Youshouldget outmore...Those first days of spring are sohard on our lab workers - birds

are singing and you can smell thegrass but the only thing thesepoor souls smell is solder fume.More than one hundred circuits

pass their hands - requiringboards to be designed and partsto be ordered. Once the boards

arrive, they have to be tested andone mistake means 'all over again:Then the material is passed to the

Dutch, English, French, Germanand Spanish editors who providethe matching texts and iIIustrati-ons. Manuscripts are returned tothe lab for a check on technical

aspects. Meanwhile drawings are

produced in Elektor style (welldone Marty) and with these fini- Lshed, DTPassembles the text andillustrations into an 'SC item: whichis handed to the editors for finalcorrections.

Iwill not diverge into moretechnicalities of Elektor magazineproduction. Our aim is for you totrawl the magazine contents for

nice projects and ideas as you canhear birdsong and smell the neWgrass.This year our sourCe of inspirationwas 'all things outdoors': do-it-yourself, sporting, biking, on theroad by car or camPer, with orwithout caravan, you name it- everything that keeps us outof doors long enough to take ourminds off electronics.

Scratch-and-Win!

This years' Summer Circuits editioncontains a Scratch Number lottery.We called half a dozen selected

suppliers and advertisers and they

all agreed to make prizes availa-ble for this unique event.lf theSummer Circuits issue is a cake

made from many ingredients thenscratch-and-win is the icing!

Wisse HettingaInternotionol Coordinoting Editor

PlusColophonNews & New ProductsElectrical SafetyAlphaSudoku PuzzleElektor SHOPSneak Preview

81016

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(bold type =PCBdesign included)

Audio! Video & PhotographyAutomatic S/PDIFSelector 104Auto-offfor AudioGear 120Camera== DataStore 69Five-outputVideo Distribution Amplifier 101Playthe Guitar- RecycleTip 73SlaveFlashTrigger 35TVMuter 81

VideoIsolator 43

Computers, Software &Internet

Assistance for BASCOMProgrammers 11MobilePhone Data Cable == Interface Converter 64USB<o> RS-232 Cable 63

USBStandby Killer 86

Hobby, Games & Modelling123Game- all MCU-free 61

Deluxe'123'Game 41

GolfTally 112

Intelligent Presence Simulator 65Lampin a WineBottle 38

LEDSpinningTop 116LogicGoats 79Pitch Meter for Model Helicopters 40

Programmable Servo Driver 59Pseudo-random Glitter 97

RadioControlSignal FrameRate Divider 94Reaction Raceusing ATtiny13 44

RGBLight 91ServoControl 107

Smooth Flasher 41TentAlarm 56

Youshouldgeloulmore...Thosefirst daysof spring are sohard on our lab workers - birds

are singing and you can smell thegrassbut the only thing thesepoor souls smell issolder fume.More than one hundred circuits

passtheir hands - requiringboards to be designed and partsto be ordered. Oncethe boards

arrive, they have to be tested andone mistake means'all over again~Then the material ispassedto theDutch, English,French,Germanand Spanisheditors who providethe matching texts and iIIustrati-ons.Manuscripts are returned tothe lab for a check on technical

aspects.Meanwhile drawings areproduced in Elektor style (welldone Marty) and with these fini-shed,DTPassemblesthe text andillustrations into an 'sc item; whichis handed to the editors for finalcorrections.

I will not diverge into moretechnicalities of Elektor magazineproduction. Our aim is for you totrawl the magazine contents fornice projects and ideasasyou canhear birdsong and smell the newgrass.Thisyear our source of inspirationwas'all things outdoors': do-it-yourself, sporting, biking, on theroad by car or camper,with orwithout caravan,you name it- everything that keeps usoutof doors long enough to take ourminds off electronics.

Scratch-and-Win!

Thisyears'Summer Circuitseditioncontains a ScratchNumber lottery.We called half a dozen selected

suppliers and advertisers and theyall agreed to make prizesavaila-ble for this unique eventoIf theSummer Circuits issue isa cake

made from many ingredients thenscratch-and-win is the icing!

Wisse HettingaInternotionolCoordinoting Editor

- - - - -.- - .. .PlusColophonNews & New Products

Electrical safetyAlphasudoku PuzzleElektor sHOPsneak Preview

81016

118128132

(bold type =PCB design included)

Audio, Video & PhotographyAutomatic s/PDIFselector 104Auto-offfor AudioGear 120Camera =Data Store 69Five-output VideoDistribution Amplifler 101Playthe Guitar- RecycleTip 73slave FlashTrigger 35TVMuter 81

VideoIsolator 43

Computers, Software & Internet

Assistancefor BAsCOMProgrammers 11Mobile Phone Data Cable =Interface Converter 64

UsB<-> Rs-232Cable 63

UsBstandby Killer 86

Hobby, Games & Modelling123Game - all MCU-free 61Deluxe'123'Game 41

GolfTally 112

Intelligent Presence Simulator 65Lampin a Wine Bottle 38

LEDspinning Top 116LogicGoats 79

Pitch Meterfer Model Helicopters 40

Programmable servo Driver 59Pseudo-random Glitter 97

RadioControlSignal FrameRate Divider 94Reaction Raceusing ATtiny13 44

RGBLight 91servo Control 107smooth Flasher 41

Tent Alarm 56