' re considering using surplus or salvaged components, you' ll especially
want to look at the section on testing parts.
Parts sources
Once you have a good feel for the types of parts you' ll need and a
knowledge of possibl e substi tutions. the next step is to select the right sources
for those compo nents .
Selection criteria generally run along lines of price, quality. and avai labil-
ity . Usually it 's not possi ble to eat your cake and have it too when filling a list
of materials: You' ll have to make your buying dec isions based on which
combination of the three considera tions is most importa nt to you at a given
time. For exa mple, if you must have a particul ar part immedi ately to finish a
project you may have to pay several times as much for it as you might under
less-pressing circumstances .
Parts sources can be di vided into five major categories . each having a
different mix of the price/qualit y/availabilit y equation. The first source is that
of local pur chase. including brand name. over-the-co unter distributors and
elec tronics spec ialty stores. Second is surplus/sa lvage. Third is electronics
mail order. The fourt h source is that of electro nics hamfests, computerfests.
flea markets. and auctions. The last is a " catch-all" of non-conventi onal
sources of component s- more on that later.
1. Local purchase sources are many and var ied. In the so-called good old
days. most parts were purchased locall y. at least for those living in or near
large metropolit an areas . Most cities had firms dealin g in brand-name parts.
others. in milit ary surplus . and still others in salvaged components. Spec ial-
ELECTRONICS FLEA MARKET and hamfest dealers, such as this one, are among t he best sources for
low-cost parts .
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ized emporiums sold. at bargain prices,
the most-needed component s-resistors.
capacitors, tubes. inductors. transform-
ers , sockets. gears. di als. cabinets . test
equipment , and chassis , ad infinitum . To-
day. very few cities have more than a few
walk-in electronics distribut ors' outlets .
other than franchised ones . In fact , prob-
ably the only "classic" radio row that is
still thriving today is Tokyo' s gigantic
Akihibara electronics district , which may
be described as an updated, solid-state
version of New York's Cortland Street
radio row of 1940' s and 1950' s vintage .
There is little hope for the revival of the
radi o row. For the most' part , local pur-
chase means the lone over-the-counter
electronics distributor. Such distributors
spec ialize in selling electronics part s,
mostly to radio and TV repairmen. Some
also sell CB, audio, and computer equip-
ment, but are rarely equipped to provide a
wide selection of project component s at
popular prices. The main advantage of
such distribut ors and franchised outlets
is. simply, availability . If you' re more
interested in price than fast deli very,
you' ll probabl y want to save money by
ordering part s by mail. But if you need a
part fast. all you have to do is to make a
trip to the store to obtain it.
To locat e a convenient local source of
supply, consult the Yellow Pages of your
local telephone directory. Check under
. ,Electronics Equipment and Supplies" .
That listing may be followed by the not a-
tion " Wholesale and Manufacturers" or
"Retail" . Also look under " Television
and Radi o Supplies and Parts" . Note that
many hard-to-come-by parts can be lo-
cated by going to the company distribut or
in your area-particul arly for semicon-
duct ors. Motorola and RCA have outlets
in many citie s, and it may be possible to
obtain the particul ar item needed from the
local distributor , or he can order it for you
if out of stock . Aga in. check the Yellow
Pages for addresses and phone numbers.
Several larger radio distributors (es-
peciall y those also doi ng a substantial
mail-order business) issue periodic cata-
logs. usually free . Many of these run to
severa l hundred 'pages, and ca n be
thought of as encyclopedias of highly use-
ful information.
2. Sur plus/sa lvage. Using surplus
and sa lvaged components can be a
money-saver and conve nience for the
electronics hobbyist. There' s little doubt
that the least expensive source of needed
parts is old electronics equipmen t that can
be salvaged .
Surplus isn't quit e what it used to be,
however. In the distant past , sources of
surplus equipment were many. Those in-
clu ded war -sur plus emporiums, mail-
order milit ary salvage firms , local radio
and television deal ers. and electronics
schools. Government property disposal
and surplus-sales prog rams have been
good sources of classic salvage, equip-
ment that can be stripped of useful com-
ponent s and/or conve rted into useful elec-
tronic s equipment.
Much of the classic market has dried
up: What is available is not terribl y useful
for contemporary construction projects.
World War II and 1950' s-vintage equip-
ment is no longer in good supply, and
most of that type of equipment isn't
appropriate, anyway .
Sti ll. there are opportunities to obtain
such component s and equipmen t. Just
check the Market Center section in the
last 30 pages of this magazine.
There is something of a renaissance of
surplus today, but the times and tech-
nologies have changed . Although using
classic surplus can take the edge off the
high cost of building project s, the action
today lies in industrial surplus. There is a
great deal of commercial , civilian-type
sur plus adve rtise d in the elec tronics
magazines alongside more conve ntional,
brand-n ame co mpo ne nts . Or igi na l
sources are many. but include excess pro-
duct ion quantiti es. overstocks, obsolete
product lines . bankrupt cy liquidations,
CB components closeouts. etc. . all avail-
able at bargain-baseme nt prices that
represent but a fraction of original prices
or replacement costs.
3. Mail-orde r . While there' s little
hope for revival of the radio row, the
rapid growth of mail-order electronics
houses, coupled with the convenience of
the toll-free telephone number and instant
bank-card credit , have largely filled the
void left by the demi se of in-city stores . In
fact, the central radio row' has largely
been replaced by stacks of catalogs, fly-
ers, and sale sheets announcing mer-
chants' wares .
Mail-order firms tend to specialize in
specific kinds of components, assembl-
ies. or equipment. Each firm and the cata-
logs that represent it have distinct per-
sonalities. Some companies handle only
brand -new, factory component lines,
so ld indiv idua lly. Some companies
specialize in specific types of parts, con-
centrating on transistors and IC's , resis-
tors. capacitors, or inductors. Other s sell
only ma nufac t urers ' overruns and
surplus-parts inventories by the lot or
package . Others are ge nuinely non-
specialized. selling a smattering of all
types of component s.
A very specialized type of supplier ,
often overlooked, is the kit manufacturer.
While primarily packagers of electronics
kits, kit makers also maintain extensive
invent ories of component s for current and
superseded kits sold by the companies.
The kit manufacturer can usually be relied
upon to furnish an exact replacement or
close substitute for an ailing component
in any of his kits. In some cases, one-of-a-
kind part s for non-kit construct ion pro-
ject s can be obtained from the kit manu-
facturer if the part can be found in one of
the constructi on manuals.
Buyin g electronics components by
mail requires care. Keeping in mind a few
buying pointers will save later grief:
1. Know the company and its
reputation.
2. Be aware of the firm's warran-
ty, return, and restocking policies.
3. Use cur r ent catalogs and maga-
zine advertisements, and check with the
firm to see if critical components are
actually in stock .
4. Carefully check your order be-
fore mailing it or calling it in, and take
special care with telephone orders to help
insure that the firm knows exactly what
you want. Check arithmetic carefully!
5. Place general cor responde nce
or ques tions not directly pertaining to the
order on a separate sheet of paper.
6. Use the dealer's part numbers in
addition to generic part numbers, if those
are available.
7. Include a remittance that will be
adequate to cover the order. plus post-
age . handling charges. and tax, but don't
use a blank check . Use a money order.
TABLE 2-SELECTED LISTING OF MAIL ORDER ELECTRONIC PARTS DEALERS
Advertisers in Radio-Electronics Magazine are listed in bold type
Active Electronics Sales Corp. Dealin Electronics Gemeni Electronics M-M Electronic Sales
PO Box 1035 735 Loma Verde 473 W. State Rd. 2300 1st Avenue
Framingham, MA 01701 Palo, Alto, CA 94303 Altemonte Sp., FL 32701 Seattle, WA 98121
617-366-0500 413-493-5930 305-819-9292
Mouser Electronics
ADVA Electronics Diamondback Electronics Godbout Electronics 11433 Woodside Ave.
Box 4181 2083 12th St. Box 2355 Santee, CA 92071
Woodside, CA 94062 Sarasota, FL 33577 Oakland Airport, CA 94614 714-449-2229
813-953-2829 415-562-0636
Advanced Computer Products
New-Tone Electronics
PO Box 17329 Digi-Key Corp. Hal-Tronix
PO Box 1738
Irvine, CA 92713 Highway 32 South PO Box 1101
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
714-558-8813 Thief River Falls, MN 56701 Southgate, MI 48195
201-748-5089
218-681-6674 313-285-1782
Alaska Microwave Labs
Olson Electronics
4335 E. 5th Street Dokay Computer Products Heath Co.
2850 Gilchrist Road
Anchorage, AK 99504 3250 Keller St., No.9 Benton Harbor, MI 49022
Akron, OH 44305
Santa Clara, CA 95050 616-982-3200
216-798-1000
All Electronics 408-988-0697
PO Box 20406 Hitech Electronics
Omnitron
905 S. Vermont Edlie Electronics, Inc. 4425 W. Sepulveda Blvd.
768 Amsterdam Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90006 2700-DP Hempstead Turnpike Torrance, CA 90505
New York, NY 10025
213-380-8000 Levittown, NY 11756 213-371-2160
212-865-5580
516-785-3330
Aldelco Integrated Circuits, Unlimited
Ora Electronics
27890 Milburn Avenue EICO 7889 Clairmont Mesa Blvd.
18215 Parthenia St.
Baldwin, NY 11510 108 New South Road San Diego, CA 92111
Northridge, CA 91325
516-378-4555 Hicksville, NY 11801
213-201-5848
International Electronics
Altex Electronics Electronic Distributors, Inc. 435 First Street
Page Digital
618 W. Sunset 4900 Elston Avenue Solvang, CA 93463
1858 Evergreen
San Antonio, TX 78216 Chicago, IL 60630
Duarte, CA 91010
512-828-0503 312-283-4800 Jameco Electronics
213-3575005
1355 Shoreway Road
Arizona Electronic-Surplus Electronic Mart Belmont, CA 94002
Poly Paks, Inc.
6835 N. 16th St. 90 E. Water Street 415-592-8097
PO Box 942
Phoenix, AZ 85016 Chillicothe, OH 45601
S. Lynnfield, MA 01940
602-266-9758 614-773-1313 JDR Microdevices, Inc.
617-245-3828
1224 Bascom Aven ue
Babylon Electronics Electronic Surplus, Inc. Campbell , CA 95008
PPG Electronics
4811 Myrtle Ave. 1224 Prospect Ave. 408-995-5430
791 Red Rock Rd.
Sacramento, CA 95841 Cleveland, OH 44115
St. George, UT 84770
916-334-2161 216-621-1052 JAVANCO
801-628-3627
150 Second Avenue
B&F Enterprises ETCO Electronics South Nashville, TN 37201
Priority One
119 Foster Street North Country 615-224-4444
9161 Deering Avenue
Peabody, MA 01960 Shopping Center
H.J. Knapp of Florida, Inc.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Barry Electronics Corp. 5185618700 4750 96th Street
Quest Electronics
512 Broadway St. Petersburg, FL 33708
PO Box 4430C
New York, NY 10012 Etronix 813-392-0406
Santa Clara, CA 95054
212-WA5-7000 14803 N.E. 40th
408-988-1640
Redmond, WA 98052 MCM Electronic Parts
B.G. Micro 206-881-0857 858 Congress Park Drive
R.F. Gain, Ltd.
PO Box 280298 Centerville, OH 45459
100 Merrick Road
Dallas, TX 75228
Fair Radio Sales Co., Inc.
614-434-0031
Rockville, Centre, NY 11570
214-271-5546
1016 E. Eureka
Box 1105
McGee Radio
Radio Shack
Bullet Electronics
Lima, OH 45802
1901 McGee Street One Tandy Center
PO Box 401244
419-227-6573
Kansas City, MO 64108 Ft. Worth , TX 76102
Garland, TX 75040
816-842-5092 (Consult your local
214-278-3553
Fordham
directory for the
Chaney Electronics, Inc.
855 Conklin Street Meshna, Inc.
store nearest you)
PO Box 27038
Farmingdale, NY 11735 PO Box 62
Ramsey Electronics, Inc.
Denver, CO 80227
516-752-0050 E. Lynn, MA 01904
2575 Baird Road
303-7815750
617-595-2275
Penfield, NY 14526
Formula International, Inc.
716-586-3950
Components Express
12603 Crenshaw Blvd.
MHZ Electronics
z
1380 E. Edinger
Hawthorne, CA 90250
2111 W. Camelback SCR Electronics 0
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phoenix, AZ 85015 5303 Li ncoln Ave.
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213-973-1921 m
714-558-3972
Cypress, CA 90630 s:
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Gladstone Electronics Mikos
714-527-2554 m
Concord Computer Products JJ
1971 So. State College 901 Fuhrmann Blvd. PO Box 955
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' Specializes in "classic" military surplus
cashier ' s check. or charge-card number
to speed deli very.
8. Observ e minimum-order re-
quirements to prevent be ing embar-
rassed later.
9. Ask that very small parts be sent
first class mail, larger ones by UPS.
10. Keep a copy of your order ,
charge-account sl ips , and ca ncelle d
checks .
11. Tell the firm what you will take
in the way of substitutions and if you will
accept credit slips for items that are out-
of- stock .
12. Consolidate small orders for
savings in the cost of the parts themselves
as well as postage and handl ing charges.
13. Be specific on how urgent the
order is. S<lY something like. " Ship
everything in stock within 10 days and
cancel balance of order, " or .. Ship parti al
immedi atel y and ship bal ance whe n
available. "
Mail-order houses generally offer good
ser vice, but there are built-in delays in the
" system" that often mean that receipt of
your part s may be several weeks away .
The point ers above should help you get
your order in the least possible time,
however.
The bi ggest ma il order complaints
focus on substitutions and back-orders.
Notwithstanding what may be advertised
in a direct-mail flyer or catalog (which
may have been composed many month s
ago) . suppliers frequently don' t have all
of the advert ised comp onent s in stock.
That is especially true of solid-state com-
ponent s such as transistors, diodes, and
Ie' s, and closeout, one-of-a-kind or es-
peci all y bar gain -p riced compone nts .
(j) Specific "kill" inst ructio ns should make
~
z your time sensitivity and amenability to
~ . backordering clear to the order fill er. But
o what do you do about the probl em of
ui substitutions'?
uj The best advice is to state clearlv what
6 yo u w i l l a ccep t in th e W;lY of
o
-c substitutions- not very easy in the case of
a: most transistors and Ie's, that may not be
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readily substitutable. It ' s probabl y better
to state on your order that you won' t ac-
cept any substitutes. rather than to say
that you will- unless you' re wi lling to go
to the trouble of specifying the accept able
substitutions for every single part on your
order.
At the risk of confusing the order-filler
with your range of substitutes , it may be
wise to list one or two equi valent s you
will accept should a critica l part re-
quested be out of stock. Most deal ers will
comply with your requ est if your in-
str uc t ions are n ' t to o compl icate d .
Obviously. for unique items, or for piece s
of equipment, you would not normally
want to conside r substitutes at all , or
would requi re that you be cont acted be-
fore authorizing the firm to ship a sub-
stitute of its choic e.
To minimi ze the impact of minimum-
orde r le vel s, sto ck-outs, and sub-
stitutions , consider judicious buying in
advance of needs with respect to widel y-
used co mponents and investigat e the
possibilit y of combining parts orders with
those of friends or associates .
Table 2 lists represe ntative mail -order
electronics suppliers , incl uding tho se
firms which specialize in surplus .
4. Flea markets and auctions. Tak-
in g a so mewhat le ss- con venti on al
approac h to parts acquisition, the flea-
market circuit probabl y represents a very
inexpensi ve source of electronics part s
and supplies . Since one can rarely predi ct
in adva nce what is likely to be encoun-
tered at a flea market , thi s source is gener -
ally best suited to junk-box building-for
accumulating an invent ory of part s for
future proj ects .
Many amateur radio clubs and compu-
ter groups sponsor hamfests and conven-
tions that include well-developed flea-
markets. Regular distribut ors and direct-
mail firms sell their wares at these func-
tions, so that the hobbyist is present ed
with a selection of both new and surplus
components, asse mblies and equipment
from which to choose . Some of the larger
TABLE 2 (continued)
Semiconductors Surplus
2822 N. 32nd Street, Unit 1
Phoenix, AZ 85008
602-956-9423
Simple Simon Electronic Kits
3871 S. Valley View, Suite 12
Las Vegas, NV 89103
702-322-5273
Slep Electronics Co.
Highway 441
PO Box 100
Otto, NC 28763
Solid State Sales
PO Box 74
Somerville, MA 02143
617-547-4005
Sparton Electronics
6094 Jericho Tpk.
Commack, NY 11725
516-499-9500
Space Electronics Co.
35 Ruta Court
S. Hackensack. NJ 07606
Stavis Electronics
912 Touhy Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
212-692-5223
Suntronics Co. Inc.
12621 Crenshaw Blvd.
Hawthorne, CA 90250
213-644-1149
Surplus Electronics
7294 N.W. 54th Street
Miami, FL 33166
305-887-8228
Tri-Tek
7808 N. 27th Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85021
602-995-9352
Vermont Electronics
312 W. Vermont
Anaheim, CA 92805
Westland Electronics
37387 Ford Road
Westland, MI 48185
313-728-0650
events incl ude the Davton Ham vention,
Birminghamfest, Atla;ua Hamliestival ,
Ak -Sar-B en auct io n (Oma ha, NE) ,
SAROC (NV) , and Hamfest Chattanooga
(TN) . Dozen s of lesser-known events
occur regularl y around the country . most
being held in the good-weather season
fro m Apri l th roug h Oc to ber. Many
amateur and some computer publi cations
list them.
Auctions. usually conducted in con-
junct ion with flea-markets and frequently
as part of ameteur radio and computer
club meet ings, al so represent another
source of part s. Usually, however, the
focus is on surplus ass emblies rather than
indi vidual component s; whateve r com-
ponent s are included are usuall y grouped
, together and sold in lots. Those factors
make auctions somewhat less attractive
for small-scale buying for construction
project s.
Another point: Flea markets and auc-
tions also provide good outlets for your
own junk box. which may ultimately be-
come too bloated and may need some
weeding out to make room for futur e
purchases.
5, Other sources of supply. Some-
times. items required for a particul ar con-
struction project will not be electronics
components at all. One should always be
alert for non- electronics sources of sup-
ply. particularl y in the local area; there
are a number of unique or unusual items
that can be purchased locally for use in
electronics construction project s .
Some of these possible sources are:
hardware stores (for aluminum stock):
office-supply houses (boxes and enclo-
sures) ; electric supply houses (wire and
switches ): discount stores (CB part s.
batt eri es, and hardware): and plastics
dealers (panels). A little ingenuity and
creativity will surely turn up many more
non- conventi onal part s sources .
Component identification
and testing
For the most part, components pur-
chased from local sources and from mail-
order firms are labeled and packaged so
that there is a minimum of diffi cult y in
proper identi fication. Transistors usually
have the identification stenciled-on, or
they are mounted on car ds ; Ie's are
label ed ; resis tors and capac itors im-
print ed with a standardized color-code:
tran sformer leads colored, and diodes
coded . Notable exceptions include some
grab-bag and bulk offerings, which may
present such problems in identification
that purchase is not advisable unless one
is highl y knowledgeable of the particular
components involved and has the capabil-
ity to meas ure a wide range of component
values.
Identifyin g the values of unknown
parts can be a risky proposition. It may be
possible to do so with the help of special-
ized data tables and color -co de keys
appearing in reference texts. as well ~ s
TABLE 3-SCHEMATIC SYMBOLS
COMMON SCHEMATICSYMBOLS
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VOLTAGE TOVOLTAGE
FUSE CRYSTAL
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MICROPHONE
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CAPACITOR
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measured resistance: capac itors for shorts
and excess ive leakage: and transformers,
coils, and chokes for open windings .
Ma ny transi st ors and diodes can be
checked using an inexpens ive transistor
checker. and tubes-if you're still using
them--ean have performance checked on
a tube checker. Not much can be done
with IC s, however. short of plugging
them into a given circuit- though IC test-
ers are available.
Occasionally. you' ll find duds in even
newly purchased components. Most dis-
tribut ors and mai l order houses will make
good on them. in response to a polite
request for replaceme nt. With bargain-
priced IC s and tran sist or s. howe ver.
where the risk of bad component s runs
fairl y high, it' s a good precautionary
measure to order two of each semiconduc-
tor if the price is right. If both are good.
fine-and you can keep the second unit as
a spare or use it in a subsequent project.
Let' s take a look at some of the ways in
which many common component s can be
de fe ct ive , and describe methods of
checking them for proper performance.
1. Resistors. For most construct ion
purposes. resi stor s are useful if they
measure within 20% of color-coded
value. However , used ones should be
checked for value before being placed in a
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ELECTROLYTIC
CAPACITORS
MONOLITHIC TANTALUM
2ND

THE POLARITY OF TANTALUM ANO ELECTRO
LYTIC CAPACITORS IS USUALLY CLEARLY INDI
CATED BY " +" AND/ OR : SIGNS. THEPOSITIVE
END OF AXIALLEAD ELECTROLYTICS IS FRE
QUENTLY CRIMPED SLIGHTLY.
THE VALUES OF MOST CAPACITORS ARECLEAR
LY MARKED. SOME MONOLOTHIC CAPACITORS
USE A THREEOOT COLOR CODE-THE COLORS
REPRESENT THE SAME VALUES ASTHOSE USEO
ON RESISTORS, AND ARE REAO IN THE SAME
WAY. THE VALUE IS GIVEN IN PICOFARAOS;
MULTIPLYING BY 1,000,000 WI LL GIVE THE
VALUEINMICROFARADS.
MANY CE RAMIC DISC CAPACITORS USE MORE
CRYPTIC CODING. FREQUENTLY THE VALUE
WI LL BE INDICATED BY A THREE-DI GIT NUMBER
SUCH AS " 102: ' THE FIRST TWO DIGITS REPRE
SENT THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE VALUE;
THE THIRD IS THE MULTIPLIER. THE RESULT
WILL BEINPICOFARADS-MULTI PLYBY 1,000,000
TO OBTAI N THE VALUE IN MICROFARADS. IF A
CAPACITOR ISMARKED " 1K," ITS VALUE IS1000
PICOFARADS(.001pFl .
LETTERS ON DISC CAPACITORS INDICATE TOL
ERANCESAS' FOLLOWS;
"NPO" OR "Z": +BlJl(" - 2lJl(, (THIS IS THE MOST
COMMON TOLERANCE.)
"J": 5%
" K" : 10%
"M": 2Q%
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Using salvaged and bargain-priced com-
ponents is a convenience and money sav-
er. but reasonable precauti ons should be
taken to insure that only good parts make
it to your workbe nch. Completed projects
can' t work right with bad IC s and shorted
transistors . leaky capacitors , off-value
resistors . and othe r defec tive co m-
ponents. Worse, a single faulty com-
ponent can the failure of good parts.
as well as generate many hours of work-
bench time spent in troubl eshooting. The
proverb. .. An ounce of preventi on is
worth a pound of cure. " definit ely appl-
ies when you are working with electronics
components.
While it' s impractical to test all com-
ponent s 100%, it' s wise to at least spot-
check new components before they find
their way into your part s bin and com-
pleted projects. and to closely scrutinize
used parts before they go into stock.
Though the junk box is a wonderful store-
house of goodies. components are of little
value unless they are in good shape.
Clearly. parts which show signs of
burning or charring should be discarded .
and old . du st-encrust ed component s
should not be stocked or used in construc-
tion projects. It's also wise to weed out
defecti ve part s with your multimeter.
Check resistors for gross discrepancies in
TABLE 4-COLOR CODES
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SOME PRECISION RESISTORS MAY HAVE THE
VALUE PRINTED ON THEM. IF THE LETTER
" R" APPEARS AS IN "2R7 " IT REPRESENTS
A DECIMAL POINT (THE VALUE WOULD BE 2.7
OHMS) .
RESISTOR VALUESCANBE DETERMINED FROM
THE COLOR BANOS ON THEM. THE FIRST TWO
BANOS INDICATE THE FIRSTTWO DIGITSOFTHE
VALUE. THE THIRD BAND INDICATES THE NUM
BER OF ZEROES THAT FOLLOW. THE FOURTH
BAND, SEPARATED FROM THE OTHERS, INDI
CATESTHETOLERANCE.
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ORANGE 3 3 000 -
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calculating aids and test equipment. For
example. the ARRL Handbook has a sec-
tion on coding and values for a number of
component s. such as compos ition resis-
tors and various types of capac itors. in-
cludin g mica. molded paper. and tubul ar
ceramics : tubul ar encaps ula te d RF
chokes : pilot lamps. and wire. Also listed
are mechanical construction data. includ-
ing numbered drill sizes and standard
metal gauges .
Identi fying the values of totall y un-
known or unmarked components is di-
fficult . but can be made possibl e using
such devices as a multimeter and grid-dip
oscillator or noise bridge. Aids such as
the ARRL LCF Calculator are helpful in
the ident ification of unknown coil s and
capacitors.
Tabl e 3 shows the various schematic
symbols used to identi fy electroni cs com-
ponents in this magazine. Table 4 lists the
major resistor and capacitor color-coding
schemes. Table 5 shows some of the pre-
fixes often used in electronics and what
they mean.
It doesn' t take a lifet ime involvement
in electronics to develop a sizeable junk
box. However. bear in mind that when
assembling parts for a project , many com-
pon ent s ma y be defect ive, including
those sold by reput able mail-order firms.
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A TRANSISTOR TESTER, such as the one from Heathkit shown here, should be used to check all
surplus and salvaged transistors before use.
circuit.
Ord inary carbon-composition res istors
change value over time. and they ofte n
suffer the effec ts of too much heat being
applied in solde ring . Preci sion resistors .
such as 5% types . may eve ntua lly become
10% or 20% types. after long periods in
da mp storage . Cracked resistor s should
be di scarded. since the y tend to open up
or become unst abl e when they heat up in
norma l operation.
Wir ewound resi stors are more stable
than compos ition resistors. but they may
suffer from cracking of the hard ceramic
shell or break ing of the internal resistance
wire. Us ually whe n a wirewound type is
defecti ve. ir s open and is eas ily chec ked.
Wi rewound slide resistors often develop
shorts between turn s , which reduces re-
sistance. or dev el op an open circuit at the
point wh ere the tap connects .
Olde r deposited-film carbo n resistor s
often suffe r fro m aging, while newer
metal-film types are conside rably more
stable . Still. those type s can be ruined by
a scratch on the outsi de of the she ll which
interferes with the spiral grooving that is
cut into the resi stance coa ting. and which
determines the unit' s resi stance .
2. Potentiometers. The resi st anc e
eleme nt of pots sho uld be checked using
the ohms functi on of a multimeter by
placing the leads acro ss the outer ter-
minals of the pot to insure that ir s not
ope n. and that it is of the proper resist-
ance. Following that chec k. the leads can
be connected bet ween an outer and the
adj ustable-arm terminals to make certa in
that the movabl e contact isn 't open or
intermittent. The pot shaft should be ro-
tated slowly whil e watching the meter.
The met er sho uld change it s rea ding
smoothly: if the needl e jumps erratically.
the pot is noi sy or. in some cases . may
TABLE 5-
MULTIPLIER PREFIXES
The tabl e below lists the multiples and
submult iples of fundamental electronic
units, such as t he henry, watt , farad,
ampere, etc. The following prefixes, con-
version multipliers and abbreviations will
be part icularly useful:
Prefix Abbreviation Multiplier
tera T 10
12
giga G 10
9
mega M 10
6
kilo k 10
3
hecto h 10
2
deci d
10 -
1
centi c 10 -
2
milli m
10-
3
micro
fl
10-
6
nano n
10-
9
pico
("micro-
micro") p
10-
12
The above table will be used most when
working with capacitor and inductor/coil
values.
have an open circ uit over part of its rota-
tion . At the same time you can eas ily
determine the taper of the pot. While con-
tact sprays may res tore a unit. ir s prefer-
able to di scard the unit and use another
one. The on/off switch that is part of
many contro l assemblies should also be
checked for proper functioning.
3. Capaci tors. Mos t ca pac itors that
fail do so because they have shorted in-
t ern all y . C a pac itors th at ha ve ex-
peri enced voltages at or near the ir break -
down voltages . and a lot of heat. are parti-
cularly vuln erable to shorti ng. and should
be checked carefully.
. Paper. My lar. ce ramic. and sim ilar
type s of .00 I or greater ca n be checked
usin g the hi ghest ohms ran ge on a multi-
rueter . the probes across the
leads of the capaci tor in ei ther dir ection.
Since such ca pac itors are not pol ari zed . it
doesn't make any difference which way
the lead s are conn ected. If the capacitor is
normal . the met er needl e shou ld suddenIv
deflect toward zero the mome nt the lead's
touch the capac itor. than rap idly drop
back toward the high-resi stanc e end of the
scale as the capacitor charges. A shorted
ca pac itor is indi cated by the meter poi nter
remai ning at the low- resistance end of the
scale. while an open capacitor will not
defl ect toward zero.
The capacitor may also be checked for
leakage by notin g the value of res istance
on the met er after about five seco nds of
chargi ng. The leakage resi stance should
be 10megohms or greater if the capacitor
is usable . That check may be all that ca n
be done for capacit ors of less than .00 I
as the met er "dips" are very sma ll
with low-value capacitors. Since those
capac itors rarely change much in value
because of storage con ditions . the leak-
age test shou ld suffice.
Caution is paramount when eval uating
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used aluminum electro lytics. They have a
limited shelf life . and once they dry out.
they ca n' t be used . A defecti ve electro-
lyti c ca n eas ily dest roy itse lf by drawing
excessive curre nt. heating up. and ul-
timatel y short ing out.
To check on an electrolytic's condi-
tion, app ly DC voltage gradually . observ-
ing correct polarity. and beg inning with a
voltage equal to about 109' 0 of the capaci-
tor' s rated voltage- working up to the
full rated voltage while moni toring leak-
age current. A 1000- ohm resi stor can be
used to limit charging current and to pro-
vide a safe mean s of monitoring the leak-
age current without risking damage to the
power supply or multi meter. should the
capacitor shor t out under test. The leak-
age current ca n be found by first measur-
ing the voltage drop across the res istor.
then using Oh m's law to determine the
leakage current in milliamperes. Whil e
allowabl e leakage current is a functi on of
the capacitance and working voltage. 5
mA represent s a good working figure.
Capac ito rs with subs ta ntia lly grea ter
leakage should be di scarded. Caution:
Be sure to di scharge the capacitor be-
for e handling it.
Elec tro lytics of the " dry" tant alum
type don 't usuall y suffer from aging pro-
blems. though hi gh- capacit ance. high-
voltage tantalums are expensive and rare .
Sa lvaged units may be checked in a sim-
ilar manner to the method described
above.
4. Diodes . Usually. a qu ick check us-
ing the ohms sca le on a multi meter is
enough to determine the usability of sili-
con and germa nium diodes. The diode
sho uld be'Checked in bot h the forward and
reverse di rections: in the forward direc -
tion the R x I or R x 10 sca le should be
used . The negati ve termin al of the mult i-
meter is connec ted to the cathode . and the
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positi ve terminal is connect ed to the an-
ode . The readi ng in the forward direction
should lie betwee n 50 and 500 ohms.
Reversing the meter leads should result in
a reverse re sista nce gre ater than I
megohm.
S. Transistors and Ie ' s. Tr ansistor s
can take long-t ime storage in the j unk box
without deterioration, but each salvaged
transistor should be checked, as a mini-
mum. for leaks or shorts befo re it is wired
into equipment. If avai lable. a transistor
checke r should be used for mor e com-
prehensi ve check ing .
Check with ca ution. since careless
check s wit h a mul timeter can destroy a
transistor. Usually it ' s safe to make care-
ful meas urements on a transistor with a
meter whose voltage between probe leads
is less than 4 volts. The R x I and R x 100
ranges should be safe to use.
For example. it is readil y possibl e to
check for a defect ive power transistor us-
in g only a multimeter. Emitter- to -
coll ector res istance should be high with
the probes applied in either directi on. On
the other hand, when the probes are
placed on either the base-to-emitter or
base-to-collector circuits , a low resist-
ance would be obtai ned one way and a
high resistance the ot her. Actual resist-
ance values obtained aren 't cr itical. since
the spread bet ween the high and low
measurements is so great that you' ll have
no trouble spotting the difference. If read-
ings differ from those described , there is
probably something wron g with the tran -
sistor and it should be discarded . It' 5 also
possible to ident ify and sort unmarked
bipolar PNP and NPN transistor s. though
we won' t go into the det ails here.
Far better is a transistor tester. It is not
terribl y expe ns ive . and allo ws more
sophisticated measur ement s to be made
with reduced risk of damage to the semi-
condu ctor.
Look for a unit that will evaluate con-
ventional (bi polar) transi stors . diodes.
FET' s. SCR's. triacs and UJT's . It should
test them in-circuit wi th co lor-coded
leads supplied . or ou t-of-circui t with
bui lt-in sockets . The unit displays gai n
(DC beta ). transconductance (G
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leakage current. Short ed and ope n units
can also be identified.
There is no simple way to test IC' s.
In-circuit substitution is often required .
However. logic probes are avai lable that
can be used to detect and indicate high
and low logic levels in TTL or CMOS
circ uitry.
6. Po wer transformers a nd filter
ch oke s . Ir on- cor e tr an sform ers and
choke s are susceptible to insul ation de-
terioration from humidity. The windi ngs
should be checked for continuity and coi l-
to-core shorts . using the ohms function on
a multimeter. Insulation res istance . coil
to frame . should be in excess of 50
megohms. A lower reading suggests that
the insulation has deteri orated to the point
where life expectancy of the unit may be
shortened .
A power transformer should be check-
ed under applica tion of rated voltage and
current. Rated input is app lied to the pri-
mar y winding and seco ndary voltages are
read using the AC voltmeter function of
the mult imeter. The secondaries should
be " loaded down" with a suitable resist-
ance that causes the rated current to flow
through the winding; thi s resistance can
be ca lculated usi ng Ohm' s law . Th e
tr ansformer should'll' t be overl oaded.
even in test inz-s-o ver heatinz as a result of
ove rloading is the pri mar y cau se of in-
sulation fai lure .
7. Va cuum tubes. Used or unknown-
condition vacuum tubes should be check-
ed before use. Using a standard vacuum-
tube manual to de termine pi n co n-
nections. the tube can be checked for fila-
ment cont inuity using the ohms function
of a multimeter. That will tell nothing
about actual in-cir cuit performance. so ;
tube tester should be used to assess per-
forma nce short of actual substitution in a
working circuit. If you don't have a tube
tester. the free testers still found in some
drugstor es. supermarkets. and franc hised
electronics out lets can be used for casual
checking of emission and for shorted ele-
ment s. Most ordinary tube testers wi ll not
test special-purpose or transmi tting tube
types. however.
8. Other compo nents . Many used.
surplus. and j unk-box-t ype components
can be judged from their physical condi-
tion. but many canno t. For example.
switches can usuall y be checked using the
ohmmeter function of a mult imeter if the
switching scheme is known or can be
determined from inspecti on; intermittent .
broken. or shorted contacts can often be
determined from a combination of visual
and electrical inspection. Meters can be
checked for calibration by comparison
with another known good met er . or a
well-calibrated multimeter. Acceptabil-
ity of the meter depends, however. not
just on calibration but also on a reli able
(non-sticking) displ ay--often a problem
with meter s that have been abused or
stored improperly . Note that it 's usually
wort h th e tr y t o atte mpt t o f i x a
malfunctioning meter . if extensive dis-
ass emb ling and reassembling ca n be
avoi ded . Otherwise. it will usuall y cost
more than the price of a new meter to have
factory experts recondition or repai r the
defect ive unit.
Check RF coi ls and chokes for ope n
circuits using a multimeter' s ohms func-
tion . Those devices are wound with fine
wire that may become broken in storage
or shipment. and in the process of un-
solderi ng those components, the ends of
the winding ofte n are unsoldered from the
terminals.
Note that the DC resista nce of RF
chokes is frequently given in cat alogs: If
the measured resistanc e is less than 80%
of the rate d resistance . ther e may be
shorted turns. which will result in de-
graded performance.
We have shown in thi s article that it is
possibl e to buy the components you need.
when you need them. at prices you' re
likel y to be able to afford. Although the
problems invol ved are great in this day of
dou bl e- digit infl ati on. they're by no
means insurmountable.
We've indicated that those challenges
can be met with an organized approac h to
parts buying. a working knowledge of
parts select ion and substitution criteria . a
good fee l fo r part s sources . and a
familiarit y with component identification
and testing procedures.
We ' ve only scratched the surface. But
this art icle should give you an introduc-
tion to the considerations invol ved when
lining up parts for that next construct ion
project.
Buying electronics parts'? .. . Why. if
you follow the hint s we ' ve given you in
thi s article . it' s almost fun! R-E
Part 2
THE HEART- RAT E MONITOR WE DESCRIBED IN
t he Se ptember 1982 iss ue of Radio-
Electronics is intended to give an audible and visible readout of
your heart rate. In that previous part we described the theory
behind the device . now its time to show you how to build your
own.
Construction
The circuitry of the Heart-A-Matic is broken up to fit on six
circuit boards (that has been indicated in the schematic in Fig.
3). Although wire-wrap techiques can be used. you' re better off
using the foil pattern s in Figs. 4 through 10 to produce a set of
PC boards (a set of boards is also available from the supplier
indicated in the Parts List) . That is particul arly true of board I,
which is double-sided , has a high component density, and has a
lot of interconnections . Also, unless you' re the sort of person
who does crossword puzzle s in ink, the use of Ie sockets is a
must. Trouble shooting the boards is virtually impossible unless
the lC' s can be remo ved-and, more often than not, unsoldering
an IC will ruin it, even if it was good to begin with . Note that if
you are making your own boards, the d i m ~ n s i o n s provided for
boards 1, 2, and 3. are solely for reproducing the foil patterns.
Once those boards are etched and drilled, they should be cut to
fit the case (more on that later).
Asse mbly of the boards is straightforward. Refer to Figs . II
through 16 for part s-placement diagrams. Be sure to observe the
orientation of polarized components, such as electrolytic capaci-
tors (and, of course, transistors, diodes. and IC' s) . Be especially
careful in handlin g the CMOS lC' s-they're sensitive to static
electricity and can be "zapped," easily. If you made your own
board I (the double-sided one) without plated-through holes.
install all the feedthroughs-small pieces of wire such as resis tor
leads that connect one side of the board with the other- before
doing anything else.
There are a few things that you should pay particular attenti on
to. Diode 02 is tack-soldered to the component side of board I,
but holes should be drilled for its legs, anyway; it's not good
practice to rely on the solder for strength. When the crystal is
inserted in board I , sufficient leg length should be left so it can
be bent over at a 90-degree angle to lie parallel to the board,
makin g its overall height the same as that of the IC's . The same
goes for ICII . the voltage regul ator on board 2. The speaker is
mount ed directl y on board 2, and enough space has been left on
the board to accommodate various-size speakers . Widen the
hole ju st enough to allow the magnet of the speaker to fit snugly.
Note also that there are two pins each for ground and +6-volts
on the board' s 12-pin edge connector.
Resistor R48 and switch SI are a single unit and are soldered
directl y to board 4 (see Fig. 17). That is done because the
mounting hardware is used to secure the board to the case. The
foil pattern for board 4 (Fig. 8) shows where the cutouts for the
edge connectors are located as well as the holes for the bolts to
hold them. It may be necessary to file down the ears of the edge
connectors to make them fit properl y in the space provided . Put
Ys-inch spacers bet ween the ears and the board to make sure that
the connectors don't stick too far out on the rear side of the
board. The spacers can be small pieces of plastic. When the edge
connectors are attached, use insulated hook-up wire bet ween the
eyelets on the back of the connectors and the appropri ate pads on
the board .
Checkout and troubleshooting
Connect the boards together as shown in Fig. 18 and tum on
the power . Verify that the regulat or is puttin g out about 6 volts to
the circuit. When power is first applied. some number will
appear in the display. What that number will be depends-v-as
mentioned earlier---o n the "temperament " of the particular
4508 used for IC15. Press your finger lightl y on IC24 on board
Keep track of your heart rate-and your
health. This month we'll show you how to
build your own Heart-a-Matic.
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The HeaI1-a-Matic' s case
is made ent irely of l/ x-inch
acrylic plast ic. which can be
and off you should see corresponding
pulses at the Ie. If you don't, do the same
thing and monitor the output of IC I . If the
probl em isn 't there, conne ct a jumper
fro m th e r e gul at ed s upply-vo l tage
through a 10K resis tor to the positive side
of C2. Eve ry time you touch C2 with the
jumper you should see a corresponding
pulse at the output of IC2. If you do, then
the probl em is with the sen-
sor boar d . If yo u don't,
c hec k t he out put of ICI
again . That method should
hel p you to find a defecti ve
IC and, if your IC s are in
sockets , you should be abl e
to repl ace it eas ily.
Board I is the most com-
pl ex part of the Heart-a-
Matic but. fortunately, it's
also the easiest to check . Re-
move the board from its edge
connector and solder a piece
of hook-up wire to pin 3 of
anyone of 4040' s. Repl ace
the board in the edge con-
nector and remo ve ICI on
board 2. Insert the other end
of the wire into pin 6 ofIC I 's
socket and turn the monitor
on. If the di gital circuits of
the Heart-a-Mati c are op-
erating pr operl y. you will
get a display of 120 that will
be updat ed eve ry half-
seco nd. If that doesn't hap-
pen . make the same S0l1 of
checks you would for any di-
gital ci rcuit: Is the clock
clocking? Is IC21 advancing
with each incomin g pul se? Is
IC23 putting out 60 Hz? And
so on. Most of the probl ems
on the board will be found to
be due t o . ' me c hanic a l
error." Bad ICs should be
wav do wn near the bott om of
your list of suspects .
Af te r building thr e e
Hcart-a-Mat ics , th e only
problems I eve r encountered
were mec hanica l ones. In
any eve nt. none of the three
worked the first time I ap-
plied power, and the prob-
lem always turned out to be
in the co nstruc tion of the
boards. not the design or the
c o nd i t io n o f th e co m-
po ne n ts. As f ar as
troubleshootin g the boards
goes, all that can be said is
th at careful wo rk always
pays off. .. and that you' ll al-
ways find the source of the
problem in the last place you
look.
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that nothing is wrong there , eac h in-
dividual section of the unit can be check -
ed separately.
The input section can be checked by
connecting an LED from the output of
IC2 through a I K res istor to gro und. If
you have a logic probe , so much the bet-
ter. Shine a small light on the top of IC24
on the sensor board. As you blin k it on
FIG. 5-COMPONENT SIDE of board 1. Note t hat if you etc h your own boards plated-t hrough hol es or
jumpers are needed (see text and Fig. 11 for more inf ormat ion).
6. The Heart-a-Mat ic sho uld start beep-
ing in time with your pulse. After the
ni nth beat it will start disp layi ng your
heart rate . If the device fails to operate,
there are several checks you can make .
It goes without saying that you should
look for cold-solder j oint s. bad or un-
soldered connections, broken traces, and
other mechanical pr obl ems. Ass uming
FIG. 4-FOIL PATIERN for the foil side of board 1. Note that t his is a double-sided board. The
component side as shown in Fig. 5.
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FIG. 6-FOIL PATIERN for board 2 of the Heart-a-Matic. Note that enough space has been left to
accommodate a speaker (see text) .
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ary woodworki ng too ls .
Solve n t-t ype ce me n t
(available where vou buv
t h e p l a sti c) i's
thr o ugh out to hold it
toget he r. Wh en you ' re
assembling the case. be
sure to keep your fingers
off the areas of the plastic
where you app ly the ce-
ment. The cement softens
the pl asti c and not hi ng
ruins the appea rance of a
project more than a finger-
print etc hed into the case.
There are more elegant. if
not quit e so per sonal. ways
of signing your work.
Figure 19 shows an ex-
ploded view of the bottom
case of the Heart-a-Marie.
The easiest way to assem-
ble it is to cut the base to
the exact size indi cated in
Tabl e I. Th e sides and
front can be cut larger and
then attac hed to it. When
the eement has dried they
can be sanded down to fit
exac tly. The top of the case
is one of the last part s to be
attached. and it wi ll be dis-
cussed Sh0l11y. Make sure
that the slots for the circ uit
boards line up correct ly
with the edge connectors
on board 4 and that the
boards can slide easily in
and out of the case. .
Th e dimension s give n
for the base assume that
slots will be rout ed in the
sides as shown. If you de-
cide to use card guide s in-
stead. yo u will have to
make the base. rear door.
and other pieces larger than
indicated .
There are two doors in
the unit: they should be in-
stalled last (their installa-
tion will be described be-
low). One door is at the
rear to allow access to the
boards and the ot her is in
front to close the storage
compartment for the senso r
assemb ly and the shielded
cab le that connects it to
board 4. The pieces should
fit snugly enough so that
friction will hold the doors
closed . Cut them slightly
larger than needed andthen
ear'Cfullv sand them to the
correc t f it.
Th e c irc u i t - boa rd
assemb ly is held in the case
bv the nut on R48 and a
assemblv that
goes in a hol e d(i l le d
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FIG. 8-FOIL PATTERN for board 4 is shown here. The t hree rectangles should be cut out to
accommodat e t he edge conne ctors.
made bet ween the main case and the one
that contains the displ ay.
The six leads from the top of board 4 go
to the displ ay and are rout ed along the
underside of the case top and inserted
through the holes. The holes themsel ves
are dr illed in a pattern to acco mmodate
the six solder tails of a piece of edge
connector. The details for that are shown
in Fig. 19. The wires should be soldered
to the tails of the edge connector and then
the edge connector should be glued to the
case top using epoxy . The six edge -
connector pins that protrud e into the case
can then be bent over flat. Once that is
done, the top can be glued to the rest of
the case with the solvent cement.
The doors can now be fit into place and
the hinges installed. The hinges arc small
wire brad s that are pushed into holes
drill ed in the doors and case as shown in
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because it is easy to crac k the plastic.
Once they are in securely, grind the end s
down so they are flush with the case. If
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FIG. 10-THE TINYfoil pattern shown here is for
board 6, the small sensor board.
through the top rear of the sensor storage
compartment and board 4. Its exact loca-
tion will depend on how the boards fit in
the case. Remember that a seco nd hole
has to be dr illed in the case as well, to let
the shielded cable get to the pads on the
back of board 4.
The last piece of adv ice for thi s part of
the case concerns the rubber feet. Sma ll
pieces of pl ast ic should be glued to the
bottom of the case and the feet should be
screwed into them . If you try to screw the
feet directly into the case, the tips of the
screws may protrude far enough into it to
prevent board 3 from fitting properly.
The trickiest part of the case is the
asse mbly of the connector for the bot tom
of the display section. The top of the case
has two sets of holes drilled in it. One is
located over the speaker located on board
2 to allow the beeps to be heard . The other
is a set of six holes drilled in the center of
the top for the connections that have to be
they are too loose in the holes, secure
them with a small drop of epoxy , making
sure you don' t inadvert antl y glue the
doors shut in the process. When you' re
finished, you can put the assembly aside
and let the epoxy harden.
Display case
We've given you a choice of two types
of dis play case- plain or fancy. The plain
case is a simple box, assembled more or
less in the same way as the bottom case.
The fancy version, shown in Fig . 20, is
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the exception of for ming the plastic for
the heart -shaped case. construction de-
tails for both types are essenti ally the
same. If you bui ld the plain case. be sure
it is large enough to hold the display board
comfortably; dimensions for the heart-
shaped case are given in Table 2.
Like the bott om part of the case. the
displ ay case is made of acrylic plastic . A
short piece of Yx-inch diameter chrome-
plated copper tubing is used to connect
the two cases. Figure 21 is a templ ate for
the front of the heart . which is made from
a piece of 1/4-inch opaque red plastic. A
rect angul ar piece of Y4-inch transparent
red plastic is used as a lens; it is cut as
indicated and glued in the displ ay cutout .
Be careful to get none of the solvent ce-
ment on the surface of the lens. The lens
should stick out in front about Yx-inch so
small strips of black plastic can be glued
to the edges to for m a bezel . The lettering
is dry-tr ansfer type; I have found
that it is much eas ier to apply before the
lens is glued to the case . After the letter-
ing is applied. spray the case with clear
lacquer to protect the type.
The side of the heart -shaped display
case is made from a single piece of black
acrylic plastic. Being very careful and
wearing protecti ve gloves, heat the strip
and bend it to fit around the heart . The
plastic gets very hot , so prot ect ive
gloves are a must. The eas iest way to heat
FIG. 16-BESUREthat IC24 is aligned as shown
when mounting it on board 6, the sensor board.
FIG. 15-PARTS-PLACEMENT DIAGRAM f or
board 5 is shown here.
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board 4.
FIG. 13-THE BATTERY HOLDERS are mounted to the pads indicated by asterisks in this parts-
placement diagram for board 3.
FIG. 12-WHEN MOUNTINGIC11on board 2, be sureto leave the leads long enough so that they can be
bent to allow t he device to lie flat.
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PARTS LIST
FIG. 17-RE515TOR R48 and switch 51, a single unit, are soldered directly to board 4. That uni t's
mounti ng hardware is used to secure the board to t he case.
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All resistors V. -watt, 5% unless other-
wis e noted
R1-270 ohms
R2,R4. R11. R13, R39, R41, R43, R45--
10,000 ohms
R3, R46-470,000 ohms
R5, R6. R35--1 mego hm
R7, R31, R33- 390 ohms
R8, R9-30,000 ohms
R10, R14, R38, R40, R42, R44-100,000
ohms
R12-1 2 ohms
R15, R24-R26, R29, R36-1000 ohms
R16-R22, R27-1 60 ohms
R1 6-R22, R27-1 60 ohms
R23-15 ohms
R28, R32-22,000 ohms
R30-4700 ohms
R34-27 ohms
R37-10 megohms
R47-500 ,000 oh ms, multiturn potenti-
ometer, PC-mount
R48-300 ohms , potent iomet er , panel-
mount with switch (commonly used in
TV receivers)
Capacitors
C1, C3, C4, C6, C14, C28- 0.47 fJ.F, 35
volts, tanta lum
C2-10 fJ. F, 35 volts, electrolytic
C5--0.1 fJ.F, ceramic disc
C7, C9, C11-C13, C18, C19, ' C22-C24,
C26, C27-Q.01 fJ. F, ce ramic disc
C8, C17-4.7 fJ.F, 35 volts, electrolytic
C10-3.3 fJ. F, 35 volts, tanta lum
C15-68 pF, ceramic disc
C16-.005 fJ. F, ce ramic disc
C20-47 pF, ceramic disc
C21-8 pF, ceramic disc
C25--2200 fJ. F, 16 volts, electrolytic
Semico nductors
IC1-741 op-arnp
IC2- 555 timer
IC3-4093 quad 2-input NAND Sch mitt trig-
ge r
IC4-4020 14-stage binary ripple counte r
IC5--4012 dual 4-input NAND gate
IC6-4553 3-digit binary counter
IC7-45 43 BCO-to-7-segment latc h/
decoder/driver
IC8-556 dual timer
IC9, IC10-4089 binary rate multiplier
IC11- 7805 5-volt regulator
IC12-IC15-4508 dual 3-state 4-bit latch
IC16-IC19-4040 12-stage binary ripple
counter
IC20-4001 quad 2-input NOR gate
IC21-4017 decade counter
IC22-4049 hex inverter
IC23-5369 60-Hz timebase
IC24- FPA104 infra-red emitter/s ensor
array
Q1-2N3391
Q2- 2N3904
Q3-2N2222
Q4-Q6-2N3906
SCR1-ECG 5400
LE01- LE03-FN0500 0.5-inch co m-
mon-cathode 7-segme nt display
01, 0 2-1N914 or 1N4148
D3-1 N4001
XTAL1-3.579545 MHz color-burst refer-
ence crystal
SPKR- 8 ohms , 2-inch diameter
S1-SPST switch (part of R48)
J1-1 2-contact edg e
connect or
J2 , J36-contact edge
connector
J4- submini ature N.C., chas sis- mount
B1-B8-1 .5-volt "AA" cell
Mis cell a neous : PC boards, two "AA"
sid e-by-s ide ba ttery holde rs . Velcro
strip, plastic for cases, wire, shielded
cab le, solder , etc,
The following are available from Hal-
Tronix, P.O. Box 1101, Southgate, MI
48195: Set of six etched and drilled PC
boards, $39.95; Board 1 (double-sided),
$19.95. Add $2.00 for shipping & hand-
ling; MI residents add 4% tax.
the plastic is over an open cand le flame.
Move the pl ast ic rapidl y throu gh the
flame to make sure it is heated uniforml y.
If the plastic starts to burn, remove it from
the flame immedi at ely and blow it out.
Wheneve r working over an open flame,
take sensible precautions such as wearing
the correct gloves and protecti ve glasses .
There 's no point to building a heart-r ate
monit or if an acci dent happens to you and
there' s nothing left to monitor. In all
seriousness . however. as with any proj ect
you should be very careful.
I' ve made several heart- shaped display
cases and have found its much simpler to
create the bend a small porti on at a time.
Plastic is an excellent insulat or so while a
part of the strip is hot enough to bend . the
rest remains cool enough to hold its shape
and be handl ed safely. Following the pro-
cedure below will help assure you of good
results.
Start in the middle of the strip and make
the first bend in the top middl e of the case.
Don't force the plastic to bend. because it
will snap: when it' s hot enough it will
bend eas ily. Bend the plastic around the
case and then dunk the whole thing incold
water. That will cool it rapidly and set the
bend . Keep holdin g it until the shape has
set orthe strip will deform and you' ll have
to do the whole thing over again. Now
make the bend around one side of the case
all the way to the bottom. When that' s
done. cut off the excess plastic so the end
is flush with the bottom of the case. Then
form the other side of the case in a similar
fashion.
Referring to Fig. 21. glue the front of
the case to the side with solvent cement.
Apply the cement onl y to the rear of the
piece to avoid marring the front. Glue in
the inner support-piece for the chrome
pipe. Drill a %-inch hole through the bot-
tom of the case assembl y and continue it
through the inner support-piece. Put the
chrome pipe in and keep the end of it flush
with the top of the inner support-piece.
Whe n that ' s done . drill a small hol e
through the back of the inner support -
piece and the chrome pipe. Push in a wire
brad that has been cove red with epoxy
and set the assembly aside so the epoxy
has time to harden .
Make sure that board 5. the display
board. fits in the display case correctl y.
Glue two pieces of plastic as shown in
Fig. 21 to the back of the case at either
side of the board. Hold the black acryIic-
plastic rear of the displ ay case in place
and dri ll two holes through it into those
pieces of plastic. The holes are for the
screws that secure the rear cove r. A piece
of sponge foam is glued to the inside of
the rear cove r to hold the displ ay board
firmlyin place. The pattern for the rear
cove r should be traced. using the sides of
the case as a pattern . once th-e red heart is
attached. LED I-LED3 should fit in the
cut out behind the lens.
Drill a %-inch hole in the center of a
FIG. 18-WHEN ALL OF THE BOARDS are completed, they are conne cted t oget her as shown here.
FIG. 19--EXPLODED VIEWof the Heart-a-Matic's bottom case. The dimensions for t hat caseare gi ven
In Table 1.
Y..-inch-square piece of black plast ic and
slide it onto the bottom of the chrome
pipe. That is the top of the asse mbly that
connects the displ ay case to the base.
Route the wires from board 5 through the
pipe and solder them to a small piece of
doubl e- sid ed ci rcu it boar d with three
"fingers" on each side as shown in Fig.
20. Cut the wires from board 5 about six
inches longer than necessary for a tight
fit: they will be pull ed up inside the dis-
play case when the asse mbly is finished
and will allow the board to be removed
from the case without your having to un-
solder anything. Make sure you solder the
wires in the same order you did on the
mat ching pi ec e of edge connector
mounted on the top of the bottom case.
Use an ohmmeter to verify that the wires
go to the proper pl aces. Asse mble the rest
of the displ ay base. making sure that the
ears on the circuit board fit snugly in the
slots you have cut in the side pieces . The
plastic parts can be assembled with sol-
vent cement but the slots will have to be
fill ed with ep oxy . Wh en the whole
asse mbly has set . sand it down smooth for
best appe aranc e. .
The dimensions of the plug retaining
walls on the top of the case should be
TABLE 1
Bottom Case Dimensions (Fig. 19)
A: 4% x 2% in.
S: 5% x 4% in.
C: 1 x 2% in.
D: 4% x 2% in.
E: 2% x 1% in.
F: 2% x 4V4 in.
G: 5% x 4
7
/ 8 in.
H: 4% x 2% in.
I: 1 x 1 in.
J: % x 1 in.
K: % x 1% in.
L: t -in diameter
M: 6-connect double-sided .156 in. center
edge connector
measured with the displ ay case plugged
into its connector . It is important that they
be high enough to provide support . Once
they are cut and glued into place , you 're
almost finished. All that's left is the small
case for the sensor board.
Sensor case
The sensor board is housed in the case
as shown in Fig. 22 . Dimension s are
given in Tabl e 3. Use about two feet of
shielded cable to connect the sensor board
to board 3. To assemble the sensor. attach
a strip of Velcro to the bottom of the case
with epo xy. The stri p should be long
enough to wrap around your finger and
attach to the bott om of the case . Use one
part of the Velcro mater ial (it comes in
two part s) for the strip and attach a small
piece of the other part to the strip on the
bottom of the case . Cut a piece of conduc-
tive foam to fit inside the case and slit it so
the sensor, IC24 , can poke through. 501-
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hole for the connecting cable.
der asmall piece of hook-up wire to the
ground plane on the boar d and poke the
other end of it into the foam. That will
help preven t the ever -present 60-Hz field
from the power lines around you from
causing problems with the input section.
Calibration and use
The Heart-a-Matic needs no calibra-
tion other than setting the low-battery-
warning trip-point by adjusting R47 on
board 3. Co nne ct a variable power-
supply to the unit at J 1 (EXTERNAL pow-
ER) on the side of the case and set it to
eight volts. Slowly adj ust R47 until the
decimal ,Points in the display light and
stay lit. Turn off the unit and set the power
supply to deli ver twelve volts. Turn the
Heart-a-Matic back on and slowly reduce
the input voltage . The decimal points
should light at eight volts. If they do, the
calibration process is comp lete and your
project is ready for use.
The Heart -a-Matic is simple to use.
Attach the sensor to your finger and se-
cure it snugly with the Velcro strip. There
should be light press ure agains t your fin-
ger. If it' s too tight , the blood supply will
be restricted and sensor will have nothing
to detect; if it' s too loose, the sensor will
be affected by ambient light. A good way
to make sure the sensor is oper ating is to
place it against the pulse-poi nt in your
wrist. The change in blood volume there
is much greate r than in your finger and the
Heart-a-Matic can easil y pick it up with-
out too much concern about pressure.
Keep in mind the fact that differe nt fing-
e rs have differen t ca pi l lar y co n-
figurations and that often a reading can be
gotten from one finger and not a another.
The sensor and input circuitry are very
sensitive, though , and there shouldn't be
any problem in using a finger to detect the
pulse. I' ve gotten reliable readings from
my eat's paws!
Alt hough the Hea rt-a-Marie is ex-
tremely accurate, it is by no means a
substitute for a doctor's checkup. There is
all the difference in the world between
data and diagnosis. While the Heart-a-
Matic can tell you what your heart rate is.
only your doctor can tell you what it
means. R-E
Several errors appeared in Part 1 of the
Heart -a-Mafic construction article in the Sep-
tember 1982 issue. The correct value for
capacitor C25 is 2200f.lF, 16 volts-not
2200f.lF. Jack J4 should be wired so that the
battery is out of the circuit when a plug carry-
ing external power is inserted . The sentence
on page 48 that reads in part ..." a rate multi-
plier will not...output a number of pulses that
is always an average..." is wrong-it will.
Finally, the correct price for the set of six PC
boards is $39.95 .
TABLE 3
Sensor Case Dimensions (Fig. 22)
A: V2 x 1 in.
S: V2 x V2 in.
C: 1 x % in.
TABLE 2
Disp lay Case Dimensions (Fig. 20)
A: % x Ve in.
S: 2% x % in.
C: 1% x % in.
D: See Fig. 20
*E: 1% x 12% in.
*F: V2 x % in.
*G: 1Ve x % in.
*H: 2 x 2 in. foam
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K: % x 1 in.
*L: % x % in.
*M: % x % in.
*N: % x V2 in.
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APPROX. 3/4 X 2 INCHES
(TO FIT 3 FNO-500'sl
FIG. 21-USE THIS TEMPLATE for the fr ont of
the heart -shaped display case.
FIG. 2o-EXPLODED VIEW of t he heart -shaped display case and its conn ector. The dimensions are
give n in Tabl e 2.
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How to Design
Analog Circuits
-Amplifying AC Signals
MANNIE HOROWITZ
One of the most important uses for
the transistor is in an amplifier circuit.
This month, we'll look at how a one-
stage transistor amplifier works, as
well as how to design one.
IN THE PREVIOUS PART OFTHIS SERIES. WE
looked at di fferent bias circuits and an-
alyzed the DC behavior of a one-stage
transi stor amplifier. But merel y biasing a
transi stor at the qui escent operating point
does not produ ce a functi on al circuit. The
tr an si st or mu st a lso be capable of
amplify ing an AC signal.
When an AC signal is applied to a
transistor amplif ier stage . many of the
transi stor parameter s. such as gain ((3).
change from the nomi nal DC value . Also ,
for the circ uit to be functional. several
component s mu st be added to the basic
DC circuit. For example . a load res istor
must be included so that the output signal
ca n be obtai ned; and capac itors must be
added so that the AC signal does not upset
the DC bias voltages . Thi s mo nth. we will
analvze the behav ior of a one-stage tran-
sister amplifier when an AC signal is ap-
plied to it. We wi ll also look at a complete
step-by-step des ign example .
AC bipolar transistor analysis
Las t time . we di scussed several bia s
circuits for es tablishing the collector-to-
emitter voltage (VeE) at the qui escent op-
erating point (no- input signal condition) .
For our analysis of AC operation. we' ll
use the simp lest bi as circuit that we de-
scribed last time. as shown in Fig . I . The
circuit shown in Fig . I also includes a
sinuso idal voltage source, a load resistor .
and two capacitors .
Th e sinusoidal AC vo ltage source is
V
in
and since no voltage source is per fect.
its intern al impe dance is not equal to zero.
Here , the int ernal impedance of the
ge nerator is shown as R
gcn
.
The signal from the ge nerator is con-
nected to the base of the transistor through
ca paci tor C I . That capac itor prevents the
bia s curre nt provided by R
B
from flowing
int o the generator and to ground throu gh
R
gcn
and thu s upse tt ing the quiesce nt op-
era ti ng poi nt. At the same time. the value
of the ca pac itor is large enough to allow
the AC signal from the ge nerator to pass
through it to the transistor.
The AC signal that appears at the base
of the tran si stor is amplified by the tran-
sis tor. The res ulting amplified signa l
appears across R
e
and is app lied to the
load resi stor throu gh capacitor C2. Ca pa-
cit or C2 prevent s the DC voltage at the
collec tor of the transi stor from appearing
across load res istor R
L
while passing the .
amplified AC signal present at that point
in the cir cuit. Ca pacitor C2 prevent s the
DC collec tor voltage from bein g affected
by the presence of R
L
in the circuit.
The vo ltage ac ross R
e
is Ic X R
e.
where Ie is the DC co llector current. Be-
cau se of that. the collec tor voltage is:
Vc =Vcc - lc xRc
If capacitor C2 we re not present. R
L
would complete a DC current path from
Vee throu gh R
e
to ground. The addition-
al curre nt. II.' would add to Ie to de-
termi ne the tot al DC curre nt flowing
through R
e
. The voltage across R
e
would
be (Ie + IIJR
e
. The vo ltage at the col -
lect or (Vcl wo uld drop to Vee - (Ie +
ILJRc
But what is R
L
doing in the circuit'? It
represe nts the AC load on the output of
the transistor. If thi s were an audi o power
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+V
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b
A, =
where RLIIR
c
is the resi stance of R
c
and
R
L
connected in parallel. The power gai n.
G. is the product of Ai and A
v
.
In the common- coll ect or circuit shown
in Fig. 3-a. the input impedance of the
transistor is calculated using equation 4.
but R
E
is usuall y much larger here than
when spec ified for the
arr angement. The generator still sees R
B
in parall el with R
in
. As for the output
resistance Rout (the resistance seen when
looking back into the transistor ). it is the
sum of r, and the total res istance in the
base circuit di vided by beta . The re-
sistance in the base circuit is the sum of rh
and the parallel combi nation of r
gen
and
R
B
. .
Th e vo ltage gain of the co mmo n-
collector circ'Uit itsel f is approx imately
equal to I . The combination of a relative-
ly low input impedance. a high output
impedance (as already stated . RIO is usual-
Rout = rd[(Rgen + rb) + + RE) ]
R
gen
+ r
b
+ r
e
+ R
E
(5)
Note that the impedance of the generator
and the base resi stance are refle cted from
the input of the transistor to the output.
Both factors therefore appear in equation
5. The load resistance. R
L
sees Rout in
parallel with R
c
. The current gain (Ai)
and volt age ga in (A
v
) for the circuit
shown in Fig. I are:
the base circuit itsel f. is:
Rin = rb + + r
e
) (4)
The generator sees that resistance in paral-
lel with R
B
because the upper termin al of
R
B
is connect ed to +Vce and that ter-
minal is at AC gro und through the power
supply. (The +Vcc terminal is +Vce
volts above DC ground . But an ideal
voltage source has zero impedance. Be-
cause of that. the +Vcc point is treated as
being at signal or AC ground.)
The output impedance seen looking
back into the collector circuit is:
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Using the paramet er s detail ed above.
we can now define several AC character-
istic s of the circuit shown in Fig. 1.
The input impedance seen looking int o

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Another import ant par ameter when an-
alyzing the AC performance of a transi s-
tor is the emitter resistance . When we
were analyzing the DC performance of a
transistor. R
E
was an actual resistor con-
nected to the emitter of the transi stor and
it was the onl y res istance of significance
in the emitter circuit. But when an AC
signal pas ses through the transistor, there
is also an internal AC resistance that is in
the emitter of the transistor itself. That
resistance. reo can be det ermined from the
following equation:
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I
c
In equation 3. Ie is ex pressed in
milli ampers and r, in ohms. When an-
a lyzing the AC performance of a
common-emitter transistor amplifier. the
resistan ce in the emitter circuit is r, + R
E
.
When that is reflected as a resistance into
the base circuit. the sum is multiplied by
the AC beta.
The collector resistance. r, and rd. were
discussed in the articl e on bias circuits
that appea red in the September issue. The
methods for determinin g those re -
sistances were covered there and those
methods remain the same .
As a final paramet er to be noted here.
we wi ll con sider the base res istance. rho
Th at is usuall y an insignifi cant fact or
when doing a design . The AC resis tance
rh is co nsidered as bein g in series with the
base. It is usuall y bet ween 500 and 1000
ohms-values that can be ignore d in most
designs.
FIG. 3-DIFFERENT CIRCUIT CONFIGURATIONS for the bipolar transistor. The common-collector
circuit is shown in a. The common-base circuit is shown in b.
the section of the cur ves that we are in-
terested in are almost perfectl y hori zont al
and. as a result . alpha is very close to I .
However , aAC (or a ) can be dete rmined
from the AC bet a using the same equation
used for det ermining I3 Dc ,
FIG. 2- TYPICAL CHARACTERISTIC CURVES
of a bipolar t ransi st or .
line was plotted and that the qui escent
operating point. Q, was chosen as shown.
At the qui escent oper atin g poin t. the
idling base CUITent is l E3' the idling col-
lector current is 1
0
and the coll ector-to-
emitter voltage is VCEQ' Since the DC
bet a (I3Dcl is simply the rati o of collector
current to base curre nt at any one point on
the cur ves. I3 Dc is equal to lo /l E3'
The AC bet a. I3 Ac , is the ratio of a
change in collector curre nt to a change in
base current at a spec ific collector-emitter
voltage . VCEQ' We can use that concept
to det ermine the value of I3Ac from the
curves . It is equal to:
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C4
- 1Q2 L'. lc
= --- (1)
1
8 4
- 1
8 2
L'. 1
8
Her eaft er. as is commonly done through-
out our industr y. we will refer to the AC
bet a simply as beta and apply the symbol
13 to it. For the DC bet a. we will retain the
symbol I3Dc ,
It is difficult to determi ne the AC alpha
of the transistor from the cur ves because
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pedance of a loudspeaker. If this coll ector
circuit were connected to the input of a
second transi stor to get additional gain.
R
L
would be the input impedance of that
second tran si stor circuit.
The circuit around the transistor affec ts
the operati on of the transistor ju st as the
various transistor parameters affec t the
ove rall circu it per formance.
We discussed alp ha and beta and de-
scr ibed how DC curre nt at the input of a
transi stor is amplified and appears at the
output. The output current is bet a times
the input curre nt. A similar ampli ficati on
takes place due to the AC current gai n. or
AC bet a. of the transistor. Although the
Greek lett er 13 is usuall y used to indicate
that parameter . some specification shee ts
use the hybrid parameter. h
fe
. They both
have the same meanings.
The AC bet a and DC bet a can be de-
rived from the common-emitter curves of
the transistor . A typi cal set of curves is
drawn in Fig. 2. Let us assume that a load
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13
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resistance is the parallel combination of
R
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cuit i s shown here.
for the JFET are shown in Figs. 4 through
6. Although the configurations are shown
using JFET' s. the MOSFET can be sub-
stituted instead of the JFET' s in those
circuits. The common-gate circuit drawn
in Fig. 6 is seldom used in audio applica-
t ions. It is pr imari ly used in high -
frequency applications.
Voltage gain as well as the input and
output impedances. are the primary con-
cerns of the designer. Because of the high
input-impedance of both the JFET and
MOSFET devices. the input current is
j ust about zero . Thus. the current gain and
the power gain of the device approaches
infinity. There are. of course . limits to
those gai ns. Here. the only gain to be
considered is voltage gain. A,,, It is re-
lated to the transconductance of the FET,
gm' (We will use the term FET to refer to
both JFET and MOSFET devices.)
As you may recal l. transconductance is
FIG. 6-COMMON-GATE FET AMPLIFIERcircuit
is mainly used in high-frequency appli cat ions.
FET amplifiers
Few differences exist between the de-
sign procedure s for a bipolar transistor
amplifier and the design procedures for
amplifiers using JFET' s and MOSFET's.
(The MOSFET is also commonly called
an IGFET. ) Thus, many of the parameters
and design procedures that we' ve dis-
cussed so far can be applied to JFET and
MOSFET amplifiers. The primary differ-
ence involves the polarity of the bias vol-
tage that is applied to the gate of those
devices. (The gate is the equivalent of the
base terminal of a bipolar transistor. ) In
the equations used for determining gain
and impedance, there are no distinctions
between the FET devices and the bipolar
transistor.
The three basic circuit configurations
Since the transistor receives only .85V
i n
,
the overall voltage gain of the circuit is
the voltage gain of the transistor mult i-
plied by 0.85. The voltage gain of the
transistor is calculated using equation 7:
A
v
= 2100/195. 6 = 10.74. The voltage
gain forthe overall circuit is 10.74 x .85,
or 9. I . That is slightly below our desired
gain of 10. To increase the gain, R
E
must
be reduc ed.
Similar procedures can be used to de-
sign commo n-collector and common-
base circuits.
(
56,470 ) v; = 0.85 v:
56,470 + 10,000
ohm collector resistor (Rd. The collector
current , Ie , is then equal to 4.5/2700 =
1.67 mAoPlugging that information into
equation 3, we find that r, is equal to
2611 .67 = 15.6 ohms. Since the total
maximum resistance in the emi tter circuit
is 210 ohms, R
E
can be as high as 210 -
15.6 ohms or 194.4 ohms , Use a standard
180-ohm resistor for R
E
.
To get a collector current of 1.67 mA,
the base curr ent , I
B
, must be 1.67 mA
di vided by the beta of the transistor.
Therefore, I
B
= 1.67/300 = 5.6 p..A .
Base current is provided by the 9-volt
supply and flows through R
B
, through the
base-emitter junction, and then through
R
E
. Hence.the base current, I
B
, is equal to
9/(R
B
+ Rd = 5.6 p.. A . The base-to-
emitter voltage, VBE, is ignored because
it is negligible compared to 9 volts . Going
through the algebra to determi ne R
B
, we
find it is about 1.5 megohms.
Taking that one step further, assume
the impedance of the generator , r
gen
, is
10,000 ohms. That 10,000 ohms forms a
voltage divider with the input impedance
of the transistor. Using equation 4 and
ignoring rb, the input impedance is the
parallel combi nation of ~ ( R E + r
e
) and
R
B
. Sol ving for the input impedance:
300(180 + 15.6) in parallel with 1.5 x
10
6
= 56.470 ohms. Due to the voltage
divi der formed by the generator and the
input impedance of the transistor , the
voltage that appears at the base of the
transistor is equal to:
FIG. 4-COMMON-SOURCE AMPLIFIER cir cuit
is shown here.
(10)
A
y
= G = RLllR
c
re
A step-by-step design
The equat ions given in this article can
be used to design actual circuits . As an
example, let us agai n consider the circuit
shown in Fig. 1. You would start the
desi gn of the circuit by knowing the
power -supply voltage as well as the beta
of the transistor. For this example, let us
assume that Vee = 9 volts and that ~ =
300. Next, determine the load resistance,
R
L
, that the circuit will be connected to.
Let ' s assume you must feed a 10,000 ohm
load. The collector resistor , R
e
, should
be between 10% and 25%of R
L
so that the
AC load line will not differ by much' from
the DC load line. (We will discuss that
factor in more detail in a future article on
power amplifiers). Agood compromise is
to make R
e
equal to 2700 ohms. The
resi stance in the co llector circ uit is
10,000 ohms in parallel with 2700 ohms,
or 2100 ohms. If the circuit is to provide a
voltage gain of 10, then the ratio of the
resistance in the collector circuit to the
resistance in the emitter circuit should be
10. Using that information, the emitter
resi st ance should be 2 100/10 = 210
ohms. But what portion of the 210 ohms
does the r, in the transistor provide and
what portion of the 210ohms does emitter
resistor R
E
provide? To determi ne that,
we must know the collector (or emitter)
current.
If the power-supply is 9 volts, ideally
we want one-half of that or 4.5 volts at the
collector. If that were the quiescent col-
lector voltage, the signal could swing. at
least ideally, from 0 to 9 volts around the
4.5- volt quiescent sett ing. To achieve
that. 4.5 volts must be across the 2700-
r
c
[l3(r
e
+ r
gen
) + (rb + Rs)]
Rout = (9)
l3(r
e
+ rgen + rb + Rs)
The current gain of the circuit is equal to a
or slightly less than I. Both the voltage
gain and the power gain are equal to:
Iy specified to be a high resistance) and a
voltage gain approxi mately equal to I ,
makes the common collector circuit ideal
in buffer amplifier applications. The cur-
rent and power gains are approximately
equal to beta.
The common-base circuit is shown in
Fig. 3-b. The input impedance seen by the
generator is the parallel combination of
R
E
and R
i n
, where:
73
1
f
o
= 21t R
o
(Cds + C
gd
) (12)
the ratio of a change in drain current to a
change in gate voltage . The voltage gai n
of an FET device in the common-source
arrangement is the tr ansconduct anc e
mult ipli ed by the AC load impedance
connected to the drain of the FET. In Fig.
4, that load impedance is the parallel
combination of R
L
and R
o
. Thus, the
equat ion for calcul ating the gain of the
circu it is:
It should be noted that the maximum gain
is assumed at about fJ4, while it is about
1/2.24 of its maximum gain at 2fo, Y4 at
4fo, Ys at 8fo, YI 6 at 16f o' and so on.
Note capacitor Cds in equation 12. That
is the drain-t o-sour ce capacitance . It is
ne gli gibl e in JFET designs , but Cds
affects the high-frequency gain signifi-
cantl y in an MOSFET circuit. That is
bec ause the drain-to-source resistance
(rds) of the JFET is much lower than the
MOSFET. In the JFET , that drain-to-
source resistance shunts Cds sufficie ntly
to make it negli gible.
You can use equation 12 to calculate
the frequency where the gain is down 3
dB from its maximum when the output
resistance of the voltage source is in-
significant co mpared to the input re-
sistance of the amplifier. That is frequ ent -
(16)
F = Psi 1Pni
P
so
1 P
no
where Psi is the input power, P
ni
is the
noise at the input generated by the circuit
feeding the amplifier, P
so
is power at the
output and Pnois noise at the output. Low
noise-figures and noise factors are most
desirabl e for a transistor used at the input
of an audio amplifier.
Curves are available to help you design
low-noi se circuits. It is a long and tedious
task to appl y those curves and they usual-
continued all page 82
Two noise specifications are frequent-
ly used in data sheets. Those are the noi se
factor, F, and the noise figure, NF. The y
are related by the equation NF = 10glO F.
F is defined by the equation:
v; Pso (15)
dB = 20 10g, 0 "V = 10 log,o -P-
no no
As for the common-drain circuit. the
input impedance is equal to the resistor at
the ga te input. whil e the output im-
pedance seen by the load is esse ntially R
s
shunted by I/g
m
. The gain is approx-
imately equal to I .
The commo n-gate circuit has a voltage
gai n equal to:
A
v
= gm R
o
(14)
1 + gm Rs
The circuit has a low input impedance that
is equal to I<.s + I /g
m
. The output im-
pedan ce as seen by the load is approx-
imately ecu al to R
o
. Because of its low
input impedance, the significance of the
capacitances at the input of the circuit are
minimal. Hence, the circuit is used pri-
marily in high frequency applic ations .
Noise
The amplifiers described so far are
used to amplify low-level signals. Be-
cause ofthat , the relationship bet ween the
amount of noi se present in the amplifier
and the level of the input signal is signifi-
cant. To determine the noise contribution
of the circuit , we must first determine the
lowest significant frequency reproduced
by the amplifi er lfd and the highest sig-
nificant frequency repr oduc ed by the
amplifier lfH)' Then, a signal with a fre-
quency equal to JJHA is fed to the circuit
and its maximum undi storted output
voltage is noted. The signal is removed
and the remaining output voltage is noise .
The ratio of signal voltage to noise vol-
tage, expressed in dB, is:
sistance rds, which is specified as 5000
ohms . That is true only if R, is shunted by
a large capacitor. Othe rwise, the resist-
ance incr eases to R
o
in parall el with Rout .
With R, = 470 ohms, as stated pre-
viously, output impedance Rout is equal
to:
Now, we can use equ ation II to de-
termine the AC voltage gai n, which
calculates out to be 3.88. If a large-value
capacitor were across R
s,
the shorted re-
sistor would be considered as being at 0
ohms in equation II . The equation would
then be gm (Ro II Rd = 5. 82. With the
capacitor in the source circuit, the gain
has been increase d by (5.82 - 3.88) 1001
3.88 = 50%.
Th e input impedanc e seen by the
generator is R
c
and that is 470 ,000 ohms.
Since the generator and R
G
are both
470 ,000 ohms, half of the generat or ' s
voltage appears at the input of the transis-
tor . Because of that, the gain of the over-
all circuit including the generator, is just
one-half of the gai n of the transistor cir-
cuit with onl y its load and biasing com-
ponent s.
Because the generator's imped ance is
significa nt, the gain is down 3 dB of the
maxi mum at 9783 Hz. That is determined
by s ubs t it ut i ng 4 .7 x 10
5
for r
gen
,
9 x 10-
12
for C
iss
, 10.68 x 10-
4
for gm,
1.2 x 10
4forR
o
, and 2 x 1O - 12forC
gd
in
equation 13.
Load resi st anc e R
L
sees an output
impedance equal to R
o
or 12,000 ohms,
in parall el wi th the drain-t o-sour ce re-
9 "" 2(2 X10- 3)(1 _0.597) =
m v, IVpl 3 3
Substituting VGS into the equation for I
D
and solving for 1
0
, we find it equal to 1.27
rnA. Consequentl y. V
GS
= 4701
0
=
0.597 volt .
Using that information, we can find
gm:
V
GS
= 1
0
R
s
= 470 1
0
1
f
o
= (13)
21t rgen (Ciss + gm R
n
Cgd)
We do not know VGS , but can determine it
from the foll owing equation.
(
!YGSl) -3( !YGSl)2
10 = loss 1 - = 2 x 10 1-
IVpl 3
The general desig n proce dure is to first
determine the gain at low frequencies and
then calculate f o by using equation 12 or
13. As an exampl e, let ' s consider the
circuit shown in Fig . 4 where R
o
=
12,000 ohms , R
L
= 10,000 ohms , R
s
=
470 ohms , R
G
= 470 ,000 ohms , and r
gen
= 470 ,000 ohms . Let ' s also assume that
the FET has the following parameters: Vp
= 3 volts, loss = 2 mA, rds = 5,00U
ohms , c; = 7.5 pF and C
gd
= 2 pF.
Determine the various characteristics of
the circuit.
First , we mu st calcul at e gm at the
qui escent operating point. To calculate
gm, we must know the drain curr ent. It is:
Iy true. If, however , the resistance (r\len)
is comparable in size to the input Im-
pedance of the amplifier, f o becomes:
(11 )
gm (RoIIRLl
1 + gma,
That equation, and the fact that the input
and output impedance are R
G
and R
o
re-
spectively, was noted in the article that
appeared in the Sept emb er 1982 issue.
But a complication still exists.
Because of the high input -impedance,
capacitance between terminal s of the FET
become significant. That factor is rel -
at ively unimport ant whe n analy zi ng
bipol ar transistor circuits because the in-
ternal resistance of the bipolar transistor
is low. The low internal resistance effec-
tively shorted those capacitances and they
had little effect, especially at low operat -
ing frequencies. But that is not so with
FET's .
As f ar as the JFET is co ncerned,
capacitances exis t betwe en the gate and
source, C
gs
; and between the gate and
drain , C
gd
(sometimes called C
rss
)' When
added together, the two capacitances are
equal to CiSS" That is the input capacitance
of a common-source circuit when the out-
put of the tran sistor is shorted . If the out-
put has a normal load rather than being
shorte d, the input capacit ance is es-
sentially C
iss
+ gm R
o
C
gd
. Becau se of
that capacitance, the gain of the circuit
decreases as the operating frequency in-
creases . The frequ ency at which the gain
is down 3 dB (or .707) from its maximum
gain is called fo. That frequency can be
calculated using the following equation:
(f)
o
z
o
a:
f-
o
UJ
-l
UJ
o
(5
-c
a:
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ALL ABOUT
Magnetic Garnet
.Epitaxial Layer
ROBERT F. SCOTT
SEMICONDUCTOR EDITOR
BUBBLE MEMORY
DEVICES
Bubble memories feature the read/write abilities of RAM's, the non-volatility of ROM's, and
the mass-storage capabilities of a tape or disk-storage system. This month we'll look at the
architecture of those devices and how they work.
Part 2
IN LAST MO NTH'S ISSUE. WE INTR ODUCED
bubble memor y devices and saw that bub-
bles are microscopic magnetic domai ns in a molecular-thin film
of synthetic garnet. These bubbles are only a few micrometers
(u rrr's) in diameter and can be moved abou t in the film by
establishing and controll ing a magnetic field across the film.
The presence of a bubbl e <rt a given locati on corresponds to a
binary ' ' I ., and the absence of a bubble corresponds to a bi nar y
" 0".
In that discussion . we covered the basic theory and develop-
ment of the magneti c bubble; showi ng how it is generated.
annihilated. and repli cated or tran sferred from one track to
another. We left you with a brief word on the serial loop--the
simplest of several bubble memory arch itectural schemes that
have been devel oped .
The serial-loop track is a long serpentine arrange ment as
show n in Fig. 9. Bubb les produced by pulsing the genera tor
travel in series around the loop. A bubb le reachin g the rcpli cator
splits in two . One goes to the detector and generates a current
pul se that is read as a binary bit. The other bubble either remains
in storage . continuing to circulate aro und the loop . or is erase d
by the annihil ator and is replaced by new data from the gener-
ator . All gates used to generate . repli cate. detect and erase data
are ca lled functi on gates.
The ser ial loop is seldom used because of the long acce ss time
associated with thi s scheme. The bubb les must circle around the
loop before they can be read. For exa mple. the Fujit su 64K-bit
serial-loop type FMB31 DB device has a 370-ms access time
while the 64 K-bit FBM32A using a maj or/minor- loop scheme
(that we wi ll discuss shortly) requires an acce ss time of only 4.3
ms.
A seco nd di sadvant age of the serial-loop sys tem is that pro-
ducti on yield is much lower than wi th other schemes that have
been devel oped. A single defect in any part of a serial loop is
cause for rejecting the chip . The othe r architectural sys tems that
have been developed have greater tolerances for defect s in the
manu facturing process.
In our earlie r story. we showed how bubbles arc stretched
before being read out by the det ector . In an actual bubb le
memory device . two sets of detector elements are used in a
differential detector that eliminates the ef fect of the rot ating
magnetic fiel d.
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to the ann ihil ator where thev arc erased to make room for
incomi ng dat a from the generator. The data bits entered on the
major loop are shifted around until the first dat a bit is at the
entrance to the first minor loop. the second data bit is at the
entrance to the seco nd minor loop and so on. Finally. the transfer
gate is pulsed and the new dat a is dumped into the minor loops in
a transfer-in operation. The control circ uitry assures that the new
dat a is insert ed in the "slot " vacated bv the old information .
Inform at ion to be retrieved is circu!<;ted in the minor loop
until they are in the correct exit position and then they are
transferred simultaneously to the major loop when the transfer
gate is pulsed . The data is dupli cated by the replicator. One
string of data bit s is read by the detector : the other string is
retu rned thro ugh the transfer gate to the proper addres s in the
minor loops.
The transfer- gate sys tem of major/min or loop archi tecture
provide s a fas t. reli abl e sys tem. But- access time is not fast
enough for many appli cations. Thi s is because of the alternate-
bit spacing between mi nor loops. Thi s design also calls for a
rat her large chip. These disadvantages are eliminated in the
block-replicator transfer sys tem shown in Fig. I I and the block-
replicator swap sys tem shown in Fig. 12.
Block replicator transfer system
When new informati on reaches the entrance to the transfer
gates (sec Fig . II ) for the proper minor loops. a current pulse is
fed through the transfer -gate terminals and the data is loaded into
the minor-l oop banks f;r storage. Odd-number bit s are loaded
- - : PATHS OF BUBBLETRANSFER BY PERMALLOYPATI ERNS
= :CONOUCTOR PATI ERNS
1E- : EXITSTOMINORGATES
: ENTRANCETOMINOR GATES
FIG. 1D--MAJOR/MINOR loop system using a t ransfer gate between the
major loop and the minor-loop stora ge bank.
TRANSFER
GATES
T R
MINORLOOPS
G T
The block replicator
In the block-replicator architecture. the major loop is di vided
into two writ e lines at one end of the minor loops and two output
line s at the other end of the minor-loop bank . The output end of
each loop goe s to its own replicat e/transfer gate feedin g into a
major-read line. The minor loops are di vided into two bank s:
one storing odd data bits and the other hand ling even bit s. There
is a separate ge nerator and inpu t (write major line) for eac h loop
bank. The generators are in series . so identical data is written on
both maj or write lines.
T: TRANSFER GATE
G:GENERATOR
O:OETECTOR
R: REPLICATOR
A: ANNIHILATOR
Major/minor loop architecture
The major/minor loop sys tem is arr anged in a serial-parallel-
serial structure-serial input. parallel-loop storage . and serial
output. A conti nuous major loop shift-register feeds into and out
of the dev ice while the large number of minor loops serve mainly
for storage .
The min or loops are perpendicul ar and closely adjacent to the
maj or loop . Thu s. da ta generated and placed on the major loop
can be loaded simultaneously and in paralle l into the top posi-
tions of the minor loops for storage. Similarl y . the minor loops
can be rota ted so the desired dat a blocks can be shifted back to
the major loop to be read out.
A typical bubble memory device using a major/minor loop
archi tecture (Motorola 's MBM2256. for example) has 282
mi nor loops. eac h consisting of 1024 bit positions. Such a
device has a potential of 288.768 bits. It will be operated with
only 256 acti ve minor loops in the memory. The 26 extra loops
are designed into the chip structure to allow for possible man-
ufacturing defe cts in seve ral loops. In this way. a chip with
several defecti ve minor loops can still be used . Thi s greatly
increases produ ct ion yield over that of the serial-loop design.
Wi th 256 active loops. we have a 256K memory wit h a capac ity
of 262 . 144 bits.
The locations of defective minor loops are stored in a PROM
that is a part of the control circuitry. Dat a cannot be stored in or
read out of a defect ive loop .
There are three di fferent impl ement ati ons of the major/min or
loop architecture . These impl ementati ons are referred to as
transf er gate. block replicator trailsfe r. and block replicator
swap systems.
The transfer-gate system of major/minor loop organi zation
(see Fig. 10) consists of a major loop to write and read the
infor mation and transfer data bits to and from the minor storage
loops upon demand . The minor loops are connected to transfer
gates at alternate bit positi ons along the major loop . Information
be ing fed in is loaded on the major loop in alternate bit positi ons .
Before data can be entered into a parti cular locati on. the old
infor mation in the minor loops at the desired address is conveyed
to thei r respect ive loop exits and then transferred or dumpe d
simultaneo usly into the major loop in what is called a transfer-
out operati on . The informat ion bits are circulated in succession
FIG. 9-LOOP ORGANIZATION of a serial-loop memory. Access time is
long because bubbles must circulate in series around the loop before they
can be read.
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transfer-gate organization.
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EXITSTO
MINOR LOOPS
MINOR LOOP GROUP
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Unlike the block repl icator transfer system. the swap arrange-
ment eliminates the need to erase old informati on before writing
new.
FIG. 12-BLOCK REPLICATOR swap system eliminates the need for old
data to be erased before new data can be entered.
Peripheral circuits
A number of auxiliary circuit devi ces arc needed to operate a
bubbl e memory storage device. Some of these are called direct
peripheral circuits because they connect directly to the bubbl e
memory device. Figure 13 is a block di agr am of a magnetic
bubble memory system using Mot orol a' s MBM 2256 device.
The direct peripheral devices are coil dri vers. a function driver,
and a sense amplifier. The coi l driver s feed the X and Y coil s'
with a triangle waveform . The triangle waveform that drives the
X coil is 90 out-of-phase with the triangle waveform that drive s
the Y coil so as to produce a rotating magnetic field. The
func tion driver supplies pulse currents to the functi on gates. The
sense amplifier boosts the detected bubbl e information signals to
a TTL level.
Indi rect peripheral devices or circuits are those that control
the direct peripheral circuits and provide the necessary interface
bet ween the bubbl e memory system and a microprocessor. The
X and Y electromagnetic coil s require comparativel y high drive
current s. The coil predriver is an interface device between the
controller and the power transistors used in the coil drivers. The
cont roll er provides the timing and control for the coil-dr iver and
function-driver circuits along with timin g signals needed .
The MBM2256 is a low-cost. non- volatile solid-state mem-
ory device in a 16-pin DIP package approxi mate ly 1.1 x 1.15
inches . It is complete with the in-plane mag net coi ls to develop
the rotating magneti c fiel d and a permanent magnet structure to
supply a fixed magneti c bias . A magnet ic shield prot ects the
device and data from the effects of external mag netic fields .
The memory modul e has a nominal capaci ty of 250K bits
arranged as 256 storage loops; each with 1024 storage locations.
. One additional storage (map) loop store s the locations of de-
fective loops and address refere nce locations. The architecture
uses the block replicator swap system. Thi s dev ice can be started
and stopped at will and does not lose data when power is either
lost or disconnected . The genera l specifications of the device are
listed in Table I .
BRIT
: EXITSTO
MINOR LOOPS
(!) : ENTRANCE TO
MINOR LOOPS
MINOR LOOP GROUP
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WRITE MAJOR
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Block replicator swap system .
Compare Figs. II and 12 and you'll see the close resemblence
between the block replicator and swap replicator systems . The
differ ences can be seen along the bottoms of the diagram . In Fig.
12. eac h minor loop is connected to the write entrance through a
swap ex it. A bank of swap gates replace the transfer gates in Fig.
II.
In the swap system. old information is transferred to the
swap/write exi ts at the same time that new information is aligned
along swa p/wr ite entrances to the minor loop s. Thu s. old data
bits and corresponding new data bits face each other across the
swap gates. At the proper time. the swa p gate is ener gized and
the old and new information swa p places.
New data is entered on the minor loops whil e the old dat a is
swept along the writ e major lines to be erased by an annihilator.
into one bank and eve n bit s into the other. The odd bank has an
extra bubb le pos ition. so identi cal data bits are offset one bubb le
position from those in the eve n bank. Therefore. every other
bubbl e enters a loop------odd bit s in one bank and eve n bit s in the
other.
Before new information can be entered for storage . old in-
forma tion at the desired addre ss in the minor loops is circ ulated
to the loop exi ts and transferrrcd simultaneously onto the major
read lines when the transfer gat e is pul sed. The bubbl es are then
conveved to the detectors where thev are read and then de-
stroyed. Auxiliary control circuitry times the rotat ion of the
loops and the transfer and repli cate gates so the new information
properl y repl aces the old.
To read out information. the control circuitry rotates the
minor loops so the bits making up a specific data block are at the
repl icate gates. When the BRIT terminals in Fig. II are pul sed.
the repli cated copi es are fed along the major read lines to the
detect or s. The original data bit s arc kept in storage in the minor
loop bank .
The division of the minor loops into odd and even data banks
makes the block replicate sys tem twi ce as fast as the a transfer-
gate loop system.
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The MBM' s abilit v to store vas t amounts of dat a in a verv
sma ll space gives it at reme ndo us advantage in reducin g equip-
ment size . It requ ires less space than either tape or flopp y di sk:
eve n when several MBM 's arc paralleled into a 1- or 2-megabyte
svs tcm. As a rule. the bubbl e mcmorv manu facturer has a line of
suppo rt devices designed to go with his sys tem . The user ca n use
a co mpact devel opment board or plug the components into his
PC board with comparatively little effort .
A devel opment boa rd using the MBM syste m outlined in the
block di agram in Fig. 13 can be less than 3 inches square and
need s only 13 connector pads for data. address and 110 cont rol
signals to and from the microprocessor. Such a boa rd is shown in
Fig. 14 . (Note that the board in the photo is from National
Semieonductor. Th at company has recently di sco ntinued their
work on bubble memories and have dropp ed those device . and
their support devices. from its line . Also note . however. that the
Motorola device we ' vc been discussing thus far is identi cal to
the National NBM2256 shown hcrc .j ~
Intel Magnetics has a bub ble memo ry protot ype board featur-
ing up to 5 12 kilobytes of non-vol atil e storage that measures
6.75 x 12-inches. The svs tcrn is designed aro und the com-
pany' s 7 110 1.04X.576-bit ( 128. 000 byte) device . Four 7 11o.
are used in parallel: dr iven by a single 7220 controller and allied
support devices.
Perhaps the most exe mplary innov ation in bub ble memory
impl ement at ion is Inter s PIIIf?-A-BlIhble svs tem feat uri ng a
removabl e bubbl e casse tte designed to provide a compact. per-
manent memor y storage sys tem for critical data applications and
usc in har sh environme nts. Th e Pl lIg-A-BlI hhle cassette is
shown in Fig. 15.
The system consists of a 7 110 128K-bytc device wi th support
circuitry in a cassette that measures 0 .8 1 inch high. 6. 1 inches
long and 3.6 inches wide. It fits into the same space as required
by a 5.25- inch floppy disk . The cassette feat ures 48 ms average
access time and 12.5 kilobytes-per-second data transfer rate .
Ambient operating temperature range is 0 C to 55 C. Non-
operating storage temperature range is - 40 C to + 100 C.
Packaging the complete MBM sys tem in a cassette has three
import ant advantages: First of all. it insur es high data integr ity
because transients in the contro ller-to-bubble communications
are minimized : scco ndlv. the logic is built into the cassette so it
can be removed while the sys tem is powered- up . and finally. the
self-co ntained plug-in sys tem makes it possible for the micro-
processor to accommodate futur e devel opment s fea turing grea t-
er dat a den sity. R-E
FIG. 15-INTEL'S PLUG-A-BUBBLE basi c system consi sts of a 128 kilo-
byte system in a cassette that requires no more space than 5V.-inch
floppy.
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Althoug h a magneti c bubble mcmorv (MBM) device has the
per forma nce char'acter istics of ROM s. RAMs. PROM ' s and
floppy di sks. it is not a repl acement for any of these devices. Its
primary purpose is as a support for the memor y device s. (For a
comparison of the performance charac teristics of the MBM with
other magnet ic and solid-state memor ies. see Table I in Part I of
thi s art icle in the Oc tober 19X2 issuc .)
FIG, 14- AN MBM DEVELOPMENT BOARD can be less than 3-inches
square and needs just 13 connecti ons for compl ete interfacing.
The MBM2256, how it wo rks
The dev ice' s storage loops have an input track with a swap
gat e on one side and an output track with a rep licate gate on the
other. Th e input track is dr iven by a ge nerator and the output
track leads into an area where the bubbl es are stretched so they
provide a reliable output signal that ca n be hand led by ordinary
electronic circuitry .
To enter da ta into the MBM2256 mag netic bubbl e memor y.
the ge nerators mu st be fed sequential curre nt pulses according to
the dat a bein g entered . The swap gate is pulsed as soo n as the
dat a block is circulated aroun d the input track and is aligned with
the transfer-in ga tes of the storage loops. The swap gates ex-
change the new data bl ock with the old in one step .
A read action occ urs when the des ired data block has bee n
transferr ed to the tran sfer-ou t/repli cate gate and the rep lica te
ga te is pul sed. Th e repli cated copy of the original da ta is read by
the det ectors while the origi na l dat a is returned to storage .
FIG. 13- BLOCK DIAGRAM of Motor ol a' s bubbl e-memory system. The
MBM dev ice uses the block repli cat or swap system.
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GUITAR
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TUNER
Build this "electronic pitch-pipe" and you'll be able to tune your guitar or bass
without disturbing your audience or other performers...and without having them
disturb you.
JAMES I. JARNAGIN
ONE OF TI l E GREATEST PROBLEMS EN-
countered by guitar and bass players-
es pecially when performing before an
audience- is tuning up. Most musici ans
in bands or co mbos usc a piano or organ
as a pit ch reference . If there is no key -
board player . its me mbers usually ju st
tunc up aga inst one-another. and hope
they wind up in clo se to the right key.
This tuner has a pit ch refe rence for
eac h string of a standard six-s tring guitar:
E (hi gh ). B. G. D. A. and E (low). The
unit accepts regular stereo headphones.
and the pitch-reference signal is heard in
one channel. The instrument being tuned
is also plugged into the device . and its
amplified output dr ives the other channel .
Vo lume co ntro ls arc provided for both
the instrument and the pitch reference .
and can be adj usted to override the noise
in any room . while the headph ones isol ate
the audience from the tunin g-up process.
There ' s also a STEREO!:-.10NO sw itch .
When in the STEREO positi on, the device
operates as descr ibed above . However. in
the MONO position. the pi tch refe rence
and instrument signa ls arc mi xed and
heard in both channels.
Because of the low freque ncies in-
volved. an electric bass is more difficult
for most musici ans to tunc than is a stan-
dard guitar. Many times the bassi st pref-
ers to tunc to a chord. rather than a single-
note pitch reference. The tuner provides
hi m with maj or-triad chor ds for each bass
string: E. A. D. and G. The E (low). A.
D. and G guitar- pitches ca n be used for
single-note references.
Circuit description
The heart of the circuit. whose schema-
tic shown in Fig. 1. is IC2. a 50240 top-
octave ge nerato r. Th at device uses a sing-
le input-frequency to generate all twelve
notes of the mus ical sca le. The input sig-
nal is provided by IC 1. a 400 I quad 2-
input NOR ga te. Two sections of that IC
arc used to form an osc illator that runs at
approx imately 2 MHz. Th e frequency
ca n be adj usted by trimmer potenti ometer
R2.
Dual D fli p-flops.IC3-IC7. arc used as
freq uency di viders. They divide down the
upp er-octave frequencies from IC2. thus
ge nerating the lower-frequency not es re-
quired for the pitch refe rences .
T he c hords for th e bass pitch-
references arc composed of three notes
eac h. Those notes arc taken from var ious
outputs of IC2-I C7 thro ugh isol ation di-
odes D I- D12.
All s igna ls arc rout ed to the TONE
switch. S3. The wiper arm of that switch
is co nnected through R7 to the input of
audio power -amplifier IC8. an LM386.
The resi stor acts as a volume contro l for
the pitch referen ce . Anot her LM3S6.
IC9. serves as an amplifier for the instru -
ment being tuned. with RIO acting as its
volume control. The outputs of les and
IC9 arc co uple d. through C5 and C 12
respectively. to the headphone j ack. J I .
Switch S2 ST EREO! :-10NO is used to mix
the refe rence and instrument signals at
IC9 for mono operation. Power is sup-
plied by eight " AA" ce lls connec ted in
series .
Construction
A single-sided PC board (sec Fig. 2)
was used in the author 's protot ype . The
layout. however. is not critical and other
met hods of construction. such as wire-
wra p. can be used. Socket s should be
used for the rc s to eliminate the hazard s
sometimes enco untered when working
with CMOS.
The component layout is shown in Fig.
3. Be careful not to use too much heat
when solder ing the co mponents. and
observe the pol ariti es of the electrolytic
ca pac itors and diodes. After all other
components have been installed. insert
the rc s in their soc kets. being sure that
they are orie nted correctly.
The amplifiers should be shielded from
the fre que ncy divide rs to prevent ex-
traneous signals from gett ing into the au-
dio sec tion. The shield ca n be made from
one-inch-wide tin. as shown in Fig. 4 .
A dr illing guide for the metal case is
shown in Fig. 5. Note that all holes arc
Yx-inch in di ameter except for the 1/4-inch
hole for the STEREO!:-.10NO switch. S2. on
the rear panel . The other hole on the rear
panel is for the pitch-referenc e output
jack. 13. Rot ary switch S3 is mounted in
the center hole on the front panel. All
labe lling is done us ing r ub-o n dry-
transfer lett ers. whic h should be pro-
tected by a thi n coa t of lacquer. The com-
pleted unit is shown in Fig. 6.
Adjustment and operation
Usc R2 to calibrate the device . using a
recent ly-tuned piano or a tuning fork as a
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R2-10,000 ohms, trimmer potentiometer
R3, R4, R9, R13-1 0 ohms
R5, R12-15,000 ohms
R6--3.3 megohms
R7, R10- 100,000 ohms, V, -watt , panel-
mount potentiometer, audio taper (S1 is
part of R10)
R8, R11-10,000 ohms
Capacitors
C1-100 pF, 50 volts, ceramic disc
C2, C9--100 J.LF, 35 volts, electrolytic
C3, C1Q-- .22 J.L F, ceramic disc
C4, C8, C11, C15--.005 J.LF, ceramic disc
C5, C12-470 J.L F, 35 volts. electrolytic
C6, C13-.047 J.l F, ceramic disc
C7, C14--470 pF, ceramic disc
Semiconductors
IC1-4001 quad 2-input NOR Gate
IC2-50240 top-octave generator
IC3-I C7-4013 dual 0 flip-flop
IC8, IC9--LM386 low-voltage amplifier
D1-1 2-1N914 or 1N4148
S1-SPST switch (part of R10)
S2-SPST miniature toggle switch
S3-single pole, 12-position, rotary switch
(Radio Shack 275-1385 or equivalent)
J1-3-conductor N.C. 'I. -inch stereo phone-
jack
J2. J3-2-conductor N.O. 'I. -inch phonejack
SPKR- 8-ohms, 2-inch diameter
BATT- 8 "AA" cells in series
Mi scella neous: PC board (optional), IC
sockets, battery holder, sheet tin, enclo-
sure, knobs, wire, etc.
PARTS LIST
If the beat is difficult to hear. try listen-
ing for it with 52 in the MONO position . If
that is done , bot h signals- pitch refer-
ence and instrument-will be heard from
each earpiece .
Old strings on an instrument may also
cause the beat signal to be difficult to
hear. In that cas e. simply tunc until the
two tones sound close or-better still-
get a new set of strings.
The beat signal is much mor e difficult
to hear with a bass guitar; howe ver , that
instrument can be tuned very accurately
using the chords selectable by 53. R-E
FIG. 6-AMPLIFIER SHIELD is clearly visible in
photo of completed uni t. Also note battery pack
and vertical mounting of some diodes and resis-
tor s.
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controls R7 and RII so the volume of the
instrument is about the same as that of the
pitch reference. You should be able to
hea r the beat signa l produced by the
di fference in freq uencies bet ween the
two . Tun c the string unt il the beat note
ju st di sappears.
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selected by 53 ca n be used for ca libra tion.
and all the other pitch-reference notes will
fall into place. No further adj ustment is
necessary.
To usc the tuner. plug a set of stereo
headphones int o J I. Next. insert the plug
from the guitar or bass into 1:2 . Place 52 in
ALL DI MENSIONSININCHES
FIG. 5-DRILLING TEMPLATES for front of enclosure (a) and rear (b). All holes are :Y, -inch in di ameter
except f or the V. -inch one for 52.
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FIG. 4-MOUNTING LOCATIONS for off-the-board parts. Note shield, made of one- inch-wide tin, that
keeps noise out of amplifi er circuits.
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EQUIPMENT REPORTS
conti nued from page 33
using the typewriter' s self-correcting fea-
tur e. The cor rec t characters are then
typed in and you' re all set. For authors ,
and many other users, the simultaneous
typewriter/printer modes are an asset.
There are some things to watch out for.
however. For one thing, the printwheels
that are presentl y avai lable are of the stan-
dard correspondence-type usually sup-
plied with typewriters, they don't contain
the < and> symbols often used in com-
puter programs, nor a few of the other
special ASCII characters. To get around
those limitations (when necessary) the
unit provides a space for characters it
can't print ; you can write them in later
" by hand." While it's not much of a job
to write in a few special characters in
manuscripts, it can be very inconvenient
when you need to do that in a long pro-
gram listing (you might not get them all in
the correct spaces) . Characters for which
there is no ASCII code are printed using
other characters. For instance, the Y1 and
Y4 are print ed by using the ASCII [and]
symbols. Note that if the level 2 keyboard
is se lec te d (fore ig n), th ose AS CII
characters will print the Spanish ' ' n' and
"N" wit h ti lde. All ASC II control
characters , with the exception of BS , HT .
LF, CR, DC2. and DC4. are ignored. The
DC4 control character is a CONTROL-T.
which causes the test message to print.
The second thing to be aware of is that
though the print quality is strictly first
class, the basic Praxis 30 is a portabl e
t yp e writ e r-it ' s no t i nte nded fo r
commercial-type service. Don' t expect to
turn it on at nine in the morning, and have
it print continuously until 4 that after-
noon, day af ter day; I doubt it ca n
withstand that type of service.
Except for the limit ations we men-
tioned, the Byt ewriter proved to be an
excellent performer, especially for word-
processing applications. R-E
continued from page 74
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Increasing gain
We found the gain of a one -stage
amplifier to be pretty low. To get more
gain, we must connect the output of one
transistor to the input of a second transis-
tor. Now the gain of two or more devices
determine the overall gain of the circuit.
In the next article , we will cover the de-
sign procedures for accomplishing that
goal. R-E
ANALOG DESIGN
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input resistor. There is one resi stance at
the input that will put the noise at a mini-
mum. That value should be determined
experimentally through the use of a sub-
stitution resi stance box across the input
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More about capacitors
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state sets . don't! Instead, turn the power
off, tack in the substitute capac itor . and
then turn the set back on. If the unwanted
sig na l is go ne and the symptom dis-
appea rs. you've found the probl em.
There' s one thing you must remember :
the capac itor makes the bypa ssed point
' ground. " However. if the ground-end
of the capacitor isn't pe rfect ly gro unded.
you' ll get the same result s as you would
from an open capacit or ! That is especially
applicable to PC-board sets. where the
board is mount ed on a " mother board " or
a heavy met al-frame chass is. The metal
frame is often the common ground for the
whole set. All of the ground points on the
PC board must make perfect contact with
the common ground, or you' ll have the
mother and father of all feedb ack loops !
That would have the same effect as open-
ing up every bypass capacitor on the
whole board!
Hor ribl e example number one : My
own ancient (ca . 1963) CTC-15 had more
di ff er ent troubl e sympto ms than you
could shake a stick at. The y were all in-
termittent , of cour se , and seemed to point
to first one circuit, and then another. as
the cause . I hunt ed and hunted and got
nowhere. until one day it hit me. I got out
my heavy-duty solder ing gun and reso l-
dered all of the seve n ground points on the
signal PC-board . Bingo! The symptoms
went away and haven't come back yet.
The same thing has shown up in many
of the newer sets; one Quasar (horr ible
exa mple number 2) had similar problems .
The cure was to run an ext ra ground-lead
from the common of a large fil ter
capac itor on the back of the PC board over
to the meta l frame. Always suspect solder
jo ints; to elimi nate poor ones. re-do each
j oint and make sure the solder melt s well
and sticks cleanl y. That takes only a littl e
time and can solve some odd problems .
Horrible exa mple number 3: A tube-
type Phil co color set had good color. but
an odd background. The left half of the
screen (vert ically) was blue. the right half
was gold. For once I got into the correc t
circuit early on-the bandp ass amplifi-
ers . The screen grid in the first bandpass-
stage showed signa ls that shouldn' t have
bee n there. Shunting a new capac itor
across the old got rid of the signa ls. and
the probl em.
I took the origi nal out. and checked it
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An open bypass capacitor in the wrong
place can reduce the ga in of an RF/IF
amplifier stage. How'? Look at Fig. l -a. It
shows an IF (or RF) stage wi th a tuned
transformer. The signal voltage is de-
veloped between the top of the primary
winding and ground. Let' s say that the
value of resist orR is 1000 ohms . and the
impedan ce of the primary the same. We 'll
supply a one-volt signal to the primary.
(Notice how I always use easy figures")
In normal operation. all of the signal vol-
tage is developed across the primary, for
the bottom end of the winding is gro und
for the signal.
If the b yp a ss capacitor o pe ns .
thou gh-as shown in Fig. I-b-its lower
end is no longer at ground pot enti al and
the tot al impedance is now 2000 ohms .
We 'll get only 0.5-volt of signal across
each half of the primary circuit. and the
gain of the stage will have been halved,
with obvious results .
Fortunatel y. there ' s an instrument that
will cat ch open bypa ss-capacit ors in a
hurry. You knew what I was going to say.
didn't you'? Yes-an oscilloscope. For a
fast and accur ate test of any bypa ss capa-
cit or. just touch the probe to the bypa ssed
point. with the scope's vert ica l ga in
turned as high as possibl e. You must see
no signals at all; if you see anythin g, the
bypa ss isn't wor king . In tube circuits.
you can bridge a new capac itor across the
circuit while the power ' s on. In solid-
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how to identi fy those probl ems. and so
on. Thi s month . let' s take a look at some
of the other types .
Bypass capacitors
In all, there are four cl asses of capaci -
tors used in radi o and TV circuits: fi lter.
bypa ss. coupling . and tuning. Bypass
capa cito rs do just what th eir name
implies- they bypass unwanted signals
straight to ground or common. to make
the bypassed point a perfect ground for
RF or any other AC signal. The y can
ca use some easy-to-fix problems and
some tough ones. The easy ones are when
they're shorted. An unmi stakable clue is
the complete loss of the normal DC-
voltage at the bypassed point . while the
supply voltage s are OK . A shorted bypass
capacitor may also be responsible for
dropping resistors heating up . so watch
out for that symptom; too .
When bypa ss capacitor s open up . we
see something completel y different. The
former ground point now becomes hot ,
and all kinds of odd things can happen.
Just as with filt er capacitors. the most
obvious symptom is feedb ack; we find
signals where there should be none and
those get into the power- suppl y circuits
and into other stages . Th at can cause odd
osc illations. beat; in the picture. color
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on my capacitance bridge j ust for fun. It
looked per fect-the right value , no leak-
age . etc . When I put it back in. though .
the pro blem came back. Then I noti ced
that the gro und lead of that capac itor went
all the way around the tube soc ket to a
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This 10-year-old Panasonic CT-61P has
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Th at VDR is used as a cl amp acro ss the
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lcrn wit h dry e lectro lyt ics is an in-
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Her e ' s one more common byp ass-
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Here arc solut ions to -some chronic
probl ems I' ve run into with RCA CTC-53
chass is.
To equalize the heater string . repl ace
the II DQ5 with a 6AQ5 . That wi ll help to
eliminate burned-up ca thode resistors and
exploded elcctrolytics in the audio output
stage .
Another one: Eve rv time vou take the
back off one of these sets". check the
120KI220K resistors in the pl ate circuit of
the 6GH6 horizontal osc illator. They get
too hot. and their values change down-
ward. Also. while vou'rc in the area ,
check the resistor from the collector of the
sync amp to B+ , on the left of the hori-
zontal osc illator. It . too, goes down in
value . and bl ows the sync-am p transistor.
[ thin k the correct value is 180K.
Criss-cross vert ical red and green lines
are due to a bad electrolvtic the con-
vergence board. Shrinking vert ical height
ca n be caused by a bad 50-fLFelectrolytic
in the vert ical-output cathode circuit.
[ hope that thi s informati on will be of
use to others .- J .D.. Canandaigua, NY
YOIl bet it will , and thanks a fot .
I am having several problems with an
Admiral T1KB-2B. The B + drops way
down, the HV is very lo w, and the raster
pulls in and folds over in the center of the
screen. I've changed the output, dri ver,
and oscillator transistors, and the HV-
rectifier with no success. Do you have any
ideas?-J.J., Farmington, IA
A couple. For one thin g. your probl em
could be a shorted yoke-ret urn capacitor.
In the T IK8-2B. as in many solid-state
sets . the flyback transformer and hor izon -
tal yoke are connec ted in parallel across
the output transistor. [1' the yoke or capa-
citor shor ts. the circuit will be ove rloaded
and the symptoms will resemble the ones
vou have . Trv disconnec ting the voke at
the line-end "or C4 16: sec that
brings the B+ and HY up to normal.
You' ll see a verv bri ght vertica l line in the
middl e of the screen: turn the brizhness
down for luck.
[I' the capac itor is OK. the yoke may be
shorted. You don't see tha t often due to
the low-r esistance windings of solid-state
yokes , but it ca n happen. Rep lace the
capac itor with an exac t dupli cate . RE
SOME HELPFUL HINTS
HORIZONTAL PROBLEMS
transiti on bet ween damper conduction
(left halI' of the screen) and hori zont al-
output tube conduction (right hal f of the
screen) . You were actuallv sca nning the
same point twice: the beam would stop
and back up .
The cure . as vou found OtH. is to reduce
the hor izontal ' drive unt il the line dis -
appears. We used to ge t a lot of mail about
that problem a long time ago . but haven ' t
had anvthinz (unti l vour lett er ) for vears.
It bri ngs memories. "
fron t th e se ts eve ba l l-to -eve ba ll.-
TED. " .
Thank you for the [cedback:'
AN OLD " FRIEND"
I've go t an Admiral 20YP4PRSthat hada
vertical line brighter than the picture
down the middle of the screen. I'd had it
for years and just recently found a hint to
the effect that adjusting the horizontal-
drive control would help. I tried it, and it
did-without affecting anything else.-
W.H., Rochester, NY
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level to + .83 vo lt: I thi nk it' s supposed to
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Thanks [or letting us know, More and
more of those sets are turning lip.
I had very poor hor izont al lock in a
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suggested tr vinz adding externa l DC-
but it hel p-s-th e YCO still
shifted the hori zont al. I repl aced the IC
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National IC should be used for depend-
able operation (and because it is less easi-
ly " blown" ).
Various signaling (output) devices can
be connected to points 4 and 5. Your
choice will depend upon the use to which
you wish to put the timer; Fig. 2 shows
connections to a speaker. LED, relay, and
piezo transducer.
The' 'input" side can consist of a wide
variety of circuits. Three examples of
them are shown in Fig. 3. An SPST
switch is used in Fig. 3 - a ~ t o gate the timer
on and off manually.
The addition of the components shown
in Fig. 3-b will produce a timer for such
things as cooking eggs or limiting tele-
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A W HI LE AGO I I NVITED YOU TO SEND I N
puzzles that I could publish to amuse (and
confound) readers of this department.
Here' s one from John Cirillo of Fort
Worth, TX. It concerns something that he
has been wondering about for several
years.
It seems that John once lived in an
apartment that shared a single porch light
with two others. Each of the three apart-
ments had a switch that could turn that
one light either on or off regardless of
which switch had been used to turn it on
or off before.
John says that he never had the oppor-
tunity to actually trace the wiring to see
how the circuit was designed. but he does
have some information. The switches
were single pole. double throw. The pow-
er was straight 11 7-volt single-phase AC.
The bulb was standard- no double fila-
ment or anything like that.
He doesn't know whether there were
any concealed relays or other components
in the circuit. He considers the use of
relays unlikely, however. because the
apartments were built/wired in the early
1930' s.
There you have it . Can you design a
circuit that gives completely independent .
control of a single bulb by each of three
SPOT switches? If you cannot come up
with such a circuit, what is the best circuit
(smallest number of addi tional com-
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will close. In Fig. 3-c. a cadmium-
sulphide photoresistor is used to make a
light/dark detector.
The types of circuits and devices that
can be added to each end of the basic
circuit are limited only by your imagina-
tion. As a result. there are innumerable
uses to which it can be put. Consider these
few: turn lights on at sunset; sound an
alarm when someone opens the refr igera-
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You never cease to amaze me with the
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Petersohn in Vancouver. BC. Canada.
Frank' s basic timing circuit is shown in
Fig. I. It uses the four Schmitt gates in a
4093 or a 74C14. He cautions that a
ponent s) that youcandevise todo thejob?
Send me your solution(s) to John' s
puzzle. Knowing how it was done will let
him sleep better.
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Voltage freezer
HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO :vtEASURE
the voltage in a tight spot. only to find that
before you could read the meter the test
prohe had slipped and you had to start all
ove r'? Having to hold the probe in place
and read the meter at the same time is not
only inconven ient, but if you slip, you
can cause damage.
The circu it described here can solve
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and stores the voltage, thus freezing the
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to use a tantalum capac itor for C I , si nce it
will hold a charge much longer than a
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Since no input protecti on is provided ,
kee p the DC-volt age input bel ow the
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The maj or component of the circ uit.
shown in Fig . I, is an 8-pin 741C op-
amp . The op-arn p is co nfig ure d as a
unit y-gain voltage foll ower. with C I at
the input to store the voltage .
The circuit ope rates as follows: When a
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charges to that value. When the voltage
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FIG. 5
That is a neat no-parts circuit if the
speaker and the vol tage arc co mpatible .
Fig . 5 shows that vo u ma v need to usc a
scncs resi stor if the vo ltage is too great for
the s peake r in order to prevent over-
excursion of the cone (or to lower the
volume of the sound). Wit h a five-volt
supply. start out with a laO-ohm resistor
j ust to play it safe .
No w that' s a n " osc ill ator. Joe !
Thanks to you. and to cvcrvone who sent
in an idea: for sharing your circ uits. R-E
doc s work. So . Da le ca me up with a part s
count of one sma ll part -s-e xcept for the
speaker. of course .
After sugges t ing some convent iona l
circuits. Joseph D' Airo of N. Ma ssape-
qua. NY to ld of a " no-pa rts " oscillator. I
can' t ev e n figure out how to draw a
sc hematic of '; is non-circuit. but Fig. 5
and the follow ing account should give
you the ide a.
One speaker contact is grounded. A
stiff wire is attached to the speaker frame
with the end bent in such a mann er that it
ju st contacts the vo ice-coi l lead on the
speaker co ne. A voltage is applied to that
wrre .
You have a 50-50 cha nce of success the
first time vou wire the . oscillator. If
you arc luck y. the speaker co ne will j ump
for ward and break the contact. Ob vio us-
ly. with no voltage applied . the co ne will
then fall back and ma ke contact wit h the
wire once again. which will cause it to
jump back out. As that happens ove r and
ove r. a so und will be produced. Adj ust ing
the wire a bit will even allow the sound to
be changed somewhat.
If yo u are not lucky. the co ne will jump
backward the first time voltage is applied .
In tha t case . co ntact will not be broken
and no vibration-and . co nseq uent ly. no
sound-will be produced. To correct a
" wron g-way" cone . all you have to do is
reverse the vo ltage polarity. or reverse the
spe aker connections .
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For all of us.
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tone leaves so me thing to be des ired. but it
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Do a bit of ex perime nting and let us
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continucdjrotn flage YO
" Littlest oscillator" addenda
Th ere were a number of late arri va ls in
the os cillator co ntest. Even so. each one
wa s appre ci at ed . The re were t wo .
however. that I think you will wa nt to
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V-152F -15 MHz
$595
V-202F -20 MHz
$695
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$799
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V-202F. A20 MHz, dual-trace scope, sensitive to
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V- 353F. A35 MHz, dual-trace delayed sweep scope,
sensitive to 1mVIdiv at 7MHz. It features a
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V-209. A20 MHz, dual trace, mini-portable scope,
sensitive to 1mVIdiv at 5 MHz. It features AC/DC
operation andhas a 3S'CRT, and weighs only
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v-650F. A60MHz, dual-trace scope, sensitive to
1mV/divat 10 MHz. It features delayedsweepand
a 6" CRT. 51, 195.
V- 509. A50 MHz, dual-trace, mini-portable scope
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weighs l l lbs. 51, 650.
V-I050F. A100 MHz, quad-trace scope, sensitive to
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OF ALL THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENTS
that have shake n up the computer industry
in its eventful history. nothing has pre-
cipitated as many shock waves as last
year's introduction of the Osborne 1 port-
able computer (from Osborne Computer
Corp., 26500 Corporate Ave., Hayward,
CA 94545).
It isn't really the compact size of the
machine (shown in Fig. I) that' s so
astounding-although that is remarkable.
It isn' t any particul ar technological inno-
vation, either-the machine features no
great breakthrough in that area. What
made the industry sit up and take notice
(after an initial round of skepticis m) was
what is offere d for the price. Not only
does the $1795 computer come with 64K
of memory, two disk drives, and a video
monit or. but software as well is included!
The brainchild of entrepreneur Adam
Osborne qui ckly caught the attention of
an entire industry by offer ing a product
highl y competitive with those of the lead-
ers in the field-companies like Apple.
IBM, Commodore, and Radio Shack-at
a mere fractio n of the price you'd expect
to pay for such a system. Add to that the
added bonus of port abilit y-a great boon
to the act ive businessman- and an over-
night phe no me no n was born . Over
100,000 Osborne units are expected to
have been sold by the end of 1982, with
revenues in excess of $100 million. Need-
less to say, competitors are beginning to
rush into the ballpark-with such items as
the Attache by Otrona (Boulder, CO), the
KayPro II by Non-Linear Systems (Sola-
no Beach , CA) and the Courier by
Cour ier Computer (Anaheim, CA).
How he did it
The questions that the consumer must
ask before purchas ing such a system are
obviou s. How does Osborne manage to
cut costs so dramatically? Is the product
really on a par with an Apple or TRS-80?
Do the advantages of portability result in
tradeoffs in performance quality?
Taki ng the first question. the key to a
lot of the price reduc tion is in the use of
standard software, rather than the pro-
prietary programs so often supplied by the
maj or manufacturer s. Osborne , long
known in the industry for his outspoken-
and sometimes vitriolic-i-opinions . left
his writing and publi shing endeavors to
' Managing Editor, Interface Age magazine
deve lop the Osborne 1 system because he
saw an enoimous gap in the market just
waiting to be filled.
The entire small-computer industr y
was originally founded on the premise of
using standard components in order to
keep prices down. Onl y in that manner
could the " personal' , computer become a
reality. Osborne noticed the trend going
the oppos ite way-manfacturers were de-
signing unique operating systems and
hardware , movi ng backward into the trap
they supposedly were trying to escape.
Software and hardware interfacing were
becoming nearly imposs ible. and each
company was becoming an island unto
itself. Isolating a come r of the market
might result in immedi ate benefits to a
company. but the long-range potenti al for
that strategy was doubt ful.
For the consumer, it meant that he was
locked into the system he owned and the
software that was directly compatible
with that equipment. That created severe
limitations on the applications to which
he could put his computer. and to the
peripheral interchanges he could make
among other systems that he-{)r some-
one else-might own. Osborne's system
(which he calls "a stinging indictment of
the microcomputer industry" ) brought
standardization back-and enabled him
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to produce his computers much less ex-
pensively.
By working out special negotiations
with software manu facturers whereby
they provided their popular product lines
in exchange for a share of his profits,
Osborne was able to offer sophisicated
software with a full range of standard
business applications. Separate purchase
of the software alone would almost equal
the $ 1795 price tag of the complete
Osborne system.
As a further cost-cutting measure, the
use of strictly standard components for
the hardware end eliminated warehousing
and inventory costs-s-not to mention the
labor and materials that would have been
requi red to manufacture special part s.
The result of all that was a systemequal in
quality to those produced by the leaders in
the fie ld- but at a great ly reduce d
produ ction- cost. In a ploy similar to
Japanese ma nufacturi ng strategies.
Osborne was able to give his major com-
petitors a genuine run for their money.
A look at the system
Aside from the attractiveness of its low
price. how does the machine rate in per-
formance for serious business applica-
tions? Is it cost effec tive?
continued Oil page 103
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CASSETTE-DECK CLEANER, model
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felt cartridges in and out of the cleaning sys-
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The dual gear-driven wiper arm, upon
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The model 71300 includes a % oz. bottle of
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Initial contact resistance is 20 millohms.
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The model K40 uses bifurcated slide contacts
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COMMUNICATIONSCORNER
RTTY and the computer
HERB FRIEDMAN, COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR
FIG. 1
TRANSMIT CONTROL
TRANSMIT
AUDID L-_-.-_---J
PUSHTOTALK
INTERFACE
parity. parity being an error-check that
lets us know that a received signal has a
reaso nable chance of being what was
actually sent. The 7-bit signal provides
for 128 characters. which include upper
and lower case alphabets . numerals.
punctuation. and 32 non-printin g control
codes such as those for carraige return.
bell . formfeed. tabs. etc. ASCII even pro-
vides special codes that can shift in and
out of character sets other than English.
Best of all. since each ASCII code
represent s a s pec if ic charac ter or
punctuation mark. losing a character or
two doesn' t destroy everything that fol-
lows because there' s no character-set
shift .
As with Baudot equipment. in addition
to the transmitter. receiver and TTY. all
that' s needed for ASCII-type RTTYis the
TU.
ASCII made RTTY fun again. at least
for me. but it took a long time. The model
33 surplus TTY I was-using could print
110 wpm (Wo rds Per Minute) at top
speed. and since I am a rotten typist who
must go back for many corrections (which
isn' t easy on a TTY). and can' t really
think while reading copy and trying to
compose a reply at the same time. the
initial excitement was dissipating rather
rapidly.
Enter the computer
Then someone suggested I try using my
Heath H-89 computer with the RTTY
Com municat ions Processor Software
offered by Heath: it makes the H89 com-
puter function like an intelligent TTY.
The installation wound up configured as
shown in Figure I: the only difference
between it and a " standard" RTTY sys-
tem is that my Heath computer replaces
the usual mechanical TTY.
The program is so jam-packed with
features that there' s room here only for
the highlights. Among them is a du'al or
triple 'Split-sc reen that I can format any
way I like to display the incoming and/or
outgoing transmissions. I can save In-
coming . outgoing. or both on disk. or
send them to a printer (which is my oid
model 33 TTY converted for RS-232 op-
eration with the adaptor described in the
Fall 1982 issue of Special Projects). At
the touch of a single key the program
starts transmission with a "diddle. " CW
cont inued 0 11 pa ge 1/ 2
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Enter ASCII
But one day- a couple of years ag(}---
the FCC decided to join the 20th century
and authori zed ASCII for amateur
RTTY. ASCII-the American Standard
Code for Information Interchange: to pro-
nounce. rhyme with " pass key"- is an
8-leve l (or 8-bit) code . It uses seven
levels or bits for characters and one for
in the alphabet- plus ten digits (0 to 9)
and punctuation marks. Obviously. a 5-
bit code could not transmit all the required
characters. So the Baudot code included
LETTERS and FIGURES codes which
selected one of two character sets. If a
LETTERS code was received every char-
acter that followed represented a letter. If
a FIGURES code was received every
char acter that followe d represented a
numeral or punctuation mark. That meant
that throughout a transmission the-oper-
ator constantly had to shift back and forth
between character sets. The easy way out
was simply to spell all numerals whenev-
er possible.
But there was the prob lem of in-
terference from QRM and QRN. If it
struck when a LETTERS or FIGURES
code was transmitted. it was more than
likely that the receivi ng station' s equip-
ment wouldn't shift to the new character
set. More often than not I was asking for
repeats. or trying to decode a j umble of
gobbledygook. Eve ntually. I packed
away the RTTY gear and left the field to
others.
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revo lut ion now star ting to affec t j ust
about every aspect of everyday life has
made enormous inroads into the field of
communications. It' s given us new tech-
nologies such as cellul ar mobile radio.
and often breathes new life into old ones.
Generally speaking. after the initial
gripes about how " . . .modem technology
takes all the fun out of a hobby." it turns
out that microprocessors actually make
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the rout ine drudgery. Amate ur RTTY
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Many years ago. when every city had
its " Radio Row" with mountains of sur-
plus equipment. I got hooked on RTTY
when someone gave me an old 5-level
Baudot (pr onounced "baw-do ugh")
code teletypewri ter (TTY). With surplus
parts I built the TU (transmission unit). a
device that converted the received audio-
tones to electrica l impusles for my TTY' s
printer. and also worked the other way by
converting the electri cal impul ses from
the TTY keyboard to audio tones for
transmission.
It was a lot of fun to build and experi-
ment with. but I reall y hated RTTY op-
eration because the Baudot system made
RTTY a nightmare unless signals were 40
dB over S9.
Another problem with Baudot was the
fact that it was a 5-level (or 5-bit. if you
translate it into computer terms) code.
Such a code can generate only 32 possible
combinations. yet there are 26 characters
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placed directly over a desoldered component
lead. With a little gentle wiggling, the lead is
free. The other end is shaped like a prybar for
leverage, with a small axial slot for lead
straightening. The WIGAPRY model WP286
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Digital Automatic Tape Adaptation (DATA)
logic system. DATA automatically checks
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hours.
Add it ional features inclu de a multi -
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The model AD-3800 has a suggested retail
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DESOLDERING AID, the WIGAPRY model
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STEREO CASSETTE DECK, model AD-
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Figure 22 shows how the Picture Phone is
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LED' s (15 per chann.11 to indic at e th e sound leve l output of
your amplifier from - 36dB to +3dB. Comes wit h a well
designed s ilk sc reen printed pla stic panel an d h. s . se lector
swit ch to allowfloat ing Ofgrad ua l output indicating . POWClf
supply is 6 12VDC wit h THG on bo... d input s ens iti\lity con '
troi s . This unit c an wOfk with arty amplifiOf from 1W to
200W! Kit includes 70 pcs drive r tra nsi stors . 38 pe s
matc hed 4-co lor LEDs . all ot her ele ct roni c compone nls .
PC Boa rd and front pan el.
MARK IV KIT
$31.50
ULTRASONI C SW ITCH KIT
TRANS FORMER $9 .50 ea .
POWER S UP PLY KIT$1 0 ,SO ea.
"FISHER" 30 WATT STEREO AMP
On ly $44.50
X' for me r
$4 .50 ea.
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CO NDENS ER TYPE. Touch On- Touch Off. Uses 74 73 lC
and 12V rel ay $ 5 . 5 0
Kit inclu des the Ult ra Sonic Transducers. 2 PC Boa rds for
tra nsmitter and rec . iver, all elect ronic pa rts and inst ruc
tions . Eas y t o buil d and a lot of use s s uch as re mot e co ntrol
for TV, ga rage door, alarm s yst em or cou nte r. Unit ope ra t. s
by 9 12VDC.
MAIN AMP 115W 2). Kit inc ludes 2 pes . Fisher PA 301
Hybnd IC, all .*tron lc:parts with PC Boar d. Power supply
;t lfi YDC (not Included ). Powe r ba nd with KF ' ''+3dB).
Yollage ga in 33dB. 2OHz- 20KHL
S u per Bu y
Onl y $18. 50
POWE R SUPPLY KIT
0-30VDC REGULATED. Uses UA723 and 2N3055 power
tra ns istor. Out put can be adjus t ed from 0'30V @ 2A. Com-
plet e wit h PC Boa rd and alt electr on ic part s .
FLUOR ESCENT LIGHT DRIVER KIT
12V DC Pow ered .. . Light sl.lp815 Watt Fluorescen t Light
Tube s. Idea l for camper, outdoor, aut o or boat . Kit inc ludes
high voltag. co il. pow . tr an si stor . heat sink. all oth er etec-
tronic part s; and PC Board . Light tube not includ. d.
$ 6 . SO Per Krt
Inco rpor at . s brandn.w DC design t haI giv.s a fre que ncy
response from 0- 100Khz 0.5 dB. Added feat ur .s lik.
to ne def eat and loudn.ss co nt rol let you t ailor your own
fTeque ncy s uppli.s to . Iimina t e power fluctuatio n!
Specifications : THDfT lM I. s s t han .00 5% Freq ue ncy
r. s pons e DC t o 100 KHz O.5 dB RIAAdeviat ion 0.2 d B
SIN rat io better t han 70d B Se ns iti\lity Phon o 2m V
47 K1Aux l 00mV l OOK . Outputlev. ll .3 V . Maxoutput
15 V Ton e co nt rols Bass 1OdB @ 50H zfTre bl. 10 dB
@ 15H z . Power sup pl y 24VDC @0.5A. Kit come.with
re gulat ed power s upp ly. a ll you nee d is a 48 VCTtransfor-
me r 0 .5A.
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TE 22 1 KIT
Fo r Jus t $28,5 0
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FLUORESCEN T AUDIO LEVEL MONITOR
TA-l 000 KIT
$51.95
Power-;=;;;:;;t'o rm.r

This is t he kind of VU monitor that Is be ing use d by mo st

amplifie r manufact u r.rs . IC' s ar . us ed to s implify ci rc ui t
layou t . Eas y to asse mble and can be us . d with all power
level amplifiers . Pow er req uiremen t 12 VDC.
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SUPER FM WIRELESS MIC KIT - MARK III
This ne w des Igned circ uit use . high FREQ FET transl .t ors
with 2 sta ge pr.... mp, Tran smils FM range (88- 12(1MHz) up
to 2 bloc ks away and with ltIe ultr. se nslUve condenHf
microphone tha i comes with the kit allows you 10 pick up
any sound within 15 ft. away. Kit Incl udfl all elec tronic
OSC coi ls and PC Boa rd. Power su pply 9VDC.
FMC-l 05
$11.50 Per KiI
This Aud io Frequ en cy S pect ru m Analyser anal ys.s audio
sig nals in 10 octaves over a dyn a mic ran ge of 30dB. Th.
techni que allows t he so und coloration introduc.d by
unwa nt ed roo m and s p. aker re son anc es t o be substan-
t iall y elimi nat .d.
Th e TA-2900 provides a visual presentation of the chang-
ing s pect rum thr u 10 0 r. d LED d isp lays , s o you can act-
ua lly s e e proof of t he equa lize d s ound yo uv. achieved.
The TA-2900 kit co me s with all th e e lectronic compo -
nent s , IC' s, predr ille d PC bo ar d, th e inst ructi on s and a 19"
Rack Mou nt type met al cabinet wit h profe ss iona l silk-
s cree n pri nt ed fron t panel.
Input Se ns it ivity Tepe Monito r/10mV - 18mV SDK n .
Spe ake r Termi nal/ 0 .2W - l 00 W 80
Dis play Level Ra ng e (a ll oc taves) 2 d B per st e p/ - 14d B
t o -4dB.
De lay Tim e (1 KHz) Fast/ 18dB/ s Slow/6dB/ s
Power Input 1 17 V or 220V AC 50/ 60 Hz.
pow er Consum pti on 36 W
Dimen s ion s 482{W) x 10 2(H) x 250( 0) mm .
$ 9 9 , 5 0 pe r k it
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""- .._..... .. KIT FORM $ 8 ,75 e ll,
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$ 2 9 . 50 Pe r Krt
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$ 59. 5 0 Per Kit
TA-323 60 WATTS TOTAL
30W+ 30 W STEREO AMP KIT
PROFESSI ONAL REGULATED
VARI BLE DC POW ER SUPPLY KIT
NEW ARRIVALS
19" RAC K MOUNT CAB INETS
6-WAY Al e ADAPTOR Black ano<loled front pan el wllh bla ck t ext ured ca se
Input 11 0 VAC Out put 3V. 4 5V. 6 V. 7 5V & 12 VDC WIDTH DEPT H HEIGHT PRICE
Cun ent 300mA 17" l 1Y," 3" $25 50
o OUR l OW PRICE 17" l1 Y:.' 5" S3 1 50
$5 5 0 each 17" 11 'h" T ' $3950
6W AUDIO AMP KIT
TBA8 10 wit h Volume Control. Pow. r Su ppl y 618VDC
120W PURE DC POW ER STEREO AMP KIT
All s olid state c irc uitry wi t h high efficio ncy power t ransis -
to r 2S D388 and IC volt ag e re gulato r MC17 33. Output
voltage can be adjusted fro m Q 3 0V at l A c urrent limit . d
or 015V at 2A current limit ed. Inte rnal resist an ce is le ss
tha n 0 .00 5n, ripp le and noise les s t han 1mV. d ua l on
pane l m.t. rs for vo lt age and a mp re ading, also with on
bo ard LED and a udibl. ov. r loa d ind icator. Kit comes with
pre-drilled PC Board. instructions. all nec.ssary etec-
tro nic components , t ransform.r and a pr ofe ss ion al look
ing metal ca bine t . The be st proj ect for school and the mos t
us efu l instrum.nt fo r repairm.n. Buil d one to day l
1 WATT AUDIO AMP
All parts .... pr ......mbled on a mini PC Board . Su pply
Volt age 6-9VDC SPECIAL P R ICE $ 1.95
Gett ing power hun gry from your sma ll amp? Have t o watch
yo ur budget ? Here' s a good s olut ion ! The TA-800 is a pu r.
DC a mplifier w it h a built in pre-amp. All coupl ing ca paci
to rs are eliminat ed t o give you a t rue re prc d uctle n of t he
mu si c . On boa rd to ne and volume con t ro ls com bined wit h
built in pow er s upply make t he TA-800 th e most compa ct
stereo am p av ailab le. Specific at ions : &OW x 2 int o 80.
Freq . range:OHz- l00KHz 3dB. THO . 0 1% or bett e r. SI N
rat io: 80dB. Sensiti vity : 3mV into 47K. Power R. quir.
ment: 24-40 Volts .
_..... $4.50 e a .
MODEL TA-2000
$83. 9 5 per kit
010 100,000 Hz (at lW)
+Od B, - l dB
SIN bett er Iha n lCOdB
Less tha n 0.01" tota l
Harmonic Di.l ortlon .
CRYSTAL CONTROLLED
WIRELESS MICROPHONE
SYSTEM
GOOD NEWS FOR HIF I NUTS;
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W HIST LE AC TI VATE D SWITC H BOA RD
No I
OUR PRICE $49.50
AddItiONI Microph one
(Transm itter) Annable
AT$28.00 neh
MURAWMS-49
Int rod uci ng our TA 2000 200 wett s P.P . Super Mi rror
Amplifier Kit .
By usin g fo ur of modern P.P . Super Mirror Ci rc uit.
THO TIM are kep t und OfO.Ol % at rat ed output !
SP ECIFICAT IONS : 200W RMS int o 4 o r 80
Transmitt er. FET mic for nat .lIl1li1l11 i.:liilllllliiilliiillijlilllli
30Hz 18K Hz res po ns. X' ta l "
ccrrtrcfted 49 MHz AM Ba nd
fof drifHroe perfor ma nc . l 00
MWoutput {rang e a ppro x.
'.4 mi l.) fo r relia bl e
long ra ng e tr an s
mission. Pow.red
by a 9V radio ba t
te ry{ inc lud ed).
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cont ro lled locks
on 49 M Hz t ra nsm itt . r . igna l. On pa nel VU meter. mon-
rt cr s t he signal st re ngt h from the microphon e . St a nda rd
phone ja ck cutter connection t o a P.A. or ot her phone
input . 9Vbnttery incl ud ed. Thi s professional se t ls Ideal for
on sta go, in fie ld, ch urc h, in hous e or out door u. e
This is II so lid sta te all tr a nsi s tor ci rc uitry with on bo ard
ste reo pre- a mp fo r most microp hone o r phone input. Power
out put empfoys 2 pairs matching Darlingt on Tra nsisl o rs
dnv en by th e popula r 2N3 0S3 Driv. r Tra nsistOfS . Four built
on board contro ls for , vo lume, bal a nce, t reble and ba s s.
All boards are Pfe- ass embl.d and t e sted. Your whi st l.to its Power suppl y re quir. s 48VCT 2.5A tra nsformer. THO of
FET co ndense r microphon. fTom a distanc e, as far as 30 les s than 0 .1% between 100Hz-10 Khz at full power. (30
f..t (sensit ivity can be easily adjusted), will tum th e Watts + 30 Watts loaded into 80). _
swit ch on and jf you wh ist l. again, it will t um off . Id. al for 0
r. mot e control toy s . electrica l applian ce s uch as lights, eer -
f.. pot s. TV, Hi Fi, radio or ot he r Pfojects. Unit works on
9VDC .
MOD EL 968 .
SANYO ANTENNA SIGNAL BOOSTER
This Boo ster is s pec ially de signed for UHF Ch an n. ls (14-
83). Aftel'"installing (betwe . n the ant.nna input clib le and
ttMl UHF t une r), t his un it will Pfovid e a minimum of 10d B
ga in, th at is appr oximat.1y2 ti mes better t ha n you are .
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put up a n outdoor ant en na . Sm all in size , only2" x l Y," xt ".
Sup ply vo ltag . is 15 VDC. Back In Stock.


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HYB RI D AUDIO POW ER AMPLIFIE R IC' s
From 7 W ATTS t o 100 W ATTS
Typical rati ngs : Ope rating cas. t e mp . 85 C. T.H .D.= O.6%f
=20Hz-20KHz. Input re . i. t anc. Po=:O.1W30KO. Pow.r
bllnd widt h 20 Hz20 KHz. Freq , re spense ,Dl 00 KHz. Out
put res ista nc e =80. Wit h built -in protection c irc uit . All
unit s como with dat a sheet.
Made by one of th al e adi ng J a pane s e rnilnufacturer s . This
f actory assembl ed FM wirel ess mic rophone i s powered by
two AA s ize ba t t eri es . It t rans mits in th e range 0188-108
MHz Ele ment is built in ;II pla st ic t ube ty pe c a se with an
a rnni dire ct io na l el ectroni c c ondens or mic ropho ne uni t .
By usi ng a sta n dard FM radio. si gnal can be heard any
wher e o n II on e-ac r e l ot . So un d qutl l ity w as ju dged "very
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$59.95 per kit
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R.F. Modulator
Combin e both audio and vi deo output onto
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Microwave
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MODEL ELC 1045
FREQ, RANGE
UHF 470- 889 MHZ
CHANNEL 14- 83
OUTPUT CHANNEL 3
75 OHM I NP UT
Pari No.
DSW10 Philips UHF Tun er ELC 1045 , " , . . . 523.95
DSW20 Punt ed Circuit Board. Predrtl led
Glas s Epoxy $15.00
DSW30 P C B. Potenti ometers 5-10K, 1-5K . . 55.95
OSW40 Resistor KIt 1/ 4 watt Sill!
Carbon Resistor s 32 pes.
OSWSO Pane l Mount Pot ent iomet ers
2 lOK and Knobs . . . .
OSW60 ics 7 pes. 1 Rectifier,
2 Regulat ors & 1 Heat Sink . .
DSW70 Electrolyt ic Cap KIt. B pes. .
DSW80 Ceramic Cap KIt. 33 pes
DSW90 Variable Trimmer Kit , 4 pes .
DSW100 COli KIt. 2-18 uh. 1 vari able 33 uh
.. 1 - 37- 12 Torold > 26 Wire . . .. . . . . . Sl .95
DSW110 IC. Socke ts 5-8 pms. 2-14 pin .. . .. 54.95
DSW120 Power Tr ansformer
PRI-117 Vac. SEC 24Vac.l amp 55.95
DSW130 Speaker. Oval 8 ohm 53.00
OSW140 MIsc. Par ts, Har dware & Hoc kwrre
Ant Ter m. SWitc h Dpdt. Fuse.
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PWD20 Glass Epoxy Circui t Board.
Pred nlle d . . . . .
PWD30 P C B. Pot s. 4- 20K. 2- 1K. 2- 10K.
2- 100K. .. .. ..
PWD40 Resist er Kit 1/4 watt 5%
PWD50 Panel Mou nt Pot s 2-5K
PWD60 IGs 7 pcs.. 1 Rect ifi er ,
2- Heat Si nks & Sock ets.
PWD70 Ceramic DIsc Caps - 37 pes
& Misc . Type Capacitor s .
PWD80 Electrolyt ic Caps 18 pes
PWD90 Variable Trimmer Capa cit or
5- 5- 35 pF . 54.95
PW0100 Coli Ki t. 2 T37-1 2 Femt e cores Toroid
4- Prewound Indicat ors 52.95
PWD110 MIsc. Par ts c-Hookup Wire . Ant
Terrnmals. Fuse. Fuseholder
Opdt SWitch, LIne Cor d et c
PWD120 Power Transf ormer
Pn mary-117 vee.
Secondary 24 Vac . 1 amp . . 55. 95
PWD130 Speaker . Oval 6 ohm 52.95
PWD140 Cabinet. Prep unched & or.nee 513.95
When Ordering All It ems
PWD10PWD140 Total Price 5124.95
UHF T.V. Preamp
Features:
25 dB gain!
Kit
Your reception will dramatically improve!
This unit will enable you to pull in signal s
you never knew were there!
For both ind oor and out door use. Inp ut and
out put impedance 75 ohm . No adj ustme nt !
Easy assembly.
JH-O Kit $22.95
The V-4803 is an electronic switch-
ing network capable of switchi ng
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t hree output. Save ti me and money.
Switch ing of yo ur VCRNTR, Cab le
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The CT-90 is the most versatile, feature packed counter available for less
than S300.00! Adv anced design features include; three se lectable gate ti mes,
nine digits, gate indicator and a unique display hold function which holds the
displayed count after the input signal isremoved! Also, a IOmHz TCXO time
base is used which enabl es easy zero beat calibration checks agai nst WWv.
Opti onall y; an internal nicad battery pack. extemal time base input and Micro-
power high stability cryst al oven time base are available. The CT-9O,
performance you can count on!
9 DIGITS 600 MHz $129 95
SP ECIFICATIONS: WIRED
Range: 20 Hz to 600 MHz
Sensitivity: Less than 10 MY to 150 MHz
Less than 50 MY to 500 MHz
Resolution: 0. 1 Hz ( 10 MHz range)
1.0 Hz (60 MH z range)
10.0 Hz (600 MHz range)
Di splay: 9 digits 0.4 " LED
Time base: Stand ard-IO.OOO mHz, 1.0 ppm 2(}-40C.
Opti onal Micr o-power oveo-O.I ppm 2(}-40C
8- 15 YAC @ 250 rna
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CT90 _Ired.I) u""&lTant) SJ299S
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QV. !. MlcTO- po""tT O"cn
UIM bale 499S
Elllcm,l lJmc be.1.e Input
7 DIGITS 525 MHz
Di splay:
Time base:
Power.
84.95
3.95
12.95
$99 .95
PRICES;
CT-70 wired, I yearwarranty
CT-70 Kit, 90 day parts war-
ranty
ACI AC adap ter
BP-I Nic ad pack + AC
adapter/ charger
The CT-70 breaks the price barrier on lab quality frequency count ers.
Deluxe features such as; three frequency ranges - each withpre-amplification,
dual selectable gate times, and gate activity indication make measurements a
snap. T he wide frequency range enables you to accurately measure signals
from audiothru UHF with 1.0 ppm accuracy- that's .OOOI%! TheCT-70 is
the answer to all your measurement needs, in the field, lab or ham shack.
SPECIFICATIONS;
Range: 20 Hz to 525 MHz
Sensit ivity: Less than 50 MY to 150 MHz
Less than 150 MY to 500 MHz
Resolution: 1.0 Hz (5 MHz range)
10.0 Hz (50 MHz range)
100.0 Hz (500 MHz range)
7 digits 0.4 " LED
1.0 ppm TCXO 20-40 C
12 YAC @ 250 rna
7 DIGITS 500 MHz
$79 95
WIRED
Displa y:
Time base
Power.
PRICES:
MI NI-l oo wired, I yea r
warran ty j79.95
AC-Z Ac adapter lor MI NI-
100 3.95
BP-Z Nicad pack and AC
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Range: I MHz to 500 MHz
Sensitivity: Less than 25 MY
Resolut ion: 100 Hz (s low gate)
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74351
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74123 .49
74390 1.75
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74125 .45
74393 1.35
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74126 .45
74425 3.15
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to the desired channel and its oscillator is
offset for the desired output frequency as
follows:
Ch. 2:58Mhz Ch. 3: 63Mhz Ch. 4: 68Mhz
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peakisactuallyadjustedforthedesired output.
4. Finally, we measure the tuners output one
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coil which is added to the tuners internal
connections.
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GHco Int ernational . Inc. .. .. 140
Gl ad stone Elect ronics . . 112
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Grove En t er prises lJ.1
Hal Communications Cor p. .. . 88
Hal Tronix ' 141
Heath .. _ 20-21
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Information Unlimited . .. 128
International Electronics 116
J ameco Elect r onics . 126- 127
.Ian Cryst al . .. .... . 106
.lOR. Microdevices . . 1.14-1.17
.lim Pak .11
.I&W Electronics 114
Keith lev 85
Kiku sui International Cor p. .. .. 8.1
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Leader .. . Cover II
Mc Gee ' s Radio 120
MF.I Enterprises 87
MicroManagement Syst ems. In c lJ3
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Monarchy En gineering, Inc 124
Mount ai n West Alar m . 120
MP Svst erns . . .. .. . 1.12
Multiiech Elect ro nics. In c. .. I I
Mura . 14
Nat ionwide .. . .... lJ.1
Netronics . .. lJ7.102
New Tone .. .. 23
NRI Schools . 16-l lJ
NTS Schools 68-7 1
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O. K. Machi ne & Too l .. _ 87
Omnitron Elect r onics .. 26
Paia Electronics 104
Pac -Tec 110
Pa nasonic .. 2lJ
Pa na vise .. .. 108
Pet er son Elect r onics. .. .... ..... 117
Ph ilips ECG .. . 1.1
Philips Te st &
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Rag . . . lJ.1
Ramsev Elect r onics . .. 1.1.1
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SCR 142
Simple Simon Elect ro nics 9lJ
Simpson . _ 22
Sinclair 9
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Solid Sta te 1.18
Soltec . .8
Spart an Elect ro nics 116
Sta vis Elect r onics. In c. .. 1.12
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Sym me tr ic Sound Sys tems . . lJI
Tekt r onix . .7 ..12-.1.1
Texa s Instrument s . .. 86
Triton . . III
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