At 04:10 PM 3/7/2014, Peter Johansson wrote: >What bothers me far more are the number of construction projects that >have even eliminated circuit descriptions making the magazine useless >as delivered in addition to useless down the road if you want to build >one of the projects as-is. While it is rare that I would want to >build one of these circuits as presented, I have generally found these >articles *far* more useful for their circuit descriptions. It is >largely from these circuit descriptions (in a time when detailed >circuit descriptions were published) that I learned how to design >circuits myself, and very often borrowed sub-blocks for my particular >use. One of my former favorite magazines from the UK was called=20 Electronics World. It ceased being one of my favorites when it was=20 no longer available in Canada. What I liked so much about that magazine is that the authors went=20 into excruciating detail about the design choices they made and the=20 challenges they faced. Very, very good reading - and educational to boot! dwayne --=20 Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .