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Principles, Design, and Real-World Applications of Modern Photonics Light shapes our world—from the glow of a simple LED to the precision of a laser beam and the immense power of the sun. LEDs, Lasers, and Sunlight – Principles, Design, and Real-World Applications of Modern Photonics is your comprehensive guide to understanding, designing, and applying modern light technologies. This book takes you on a journey from the fundamentals of photonics—covering the nature of light, optical laws, and color theory—to real-world engineering with today’s most important light sources. You’ll explore how LEDs work, how to design efficient lighting systems, and how to tackle practical challenges such as thermal management, power supply design, and optical performance. Beyond illumination, the book opens doors to specialized applications: horticultural lighting for plant growth, infrared and ultraviolet technologies, modern display systems from LCD to MicroLED, and the fascinating world of lasers—from their physics to their use in medicine, industry, and communication. It also connects light engineering to sustainability through solar energy and thermal radiation. Written with a strong practical focus, this book bridges theory and application. Whether you are an engineer, student, or advanced hobbyist, you’ll gain the tools to turn concepts into working solutions—from selecting components to building complete systems. If you want to understand light not just as a phenomenon, but as a powerful engineering tool, this book will illuminate the way.

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Elektor GREEN and GOLD members can download their digital edition here. Not a member yet? Click here. A Current Source for Testing (Z-)DiodesChecking Z-Diodes from 1 to 54 V @ 1 to 50 mA ESD Strap TesterA Bench Tool with Pass, Borderline, and Fail Indication Power Supply Transient Response TesterA Repeatable Step-Load Generator for Bench Power Supplies Euclidean Sequencer Without a MicrocontrollerTrigger Patterns and CV Sequences with Simple CMOS Logic LED Flashing Light for Gates and More with an Audible Alert Need PCBs? The Elektor PCB Service Has You Covered. Toothbrush TimerUsing a Tiny PIC A Contactless Magnetic Combination LockWith the AS5600 Rotary Position Sensor Low-Noise Battery-Powered PreamplifierFor Dynamic Microphones The Arduino Nano TestLabMeasurement, Control, and Regulation Rhythmic Bass LightEmphasize the Rhythm of Your Music Low-Cut FilterNo Risk of Audio Feedback on Your System Precise 1 Hz Square Wave Generator for BreadboardsA Reliable CMOS-Based Clock Source 555 Upside DownDuty Cycles Down to Zero From Halfgeleidergids to Circuit Specials65 Years of Electronics Innovation Electrical IsolationCAN Interface with Digital Isolator and Power Module SpongillatorA Sponge-Based Oscillator True Random Number GeneratorWith Integrated Chi-Square Test 3D Viewer for HTML pagesSimple, and Almost Without Code Programming with TLScriptA Scripting Language for Measurement, Testing, and Control Circuit Design: Tips from Experts FeedbackWhat Is It and Why Is It Important? One Board, Endless Ideas: Arduino UNO QFrom Retro Gaming to Real-Time Environmental Monitoring How to Fix a Donut Antenna Standby KillerA Real On/Off Switch for Your TV Battery TestingMeasuring Batteries with the Arduino Nano Power Supply for Audio Power AmplifiersA Good Power Supply Without Mains Hum Prototyping Boards for RFFast Setups with DIY Prototyping Boards T3 Surge ProtectionA Type 3 Spike Suppressor for Your Sensitive Equipment IoT Room Thermostat BoardWith ESP32-C3/S3-Based Xiao MCU module From Rigid to SmartFlexible and Printed Electronics — Between Vision and Industrial Reality

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Elektor GREEN and GOLD members can download their digital edition here. Not a member yet? Click here. A Current Source for Testing (Z-)DiodesChecking Z-Diodes from 1 to 54 V @ 1 to 50 mA ESD Strap TesterA Bench Tool with Pass, Borderline, and Fail Indication Power Supply Transient Response TesterA Repeatable Step-Load Generator for Bench Power Supplies Euclidean Sequencer Without a MicrocontrollerTrigger Patterns and CV Sequences with Simple CMOS Logic LED Flashing Light for Gates and More with an Audible Alert Need PCBs? The Elektor PCB Service Has You Covered. Toothbrush TimerUsing a Tiny PIC A Contactless Magnetic Combination LockWith the AS5600 Rotary Position Sensor Low-Noise Battery-Powered PreamplifierFor Dynamic Microphones The Arduino Nano TestLabMeasurement, Control, and Regulation Rhythmic Bass LightEmphasize the Rhythm of Your Music Low-Cut FilterNo Risk of Audio Feedback on Your System Precise 1 Hz Square Wave Generator for BreadboardsA Reliable CMOS-Based Clock Source 555 Upside DownDuty Cycles Down to Zero From Halfgeleidergids to Circuit Specials65 Years of Electronics Innovation Electrical IsolationCAN Interface with Digital Isolator and Power Module SpongillatorA Sponge-Based Oscillator True Random Number GeneratorWith Integrated Chi-Square Test 3D Viewer for HTML pagesSimple, and Almost Without Code Programming with TLScriptA Scripting Language for Measurement, Testing, and Control Circuit Design: Tips from Experts FeedbackWhat Is It and Why Is It Important? One Board, Endless Ideas: Arduino UNO QFrom Retro Gaming to Real-Time Environmental Monitoring How to Fix a Donut Antenna Standby KillerA Real On/Off Switch for Your TV Battery TestingMeasuring Batteries with the Arduino Nano Power Supply for Audio Power AmplifiersA Good Power Supply Without Mains Hum Prototyping Boards for RFFast Setups with DIY Prototyping Boards T3 Surge ProtectionA Type 3 Spike Suppressor for Your Sensitive Equipment IoT Room Thermostat BoardWith ESP32-C3/S3-Based Xiao MCU module From Rigid to SmartFlexible and Printed Electronics — Between Vision and Industrial Reality

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Master digital electronics – the hands-on way! This bundle includes the book Learning Digital Electronics, featuring 20+ practical projects in Logic and Circuit design, as well as a 100-piece kit – so you can start building logic circuits, counters, displays, and more right away. Learning Digital Electronics (Book) This book is a practical guide to digital electronics, covering the essential components of modern digital systems: number systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential logic, and more. Through more than 20 structured projects, you’ll design and build digital systems using real-world components such as logic gates, multiplexers, decoders, flip-flops, counters, and shift registers. The projects range from basic LED logic circuits to digital locks, display systems, traffic light controllers, and timing-based designs. Selected projects introduce the use of tools such as CircuitVerse for circuit simulation, while several designs make use of 74HC-series logic devices, commonly used in digital hardware prototyping. Inside, you’ll find: Clear coverage of number systems and binary arithmetic Logic gate fundamentals and universal gate implementations Step-by-step projects using flip-flops, counters, and registers Real-world design with 74HC-series logic chips Techniques for designing combinational and sequential systems This book takes a design-first, application-driven approach to digital electronics—built around working circuits, tested logic, and hands-on experimentation. Learning Digital Electronics (Kit) This kit has been specially developed to complement the book "Learning Digital Electronics". Since all necessary components are included, you can complete every practical project in the book directly. Kit contents 2x 74HC08 AND gate chip 2x 74HC00 NAND gate chip 1x 74HC86 XOR gate chip 1x 555 timer chip 1x 74HC161 counter chip 1x 74HC164 shift register 1x CD4511 7-segment decoder 1x CD4027 JK flip-flop 1x BC337 NPN transistor 1x KPS-5161 7-segment common-cathode display 1x Light dependent resistor (LDR) 4x 10 KΩ resistors 8x 1 KΩ resistor 2x 47 KΩ resistors 1x 100 KΩ resistor 4x 2.7 KΩ resistors 1x 5.6 KΩ resistor 1x 150 KΩ resistor 1x 10 μF capacitor 2x 0.01 μF capacitor 2x 100 nF capacitor 8x Small red LED 1x Small green LED 1x Small orange LED 4x Pushbutton switches 1x Active buzzer 1x Battery holder for 3x AA batteries (batteries not included) 1x Breadboard 40x Male-to-male jumper wires (length: 200 mm)

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The Basics, New Ideas & Applications Build digital electronics from the ground up—and take it all the way to practical circuits you can use. This book guides you through the core principles of digital technology with a strongly hands-on approach. You’ll begin with the essentials: signals, devices for working with them, and what "logic 0" and "logic 1" mean in real hardware. Simple demonstration setups made from easy-to-find parts (LEDs, diodes, resistors, switches) help you see how logic behaves, making the theory click before you move on. From there, you’ll explore a wide range of logic elements and how they’re implemented, including classic logic families such as TTL and CMOS. The fundamentals section covers the building blocks of digital systems: flip-flops, Schmitt triggers, registers, counters and dividers, encoders/ decoders, multiplexers/demultiplexers, plus A/D and D/A conversion and timing circuits. Next, the book invites you into "new ideas" in digital electronics—universal logic elements, unconventional approaches (including thyristor-based and fractional logic), and creative logic functions that can inspire original designs. Finally, a large, well-organized collection of application circuits turns knowledge into projects: electronic switches and selectors, pulse generators, PWM regulators, frequency multipliers/dividers, phase shifters, and digital filters. Study it deeply, and you’ll gain not only understanding—but the ability to design and debug digital circuits independently.

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The Basics, New Ideas & Applications Build digital electronics from the ground up—and take it all the way to practical circuits you can use. This book guides you through the core principles of digital technology with a strongly hands-on approach. You’ll begin with the essentials: signals, devices for working with them, and what "logic 0" and "logic 1" mean in real hardware. Simple demonstration setups made from easy-to-find parts (LEDs, diodes, resistors, switches) help you see how logic behaves, making the theory click before you move on. From there, you’ll explore a wide range of logic elements and how they’re implemented, including classic logic families such as TTL and CMOS. The fundamentals section covers the building blocks of digital systems: flip-flops, Schmitt triggers, registers, counters and dividers, encoders/ decoders, multiplexers/demultiplexers, plus A/D and D/A conversion and timing circuits. Next, the book invites you into "new ideas" in digital electronics—universal logic elements, unconventional approaches (including thyristor-based and fractional logic), and creative logic functions that can inspire original designs. Finally, a large, well-organized collection of application circuits turns knowledge into projects: electronic switches and selectors, pulse generators, PWM regulators, frequency multipliers/dividers, phase shifters, and digital filters. Study it deeply, and you’ll gain not only understanding—but the ability to design and debug digital circuits independently.

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Getting started in electronics is not as difficult as you may think. With this bundle (book + kit of parts), you can explore and learn the most important electrical and electronics engineering concepts in a fun way by doing various experiments. You will learn electronics practically without getting into complex technical jargon and long calculations. As a result, you will be creating your own projects soon. This kit contains the components required to build most of the detailed examples of the book on a breadboard and try them out for real. The kit can, of course, also be used without the book for building other circuits and doing your own experiments. Kit contents 1x 39 Ω, 1 W resistor 1x 47 Ω resistor 1x 180 Ω resistor 1x 330 Ω resistor 3x 1 kΩ resistor 1x 2.2 kΩ resistor 1x 3.9 kΩ resistor 1x 6.8 kΩ resistor 1x 10 kΩ resistor 1x 15 kΩ resistor 1x 22 kΩ resistor 1x 33 kΩ resistor 1x 47 kΩ resistor 1x 56 kΩ resistor 1x 82 kΩ resistor 1x 120 kΩ resistor 1x 680 kΩ resistor 2x 100 kΩ resistor 1x 10 kΩ trimmer 1x 10 kΩ linear potentiometer 1x 100 kΩ linear potentiometer 1x LDR 1x 1 nF ceramic capacitor 2x 10 nF ceramic capacitor 1x 100 nF ceramic capacitor 1x 1 µF, 25 V aluminium electrolytic capacitor 2x 10 µF, 25 V aluminium electrolytic capacitor 1x 100 µF, 25 V aluminium electrolytic capacitor 1x 470 µF, 25 V aluminium electrolytic capacitor 1x 1000 µF, 25 V aluminium electrolytic capacitor 1x RGB LED, Common-Cathode (CC) 1x 1N4148 small signal diode 1x 1N4733A 5.1 V, 1 W Zener diode 3x LED, red 2x BC337 NPN transistor 1x IRFZ44N N-channel MOSFET 2x NE555 timer 1x LM393 comparator 1x 74HCT08 quad AND gate 3x Tactile switch 2x SPDT switch 1x Relay, SPDT, 9 VDC 1x Active buzzer 1x Passive buzzer 50 cm Solid wire, 16 AWG, unjacketed 2x PP3 9 V battery clip 1x Breadboard 20x Jumper wire This bundle contains: Practical Electronics Crash Course Kit (valued at: €45) Book: Practical Electronics Crash Course (normal price: €45)

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Projects Using Arduino IDE and the LVGL Graphics Library The ESP32 is probably one of the most popular microcontrollers used by many people, including students, hobbyists, and professional engineers. Its low cost, coupled with rich features makes it a popular device to use in many projects. Recently, a board called the ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD for short) is available from its manufacturers. The board includes a standard ESP32 microcontroller together with a 320x240 pixel TFT display. Additionally, the board provides several connectors for interfaces such as GPIO, serial port (TX/RX), power and Ground. The inclusion of a TFT display is a real advantage as it enables users to design complex graphics-based projects without resorting to an external LCD or graphics displays. The book describes the basic hardware of the ESP32 CYD board and provides details of its on-board connectors. Many basic, simple, and intermediate-level projects are given in the book based on the ESP32 CYD, using the highly popular Arduino IDE 2.0 integrated development environment. The use of both the basic graphics functions and the use of the popular LVGL graphics library are discussed in the book and projects are given that use both types of approaches. All the projects given in the book have been tested and are working. The block diagram, circuit diagram, and the complete program listings and program descriptions of all the projects are given with explanations. Readers can use the LVGL graphics library to design highly popular eye-catching full-color graphics projects using widgets such as buttons, labels, calendars, keypads, keyboards, message boxes, spinboxes, sliders, charts, tables, menus, bars, switches, drop-down lists, animations, and many more widgets.

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More than 275 Power Supply Designs for Home Construction This USB Stick contains over 275 different power supply circuits from the volumes 2001-2025 of Elektor. The article search feature allows you to search full-text content. The results are always displayed as pre-formatted PDF documents. Highlights Cuk Converter Automatic Battery Switchover Battery Voltage LED Digital Benchtop Power Supply Lithium-Ion Charger Solar Cell Charger Electronic Fuse High Voltage Regulator Power Supply for USB Devices Step-up Converter for LEDs Battery Management and much more... On the Stick you will also find a folder with additional material such as PCB layouts, Gerber files and software. Specifications Storage 16 GB Interfaces 1x USB-A1x USB-C System requirements PC with Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher Web browser

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Over 45 Builds for the Legendary 555 Chip (and the 556, 558) The 555 timer IC, originally introduced by the Signetics Corporation around 1971, is sure to rank high among the most popular analog integrated circuits ever produced. Originally called the IC Time Machine, this chip has been used in many timer-related projects by countless people over decades. This book is all about designing projects based on the 555 timer IC. Over 45 fully tested and documented projects are presented. All projects have been fully tested by the author by constructing them individually on a breadboard. You are not expected to have any programming experiences for constructing or using the projects given in the book. However, it’s definitely useful to have some knowledge of basic electronics and the use of a breadboard for constructing and testing electronic circuits. Some of the projects in the book are: Alternately Flashing Two LEDs Changing LED Flashing Rate Touch Sensor On/Off Switch Switch On/Off Delay Light-Dependent Sound Dark/Light Switch Tone Burst Generator Long Duration Timer Chasing LEDs LED Roulette Game Traffic Lights Continuity Tester Electronic Lock Switch Contact Debouncing Toy Electronic Organ Multiple Sensor Alarm System Metronome Voltage Multipliers Electronic Dice 7-Segment Display Counter Motor Control 7-Segment Display Dice Electronic Siren Various Other Projects The projects given in the book can be modified or expanded by you for your very own applications. Electronic engineering students, people engaged in designing small electronic circuits, and electronic hobbyists should find the projects in the book instructive, fun, interesting, and useful.

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