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TALKING ELECTRONICS PUBLICATIONS
Talking Electronics has produced a range of books to teach the fundamentals of electronics.
The list below covers our titles.
These books are designed to teach the fundamentals of electronics from the basics through to circuit designing, presented in the simplest way.

Downloading sample pages:
Download and view the sample pages by right-clicking on the hyperlinks and click ‘save file as.’ Download the file to your computer to view it. (Adobe acrobat is free and is needed to view the .pdf files, found HERE). File sizes have been kept to a minimum so the quality is not perfect. Each file is approx 500KB.

CAT #	Title (right-click for .pdf)	Price (USD)	Included items:
B-14FM	14 FM Bugs to Build	25.00	The ANT PCB
B-5MFM	5 More FM Bugs	5.40	Wasp PCB
B-6BD	6 BD 679 Projects	5.40	BD679 transistor & PCB
B-CDB1	CMOS Data Book	4.80
B-CP1	Cover Projects	6.00
B-DER1	Digital Electronics Revealed	7.20	Simple Siren PCB
B-EMR1	Electronics for Model Railways-1	5.50	Rotating Lights PCB
B-EMR2	Electronics for Model Railways-2	5.50	Level Crossing Lights PCB
B-EN1	Electronics Notebook 1 / Starting in TTL	7.20	3 x CMOS chips
B-EN2	Electronics Notebook 2	6.00	Bag 25 mixed resistors
B-EN3	Electronics Notebook 3	6.00	Bag 25 mixed capacitors
B-EN4	Electronics Notebook 4	6.00	Bag 15 mixed transistors
B-EN5	Electronics Notebook 5	6.00	Bag 10 mixed diodes
B-EN6	Electronics Notebook 6	6.00	PCB for soldering test
B-LE1	Learning Electronics Book 1	5.40	Simple Siren PCB
B-LE2	Learning Electronics Book 2	5.50
B-SSD1	Smart Security Devices Book 1	5.50	Motor Speed Controller PCB
B-TE1	Talking Electronics Issue 1	5.40	LED Zeppelin PCB

The Included Items are only available for purchases of 2 or more books.

We have hundreds of PCB's to give away when you buy 2 or more books. The boards are very popular and the projects can be built from your parts-box or the kit of components can be obtained from us. Four of the most-popular boards are: Logic Designer, Stereo VU meter, Hangman (game) and Dual Tracking Power Supply. These four projects are featured in the Cover Projects book.

POSTAGE RATES
Zone	1 Book	2 books	3 books
Australia	$1.30	$1.80	$2.80
Asia/Pacific	$2.50	$3.55	$6.90
Rest of World	$3.55	$5.20	$10.50

All Publications are in stock and ready to post out the same working day.
To provide low postage we send up to 3 books per parcel e.g 5 books = 2 parcels.
Books are NOT posted with any other products (different rates apply).

World Zones
Destination	Zone	Destination	Zone
Austria	Rest of the world	Netherlands	Rest of the world
Belgium	Rest of the world	New Caledonia	Asia/Pacific
Canada	Rest of the world	New Zealand	Rest of the world
China	Asia/Pacific	Norway	Asia/Pacific
Denmark	Rest of the world	Papua New Guinea	Asia/Pacific
Fiji	Asia/Pacific	Philippines	Rest of the world
Finland	Rest of the world	Poland	Asia/Pacific
France	Rest of the world	Singapore	Asia/Pacific
Germany	Rest of the world	Solomon Islands	Rest of the world
Greece	Rest of the world	South Africa	Rest of the world
Hong Kong	Asia/Pacific	Spain	Asia/Pacific
India	Asia/Pacific	Sri Lanka	Asia/Pacific
Indonesia	Asia/Pacific	Sweden	Rest of the world
Ireland	Rest of the world	Switzerland	Rest of the world
Israel	Rest of the world	Taiwan	Asia/Pacific
Italy	Rest of the world	Thailand	Asia/Pacific
Japan	Asia/Pacific	United Kingdom	Rest of the world
Korea South	Asia/Pacific	USA	Rest of the world
Malaysia	Asia/Pacific	Vietnam	Asia/Pacific
Malta	Rest of the world

Here is an interesting site selling SUPER BRIGHT LEDs:


5mm LEDs
PART NUMBER, color of LED	INTENSITY @ 20ma	Price 1 - 9
RL5-W2545	2500 mcd	1.38
RL5-W3030	3000 mcd = 3cd!	1.38
RL5-W5020	5000 mcd	1.38
RL5-W6018	6000 mcd	1.58
RL5-W6030	6000 mcd	1.49
RL5-W10015	10000 mcd	1.49
RL5-B2430	2400 mcd	1.14
RL5-B3023	3000 mcd	0.95
RL5-B5515	5500 mcd	1.30
RL5-G8045	8000 mcd	1.58
RL5-G5030	5000 mcd	1.14
RL5-G5023	5000 mcd	1.05
RL5-G8020	8000 mcd	1.38
RL5-G9015	9000 mcd	1.38
RL5-G13008	13000 mcd	1.58
RL5-A7032	7000 mcd	1.38
RL5-A9018	9000 mcd	1.38
RL5-RD1560	1500 mcd	0.56
RL5-R3545	3500 mcd	0.60
RL5-R8030	8000 mcd	0.60
RL5-R7030	7000 mcd	0.56
RL5-R5015	5000 mcd	0.49
RL5-R12008	12000 mcd	0.62
RL5-Y3545	3500 mcd	0.60
RL5-Y5030	5000 mcd	0.60
RL5-Y3230	3200 mcd	0.49
RL5-Y4523	4500 mcd	0.49
RL5-Y5615	5600 mcd	0.49
RL5-Y10008	10000 mcd	0.62
RL5-O4030	4000 mcd	0.54
RL5-O5015	5000 mcd	0.54
RL5-UV1530	1500 mcd	1.58
RL5-UV2030	2000 mcd	1.95
RL5-IR2730	27mW/sr	1.59
3mm LEDs
RL3-W3030	3000 mcd	1.38
RL3-B2030	2000 mcd	1.30
RL3-G4518	4500 mcd	1.38
RL3-G3530	3500 mcd	1.38
RL3-A4018	4000 mcd	1.38
RL3-R5030	5000 mcd	0.60
RL3-R5014	5000 mcd	0.60
RL3-R4545	4500 mcd	0.60
RL3-Y5014	5000 mcd	0.60
RL3-Y4545	4500 mcd	0.60
RL3-O3214	3200 mcd	0.49
Blinking LEDS
RL5-BW1520	1500 mcd
RL5-BB3020	3000 mcd
RL5-BR2020	2000 mcd
RL5-BRB2020	2000 mcd

Here's another interesting site:
	Vote for your favorite Gadget Freak of 2003! Check out the finalists at www.designnews.com/gadgetfreak

Make sure you book-mark Gadget Freak as you will want to come back often.

Another website with lots of information for the hobbyist is Electronics For You.
Here is their promotional animation:

Here's an interesting project from a reader:

It is basically a 3D arrangement of LEDs driven from a computer. The model above contains 100's of LEDs but the reader is happy with a simpler versions shown below containing 125 LEDs:

The project requires each LED to be individually turned on and off.
It's obviously the job for a microcontroller but the requirement of 125 outputs is enormous.
The second point to consider is the programming. Each LED will need to be given a value and you need to be able to add all the values to produce a pattern for each frame of a sequence.
Next you need to have some form of input to activate each LED. You may need 125 push-switches in a 3D arrangement with a toggle on-off action to turn on the LEDs for each frame of the sequence. This will involve another 125 "lines" or inputs.
You can consider multiplexing the whole display, but this will decrease the brightness slightly.
It's an interesting project but very complex.
I don't have any simple answers.
Anyone with suggestions will be welcome.

It's a lot of work to keep a site active, but the thousands of readers we are attracting has proven that an enormous world-wide interest exists for electronics.
Don't forget to tell your friends about the site. They will thank you for it.

For now,
Colin Mitchell,
Editor
TALKING ELECTRONICS Interactive.

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