Silicon Chip is still a great magazine. Rodolfo ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Dwayne Reid" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [OT]Radio Shack closing 1100 stores. > 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 > Electronics World. It ceased being one of my favorites when it was > no longer available in Canada. > > What I liked so much about that magazine is that the authors went > into excruciating detail about the design choices they made and the > 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 >=20 --=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 .