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SORCERER
AT COMP and it's COMPUTER SYSTEM
The Sorcerer Computer is a completely
a pedigree '313P £69') assembled and tested computer system.
Standard configuration includes 63 -key
The No. 1 Personal Computer typewriter -style keyboard and 16 -key
numeric pad, Z80 processor, dual cassette
in the U.K. SAVE I/O with remote computer control at 300
and 1200 baud data rates, RS232 serial I/O
Affordable £590 £100 f oi communications, parallel port for
direct Centronics printer attachment. OK
for the first time user and ROM operating system. 8K ROM
the professional check out Microsoft BASIC in Rom PacTM, cartridge,
composite video of 64 char/line 30 line/ LOOK!
the PET, the world's most screen, 128 upper/lower case ASCII set 32K RAM on board
popular personal computer. and 128 user -defined graphic symbols, RS232 interface 8K BASIC ROM
operation manual, BASIC programming CUTS interface .4K MONITOR
manual and cassette/video cables, connect- KANSAS CITY interface '5100 BUS
ion for S100 bus expansion. 'User defined graphic symbols 280 cpu

16KINEICr £751 a 32K1N59C£850' Credit factlities available. 4+ VAT

THE ATARI video computer system
Atari's Video Computer System now offers
more than 1300 different game variations
and options in twenty great Game
SHORT C12 CASSETTES
ProgramTM cartridges! FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMES
Have fun while you sharpen
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10 for £4.00
coordination. You can play
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NEW
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You'll have thrill after thrill, whether For electronic buffs. Fully assembled and tested. Requires + 5V at
you're in the thick of a dogfight, 3 Amps and a video monitor or TV with RF converter to be up and
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* '1i1s screeching around a racetrack, or
dodging asteroids in an alien Uses the ultra powerful 6502 microprocessor
galaxy. With crisp bright color (on 8K Microsoft BASIC -in -ROM
414 N
color TV) and incredible, true-to-life rte°t6E tilLG Full feature BASIC runs faster than currently
sound effects. With special circuits Ost 11111
available personal computers and all
to protect your TV. ittrttit tttk 8080 -based business computers.
4K static RAM on board expandable to 8K
Cartridges now available yr tt
Full 53 -keyboard with upper/lower case and user
Years and Basic Maths, Airsea Battle, Black rI Li programmability
years of fun and Jack, Breakout, Surround, Spacewar, Kansas City standard audio cassette interface
satisfaction are Video Olympics, Outlaw, Basketball,i for high reliability
assured All at Full machine code monitor and I/O utilities in
SAVE £30.)i 3i02 £139.00 £13.90
each.
ROM
Direct access video display has 1K of dedicated memory (besides
4K user memory), features upper case, lower case, graphics and
gaming characters for an effective screen resolution of up to 256
by 256 points. Normal TV's with overscan display about 24 rows
of 24 characters; without overscan up to 30 x 30 characters.
EXTRAS
Available expander board features 24K static RAM (additional), dual
mini -floppy interface, port adapter for printer and modem and an
OSI 48 line expansion interface.
Assembler/editor and extended machine code monitor available.
se,,,4,6f0 to resew, one
-I269A)fi £249.00 VAT pay hak9nce on defrvery.

ATTENTION! Simple to fit-

onlya screw-
TRS 80 USERS driver 's
regenred.
16K UP Half Radio £99 LIFETIME
GRADE KIT Shack Price + VAT GUARANTEE

TRS 80 SOFTWARE NEW

100 MIXED PROGRAMMES £49.00
on cassette

t14-9°
02.90 MAGS. MANY RECENT BACK ISSUES
INTERFACE KILO BAUD BYTE
NEW-
5,
WIPE OUT cartridge- 6 games
f13.90
AGE - £2.00 £2.00 £2.00
WE CAN SUPPLYJYOUR SHOP

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make cheques and postal orders payable to COMP, or phone your order quoting BARCLAYCARD or ACCESS number. MEM
14 STATION ROAD, NEW BARNET, HERTFORDSHIRE TEL: 01-441 2922 (Sales) 01.449 6596
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COMP COMPONENTS OPEN - 10am to 7pm - Monday to Saturday CONTINUOUS DEMONSTRATIONS
£6 EXTRA FOR SECURICOR DELIVERY
ELECTRONICS
VOLUME 15 No. 4 APRIL 1979

CONSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTS
SEQUENCER -2 by Lindsay Robinson
Constructional details and use 31
NOVELTY BLEEPER DOORBELL by D. J. Folwell
Property I/O port signalling device 38
PHASER by D. S. Gibbs and I. M. Shaw, C. Eng., M.I.E.E.
Has six phase shift networks 50
AUTORANGING MULTIMETER-1 by Dr. Mark A. Sawicki and Alex. Kowaleski
Circuit and general theory 56

GENERAL FEATURES
SEMICONDUCTOR UPDATE by R. W. Coles
A look at some recently released devices 21
INGENUITY UNLIMITED
Car Intruder Alarm-Signal Injector-Sound-To-Light-Preamp-Electronic Doorbell-
Programmable Divider Organ Rhythm Generator 22
BUBBLE MEMORIES by Dr. P. V. Cooper
Technology Update 40
MICROBUS by D.J.D.
A bi-monthly focus on micro's for the home constructor 47

NEWS AND COMMENT

EDITORIAL 17
MARKET PLACE
New products 18
TANDY TRS80 LEVEL II REVIEW by A. A. Berk, B.Sc., Ph.D.
A ready to use microcomputer system 26
NEWS BRIEFS
Chip Records-Countdown 39
SPACEWATCH by Frank W. Hyde
Saturn Watch, The Rings of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, Solar Activity, Norma 54
POINTS ARISING
Fuel Consumption Meter-Stereo Mixer 64
INDUSTRY NOTEBOOK by Nexus
What's happening inside industry 67
PATENTS REVIEW
Thought provoking ideas on file at the British Patents Office 68
READOUT
A selection of readers' letters 69
BOOK REVIEWS 70

OUR MAY ISSUE WILL BE ON SALE THURSDAY, 12 APRIL 1979

(for details of contents see page 55)

IPC Magazines Limited 1979. Copyright in all drawings, photographs and articles published in PRACTICAL
ELECTRONICS is fully protected, and reproduction or imitations in whole or part are expressly forbidden. All reasonable
precautions are taken by PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS to ensure that the advice and data given to readers are reliable. We
cannot, however, guarantee it, and we cannot accept legal responsibility for it. Prices quoted are those current as we go
to press.

Practical Electronics April 1979 1

 Connoisseur's
SAU2 Lightweight
Metal Head Shell
A new development for more efficient tracking and
adjustment, and more attractive appearance,
the new lightweight metal head shell is
perfectly interchangeable for
existing SAU2, BD2 and
BD103 pick up arms.

nnoissew
IVrtu, for lurtherdet.tils
A. R. Sugden & Co. (Engineers) Ltd.
Manufacturers of Connoisseur Sound Equipment,
Connoisseur Works, Atlas Mill Road,
Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 1ES
Telephone: Brighouse (0484) 712142, Telex: 517144 Sugden G
Telegrams & Cables: Connoiseur Brighouse.

Logically laid out to accept both 0.3" and 0.6" pitch DI L packages
as well as Capacitors, Resistors, LED's, Transistors and components
with leads up to .85mm dia.
500 individual connections in the central breadboarding area,
spaced to accept all sizes of DI L package without running out of
connection points.
4 Integral Power Bus Strips around all edges for minimum inter-
AT LAST! An(IVAMFA
connection lengths.
Double -sided, nickel silver contacts for long life (10K insertions)
and low contact resistance (< 10m.ohms)
SEEM ET
THE FAMOUS POCKETSIZE
Easily removable, non -slip rubber backing allows damaged contacts METAL DETECTOR
to be rapidly replaced. Seemet readily detects concealed
What other breadboarding system has as many individual contacts, ferrous and non-ferrous metals within
offers all these features and only costs £5.80 inclusive of VAT and range of its detector field. Ideal for
P.P. - NONE. finding concealed pipes, wires, nails
At £5.80 each The EuroBreadBoard is unique value for money etc. One -handed operation, uses
At £11 for 2 The EuroBreadBoard is an indispensable design aid. standard PP3 Battery (not supplied).
Snip out and Post ONLY £3.25 plus p. & p. 25p.

ploommommum
David George Sales, r:o 74 Crayford High St., Crayford, Kent, DA! 4EF

David George Sales

(inc. VAT), full instructions supplied.
UNBEATABLE
DIMMER OFFER
from Britain's largest Dimmer Makers.
r/o 74 Crayford High Street, Complete Kit of Parts for our
Crayford, Kent, DA1 4EF. VCL 500M, 500W Dimmer Switch.
i Only £2.00, plus p. & p. 25p.
Please send me 1 EuroBreadBoard @ £5.80 Please (inc. VAT) full instructions supplied.
or 2 EuroBreadBoards @ £11.00 Tick Send coupon below with your remittance.
Fotherby, Willis Electronics Ltd.,
(All prices include VAT and P.P., but add 15% for Gladstone Terrace, Stanningley, Leeds, LS8 6 N E
overseas orders).
Please supply: - PE5 NAME
SEEMET KITS
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for £ BLOCK CAPS PLEASE

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Please make cheque/P.O.'s payable to David George Sales L -J

Practical Electronics April 1979

 ACCESSORIES ARE ONLY

Mullard
AVAILABLE TO THOSE
CUSTOMERS WHEN BUYING
a .1 a 1 71 (4 OUR BARGAIN PACKS

20 x 20 WATT STEREO AMPLIFIER

Viscount IV unit in teak simulate cabinet Silver finish rotary controls and
pushbuttons with matching fascia, red mains indicator and stereo lack
socket. Functions switch for mit magnetic and crystal pickups, tape tuner
and auxiliary. Rear panel features two mains outlets DIN speaker
AUDIO MODULES IN
and input sockets plus fuse 2000 watts RMS 40x40 watts peak
For use with 8 to 15 ohm speakers
f29 90 BARGAIN PACKS
spEctAt
FREE
FOR PERSONAL SHOPPERS ONLY
4 dimensional stereo sound adaptor, when purchasing the
CURRENT CATALOGUE
20x20 Viscount amplifier

30x30 WATT AMPLIFIER IN KIT FORM PRICE £

For the experienced constructor corn,
plete in every detail, same facilities
as Viscount IV, but with 3000 output
AT OVER
6060 watts peak For use with 4.15
ohms speakers
40 PER PACK
+ p&p
f29.00 (2 50
?tottx SEE OUR PRICES
PACK I 2 z LP1173 10w RMS output power audio
(1011k 30x30 WATT AMPLIFIER IN KIT amp modules. + I LPI 182/2 Stereo pre amp for
WITH SPEAKERS ceramic and auxiliary input
2 Goodman compact 12- bass woofers with cropped size 14,000 OUR PRICE CA Q5
Gauss magnet 30 watt RMS handling + 31/4" approx p+p (1 00 rle. -T
tweeters and crossovers f49.00 Recommended set of
ACCESSORIES
2
p&p (4 00 PACK 2 2 x 1,1173 1 Ow RMS output power audio rotary stereo controls
BUILT AND READY TO PLAY 39.00 amp modules + 1 LP1184 /2 Stereo pre amp for Suitable power supply parts including comprising BASS TREBLE.
3000 Viscount Available fully built and tested p&p (2 50 magnetic, ceramic and auxiliary inputs mains transformer. rectifier, smoothing VOLUME and BALANCE
capacitors
e
IIIUSOUR PRICE
p+p (1 00
£7.45 El 00 pup £1.95 VP SOP 95p
EMI SPEAKER BARGAIN
Stereo parr 350 kit. System consists of
13" x 8" approx woofer with rolled
surround, 2"r" approx. Audas tweeter. 10 + 10 AMPLIFIER KIT
crossover components and circuit An opportunity to buy a 10 watts per channel stereo
diagram Frequency response 20 Hz amplifier kit which is suitable for use with a ceramic
to 20 KHz Power handling 15 watts RMS
20 watts max cartridge The amplifier utilises proven Mullard modules and
8 ohm impedance is available at a very competitive price The amplifier kit
comes complete with instructions and includes a Mullard

f14.95 LP1183 stereo preamplifier module, two LP I 1 73 power

amplifiers with integral heatsinks, a power supply.
Per stereo pair Lobel networks, front and hack mounting panels, a finished
f3 40 p&p
fascia panel, all control potentiometers (bass, treble.
volume and balancel. switches, input, output and headphone
BSR P200 sockets, wire. and an easily assembled wrap around cabinet
Belt drive chassis turntable unit semi f24.95 to house the finished unit
automatic, cueing device. p&p (2.55 p&p (2 05 f11.95
OLM 30 Mk Ill Magnetic Cartridge
to suit.
f7.75 BARGAINS FOR PERSONAL SHOPPERS 50 WATT MONO
LEO 5 function men s digital watch DISCO AMP
stainless steel finish f5.95
BSR Manual single play
record deck with auto
return and cueing lever, tined with stereo
LCD 5 function men s digital watch
stainless steel finish f6.95
f29.95
P&P (2.50
Size approx 131/x" x 51/4"
ceramic cartridge 2 speeds with 45 r p m LCD 8 Function CHRONOGRAPH men s digital
spindle adaptor ideally suited from home watch, stainless steel finish f12.95 50 watts rms 100 watts peak output. Big features include two disc
or d'sgfirpeRic, inputs, both for ceramic cartridges, tape input and microphone input.
f 10.95 f 8P5
POCKET CALCULATOR. With LED display, memory
and percentage key f2.95 Lever mixing controls fitted with integral push-pull switches Independent
bass and treble controls and master volume
AM/FM DIGITAL CLOCK SPECIAL OFFER. The above 50 watt amp plus 4 Goodmans Type 8P 8"
RADIO Accurate 4 Digit speakers Package price (45.00 (4.00 P&P
GARRARD DECK Electronic Clock with LED
1.
MODEL CC 10A display Buzzer and
Record changer with cueing device snooze timer 70 & 100 WATT
lined with stereo ceramic cartridge
ready to fit into your own plinth f11.95 'tit 418 ".- MONO DISCO AMP
Size approx
1111:I 01

f7.95 p&p (200 Size 12" 8

125 Watt Power Amp Module f13.95
14"x4". 10'4"
Brushed aluminium
fascia and rotary controls
SANYO Nit /cad. battery. with
mains charger equivalent in
Mains power supply for above unit f3.50 Five vertical slide controls, master volume,
size and replaces 4 SP 11 MULLARD Built power supply tape level, nue level, deck level. PLUS INTER DECK FADER
type baits Size 3faa"x" 1''r" DECCA 20w Stereo speaker kit composing f 1.50 for perfect graduated change from record deck No 1 to
x 2" approx 2 8" approx bass units 2 3' r" approx No 2, or vice versa Pre fade level control 70 watt

P*0
tweeter inc crossovers f20.00 IPFL( lets YOU hear next disc before fading
it in VU meter monitors output level
140 watt peak f 57
p&p (4 00
£7.50 (l 50p
VIOEOMASTEST Super Score TV Game
with pistol mains operation f14.95 Output 100 watts RMS 200 watts peak 100 watt f65
PORTABLE RADIO/CASSETTE RECORDER. AM/FM with clock.
LW. MW. SW. VHF mains/battery operation
f41.95 DUO II SPEAKERS
VIDEOMASTER COLOUR
Attractive leak finish, modern design.
SHOT TV GAME
1' Choice of three games -Football, Tennis
and Squash Ready to play -one or two
incorporating 2 speaker units- 8"
approx. woofer and 2v," approx
41004444:044.' players MAINS OPERATED
OPPORTUNITY AT f 9.95 ONLY
tweeter 45 to 1800 Hz. Impedance
AM/FM STEREO TUNER 8 ohms. Power 15 watts RMS
AMPLIFIER CHASSIS COMPLETE WITH DECODER 20 watts max. Per stereo pair

R C
Ready built Designed in a slim form for compact, modern installation
Rotary Controls Vol On/Off, Bass. Treble, Balance
f17.00
Push Buttons for Gram, Tape. VHF, MW. LW (6 50 p&p
Power Output 5 watts per channel Sine at 2% THD into 15 Ohm
7 watts speech and music
Tape Sensitivity Playback 400mV/30K OHM for max output Record
323 EDGWARE ROAD, LONDON W2 FOR PERSONAL SHOPPERS ONLY
200mV/50K output available from 25KHz. (150mV/100KI deviation
FM signal Frequency Range (Audio) 50Hz to 17KHz within ± 1dB
TANNOY 15" Lancaster corner cabinets.
Radio FM sensitivity for 3d8 below limiting better than 10 uV
21B HIGH STREET, ACTON W3 6NG traditional design f 20.95 each
AM sensitivity for 20d8 S/N MW 350 uV/Metre LW I mV/Metre ACTON: Mail Order only, No callers
Size approx length 16" x height 23/4" s depth 4'4" ALL PRICES INCLUDE VAT AT 121% NOTE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL UNREST, PLEASE ALLOW
at PAP
240 Volts AC Complete with toeing dial
Circuit diagram f
19.95 (2 25
AL -
All items subject to availability. Price correct at
30.1.79 and subject to change without notice.
EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR ORDER TO REACH YOU.

Personal Shoppers EDGWARE ROAD LONDON W2 Tel: 01-723 8432. 9.30am-5.30pm. Half day Thursday. ACTON: Mad Order only No callers GOODS NOT DESPATCHED OUTSIDE UK

Practical Electronics April 1979

 111111..

ir
THOUSANDS SOLD
HANIMEX 5 FUNCTION 11 FUNCTION
Electronic LADIES SLIM CHRONO
LCD LCD 6 digit 11 functions
LED Alarm Clock
Same as ETI offer Hours, mins, secs.
Only 25 x 20 mm and * Day, date, day of
Thousands sold 6 mm thick. 5 func- Hours, mins, secs,
mum month, date, auto week.
(SlideSwitcm lion: hours, mins, ' 1/100, 1/10, secs 10
rjsecs,day, date, calendar, back- x secs, mins.
sroore (granet rcin) Fast Slow
back light and auto light, quality metal Split and lap modes.
cal. Elegant metal bracelet. Back light, auto
bracelet in silver or ..11.*,,,. l. calendar.
gold. *Only 8 mm thick.
State preference. £7.65 This same watch is
being sold for £22.00
in newspaper and
£10.95 Guaranteed same day magazine special
despatch offer ads.
Guaranteed same day Metac Price £12.65
despatch Very slim, only 6mm thick. Guaranteed same day despatch

P.m.
All products carry full 12 ALARM CHRONOGRAPH WITH PLEASE NOTE
Hour
indicator (,,,,,,,, Coion mem On
DUAL TIME ZONE FACILITY All our products carry full money
iridic,iro, months guarantee. Please back 10 -day reassurance.
LoTgiLst, IOZZ add 30p p&p with all Constant LCD display
of hours and minutes,
Watches are despatched by
Feature and Sped} cation orders. All prices include plus optional seconds FIRST-CLASS POST. They are
* Hour/minute disp ay or date display, plus fitted with new batteries, and
* Large LED display with p.m. and alarm VAT. day of the week and :-_-.-_ ,--
_._ include guarantee and instruc-
on indicator am/pm indication.
. .-:

tions.
* 24 Hours alarm with on/off control Perpetual calendar,
* Display flashing for power loss Shops open 9.30 to 6.00 Battery fitting service is available
indication
day, date, month and :2:0 35 at our shops for no extra charge.
year.
*Repeatable 9 -minute snooze dai)y. 24 hour alarm with. We stock most watch batteries
*Display bright/dim modes control on/off indication. and this service is available to all.
Size 5.15 x 3.93 x 2.36 (131mm x 100mm
x 60mm).
Trade enquiries welcome. .0/10 second chrono- Metac have been selling
Delivery: One week. graph measuring net, electronic watches probably
Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg).
Guaranteed same day despatch Exceptday
where same
lap and first and
second place times.
Dual time zone
longer than anyone else in the
UK. We take care of your watch
not just this year but next year
£8. 65 delivery is stated. facility. Night light. £29.95
and the years after that.

Telephone Special 24 -hour

phone service
Credit-card customers are welcome to
METAC Electronics & Time Centre r 41
BARCLAYCARD
buy by phone - simply phone 01-723 67 HIGH STREET 327 EDGWARE ROAD Barclay & AccessBuy it with Access
4753 with your credit-card number to _
place your order. DAVENTRY, NORTHANTS LONDON W2 welcome
Tel. (032 72) 76545 Tel. (01) 723 4753 Phone or Send Card Number with order

TOUCH CONTROLLED TRIAC BARGAINS

LIGHTING KITS (300W)
A Lightdimmer with NO knob. Dimming and on/off functions
are controlled by touch. Features include:
400V Plastic Case
3A
6.5A with trigger
64p
86p
NO DISCO SYSTEM IS
* No mains rewiring.
8A
12A
80p
90p COMPLETE WITHOUT...
* Easy to build - uses one MOS 1C.
* Switches on to preset brightness.
* Can be switched and dimmed ,
16A
20A
25A
113p
178p
205p
SCR (C10601 5A/400V 54p
r CITRONIC MM 313 MIXER
Ideal for the 01Y enthusiast building up a complete disco
from many locations using TDE/K
Disc 23p system. 4/6 ch. mono. inc. LED indicators. connections
kit making 2 -way switching easy.
via phono sockets at rear. Bargain price. including PS U
** PRICE 1-17300K £9.67
TDE/K £1.62 COMPONENTS £80.46 (P & P £1.501.

TSD300K TOUCH -SWITCH & DIMMER combined. One

0.2" LE.D.s
touchplate for on/off. Small knob controls brightness. £5.62 13p (10 for £1 .08) PIEZO HORNS BULGIN OCTAL PLUGS
TS300K TOUCHSWITCH. Two touchplates. ON/OFF £4.84
Red
Green 23p Yellow 27p FANTASTIC SPECIAL OFFER 041_
TSA300K AUTOMATIC. One touchplate. Preset time delay DL727 .5" display £1.62 TO READERS OF THIS PUB- AND SOCKETS
off variable 2 secs to 31 reins.
LD300K LIGHTDIMMER.
£4.64
£3.24
LCD .5" 4 digit
LDR .5" dia.
£8.75 LICATION
Tweeters for your disco, PA
There's always hundreds of Bulgin
Octal multiway plugs and sockets in stock at
tr,
NE555 31p 14for £1!n; Roger Squire's. Each pin rated 6A Perfect for
741 27p (5 for Elm) system or Hi-Fi, Frequency range 5K -20K.
your Sound to light System P552 SOCKET
DIGITAL VOLTMETER/THERMOMETER KIT LM3911 temperature control/ Na ft over required. They can be used in
thermometer IC £1.08 any PA system up to 100W Why pay more £0.65 IP&P 35p) P551 PLUG £1.84 (P&P 35p)
AY -5-1224 £3.51 OUR PRICE ONLY £4.99 each (P&P 35p each) Carriage on 10 or more nominal £1.00 Also available
Based on the 7106 single AY -5-1230 £5.23 8 -way multicore cable 16 Amps per core) ex stock.
IC 3+ digit D.V.M. the ZN1034E £1.94 £0.65 per metre. Please phone for carriage quote.
Kit contains a PCB, re- ICL7 106 DVM IC £8.10 PROJECTORS
sistors, capacitors, pre- IN4001 7p SQUIRE MULTIFECT 150
14 9 5E1 sets, I.C. and 0.5" liquid
IN4148
BC182L
5p
li -including rotator and effects
.--

STARLITE 250
crystal display. Com- 2N3819 25p wheel. A truly versatile projector An exclusive new line
ponents are also included which uses a powerful 150W to Roger Squire's Disco
to enable thebasic D.V.M. Tungsten bulb, all effects
kit to be modified to
MINI MAINS attachments simply slot in ready for use
Centres. Superb high powered
250 W quartz halogen bulb, fan
;,U-77)? a Digital Thermometer TRANSFORMERS A BARGAIN AT £40.50 1P&P c1.001 cooled, accepts wide range of multifect
-

using a single transistor attachments. Unique connection slot for

as the sensor. Requires Standard 240V mains primary
orbit prism revolvers. Only
ID (71 a 2mA 9V supply (PP3
battery).
100mA secondary
6-0-6V 92p
PLUS MANY DISCO ACCESSORIES
All Roger Squire's shops have a £70.20 IP & P 02.00)
attachments extra
C. 9-0-9V 97p maiservice department which carries large
ONLY £23.75 12-0-12V 102p stocks of DISCO SPARES & ACCESSORIES.
For example Fane and H H Disco Speakers
24HR CLOCK/APPLIANCE TIMER KIT 12" and 15" BSR and Garrard decks Plus sockets, Fuses.
at discount prices. Plugs. etc etc.
- Switches any appliance of up to 1 KW on and off at
AA

preset times once a day. KIT contains: AY -5-1230

1E 39
Clock/Appliance Timer IC, 0.5" LED display,
mains supply, display drivers, switches, LEDs, triac,
complete with PCBs and full instructions. £16.09
White box 156 x 131 x 71mm1 - drilled £2.70
Roger Squire) DISCO GEAR
- undrilled £2.38 Personal callers: ROGER SQUIRE'S DISCO CENTRES
Ready built £24.30 LONDON: 175 Junction Road, Tufnell Park N19 50Q 01-272 7474 Open from 10f5 Tues-Sat
ABOVE PRICES INCLUDE V.A.T. BRISTOL: 125 Church Road, Redfield, Bristol BS5 9JR 0272 -550550 108 Weds.
Quantity discounts on request. Add 25p postage and packing. Mail order only to- MANCHESTER: 251 Deansgate M3 4EN 061-831 7676 Closed Mondays.

T.K. ELECTRONICS (PE) los Studley Grange Road, London, W7 2LX. GLASGOW: 1 Queen Margaret Road off Queen Margaret Drive, Kelvinside. Glasgow, G20 SDP
01-579 9794 041-946 3303

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 TTL 74* 7494 78 74194 98 4056 134' LINEAR IC'S MC724* 175
7495 66 74195 98 4057 1999 702* 75 MC133 8
TY 7400 13 7496 57 74198 93 4059 480 709C 14 pin 35 MC13004P 2860
7401 13 7497 189 74197 80 4060 115 710* 67 MC131O 149
7402 14 74100 119 74198 150 4061 1425 723* 45 MC1312P 195
35 CARDIFF RCAD, WATFORD, HERTS., ENGLAND 7403 14 74105 62 75150 175 4062 999 733* 125 MC1495* 390
MAIL ORDER, CALLERS WELCOME. Tel. Watford 40588/9 7404 14 74107 29 75491 92 4063 110 741C* 8 pin 22 MC1496* 92
7405 18 74109 64 75492 92 4066 58 747C* 78 MC1710* 79
7406 38 74110 54 4067 380 748C* 36 MC3401 52
ALL DEVICES BRAND NEW, FULL SPEC. AND FULLY GUARANTEED. ORDERS 7407 38 74111 68 4068 22 753* 150 MC3403* 135
DESPATCHED BY RETURN OF POST. TERMS OF BUSINESS: CASH/CHEQUE/ 7408 17 74112 125 CMOS* 4069B E 20 159 MC3340P* 120
P.O.s OR BANKERS DRAFT WITH ORDER. GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL 7409 17 74116 198 4000 15 4070 32 1°
A8Y-*1-0212 580 MC3380P 120
7410 15 74118 83 4001 17 4071 21 AY -1-1313* 315 MFC6040* 97
INSTITUTIONS' OFFICIAL ORDERS ACCEPTED. TRADE AND EXPORT INQUIRY 7411 20 74119 149 4002 16 4072 21 AY -1-1320 315 MK50398* 635
WELCOME. P&P ADD 30p5 TO ALL ORDERS UNDER £10.00. OVERSEAS ORDERS 7412 17 74120 115 4006 92 4073 21 AY -1-5050 180 MK50362* 650
POSTAGE AT COST. AIR/SURFACE. 7413 30 74121 25 4007 18 4075 23 AY -1-5051 145 MM 5303* 635
SEND 50p (plus 25p p&pl FOR OUR CATALOGUE 7414 51 74122 46 4008 82 4076 85 AY -1-6721/6 195 MM57160* 620
7416 30 74123 48 4009 38 4077 40 AY -3-8500* 385 NE518A* 210
VATE wort orders no VAT Applicable to U.K. Customers only. Unless stated otherwise. all prices 30 38 4010 38 4078 29
we exclusive of VAT Please add 8% to devices marked *. To the rest add 123%. 7417 74125 21 AY -5-1224A* 260 NE555*
7420 16 74126 67 4011 18 4081 20 AY -5-1230* 450 NE556DB* 60
We stock many more items. It pays to visit us. We are situated behind Watford Football 7421 29 74128 74 4012 18 4082 21 AY -5-1315 560 NE560* 325
Ground. Nearest Underground/BR Station: Watford High Street. Open Monday to Saturday 7422 24 74132 73 4013 45 4085 74 AY -5-1317A 630 NE561* 395
9.00 am - 6.00 pm. Ample Free Car Parking space available. 7423 27 74136 65 4014 80 4086 73 CA3011* 82 NE562* 410
7425 27 74141 66 4015 82 4089 150 CA3020 170 NE565A* 120
POLYESTER CAPACITORS: Axial lead type. (Values are in (IF) 7426 36 74142 209 4016 45 4093 85 CA3023 170 NE566* 160
400V: 0.001, 0.0015, 0.0022, 0.0033 7p; 0.0047, 0.0068, 0.01, 0.015 0.018 9p; 0.022. 7427 27 74143 314 4017 82 4094 190 CA3028A* 80 NE567* 170
0.033, 10p; 0.047, 0.068 14p; 0.10 16p; 0.15, 0.22 0.47 39p; 0.68 45p. 7428 35 74144 314 4018 87 4095 105 CA3035 240 NE570* 420
160V: 0.39, 0.15, 0.22 11p; 0.33, 0.47 19p; 0.68, 1.0 22IN 1.5 2.2 32p. 7430 17 74145 65 4019 48 4096 105 CA3036* 110 NE571* 450
DUBILIER: 1000V: 0.01, 0.015 20p; 0.022 22p; 0.047 26p; 0.1 ; 0.47 48p. 7432 25 74147 175 4020 99 4097 372 CA3043 190 RC41360* 120
7433 40 74148 109 4021 95 4098 110 CA3046* 71 SAD1024A* 1250
POLYESTER RADIAL LEAD (Values are in pF1250V: FEED THROUGH 7437 30 74150 99 4022 85 4099 145 CA3048 200 SG3402 295
0-01, 0-015,0-022, 0-027 5p; 0-033, 0-047, 0-068, 0-1 7p; 0-15 11p; CAPACITORS 7438 33 74151 64 4023 22 4160 109 CA3075 176 SN76003N 170
0-22, 0-33 13p; 0-47 15p; 0-68 18p; 1-0 24p; 1-5 27p; 2-2 31p. 100p F 350V Sp 7440 17 74153 64 4024 86 4181 109 CA3080E* 80 SN76013N 140
7441 74 74154 96 4025 19 4162 109 CA3081 190 SN76023N 140
ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS: Axial lead type (Values are in pF) 500V: 10 40p; 47 68p 7442 68 74155 53 4026 180 4163 109 CA30139E 210 SN76033N 175
250V: 100 65p; 63V: 0.47, 1.0, 1.5, 2.2, 3.3, 4.7. 6.8, 8, 10, 15, 22 8p; 47, 32, 50 11p 7443 115 74156 80 4027 45 4174 110 CA3090AQ 398 SN76115N 215
63, 100 27p; 50V: 50 11p; 100, 220 25p; 470 32p; 1000 50p; 40V: 22, 33 Sp; 100 12p 7444 112 74157 67 4028 81 4175 99 CA3I 23E 200 SN76477* 225
2200, 3300 118p; 4700 86p; 35V: 10, 33 9p; 330, 470 32p; 1000 49p; 25V: 10, 22, 47 6p 7445 94 74159 185 4029 99 4194 108 CA3130* 85 SN76227 .115
80, 100, 160 Sp; 220, 250 13p; 470, 640 25p; 1000 27p; 1500 30p; 2200 45p; 3300 82p 7446 94 74160 82 4030 58 4408 720 CA3140* 80 TAA621AX1 228
4700 68p; 16V: 10, 40, 47, 68 7p; 100, 125 Sp; 330 14p; 470 16p; 1000, 1500 20p; 2200 7447 82 74161 92 4031 205 4409 720 CL710* 976 TAA960 300
34p; 10V:4, 100 6p; 640 10p; 1000 14p. 7448 51 74162 92 4032 100 4410 720 CL7106E* 795 TAD1008* 310
Tag -End 70V: 2000 89p; 4700 135p; 50V: 10,000 255p; 40V: 2500 65p; 3300, 4700 70p; 7450 17 74163 92 4033 145 4411 958 CL8038* 340 TBA1205 70
15,000 460p; 25V: 4700 68p; 2200 48p; 325V: 200 + 100 + 50 + 100 190p; 32 + 32 175p. 7451 17 74164 105 4034 116 4412F1650 CM7205* 1150 TBA5400 220
7453 17 74165 106 4035 111 4412V1380 CM7215* 1025 TBA6418X11 250
TANTALUM BEAD CAPACITORS POTENTIOMETERS 1AB or WEN) O PTO 7454 17 74166 140 4036 325 4415F 795 CM7217* 775 TBA651 180
35V: 0.10F. 0.22, 0.33, 0.47, 0.68, Carbon Track. 1IN Log & +IN Linear values ELECTRONICS* 7460 17 74167 200 4037 100 4415V 795 LD130* 462 TBA800 90
1.0, 2.2 F, 3.3. 4.7, 6.8; 25V: 1.5, 5000, 1K & 2K Ilin only/. Single 27p LEDs plus clip 7470 28 74170 185 4038 108 4419 280 LF356* 98 TBA81OS 95
10; 2M/: 1.5; 16V: 100 13p each, 5002MOsmglegang 27p TIL209 Red 13 7472 25 74172 625 4039 320 4422 545 LM301A 30 TBA820 70
47, 100401; 10V: 22y F, 33; 8V: 47, WO 2M0 single gang Ci/P switch 60p TIL211 Gm 17 7473 32 74173 120 4040 105 4433 995 240 TDA1004* 290
68, 100; 3V: 68, 1009F 20p each. SKI) 2510 dual gang stereo 70p TI12 12 Yellow 18 7474 27 74174 87 4041 80 4435 825 LLMM330°48* 95 TDA1008* 290
2" Red 16 7475 38 74175 87 4042 75 4440 1275 LM318 195 TDAI 022* 595
MYLAR FILM CAPACITORS SLIDER POTENTIOMETERS 2" Yellow Green 18 7476 36 74176 76 4043 94 4450 295 LM324* 68 TDA2020 320
100V: 0.001, 0.002. 0.005, 0.01pF6p 025WlogandimearyNues6Omm Spare Clips 2 7480 48 74177 78 4044 95 4451 295 LM339* 80 TL061CP* 48
0.015, 0.02, 0.04, 0.05, 0.0560 7p 500500K0smglegang 70p ORP12 83 7481 86 74178 163 4045 145 4490F 695 LM348* 90 TL062CP* 125
0.01uF, 0.2 9p 50V: 0.470 11p 1000-50000 dual gang sop 2N5777 45 7482 69 74180 86 4046 128 4490V 525 LM379* 375 TL064CN* 199
Sell Stick Graduated Bezels 22p 7 Seg Displays 7483 72 74181 166 4047 87 4501 19 LM380 TL071CP* 76
CERAMIC CAPACITORS: 50V LS400 7484 95 74182 88 4048 58 4502 120 LM381N 14590 TL081CP* 52
0.5pF to 10nF 3p each PRESET POTENTIOMETERS TIL3 07 2 655
76 7485 106 74184 135 4049 48 4503 69 LM382 122 TL082CP* 96
15nF,22nF, 33nF, 47nF 4p each Vertical & Horizontal TI L312 C An 3'105 7486 31 74185 136 4050 48 4506 51 LM1458* 58 TL084CP* 130
0.1pF Sp: 0.26F 7p 0-1W 500---5M0 Miniature 89 TIL313 C Cth 3"105 7489 210 74188 276 4051 72 4507 55 LM3900* 60 UAA170 198
0 25W 1000-3-3M0 How 10p TIL321 C An 5915 7490 33 74190 95 4052 72 4508 298 LM3909N* 70 ZN414 90
POLYSTYRENE CAPACITORS
10pF to 1nF Sp; 1 5nF to 47nF 10p.
0.25W 2000--4-7M0 Vert 10p T11322 C Cth 5915 7491 75 74191 95 4053 72 4510 99 LM391 * 125 ZN424 135
01704 C Cth .3' 99 7492 38 74192 98 4054 110 4511 150 M252AA* 750 ZN425E* 415
,RESISTORS - Erie Make 5% Carbon 4512 98 ZN1034E* 195
SILVER MICA (Values in pFl 3-3, 4-7, Miniature High Stability. Low noise DL707 C.A. .3" 99 7493 32 74193 98 4055 128 M253AA* 795
6-8, 10, 12, 18, 22, 33, 47, 50, 68, 75. DL747 C.A..6" 180
BF194 0C35* 17 2N3663 26
82, 85, 100, 120, 150,220,250 9p ea RANGE VAL I 99
1,6p
100
1p
FND357
MAN3640
120
176
TRANSISTORS BF195
12
12 0C36*
130
150
Z7X311
ZTX314 24 2N3702 11
300, 330, 360, 390, 600, 820 1epee 1W 2.20-4 7M 624
2N3703
1000,1200,1800.2000,2200 20p ea. 3W 2-20-4 7M E12 ZP 1..5p LCD 34- digit 875 AC117*
AC125*
35
20
BC170 18 6F196
8E197
12
14
0C41*
0C42*
148
32
ZTX326
ZTX341
30
20 2N3704
11
11
1W2-20-1OM E12 Sp 4p BC171 11
2% Metal Film 100.1M0 SWITCHES* AC126* 20 BC172 11 BF198 18 0C43* 66 ZTX500 15 2N3705 11
MINIATURE TYPE TRIMMERS Bp 49 BF200* 2N3706
2 5-6pF 3.10pF 10-40pF 22p 1% Metal Film 510-1M lop I Sp TOGGLE 2A 250V , AC127* 20 BC177* 18 30 0C44* 31 Z7X501 15 11
5 2501 5-45pF 6001 88pF SOP too price applies to Resistors of each type
SPST 128: AC128* 20 BC178* 16 BF224A 18 0C45* 28 ZTX502 19 2N3707 11
AC141* 24 BC179* 18 8F244 30 0C46* 28 ZTX503 15 2N3708 11
not mixed values. 2N3709
COMPRESSION TRIMMERS DP
4poDITe on/off 549 AC141K* 38 BC182 9 8F256* 60 0070* 28 ZTX504 26 11
3-40pF, 10-80pF, 25-190pF 25p AC142*
SUB -MIN TOGGLE 24 BC182L 11 BF257* 30 0071* 28 ZTX531 25 2N3710 16
100-500pF 451; 12501E 801 RADIO 4 on MW SP changeover ffP AC142K* 38 BC183 9 13E258* 30 0072* 30 ZTX550 25 2N3711 12
LW -MW Converter. Complete kit of SPST on/off 54p AC176* 20 BC183L 11 13E259* 30 0074* 40 2N526* 58 2N3715* 250
SOLDERCON PINS° parts incl. assembly instructions DPDT 6 tags 701 AC187* 20 BC184 9 6E394 27 0075* 36 2N696* 35 2N3772* 195
100 pins 50p; 1000 pins 395p 01.50 only. DPDT Centre off 7511 AC188* 20 BC184L 11 BF594 40 0076* 36 2N697* 25 2N3773* 288
DPDT Biased 1159 ACY17* 8F595 38 0077* 66 2N698* 44 2N3819 22
36 BC186 21
SLIDE 250V: 25 0079* 76 2N699* 2N3820 45
JACK PLUGS SOCKETS IA OPDT 14p ACY18* 40 BC187* 28 BFR39
28 0081*
54
28 2N706A* 19 2N3823* 65
Screened Plastic open moulded in line 1A DP C/off 15p ACY19* 40 BC212 10 BER40
2N3824* 70
}A DPDT 13P ACY20* 40 BC2I 2L 11 BER41 28 0082* 40 2N707* 39
chrome body metal with couplers ACY21* 36 BC213 11 BER79 28 0083* 48 2N708* 19 2N3866* 90
2.5mm 13p 10p 8p break 11p ACY22* 40 BC213L 12 BFR80 28 0084* 44 2N914* 32 2N3903 20
3.5mm 15p 10p PUSH BuTrTON 2N3904
Bp contacts
Spring loaded ACY28* 40 BC214 9 BER81 2 0C122* 48 2N916* 27 18
MONO 25p 14p 13p 20p p
1812p ACY39* 78 BC214L 13 BFX29* 28 0C123* 48 2N918* 40 2N3905 18
32p 18p 15p 24p 22p SPST on/off 65p 2N3906 17
STEREO
SPDT clover 70p ACY40* 48 BC307B 20 BFX81* 45 0C139* 110 2N920* 61
DPDT 6 Tag BSp ACY44* 39 BC308 20 BFX84* 26 0C140* 110 2N930* , 18 2N4037* 52
AD140* 68 BC328 15 BFX85* 28 0C141* 110 2N961* 61 2N4058 17
DIN PLUGS SOCKETS I n Line SWITCHES* Miniature Non -Locking AD149* 70 BC338 12 BFX86* 28 0C170* 40 2N1131* 22 2N4061 17
2 PIN Loudspeaker 10p 6p 201 Push to Make 15p Push to Break 25p AD161* 42 BC441* 36 BFX87* 28 0C171* 40 2N1132* 22 2N4064* 120
3 4 5 Pin Audio 13p 10p 20p ROCKER (white) 10A 251. / AD162* 42 BC461* 36 8FX88* 28 0C201* 75 2N1302* 96 2644236* 45
SP changeover centre off 30p AF114* 30 BC477* 25 BFY18* 50 0C202* 95 2N1303* 50 2644289 20
Co -axial (plastic) 12p ROCKER: (black) on/off 10A 250V 29p AF115* BFY50* 20 2N1304* 50 2644859 65
(metal) 12; 11; 22p
30 BC547 12 0C203* 85
ROCKER: Illuminated (white) AF116* 30 BC548 12 BFY51* 20 0C204* 85 2N1305* 28 2645135 42
PHONO Speirtgle Lights when on: 3A 240V 52p AF117* 30 BC549C 13 BEY52* 20 TIP29A 44 2N1306* 36 2645136 42
assorted colours 10p 15p ROTARY: (ADJUSTABLE STOP) 1 pole/2-12 AF118* 55 8C557 13 BFY71* 20 TIP29C 60 2N1307* 60 2N5138 20
Metal Screened 15p Wrltt'y 201 way 2p/2 -6W 3p/2 -4W 4p/2 -3W 41p AF121* 48 BC559C 20 BSX20* 18 TM30A 60 2N1308* 46 2N5179* 30
ROTARY: Mains 250V AC. 4 Amp 45p AF124* 56 BCY30* 57 BSY65* 30 TIP308 64 2N1613* 23 2N5180* 38
Ornm 11p 12p AF125* 35 BCY34* 75 BSY95A* 18 TIP30C 66 2N I 670* 150 2N5191* 70
2mm 10p 10p DIL SOCKETS * (Low Profile -Texas) AF127* 36 BCY39* 80 BU105 140 TIP3IA* 50 2N1671B*215 2645305* 40
lmm 6p 6p 8 pin 10p; 14 pin 12p; 16 pin 13p; 18 pin 20p; AF139* 36 BCY40* 78 BU205* 190 TIP318* 68 2N1893* 28 2N5457 32
WANDER 3mm 6p 6p 20 pin 27p; 24 pin 30p; 28 pin 42p; 40 pin 56p. AF178* 70 BCY43 85 BU208* 225 TIP31C* 66 2N1986* SO 2645458 32
AF1810* 70 BCY58* 90 E113 75 TIP32A* 55 2N2160* 350 2645459 32
AF188* 60 BCY59* 90 E176 115 TIP32B* 70 2N2217* 43 2645485 35
7415153
74LS242 232 74LS353 228 74LS393 230 AF239* 42 BCY70* 15 E421 96 TIP32C* 76 2N2218A*34 2645777* 45
TTL 74LS* (TEXAS) 76
74LS243 232
74LS155 96 74LS365 65 74LS395 218 ASY26* 40 BCY71* 20 MD8001*158 TIP33A* 80 2N2219A*20 2646027 40
/41500 13 741563 150 96 74LS244 155
74LS156 74LS366 ASY27* 45 BCY72* 20 ME4102 10 T1P3313* 100 2N2220A*29 2646109* 50
65 74LS396 215 TIP33C* 110 2N2221* 23 3N128* 112
74LS01 13 74LS73 46 76 74LS245 270
74LS157 74LS367 65 74LS398 276 BC107* 9 BCY78* 25 ME6002 10
74LSO2 14 74LS74 41 96 74LS247 190
74LS158 74LS368 66 74LS399 230 BC1078* 10 BDI 15* 65 MJ400* 90 TIP34A* 85 2N2222* 20 3N140* 112
74LSO3 14 74LS75 48 74LS160 128 74LS248 190 74LS373 180 74LS445 150 BC108* 9 130121* 78 MJ491* 160 TM34B* 110 2N2297* 45 40311* 50
74LSO4 14 74LS76 40 74LS161 98 74LS249 190 74LS375 160 74LS447 144 BC1088* 10 60123* 98 MJ2955*120 TIP34C* 110 2N2303* 46 40313* 125
74LSO5 23 74LS78 40 74LS162 138 74LS251 134 74LS374 74LS490 180 BC108C* 12 BDI 24* 115 MJE340* 54 TIP35A* 195 2N2368* 21 40316* 85
74LS08 22 74LS83 115 74LS163 102 74LS253 142 74LS377 212 74LS668 182 6C109* 9 BDI 31* 45 MJE370* 58 TIP35C* 245 2N2369* 15 40317* 52
74LS09 22 74LS85 118 74LS164 114 74LS257 110 74LS378 184 74LS669 182 BC1098* 12 BD132* 45 MJE371* 60 TIP36A* 220 2N2476*125 40324* 85
74LS1 0 20 74LS86 43 74LS165 75 74LS258 110 74LS379 215 74LS670 248 BC109C* 12 BD133* 43 MJE520* 65 TIP36C* 296 2N2483* 28 40326* 52
74LS11 22 74LS90 38 74LS166 226 74LS259 160 74LS384 86 74LS6731050 BC113 20 80135* 38 MJE521* 74 TIP41A* 66 2N2484* 26 40327* 62
74LS12 23 74LS91 104 74LS168 155 74LS261 450 74LS385 155 74LS6741450 BC114 20 60136* 37 MJE2955*99 TIP41B* 73 2N2646* 48 40347* 80
74LS13 38 74LS92 89 74LS169 180 74L5266 52 74LS386 86 74LS6771050 BC115 20 130137* 36 MJE3055*70 TIP42A* 72 2N2784* 66 40348* 105
74LS14 75 74LS93 89 74LS170 288 74LS273 244 74LS390 230 BC1 16 20 80138* 50 MPF 1 02 32 TIP428* 82 2N2846* 140 40360* 43
74LS15 30 74LS95 116 74LS173 105 74LS275 250 8C117 20 BD139* 40 MPF103 36 TIP2955* 65 2N2894* 30 40361* 45
74LS20 20 74LS96 116 74LS1 74 106 74LS279 66 COM PUTE R/VDU BC118 20 130140* 36 MPF104 36 TIP3055* 52 2N2904A*22 40362* 45
74LS21 22 74LS107 44 74LS175 110 74LS280 250 8C119* 28 BD142* 59 MPF105 36 QS43 34 2N2905A*22 40407* 52
74LS22 22 74LS109 56 74LS181 398 74LS283 192 HARDWARE* 8C134 20 BD145* 198 MPF106 50 T1S44 45 2N2906* 22 40411* 295
74LS26 48 74LS112 56 74LS183 298 74LS290 128 2101 100 745475 825 BC135 20 BD222* 75 MPF107 50 TM45 45 2N2907* 22 40412* 65
74LS27 28 74LS113 50 74LS189 74LS293 128 2102-2 170 75450 120 BC136 18 BD695A* 65 MPSA05* 25 TIS46 45 2N2907A*22 40467* 95
74LS28 48 74LS114 50 74LS190 140 74LS295 185 2111 220 8ILS95 95 BC137 20 6D696A* 65 MPSA06* 25 TM47 50 2N2926G 10 40594* 90
74LS30 22 74LS122 70 74LS191 140 74LS298 68 2112 105 81LS96 96 BC140* 35 BDY17* 195 MPSA12 42 T1S48 50 2N3011* 24 40595* 98
74LS32 27 74LS123 70 74LS192 132 74LS299 468 2112-2 210 BC142* 30 BDY60* 110 MPSA55 25 TM50 47 2N3053* 20 40603* 65
81LS97 125 BC143* BDY61* 165 MPSA56 40636* 125
74LS33 39 74LS124 180 74LS193 130 74LS300 175 2114 750 AY -3-1015 560 30 25 TG60 52 2N3054* 55
74LS37 39 74LS125 80 74LS194 168 74LS302 175 2513 595 AY -5-1013 450 BC147 7 8E115* 34 MPSA70 34 T1S62 52 2N3055* 55 40673* 68
74LS38 39 74LS126 60 74LS195 136 74LS323 468 2516 1800 MC1488 85 BC148 7 8F154* 25 MPSUO2* 58 T1S74 47 2N3108 32
74LS40 28 74LS132 95 74LS196 100 74LS324 240 2708 750 MC1489 90 BC149 8 BF167 30 MPSUO5 50 TM90 20 2N3121 40
BC153 27 BF173* 25 MPSUO6 56 2N3133 43
74LS42
74LS47
98 74LS136 55 74LS197 140 74LS325 290
83 74LS138 85 74LS199 74LS326 294
4027
4047
190
750
MC14411958
SFC71301820 BC154 27 BF177* 24 MPSU52* 65
TM91
ZTX107
24
12 2N3135 33 Diodes
741548 120 74LS139 85 74LS200 348 74LS32? 286 71301 820 SFF96364E BC157 10 8E178* 25 MPSU55* 55 ZTX108 12 2N3250 30 IN914 4
74LS49 120 74LS145 108 74LS202 345 74LS346 185 745188 165 1175 BC158 11 BF179* 30 MPSU56* 60 ZTX109 14 2N3252 36 IN4148 4
74LS51 24 74LS147 170 74LS221 96 74LS347 48 745262 875 5E580102 205. BC159 11 B F 180* 35 MPU131* 39 TWICIO 15 2N3302 30 CR033* 148
74LS54 28 74LS148 173' 74LS240 236 74LS348 186 74S287 325 Z80 1150 BC160 42 BF181* 35 0C25* 170 ZTX301 16 2N3442* 131 Zeners 400mw
,74LS55 30 74LS151 96 74LS241 231 74LS352 228 74S470 325 BC167A 11 BF182* 36 0C26* 170 ZTX302 20 2N3563 20 2.7-33v 9
8C168C 12 8F183* 35 0C28* 105 ZTX303 26 2N3614* 269 IW 17
BC169C 10 BF184* 38 0C29* 160 27X304 24 2N3615* 196

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but a test instrument that you will need not only for
the course's practical experiments, but also later if
you decide to develop your knowledge and enter the
profession. It remains your property and represents
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circuit diagrams.
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of television, radio, computers and countless other

electronic devices and their servicing procedures.
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3. Carry out over 40 experiments

on basic circuits.
We show you how to conduct experiments on a wide
variety of different circuits and turn the information
gained into a working knowledge of testing, servicing
and maintaining all types of electronic equipment,
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Practical Electronics April 1979
 KITS FOR SYNTHESISERS, SOUND EFFECTS
COMPONENTS SETS include all necessary resistors,
capacitors, semiconductors, potentiometers and
transformers. Hardware such as cases, sockets, knobs,
keyboards. etc. are not included but most of these may
be bought separately. Fuller details of kits. PCBs and
parts are shown in our lists.
PHONOSONICS
CIRCUIT AND LAYOUT DIAGRAMS are supplied
MAIL ORDER SUPPLIERS OF QUALITY
free with all PCBs unless "as published". PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS. KITS AND
PHOTOCOPIES of P.E. texts for most of the kits COMPONENTS TO A WORLD-WIDE
are available -prices in our lists. MARKET.

P.E. MINISONie Mk. 2 SYNTHESISER WAVEFORM CONVERTER

A portable mains -operated Miniature Sound Synthesiser ELEKTOR ELECTRONIC PIANO (Elektor Sept 78)
Slightly modified from a circuit published in "Elektor'. Converts
with keyboard circuits. Although having slightly fewer A touch -sensitive, multiple -voicing 5 octave piano using the a saw -tooth waveform into four different waveforms: sine -wave,
facilities than the large P E Synthesiser the functions latest integrated -circuit techniques for the keying and
envelope shaping and virtually eliminating "bee -hive' noise mark -space saw -tooth, regular triangle form, and squarewave
offered by this design give it great scope and versatility. with an externally variable mark -space ratio.
Consists of 2 log VCOs. VCF. 2 envelope shapers. 2 voltage hitherto inherent in previous electronic pianos. Details in our
lists. Component set (incl. PCB but excl. sw/s) £8.40
Controlled amps. keyboard hold and control circuits. HE
oscillator and deteCtor. ring modulator, noise generator. DIGITAL REVERBERATION UNIT (Elektor May 78)
mixer, power supply. A very advanced unit using sophisticated i.c. techniques VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER (P.E. Dec. 74)
Set of basic component kits (excl. KBD R's instead of mechanical spring -lines. The basic delay range of Part of the P E Minisonic now released as an independent
and tuning pots - see list for options available). from £8140 24 to 90mS can be extended up to 450mS using the kit for use with other synthesisers.
Set of printed circuit boards e8.99 extension unit. Further delays can be obtained using more Component set (incl. PCB) (Order as Kit 65-1) £717
extensions.
Main component set (KIT 78-11 £4646
P.E. SYNTHESISER (P.E. Feb. 73 to Feb. 74)
Extension component set (KIT 78-2) £4348 RING MODULATOR (Pl. Jan. 75)
The well acclaimed and highly versatile large-scale
PCB for Kit 78-1 (PCB 78A) £268 Part of the P.E. Minisonic now released as an independent
PCB for Kit 78-2 IPCB 78B) C1-08 kit for use with Other synthesisers.
mains -operated Sound Synthesiser complete with keyboard Component set (incl. PCB) (Order as Kit 59-1)
circuits. Other circuits in our lists may be used with the ANALOGUE REVERBERATION UNIT (Elektor Oct 78) £5.50
Synthesiser to good advantage. Details in our lists. Using i.c.s instead of spring -lines, the main unit has a
maximum delay of up to 100mS, and the additional set
extends this up to 200mS. May be used in either mono or NOISE GENERATOR (P.E. Jan. 75)
FORMANT SYNTHESISER (Elektor 1977/781 stereo mode. Part of the P E Minisonic now released as an independent
Main component set (KIT 83-11 £213.18 kit for use with other synthesisers.
Very sophisticated music synthesiser for the advanced con- Additional Delay Set (KIT 83-21 £18.25 Component set (incl. PCB ) (Order as Kit 60-1) £3.64
structor who puts performance before price. Details in our lists. PCB (as published) to hold both above
kits IPCB 99731 £4.31
ENVELOPE SHAPER WITHOUT VCA (P.E. Oct. 75)
RESONANCE FILTER (Elektor Oct 78) Provides full manual control over attack. decay. sustain and
128 -NOTE TUNE -PROGRAMMABLE SEQUENCER release functions. and is for use with an existing voltage
This filter module has been designed to allow a synthesiser
(P.E. Nov/Dec 77) to produce a more realistic simulation of natural musical controlled amplifier.
Enables a voltage controlled synthesiser to automatically play instruments. Component set (incl. PCBI £477
Basic component set (KIT 82-11 £15.10
pre-programmed tunes of up to 32 pitches and 128 notes long. PCB las published) (PCB 99511 £3.29 ENVELOPE SHAPER WITH VCA (P.E. Apr. 76)
Programs are keyboard initiated and note length and rhythmic SYNTHESISER EXTERNAL INPUT INTERFACE This unit has its own voltage controlled amplifier and has full
pattern are externally variable. (Please use order codes quoted in manual control over attack. decay. sustain and release
brackets.) 1P.E. Oct 78)
This unit allows external inputs, such as guitars, micro- functions.
Main Circuit (Nov) excl. sw's (KIT 76-11 £18.03 Component set (incl. PCB) £6.88
phones etc. to be processed by the circuits within a
Power Supply (KIT 76-31 £472 synthesiser.
Trigger Inverter and Alt. Output (KIT 76-21 £1.15 Basic component set lint) PCBI (KIT 81-1) £2.94
LED Counter (KIT 76-41 £2.10 TRANSIENT GENERATOR (P.E. Apr. 77)
PCB las published) for KITS 76-1 & 3 IPCB 76A) £2.61 GUITAR MULTIPROCESSOR (P.E. Dec/Feb 78) An envelope shaper. without VCA. having the usual attack
PC8 for KITS 76-2 & 4 IPCB 76B1 £244 An extremely versatile sound processing unit capable of decay. sustain and release functions, and in addition it also
producing, for example, Flanging, Vibrato, Reverb, Fuzz and provides a -Repeat Effect enabling a synthesiser to be
Tremolo as well as other fascinating sounds. May be used programmed to imitate such instruments as a mandolin or
P.E. STRING ENSEMBLE (PE Mar -July 78) with most electronic instruments. Details in our lists.
banjo
The new keyboard string -instrument synthesiser. RHYTHM GENERATOR KITS Component set £487
Basic component sets: Several available - details in our lists. Printed circuit board £1.82
Power Supply (KIT 77-1) C8.77
Tone Generator (KIT 77-21 04418 GUITAR FREQUENCY DOUBLER (P.E. Aug. 77) SOPHISTICATED PHASING AND VIBRATO UNIT
Diode Gates (KIT 77-31 £18.81 A slightly modified version of the circuit published in
A modified and extended version of the circuit published. Elektor December 1976. and includes manual and
Chorus Generator (KIT 77-41 £1948 Component set and PCB £4.52
Voicing System (KIT 77-51 £7.38
automatic control over the rate of phasing and vibrato.
Printed Circuit Boards: Component set £17.38
Printed circuit board £2.33
Double -sided PCB for Power Supply, Tone Generator & Diode
Gates with most of the Matrix wiring as printed tracking GUITAR SUSTAIN (P.E. Oct 77)
(PCB 77L/R) £18.40 Maintains the natural attack whilst extending note duration. PHASING UNIT (P.E. Sept. 73)
PCB for Chorus Generator (PCB 77C) £2.65 Component set, PCB and foot switches £5.13 A simple but effective manually controlled unit for
PCB for Voicing System IPCB 77D) £2.82 Component set, PCB and panel switches £3:71 introducing the phasing sound into live or recorded
Fuller details of kits & PCBs are in our lists. music.
Component set (incl PCB) £3.20
P.E. JOANNA PLUS ORGAN VOICING WIND AND RAIN UNIT
The basic five octave electronic piano IP.E. May/Sept 75 and A manually controlled unit for producing the above -named
Sound Design) has switchable alternative voicings for Honky- sounds. PHASING CONTROL UNIT (P.E Oct 74)
Component set peel PCB) £428 For use with the above Phasing Unit to automatically control
Tonk. ordinary piano. and Harpsichord or a mixture of any of these
three. together with facilities including fast and slow tremolo, the rate of phasing.
loud and soft pedal switching, and sustain pedal switching. The GUITAR OVERDRIVE UNIT (P.E. Aug. 76) Component set (incl PCB) £4.74
modification retains all the circuitry associated with the piano Sophisticated. versatile FuZz unit. including variable and
but in addition provides an organ -voice envelope facility with 5 switchable controls affecting the fuzz quality whilst retaining
switchable pitches, variable attack and sustain, phasing and the attack and decay. and also providing filtering. Does not WAH-WAH UNIT (P.E. Apr. 76)
vibrato. duplicate the effects from the Guitar Effects Pedal and can The Wah-Wah effect produced by this unit can be controlled
Set of components (excl switches) for PSU, Frequency
be used with it and with other electronic instruments. manually or by the integral automatic controller.
Component set using dual slider pot £748 Component set (Inc' PCB) £3.63
generator, Pitch and Note Divider, Envelope Shapers, Voicings, Component set using dual rotary pot
and Control circuitries. (Order as KIT 71-51 £9925 £8439
Printed circuit board £1.62
Set of PCBs (Order as PCB SET 71-61 £29.18
FUZZ UNIT AUTOWAH UNIT (P.E Mar. 77)
GUITAR EFFECTS PEDAL (P E. July 751 Simple Fuzz unit based upon P.E. "Sound Design" circuit.
Modulates the attack. decay and filter characteristics of an Automatically produces Wah-pedal and Swell -pedal sounds
Component set (incl. PCBI £245 each time a new note is played.
audio signal not only from a guitar but from any audio Component set. PCB. special foot switches £7.87
source. producing 8 different switchable effects that can be Component set and PCB. with panel switches
further modified by manual controls. Possibly the most TREMOLO UNIT £483
interesting of all the low-priced sound effects units in our Based upon P.E.Sound Design circuit.
range. Circuit does not duplicate effects from the Guitar Component serfincl. PCB) £244
Overdrive Unit. VOICE OPERATED FADER (P E. Dec. 73)
TREBLE BOOST UNIT (RE. Apr. 76) For automatically reducing' music volume during
Component set with special foot operated switches £7.69 Gives a much shriller quality to audio signals led through it. talk -over" -particularly useful for Disco work or for
Alternative component set with panel switches £5.05 The depth of boost is manually adjustable. home -movie shows.
Printed circuit board £143 Component set (incl. PCB) £2.51 Component set (incl. PCB) £3-97

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KIMBER-ALLEN
KEYBOARDS AND CONTACTS
Kimber-Allen Keyboards as required for many published circuits. The manufacturers claim that
these are the finest moulded plastic keyboards available. All octaves are C to C, the keys are
plastic, spring -loaded, fitted with actuators, and mounted on a robust aluminium frame.
3 Octave 137 notes) £25.50
4 Octave (49 notes) £32.25
5 Octave (61 notes) £39.75
Contact Assemblies (gold -clad wire) for use with the above KBDS It for each note):
Type GJ: Single -pole change -over each 25}p
Type GA: 1 pair of contacts, normally open each 24p
Type GB: 2 pairs of contacts, each pair normally open each 281p
Type GC: 3 pairs of contacts, each pair normally open each 37ip
Type GE: 4 pairs of contacts, each pair normally open each 484-p
Type GH: 5 pairs of contacts, each pair normally open each 584-p
Type 4PS: 3 pairs of contacts plus single -pole changeover each 57p
Printed Circuit Boards for use with most contacts (thus eliminating much interwiring) are
available. Details in our lists.
the quickest fitting
P.E. TUNING FORK (P.E. Nov. 75)
Produces 84 switch -selected frequency -accurate tones. A
LED monitor clearly displays all beat note adjustments. Ideal
NEW
PCB
CLIP ON
for tuning acoustic or electronic musical instruments.
Main component set line!. PCB) £14.93
SERVICE
capacitive discharge
Power supply set (incl. PCB) £8.28
electronic ignition
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SYNTHESISER TUNING INDICATOR (P.E. July 77) PCBS FOR ALL NEW
A simple 4 -octave frequency comparator for use with
synthesisers and other instruments where the full versatility
P.E. & E.E. PROJECTS in KIT FORM /,....
...-
of the P.E. Tuning Fork is not required.
Component and PCB (but end sw.) £7.45
FOR WHICH PCB LAY -
OUTS HAVE BEEN Smoother running
PUBLISHED AND FOR
WHICH FULL COPY -
Instant all-weather starting
CONSTANT DISPLAY FREQUENCY METER (PE AUG 76) RIGHT CLEARANCE IS Continual peak performance
A 5 -digit frequency counter for 1Hz to 99999Hz with a 1Hz
sampling rate. Readout does not count visibly or flicker due to
AVAILABLE.
Longer coil/battery/plug life
display blanking.
Component set 824.05.
LIMITED QUANTITIES
ONLY FOR AN EXPERI- Improved acceleration/top speeds
Printed circuit board
'This kit & PCB are at 8% VAT (all others are 124%)
f3.03. MENTAL PERIOD. Optimum fuel consumption
LET US KNOW YOUR Sparkrite X4 is a high performance, high quality capacitive discharge, electronic
NEEDS AND WE WILL ignition system in kit form. Tried, tested, proven, reliable and complete. It can be
ADVISE YOU OF assembled in two or three hours and fitted in 1/3 mins.
TAPE NOISE LIMITER Because of the superb design of the Sparkrite circuit it completely eliminates
Very effective circuit for reducing the hiss found in most tape AVAILABILITY AND problems of the contact breaker. There is no misfire due to contact breaker
recordings. All kits include PCBs PRICES. bounce which is eliminated electronically by a pulse suppression circuit which
Standard tolerance set of components £2.98 prevents the unit firing if the points bounce open at high R.P.M. Contact breaker
Superior tolerance set of components £3.78 burn is eliminated by reducing the current to about 1/50th of the norm. It will
Regulated power supply (will drive 2 sets) £4.69 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
perform equally well with new, old, or even badly pitted points and is not
301 8 -pin DIL 48p dependent upon the dwell time of the contact breakers for recharging the system.
318 8 -pin DIL 220p
320-15 --- 195p Sparkrite incorporates a short circuit protected inverter which eliminates the -

DYNAMIC RANGE LIMITER (P.E. Apr. 771 324 14 -pin DIL 87p problems of SCR lock on and, therefore, eliminates the possibility of blowing the
Automatically controls sound output to within a preset 341-15 --- 87p transistors or the SCR. (Most capacitive discharge ignitions are not completely
level. 709' 8 -pin DIL 48p foolproof in this respect). The circuit incorporates a voltage regulated output for
Component set (incl. PCB) £4.58 723 TO5 87p
greatly improved cold starting. The circuit includes built in static timing light,
723 14 -pin DIL 51p
726 TO5 1005p systems function light, and security changeover switch. All kits fit vehicles with
741 8 -pin DIL 24p coil /distributor ignition up to 8 cylinders.
748 8 -pin DIL 57p
DISCOSTROBE (P.E. Nov. 76) 4007 DIL THE KIT COMPRISES EVERYTHING NEEDED
4 011 144 -pin DIL 17 pin Die pressed epoxy coated case. Ready drilled, aluminium extruded base and heat
4 -channel light -show controller giving a choice of sequential, 4024 14 -pin DIL 46 p sink, coil mounting clips, and accessories. Top quality 5 year guaranteed
random, or full strobe mode of operation. 4069 14 -pin OIL 1 p transformer and components, cables, connectors, P.C.B., nuts, bolts and silicon
Basic component set £18.19 4136 t4 -pin D(L 126p grease. Full instructions to assemble kit neg. or pos. earth and fully illustrated
Printed circuit board £3.45 AM2833 8 -pin DIL 360p
AY10212 16 -pin DIL617p installation instructions.
AY16721/6 188p NOTE - Vehicles with current impulse tachometers (Smiths code on dial RV1 I will
CA3046 14 -pin DIL 71p ,.(juire a tachometer pulse slave unit. Price £3.85 inc. VAT. post & packing UK only.
CA3080 8 -pin DIL 63p
BIOLOGICAL AMPLIFIER (P.E. Jan./Feb. 73) CA3084 14 -pin DIL209p Electronics Design Associates, Dept. PE 10, 82 Beth Street, Walsall,
FX209 16 -pin DIL729p WS1 3DE. Phone: Walsall 614791
Multi -function circuits that, with the use of other external LM323 --- 562p
equipment, can serve as lie -detector, alphaphone, cardiophone M252 16 -pin DIL680p
etc. MC3340 8 -pin OIL 150p
MCM6810 24 -pin DIL670p
Pre -Amp Module Components set (incl. PCB) £3.95 SG3402N 14 -pin DI L262p
Basic Output Circuits-combined component set STK025 --- 595p Electronics Design Associates, Dept PE 4
with PCBs, for alphaphone, cardiophone, frequency TDA1022 16 -pin D1L582p
meter and visual feed -back lampdriver circuits. £6.59 XR2207 14 -pin DIL420p 82 Bath Street, Walsall, WS1 3DE. Phone: (9) 614791
Audio Amplifier Module Type PC7 ZN425E 16 -pin DIL375p
£7.75 Name
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TRANSISTORS
SOUND BENDER (P.E May 74) AC128 32p
A multi -purpose sound controller, the functions of which AC176 28p Phone your order with Access or Barclaycard
include envelope shaper, tremolo. voice -operated fader. BC107 13pBC108
Send SAE it brochure only
13p QUANTITY RECED.
automatic fader and frequency -doubler. BC109 15p
Inc. V.A.T. and P.P.

BC109C 18p I enclose chequelPO's for

Details in lists.
BC177 18p X4 KIT £16.65
BC184
BC 187 111F3 TACHOPULSE SLAVE UNIT £3.85
£
SOPHISTICATED POWER SUPPLIES BC204 10p Cheque No.
A wide range of highly stabilised low noise power supply kits 8C209C 13p
!s available-details in our lists. BC213 11p Please state polarity pos or neg earth.
Access or Barclaycard No,
PRICES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRESS.
E. 8 0. E. DELIVERY SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. PHONOSONICS
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 SEMICONDUCTORS POTS & IRONS
SOCKETS POTENTIOMETERS
16118 pin DIL £0.11 OPTOELECTRONICS
1612 14 pin DIL e0.12 CARBON POTS (Linear Track) DUAL GANG LOG -ANTI -LOG POT
Single gang with wire end terminations, 1888 Track specification as dual gang pots NEW INCREASED RANGE -ALL 1ST QUALITY
161316 pin DIL £0.13 6mm ). 50mm plastic shaft 10mm bushes VC3, but tracks mounted to log -anti -log LED'S (diffused)
1614 24 pin DIL £0.25 supplied with shake proof washer A nut. action 100kohms £0.75'
1615 28 pin DIL £0.30 Tolerance ± 20% of resistance. 0/no. Type Size Colour Price
1616 T018 Transistor £0.12 SPECIAL VOLUME CONTROLS 1501 AR L2091TIL2091 .3mm 1.1251 RED £0.10
1831 1k ohms £0 26* 1036 47kohms £0.211* A miniature 16mm type replacement 1502 MIL3232ITIL2111 .3mm (.1251 GREEN £0.15
1617 TU3 Transistor £035 1832 2k2ohms £026.1837100kohms £028' volume control incorporating single pole 1503 MIL3331 (OPL2 12A/ .3mm 1.1251 YELLOW £0.15
16117 T05 Transistor £0.12 1833 4k7ohms £0.26' 11338 220kohms £0.26` on -off switch. Resistance value 5kohms. 1504 ARL48501FLV1171 .5mm 1.2 I RED £0.10
1834 10kohms 1E0'26" 1839 470kohms £0.26. Tolerance ± 20% 1/8watt rating. 1505 MIL52511TIL2221 .5mm (.2 1 GREEN £0.15
1835 22kohms E(1.26* 1840 1Meg £0.26` 1889 £0.27* VC8 1506 MIL53511MV53531 .5mm (.2 1 YELLOW £0.15
VOLTAGE 1841 2M2 £026'
MINIATURE ROTARY VOL
1509 FLV111 .5mm 1.2 1 CLEAR £0.11
(ill.. Red)
REGULATORS CONTROL
CARBON POTS (Log Track) 5kohms log law with on/off switch. 20mm SUPER Ili-Brite' Type
Positive '
1842 4k7ohms E0.26' 1846 100kohms £0.26° 1521 MIL32 .3mm 1.1251 RED
grooved spindle. Tag connections 17mm £0.10
MVR7805 v.a. 7805 10220 £0.70 1843 10kohms £0 26' 1847 220kohms £0.28" die. Supplied with fixing nut. Used mainly 1522 MIL52 .5mm 1.2 1 RED £0.10
MVR7812 v.a. 7812 10220 £0.70 1844 22kohms £026' 1848 470kohms £026' for replacement. 1514 ORP12 Light dependent resistor £0.55
MVR7815 v.a. 7815 10220 £0.70 1845 47kohms £0.26* 1849 1Meg £0.26` 1890 £0.54" VC9 1520 OCP71 Photo transistor £0.35
MVR7824 v.a. 7824 10220 f0.70 1850 2M2 £0 26'
WIRE WOUND POTS LED CLIPS
Negative A range of wire wound single gang pots 1508/125 pack of 5 125 clips £0.15
MVR7905 v.a. 7905 10220 £030 DUAL CARBON POTS (Lin Track) with linear tracks of watt rating, fitted
1
1508/2 pack of 5 2 clips £0.18
MVR7912 v.a. 7912 T0220 £0.80 These high quality dual gang pots are fitted with 10mm bush and supplied with shake - ALL % 8% V.A.T.
with wire end terminations and 6min proof washer and nut.
MVR7915 v.a. 7915 10220 £0.80 50mm plastic shaft 10mm, bush ind sup-
£0.80 VC6
MVR7924 v.a. 7924 10220 plied with shake proof washer 6 nut track 1891 10ohms £0 80 1895 220ohms £0 80
v.a. 723C T099 £0.45 tolerance ± 20% but matched to within 1892 22ohms £0 60 1896 470ohms £080 DISPLAYS
72723 14 pin DN £0.45 2db of each other. VC3 1893 47ohms £0 80 1897 1kohms £0 80 DL303 7 segment D.P. left 1.30" height) Common Anode
LM309K T03 £1.50 18514k7 £0.138" 1855 100kohms 00.86` 1894 2 °ohms £0 80 1898 2k2ohms £0 80 RED Single Digit 0/NO: 1523 £0.70
1852 10kohms OM" 1856 220kohms00.86' 1899 4k7on ins £080 DL707 7 segment D.P. left (.0.3" height) Common Anode
1853 22kohms 0.86' 1857 470kohms, 0.66' RED Single Digit 0/NO: 1510 £0.95
0.86' PRE-SET POTS DL527 7 segment D.P. left 1.50" height/ Common Anode
ZENER DIODES 1854 100kohms 00.86. 18581Meg
1859 2M2 00-913. HORIZONTAL MOUNTING RED Two -Digit Reflector Cl/NO: 1524 £1.70
400mw (Bzy88) DO7 Glass encap- Miniature type for transistor circuits. The DL727.7 segment D.P. right (.510" height) Common Anode
sulated range of voltages avail- wiper of the preset is provided with a slot RED Two -Digit Light Pipe 0/NO: 1521 £220
able. 1 3v, 2 2v, 2-7v, 3.3v, 3 9v, DUAL CARBON POTS (Log Law) for screw driver adjustment. The tags of DL747 7 segment D.P. Left (.630" height) Common Anode
4.3v, 4 7v, 5.1v, 5.6v, 6 2v, 6 8v, 1860 4k7ohms 0026" 1864 100kohms 00.86' the preset will fit printed wiring boards RED Single -Digit Light Pipe 0/NO: 1 511 £1.70
7.50, 8.2v, 9 -la, 10v, 11v, 12v, 13v, 1861 10kohms 0766. 1865 220kohms 0(1-116. with a pitch of2 -54mm. All tracks are linear ALL Co 8% V.A.T.
15v, 16v, 18v, 20v, 22v, 24v, 27v, 1862 22kohms 00-86' 1866 470kohms 00.86" law.
30v, 33v, 39v. 1863 47kohms f0-86' 1867 1Mog £0.86' VC7
No. Z4 9p ea. 1868 2M2 00.86. 1801 100ohms 00.09' 1808 22kohms 00.09. OPTO-ISOLATORS
1802 220ohms 00-09. 1809 47kohms £0.09'
1w-1 5w Plastic and metal encap- 1803 470ohms 00.0V 1810100kohms £0.09' Isolation Breakdown - Voltage 1500 - continuous fwd current
sulated Range of voltages SINGLE GANG SWITCHED (Lin Law) 1804 I kahms £0.09' 1811 220kohms £0-09. 100mA
available. 3v, 2.2v, 2 7v, 3.3v,
1
These potentiometers are fitted with 1805 2k2ohms f0f09' 1812 470kohms £0.09. CIL74 Single -Channel 6 pin DIP standard type - optically
3.9v, 4.3v, 4 7v, 5 lv, 5.6v, 6.2v, double pole on -off switches. The switch is 1806 4k7ohms £0.09. 1813 1Mohms £0.09' coupled pair with Infra -red LED Emitter and NPN
6.8v, 7.5v, 8.2v, 9-lv, 10v, 11v, Incorporated within the rotary action of the 1807 10kohms £0.09. 1814 2M2ohms £0.09' Silicon Photo Transistor. 0/NO: 1497 £0.50
12v, 13v, 15v, 16v, 18v, 20v, 22v, pot. Specification of pot Is as VC1. 1815 4M7ohms 68.09.
CILD74 Multi -Channel B pin DIP Two Isolated Channels.
24v, 27v, 30v, 33v, 43v, 47v, 51v, Switch rating 1 5amps at 250v AC. 0/NO: 1496 £1.00
68v, 72v, 75v, 82v, 91e, 100v PRE-SET POTS CILQ74 Multi -Channel 16 pin DIP Four Isolated Channels.
No. Z13 15p ea. 1870 4k7ohms £0.65" 1874 100kohms f11.65. 0/NO: 1499 £2.20
1871 10kohms 011.65. 1875 220kohms 00.65. VERTICAL MOUNTING ALL 6) 8% V.A.T.
10w Metal stud type S010 case. 1872 22kohms £0.65' 1876 470kohms 00.65' Miniature type for transistor circuits.
Range of voltages available, 1 3v, 1873 47kohms 011.65. 1877 1Meg 00.65" Wiper adjustment Is made by a screw
2.2v, 2.7v, 3-3v, 3 9v, 4.3v, 4-7v, 1878 2M2 MAP driver slot. Designed to fit 2.54mm pitch 2nd GRADE LED PACK
5 lv, 5 6v, 6.2v, 6.8v, 7-5v, 8.2v, board. All tracks are linear law.
9.1v, 10v, 11v, 12v, 13v, 15v, 16v, VC7 A pack of 10 standard sizes and colours which fail to perform
SWITCHED POT (Log Track) 1816 100ohms 00-09. 1823 22kohms filar to their very rigid specification, but which are ideal for
18v, 20v, 22v, 24v, 27v, 30v, 33v, Specification as VC2 but 'rack having (log) amateurs who do not require the full spec.
43v, 47v, 51v, 138v, 72v, 75v, 82v, 1817 220ohms 00-09. 1824 47kohms £0.59'
91v, 100v.
law. 1818 470ohms 00.09. 1825 100kohms 011.09. 0/NO 107 £1 -SO
No. 210 35p ea. 1879 4k7ohms £0.65' 1833 100kohms £0.65' 1819 1kohms £0.09' 1826 220kohms £0-09'
1880 10kohms 00.65' 1884 220kohms £0.65. 1820 2k2ohms 00.09'
1881 22kohms f0f65' 1885 470kohms £0.65' 1821 4k7ohms 60.09.
1827 470kohms £0-119.
1828 1Megohms £0.09 THYRISTORS
SILICON 1882 47kohms £0065"
1887 2M2 £0.65*
1886 1Meg 00-65. 1822 10kohms 00.09. 1829 2M2ohms £0.09 600ma TO 18 Case 7 Amp TO 40 Cane
1830 4M7ohms 00.09.
RECTIFIERS Volts No. Price Volts No. Price
200mA 10 THY600/10 £0 15 50 THY7A/50 £0 46
S920 50v £0 06 ANTEX IRONS 20 THY600/20 £0 16 100 THY7A/100 £0 51
5921 100v £0 07 30 THY600/30 £0 20 200 THY7A/200 £0 57
0/No. 1943. 15 watt high quality soldering 0/No. 1031. Highly popular 025 25 watt 50 THY600/50 £0 22 400 THY7A/400 £0 62
5922 150v £0 08 Iron totally enclosed element in a ceramic quality soldering iron ceramic shafts to
15923 200v £0 09 100 THY600/100 Ell 25 600 THY7A/600 E0 78
S924 300v £0 10 shaft fitted with 3/32" bit. £3.80 provide near perfect insulation break -down 200 THY600/200 £0 38 800 THY7A/800 £0 92
Amp voltage of 1500 volts AC and a leakage 400 THY600I400 E0 44
0/No. 1947, Replacement element for 1943 current of only 3-5uA and another shaft of
N4001 50v £0 045 iron. 10 Amp TO 411 Case
N4002 100v £0 05 £1.90 stainless steel to ensure strength. £3.60
0/No. 1935. Replacement element for 1931 Volts No. Price
N4003 200v £0 06 OINo. 1944. Iron coated bit 3/32" for 1943 1 amp TO S Case 50 THY10A/50 £0 51
N4004 400v £0 07 iron. iron. EI 60 Volts No. Price THY10A/100 £t) 57
£0.46 100
N4005 600v £0 08 0/No. 1932. Iron coated bit 1/8" for 1931 £0 26 200 THY10A/200 E0 62
50 THY1A/50
N4006 800v £0 09 0/No. 1945. Iron coated bit 1/8" for 1943 iron. £0.50 100 THYIA/100 Efl 28 400 THY10A/400 £0 71
N4007 1000v £0 10 iron. £0.46 THY10A/600 £0 99
0/No. 1933. Iron coated bit 3/16" for 1931 200 THY1A/200 £0 32 600
5 Amp 0/No. 1946. Iron coated bit 3/16" for 1943 iron. £0.50 400 THY1AI400 £0 38 800 THY1041800 £1 22
5015 50v £0 09 iron. £0.46 0/No. 1934. Iron coated bit 3/32" for 1931 600 THY1A:600 £0 45
S020 100v £0.10 iron. £0.50 800 THY1A/800 £0 58 16 Amp TO 08 Case
5021 200v £0 11 0/No. 1948. General purpose 18 watt iron
fitted with iron coated bit. £3.60 0/No. 1953. SK1 soldering kit -this kit con Volts No. Price
S023 400v £0 13 tains 15 watt soldering iron fitted with a 50 THY164/50 £0 54
S025 600v £0 14 0/No. 1952. Replacement element for 1948 3/16" bit plus two spare bits, a reel of 3 amp TO 66 Case 100 THY16,4/100 £0 58
S027 800v £0 16 iron. £1 90 solder, heat -sink and a booklet 'how to Volts No. Price 200 THY16AI200 £0 62
S029 1000v £020 solder'. In presentation display box. £5.55 50 THY3A/50 £0 28 400 THY16A/400 £0 77
S031 1200v £0.25 0/No. 1949. Iron coated bit 3/32" for 1948 100 THY3AI100 £0 30 600 THY16AI600 £0 90
3 Amp iron. £0.46 0/No. 1939. ST3 soldering iron stand. 200 THY3AI200 £0 33 800 THY16A/800 £1 39
N5400 50v £0 14
Stand made from high grade Bakelite 400 THY3A/400 £0 42
0/No. 1950. Iron coated bit 1/8" for 1948 material chromium plated strong steel
N5401 100v £0.15 iron £0.46 spring, suitable for all models, includes 600 THY3A/600 £0 50 30 Amp TO 94 Case
N5402 200v £0 16 accommodation for six spare bits and two 800 THY34/800 £0 65 Volts No. Price
N5404 400v £0 17 0/No. 1951. Iron coated bit 3/16" for 1948 sponges which serve to keep the soldering 50 THY304/50 £1 10
N5406 600v £0 21 iron. £0.46 100 THY304/100
iron bits clean. £1.50 £1 43
N5407 800v £0 25 5 Amp TO 66 Case 200 THY30A/200 £1 63
N5408 1000v £0 30 Volts No. Price 400 THY30A/400 £1 79
0 Amp PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TRANSFERS 50 THY5A/50
THY5A/100
£0 36
£0 45
600 THY30A/600 E3 50
S10/50 50v
S10/100 100v
S10/200 200v
S10/400 400v
£0 19
£0 21
£0 23
£0 35
0 O o 0 0 100
200 THY5A/200
400 THY5A/400
600 THY541600
£0 50
£0 57
£0 69
No.
BT101/500R
BT102/50OR
Price
£0 80
£0 80
S101600 600v £0 42 000000000000 800 THY5A/800 £0 81
510/800 800v £0 51
O
.0. BT106
BT107
£1 25
£0 93
510/1000 1000v £060 0900 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0 O BT108 £0 98
S10/1200 1200v £0 69 000 5 Amp TO 220 Case 2N3228 £0 70
0000 00 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 9000 0 000010000000 Volts No, Price 2N3535 £077
30 Amp £0 33
1530/50 50v £0 56 400 THY5A/400P £0.57 BTX30/50L
etc1i-resist Pen. 800 THY5A/600P £0.69 BTX30/400L £0 46
1530/100 100v £0 69 £0 60
1530/200 200v £0 93 PAK etch -resist transfers. Lay the symbols Each pack contains 11 sheets of transfers 1 800 THY5A/800P E0-111 C106/4
S30/400 400v £1 25 on the board, rub over with a soft pencil. of each as shown above.
S30/600 600v £1 76 The transfer will adhere to the board. Then Illustrations - approx. size.
S30/800 800v
S30/1000 1000v
£1 94
£2 31 complete the circuit with your 13I-PAK 0/No: TR400 G £1.50 p&p £0.10 CABLES
IS30/1200 1200v £2 88 DESCRIPTION 0/NO PRICE/
60 Amp SILICON 1 amp Metre
S70/50 50v £0.75 Type Order No. Price Microphone Cable 3126 £0.10
S70/100 100v £0.84 BRIDGE 50V RMS BR1/50 £0 20
£0 22
Twin Microphone
Twin Stereo Screened Cable
3127
3128
£040
£0.15
S70/200 200v £1 20 1003/ RMS BR1/100
Multicore Standard 4 -Core Screened 3129 f0-30
S70/400 400v
S70/600 600v
£1 75
£2.25
RECTIFIERS 200V RMS
400V RMS
BR1/200
BR1/400
£0 25
£0 36 4 -Core Individually screened 3130 £0.22
570/800 800v £2 50 SILICON 2 amp
Heavy Microphone Cable 3131 VMS
570 1000 1000v £0 45
Light 3 -Core mains 3132 £0.10
50V RMS BR2/50 Twin Oval Mains 3133 £0.09
BYX38/300 6A 300v £0 45 1003/ RMS BR2/100 £0 48
BYX38/1300 6A 600v £0 60 Speaker Cable 3134 £0.07
200V RMS BR2/200 £0 52 Low Loss Co -axial Cable 3135 £0.22
BYX313/300 Rev 6A 300v £045 400V RMS BR2/400 1E0 59 15 Way Multi Coloured Ribbon Cable
BYX38/600 Rev 6A 600v £040 3136 £0.40
1000V RMS BR2/1000 £0 68

10 Practical Electronics April 1979

 SEMICONDUCTORS
TRANSISTORS 74 SERIES TTL IC'S
Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price
7400 £0.09 7427 £0.24 7472 £020 74105 £0.38 74163 £0.62
AC107 £0.22 BCI 19 £0.25 BD183 £0.95 BPX25 £145 TIP41B £0.46 21427I 2 £0.22 7401 £0.11 7428 £0.26 7473 £025 74107 £0.24 74164 f1:18
AC113 £0.20 BC120 £0.40 130184 £1.10 BSX19 £0.18 TIP41C £0411 2N2714 £0.22 7402 £0.11 7430 £0.11 7474 £025 74110 £0.36 74165 £0.68
AC115 £020 BC125 £0.171 BD185 £0.68 BSX20 £0.18 TIP42A £044 2N2904 £0.18 7403 £0.11 7432 £0.22 7475 £0.29 74111 £0.58 74166 £0.78
AC117 £0.30 BC126 £0.221 BDI 86 £0.68 BSY25 £0.16 TIP42B £0.46 2N2904A £0.21 7404 £0.11 7433 £0.30 7476 £0.25 74118 £0.80 74174 £045
AC117K £034 BC132 elms* BD187 £0.75 BSY26 £0.113 TIP42C £048 2142905 £0.18 7405 f0.11 7437 £0.21 7480 £044 74119 £1.18 74175 £0.62
AC121 £0.20 BC134 £0.181 BD188 £0.75 BSY27 £0.16 TI P2955 £0.60 2N2905A £0.20 7406 £0.22 7438 £021 7481 £0.85 74121 £0.24 74176 £0.58
AC122 £0.14 BC135 £0.151 BD189 £0.78 BSY28 £0.16 TIP3055 £0.50 2N2906 £0.18 7407 £0.22 7440 £0.12 7482 £0.58 74122 £0.39 74177 £048
AC125 £0.18 BCI 36 £0.181 BD190 £0.78 BSY29 £0.16 TIS43 £0.22 2N29064 £0.19 7408 £0.13 7441 £0.50 7483 74123 £040
£0.58 74180 £1.50
AC126 £0.18 BC137 £13.181 BD195 £0.90 BSY38 £0.19 TIS90 03.18° 2N2907 £0.20 7409 £0.13 7442 £040 7484 74136 £0.52
£0.88 74181 00.58
AC127 £0.18 BC139 £0.32 BD196 £0.90 BSY39 £0.19 2N2907A £0.22 7410 £0.11 7443 £0.70 7485 £088 94141 £0.55 74182 £0.70
AC128 £0.16 BC140 £0.30 60197 £0.95 BSY40 £0.29 2N2923 £0.151 7411 £0.17 7444 £0.70 7486 £0.22 74145 £0.55 74184 £0.70
AC128K £0.26 BC141 £0.28 60198 £0.95 BSY41 £0.29 UT46 eoao 2N2924 £0.151 7412 £0.15 7445 £085 7489 £1.70 74150 £0 68 74190 £0.68
AC132 £0.20 BC142 £0.22 BDI 99 £0.99 BSY51 £0.25 2142926 £0.151 7413 £0.24 7446 £080 7490 £0.32 74151 £048 74191 £0.62
AC134 £0.20 BCI43 £0.22 B0200 £0.99 BSV95 £0.13 2N2926G£0.09° 7414 £0.50 7447 £048 7491 £0434 74153 £048 74192 £0.60
AC137 £0.20 BC145 £046 B0201 £0.80 BSY95A £0.13 ZTX107 £0101 2N2926Y £0.0131 7416 £0.23 7448 £0.56 7492 £0.35 74154 £0.82 74193 £0.58
AC141 £0.22 8C147 £0.071 BD202 £0.80 ZTX108 £0.10* 2N29260£0.081 7417 £0.23 7450 £0.11 7493 eoao 74155 £0.50 74194 £082
AC141K £030 BC148 £0.071 B0201/202E1.70 BU105 £1.40 ZTX109 £0.101 2N2926R £008' 7420 £011 7451 £0.11 7494 £0.75 74156 £0.50 74195 £0.60
AC142 £0.20 BC149 £0.071 B D203 £0.130 8U105/02 -£1 .95 ZTX300 £0.12. 2N292613£0.08. 7421 £020 7453 £0.11 7495 £0.50 74157 £0.50 74196 £1.05
AC142 K £0.30 BC150 E0.201 B D204 £0.80 BU204 £140 ZTX301 £0.12. 2N3010 £0.65 7422 £0.16 7454 £0.11 7496 £0.60 74160 £0.58 74197 £1.05
AC151 £0.20 BC151 £0.221 B 0203/204£1 .70 BU205 £1.40 ZTX302 2N3011 £0.15
£0,113* 7423 £0.21 7460 £0.11 74100 £0.85 74161 £0.62 74198 £1.85
AC153 £0.22 BC152 £0201 £0.80 BU208 £1.90 ZTX303 £0113. 2N3053 £0.16 7425 £0.19 7470 £0.25 74104 £0.39 74162 £042 74199 £1.85
AC153K £030 BC153 £13.2151 B D206 £0.80 BU208/02 £2.25 ZTX304 E0.20° 2N3054 £0.40 7426 £0.23
AC154 £0.20 BC154 £0.191 B D207 £1.00 ZTX330 E0.15° £040
2N3055
AC155 £0.20 BC157 £0.10 BD208 £1 .00 ZTX500 £013° 2143391 £0.201
AC156
AC157
AC165
£0.20
£0.25
£0.20
BCI58
BC159
BC160
£0.101
£0.1131
£026
B0222
BD225
B D232
£047
£047
£0.55
E 1 222 £038 ZTX501 £0.12' 2N33914£0.221
ZTX502 £0.16' 2 N3392 £0.20'
ZTX503 £0.121 2N3393 £0.201
CMOS ICs
AC166 £0.20 BC161 £038 B D233 £048 MAT100 £0.19 ZTX504 £0.251 2N3394 £0.201 Type Price Type Price Type Price Type
Price Type Price
AC167 £0.20 BCI 67 £0.12. 8D234 £0.55 MAT101 £0.20 ZTX531 f0.251 2N3395 £0.221 C104000 £0.14 CD4015 £0.76 CD4026 £1.20 CD4043 £0.88 CD4070 £0.17
AC168 £0.25 BC168 £0121 BD235 £0.55 MAT120 £0.19 ZTX550 £0.18' 2N3402 £0.211 CD4001 £0.15 CD4016 £042 CD4027 £0.50 CD4044 £0.82 CD4071 £017
AC169 £0.20 BC169 £0.09. B D236 £0.58 MAT121 £0.20 2N3403 £0.211 CD4002 £0.16 CD4017 £0.75 CD4028 £0.68 CD4045 £140 CD4072 £0.17
AC171 £0.25 BC189C £13.10. B D237 £0.55 MJ480 £0.95 2N3404 £029' CD4006 f0-92 C04018 £0.85 CD4029 £0.85 CD4046 £1.30 CD4081 £0.17
AC176 £0.18 BC170 £0.091 BD238 £0.60 MJ481 £1 .05 2N3405 £042' CD4007 £0.17 CD4019 £042 CD4030 £048 CD4047 £0.87 CD4082 £0.18
AC176K £0.26 BCI 71 £0.091 BDX32 £2.20 MJ490 £0.95 26301 £0.22 2143414 £0.16' CD4008 £092 CD4020 £090 CD4031 f24X1 CD4049 £042 CD4510 £0.99
AC178 £0.25 BC172 f0.09* BDY II £1.30 MJ49 1 £1.15 2G302 £0.22 2N3415 £0.161 CD4009 £045 CD4021 £0.82 CD4035 £1.00 CD4050 £042 CD4511 £0.95
AC179 £0.25 8C173 £0.09 BDY17 £1.80 MJ E340 £045 2G303 £022 2143416 £0.291 CD4010 £048 CD4022 £0.82 CD4037 roaa CD4054 £1.10 CD4516 £1.00
AC I 80 £0.20 8C174 £0.1511 BDY20 £0.50 MJE370 £055 2G304 £0.30 2143417 £0.291 CD4011 £0.15 CD4023 £0.15 CD4040 CD4055 £1.00 CD4518 £1.00
ACI80K £0.28 BCI 75 £0.351 B DX77 £0.90 MJ E371 £0.60 26306 £0.40 2N3614 £1.00 CD4012 £0.16 CD4024 £0.65 CD4041 50.76 CD4056 £135 CD4520 £140
AC181 £0.20 BC177 £0.16 BF115 £0.22 MJ E520 £0.45 26308 £036 2N3615 £1.05 CD4013 £042 CD4025 £0.15 C04042 £0.72 CD4069 £0.17 CD4014 f 0,80
AC181K £0.28 BCI 78 £0.16 BF117 £0.150 MJE521 £0.65 2G309 £0.36 2143616 f1.05
AC187 £0.18 BC179 £0.16 BF118 £0.75 MJE2955 £0.90 26339 £0.20 2N3646 £0.09'
AC187K
AC188
AC188K
£0.28
£0.18
£0.28
8CI80
8C181
BC182
£0.25
MI5*
£0.091
BF 1 19
BF 1 21
BF123
£0.75
£0.60°
£0.60'
MJ £3055 £0.60
MJE3440 £0.52
MP8113 £0.52
2G339A
26344
£0.18
£0.20
£0.18
2N3702 £0.081
2N3703 £0.081
2N3704 £0.071
LINEAR ICs
26345 Price Type Price Type Price Type Price
ACY17 £0.36 BC182L £0.091 BF125 £0.501 MPF102 £028 26371 £0.18 2N3705 £0.071 Type Price Type
ACY18 £0.35 BC183 £0.091 BF127 £0.601 MPF104 roaa 263718 £0.12 2N3706 £0.08' £1.90'
BC183L £0.09* MPF105 £0.35 2N3707 £0.08' CA3011 £0.011. CA3031 £0.93 MC1350 51211* U4710C £0.40' SN76115
ACY19 £0.35 BF152 £0.251 2G373 £0.18 CA3014 £1.35' CA3140 £0.70 MCI352 51.411. 72710 01.30. 0576660 03.75.
ACY20 £0.35 BC184 £0.09 B F153 £0.251 M PS405 £020 2G374 £0.18 2143708 £0.071
£295 UA711C f0.32. SL4144 £1.95'
MPSA06 £0.201 2G377 2N37084 £0.071 CA3018 £11.65. LM301 MC1469
£11.211.1
ACY21 £0.35 BC184L £0.091 B F154 £0.221 £0.32 CA3020 £1.70. LM304 £1.66 MC1496 090. 72711 (0.32` TM5508 0.35
ACY22 £0.35 BC186 £0.22 BF155 £0.35 MPSA55 £020' 2G378 £0.18 2143709£0071
£2.00' £0.45 TAA62I A 0.00"
ACY27 £035 BC187 £0.22 BF158 £0.28 M PS456 £0.20' 26381 2143710 £0.071 CA3028 £0.80. LM308 £1.011. NE536 UA723C
£0.18 CA3035 £1.40° LM309 £1.1 NE550 5095 72723 045 7446216 £2.50'
ACY28 £0.35 BC207 £0.111 BF 1 57 £0.28 ND120 £0.18 26382 £0.18 £0.071
21437 1 1
2N3772 £1.60 CA3036 £1.0011 LM320-5V £1.5 NE555 £024 UA741C £0.24' TAA661 £1.50'
ACY29 £0.50 BC208 £0.111 BF158 £0.2131 26401 £0.32 CA3042 £1.50. LM320-12V £1.59 NE556 £090 72741 £8241 TAD100 £1.30'
ACY30 £0.35 BC209 £0.121 BF159 £0.281 2G414 £0.32 2143773 £2.20
ACY31 £0.35 BC212 E0.091 BF160 £0.301 £0.26 2N3819 £0.18 CA3043 £1.85' LM320-15V £1.59 NE565 51.20. 741P 0.20' TBA540 f2.101
2G4I 7 CA3046 £0.70' LM320-245 £1.50 NE566 f1.50` 04747C £0.60' 164810S £11.75.
ACY34 £035 BC212L £0.091 BF162 f0.301 0C19 £0.85 2143820 £035 £1.80' LM380 £0.85' NE587 51.70. 72741 £0.60* TBA810 COM.
2N3821 £0.60 CA3052
ACY35 £035 BC2 I 3 £0.091 B F163 £0.301 OC20 £1.85 CA3054 £1.10' LM381 £1.45' 114702C £0.48' 05748 £0351. T80020 £0.70.
ACY36 £0.50 BC213L £0.091 BF164 £0.501 0C22 £1.50 2N3823 £0.60
2N388 £0.36 2N3903 £0.101 CA3075 £1.50' LM3900 £0.58. 72702 £0.46' 72748 f0.35* TBA9200 £2.50'
ACY40 £0.35 BC214 £0.091 BF165 £0.501 0C23 E1.50 CA3081 £1.50' MC1303L UA703 50.25.748P f0.35* TCA2708 £2.00'
ACY41 £0.35 BC214L £0.091 BFI67 £024 0C24 £1.35 2 N388A £0.58 2N3904 £0.101
£0.20 2N3905 £0.10' CA3089 £2.00' MC1304 £1.90* 05709 50.25.SN76013N [1.75. TBA800 £0.60.
ACY44 £0.35 8C225 £0.2131 BF173 £0.20 0C25 £1 .00 2N404 CA3090 £3.00' MC1310 £095' 72709 50.45.SN76023 :11.75'
AD I 30 £0.70 BC226 £0.361 BF176 £0.381 0C26 £1.00 2N524 £0.40 2N3906 £0.101 £1.80' 70lP £025' 5876110 £1.50'
2N527 £0.60 2144058 £0.12' CA3123 £1.80' MC1312
AD140 £0.60 BC227 £0.161 BF177 £0.26 0C28 0740
ADI42 £0.85 BC238 £0.161 BF178 £028 0C29 £095 2N598 £0.40 2N4059 £0.141
AD143 £0.75 BC251 £0.151 BF179 £040 0C35 £0.90 2N599 , £0.46 2 N4060 £0.14'
AD149 £0.80 BC251A £0,1131 BF180 £0.30 0C36 £0.90 2N696 £0.13 2144061 £0.12'
AD161
AD162
£0.35
£0.35
BC301
BC302
£0.28
£0.29
BF181
BF182
f0.30
£0.30
0C41
0C42
£0.20
£022
2N697
2N698
£0.12
£0.12
2144062 £0.12*
2144284 £0.181 DIODES
A0161/162E040 BC303 £0.28 BF183 £0.30 0C44 £0.24 2N699 £0.32 2144285 £0.18' Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price Type Price
A0T140 £0.55 BC304 £0.38 BF184 £0.20 0C45 £020 2N706 £0.10 2144286 £0.18' AA119 £0.08 BAX13 £0.07 BY164 £0.51 0A5 £0.60 0A200 £0.08
A £0.25 8C327 £0.1161 BF186 £0.20 OC70 £024 2N706A £0.12 2N4287 £0.18' AA120 £0.08 BAX16 £0.08 BY176 £0.75' 0A10 £0.35 0A202 £0.08
AF115 £0.25 8C328 £0.1151 BF186 £0.261 0071 £0.16 2N707 £048 2N4288 £0.181 AA129 £0.08 BY100 £0.22 BY206 £0.30 0A47 £0.08 SD10 £0.06
AF116 £0.25 BC337 £0.15* BF187 £0.28 0072 £0.24 2N708 £0.14 2144289 £0.18' AAY30 £0.09 BY101 £0.22 6Y110 £0.45 0A70 £0.08 SD19 £0.06
AF117 £0.25 BC338 £0.151 8F188 £040 0074 £0.26 2N711 £0.30 2N4290 £0.18' AAZ13 £0.15 BY105 £0.22 BYZ11 £0.45 0A79 £0.10 N34 £0.07
AF118 £040 BC440 £0.30 6F194 £0.101 0075 eoao 2N717 £0.30 2N4291 £0.181 BA100 £0.10 BY114 £0.22 BYZ12 £0.45 0A81 £0.10 N34A £0.07
AF124 £0.30 BC441 £0.30 8F195 £0.1011 0076 £0.35 2N718 £0.25 2N4292 £0.18° BA102 £0.32 BY124 £0.22' BYZ13 £0.40 0A85 £0.10 N914 £0.06
AF125 £0.30 BC460 £038 8F196 £0.10* 0077 £0.50 2N718A £0.50 2N4293 £0.18' BA148 £0.15 BY126 £0.15. BYZ16 £0.41 0A90 £0.10 N916 £0.06
AF126 £0.30 BC461 £0.38 BF197 £0.12. 0081 £022 2N726 £0.29 2N4921 £0.55' BA154 £0.12 BY127 £0.18* BYZ17 £0.36 0A91 £0.10 N4148 £0.06
AF127 £0.32 BC477 £0.20 BF198 £0.14* OC81D £0.24 2N727 £029 2N4923 £0.65. BA155 £0.14 BY128 £0.16 BYZ18 £0.36 0A95 £0.10 544 £0.05
AF139 £0.35 BC478 £0.20 BF199 £014. 0082 £0.24 2 N743 £0.20 2145135 £0.10' BA173 £0.15 BY130 £0.17' BYZ19 £0.36 0A182 £0.13 S920 £0.06
AF178 £0.60 BC479 £0.20 BF200 eoao 00820 £0.30 2N744 £0.20 2145136 £0.1 88 104 £0.15 BY133 £0.21*
AF179 £0.60 8C547 £13.101 BF202 £0.901 0083 £0.26 2N914 £0.15 2N5138 £0.10.
AF180 £0.60 BC548 f0.101 BF222 £0.90 0084 £0.38 2N918 £0.30 2N5172 £0.14' TRIACS
AFI 81 £0.58 BC549 £0.101 BF224 £0.17 0C139 £0.80 2N929 00.20 2N5194 E0.56
AF I 86 £0.50 BC550 £0.141 BF240 £0.171 2N930 £0.18 2N5245 £040 2 amp TO5 Case 10 Amp TOW Case
0C140 £0.80 Price
AF239 £0.38 BC556 £13.141 BF241 £0.171 0C169 £0.35 2N946 £0.40 2145294 £0.34 Volts No. Price Volts No.
AL102 £1 .20 BC557 £0.131 BF244 £0.301 0C170 £035 2N1131 £0.18 2N5296 alas 100 TR12a/100 60.31 100 TR1108/100 £0.77
AL103 £1.18 BC558 £0.121 BF257 £0.25 0C171 £0.35 2N1132 £0.18 2N5257 £0.32 200 TR12a/200 6041 200 TR100a/200 Ell 92
ASY26 £0.38 BC559 £0.141 BF258 £0.25 0C200 £038 2N1302 £0.15 2145458 £0.32 400 TR12a/400 VI 71 400 TR100a/400 61 12
ASY27 £040 BCY30 0.55 B F259 £0.35 OC201 £0.95 2N1303 £0.18 2145459 was
ASY28 £0.3 BCY31 £0.55 B F262 £0.110* 0C202 £1.20 2N1304 £0.18 2145551 £0.36' 10 Amp T0220 Plastic Case
ASY29 eoas BCY32 £0.60 2N1305 £0.18 2 N6027 e0a4 6 Amp TO118 Case
BF263 00.6011 OC203 £0.85 Volts Price
ASY50 £0.30 BCY33 £0.55 B F270 £0.38 OC204 £0.90 2N1306 £0.25 2N6121 £0.70 Volts No. Price No.
ASV51 0.30 BCY34 £0.60 £0.31 2N1307 £0.25 2N6122 £0.70 100 TR16000 £0 51 400 TR110a/400p £1 12
BF271 OC205 £1.15 £061 DIACS
ASY52 £0.30 BCY70 all 5 B F272 £0.80 2N1306 £0.30 200 TR16a/200
£0 77 68100 80.21 D32 60 20
ASY54 £0.30 BCV71 £0.15 BF273 £0.361 2N1309 £0.30 400 T81611/400
ASY55 £0.30 BCY72 £0.14 BF274 £0.381 2N1599 £0.35
ASY56 £0.30 BCZ10 £0.80 BF324 £13.351 P346A £0.35 2N1613 £0.20 2S 301 £0.50
ASY57 £0.30 BCZI 1 £0.80 B F336 £0.30 P397 £045 2N1711 £0.20 2S 302 £043
ASY58 £0.30 8C212 £0.60 BF337 £0.3131 2N1889 £045 2S 302A £043 ORDERING. Do not forget to state order num-
ASY73 £030 BD 1 15 £0.50 B F338 eoaa 2N1890 £045 26 303 £0.56
AU104 £1.40 80116 £0.80 BF457 £0.37 R200085 £2.50 2N1893 £0.30 2S 304 £0.71 ber and your name and address.
AU110 £1.40 BD121 £0.65 B F458 £0.37 R2010B £2.60 2N2I47 £0.76 2S 305 £0.80
AU113 £1.40 BD123 £0.65 BF459 £0.38 2N2148 £0.70 2S 306 £0.80 V.A.T. Add 12i% to prices marked'. 8% to
BD124 £0.70 BF594 £0.301 2N2160 £1.00 2S 307 £0.80
80131 £0.35 BF596 £0.2131 2N2192 £0.38 2S 321 £0.57 those unmarked. Items marked are zero rated.
BC107 £0.08 BD132 £0.35 BFR39 £0.24 ST140 £0.15 2N2193 £0.38 2S 322 £0.43
BC1074 £0.08 80131/132E040 BFR40 £0.251 ST141 £0.20 2N2194 £0.38 2S 322A £0.43
BC107B £0.09 BD 1 33 £040 B FR79 £0.281 2612217 £0.22 2S 323 £0.57 P&P 35p unless otherwise shown.
BC107C £0.10 BD135 £0.38 BFR80 £0.281 2N2218 £0.22 2S 324 £0.71
BC108 £0.08 BD136 eoas BFX29 £022 TIC44 £029 2N2218A £0.20 2S 325 £0.71
BC1084 £0.08 BD137 £0.35 BFX30 £0.30 TIC45 E0S35. 2N2219 £0.20 2S 326 £0.71
BC108B £0.09 BD138 £0.36 BFX84 £0.22 TIP294 £040 2N2219A £0.24 2S 327 £0.71
BC108C £0.10 BD139 £0.36 BFX85 £024 TIP29B £042 2N2220 £0.20
BC109 £0.08 BD14Q £0013 BFX86 £026 TIP29C £044 2N2221 £0.20
BC109A £0.08 BD139/140£0430 BFX87 £022 TIP30A £0.40 2N2221A £0.22
BC1098 £0.09 136155 £080 BFX88 £022 TIP3OB £042 2612222 £0.20 40360 £0.36
8C109C £0.10 BDI 75 £0.60 BFX90 £0.551 TIP30C £0.44 2N2222A £0.20 40361 £036
BC113 £0.161 BD 1 76 £0.60 B FY50 £0.18 TIP31A 0340 2N2368 £0.18 40362 £0.38
8C114 £0.161 80177 £0.68 BFY51 £0.16 TIP31B £042 2N2369 £0.14 40406 £046
BC115 £0.191 BD178 £0.68 B FY52 £0.18 TIP31C £044 2N23694 £0.14 40407 eoaa
BC116 £0.191 BD179 £0.75 B FY53 £0.16 TIP32A £040 2N2411 £0.25 40408 £0.52
BC1164 £0.191 B0180 £0.75 BIP19 was TIP32 B £0.42 21424I 2 £0.25 40409 £0.75
BC117 £0.20° 80181 £0.85 BI P20 £0.38 TIP32C £044 2142646 £0.47 40410 £0.75 DEPT. PE4, P.O. BOX 6, WARE, HERTS.
BC118 £0.141 BD182 £0.90 BIP19/20 £0.80 TIP41A 03.44 2142711 £0.22 40411 £2.70
SHOP 18 BALDOCK ST., WARE, HERTS.
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 SAXON ENTERTAINMENTS
THE PIONEERS OF MODULAR DISCO/P.A. EQUIPMENT
NOW OFFER PACKAGE DEALS AT INCOMPARABLE PRICES

CENTAUR COMPLETE STEREO

ROADSHOWS - BUILT IN MINI DISCO
STEREO DISCOS SOUND TO LIGHT/SEQUENCER
& DISPLAY 100 WATT
C/W LIGHT SHOW & DISPLAY,
TWIN SPEAKERS & LEADS TWO YEAR GUARANTEE MONO SYSTEM
+ corr. £15 + VAT
Standard 100W
ammum
£179.50 Deposit £42.06
12 Months @ £16.43 or 24 Months @ £9.43
carr. £15 + VAT
£249 or Deposit £57.1 2
12 Months @ £22.23 or 24 Months @ £12.73
Similar in appearance to the Centaur and
complete with loudspeakers and leads.

Super 200W Headphones to suit any system

EM507 Electret Mic
DI501 Electret Mic
E15.00
£18.50
+ carr. £15 + VAT Boom Stand E15.50

£299 or Deposit £68.12

12 Months @ £26.41 or 24 Months @ f15.11
Carriage on all disco and PA systems
(Included in H.P. Prices)
£10.00

GX1200W( wwalthtt tcwaibnin2e0tOs

illustration shows GXL Centaur System
These systems feature full mixing for two decks
tape & mic with monitoring facilities - override 20% Deposit Terms
carr £15 t VAT
£389 or Deposit £87.32
4

and are supplied complete with sound to light +

sequencer, display, speaker leads etc. 12 to 24 Months
12 Months @ £34.02 or 24 Moriths @ £19.47
JUST PLUG IN AND GO!
BSR Decks - 1 7,000 Line Loudspeakers - Rugged Aluminium Trimmed Cabinets - Cue Light And Phones - Low Interest
Output - Slave Output - Deck Lights/Motor Starts (GXL)
ALSO CENTAUR 'CUSTOM' 400 600W £699 -ASK FOR DETAILS

AMPLIFIER MODULES SAXON KLAXON CABINET FITTINGS

0 30Hz-20kHz FOUR ICI Vynide 50" wide £3.50m Kick-res grille 500 wide £3.50m
Short/open circuit proof Netlon kick proof 24" wide £3.50m
WAY Corners/feet/recess plates 15p ea. Recess handle 4Sp
0 Top grade components Bar handles £2.50 Jack plugs/sockets 25p
SIREN
Suit most mixers
LOUDSPEAKER CABINETS -
240 WATT 4 OHM UK Police -1:fstroyer - US Police - Hawaii Five -0 COMPLETE WITH LEADS
INDUSTRIAL All the effects you need in one package £17.50 0 Fitted with 100W 17,000 Gauss drivers
MODULES EIGHT Carr free
D Rugged cabinets with aluminium trim - black vynide etc
OUTPUT DEVICES Individual sirens with any of the above effects £7.50 0 Lifetime guarantee on main drive unit
£35 SUPPLY £24.75 SAXON 'SMASH' Standard 100W 1 x 12 (48 x 41 x 24) £39.00 £9.36
Deposit £9.36ept
SA308 ALIEN VOICE SIMULATOR
8 ohms 30W 45V £10.75* 2,.Porlufle,` £11.90* Add a new dimension to your disco Large 100W 1 x 12 (65 x 48 x 24) £49.50 DC(' Eorr
Ess ii33tt

SA604 Supply for with this press button effect unit -

4 ohms 50V £14.50 just insert between mic and amplifier P.A. 1 x 121+2 Piezos) (80 x 38 x 241 £66.50
£14.95 £15.82£12.70
SA608 £15.50 rr:oduies
8 ohms 60W 65V £7.50 Carr free P.Al2 x12 200W (100 x 38 x 24)
£99.00
CDeposit
Supply £20.92£20.92
SA1204 £17.50 £14.95 Carr £3
4 ohms 120W 75V Disco 2x 12 200W (80 x 63 x 24) £85.00
SA1208 £21.00
SAXON 'SCINTILLITE' Deposit £19.80
£24.75 £95.00

I
8 ohms 120W 95V 2 rrdSupply,u:': Rope light controller with auto reverse PDF reflex bin (80 x40 x 41) Carr £3
Deposit £20.60

SOUND -TO -LIGHT UNITS

£24.75 t;" PDF100 Reflex Bin - Twin Horns - Integrated Slave
SAXON Rope Lights multicolour Amplifier - Accepts mono or stereo signals
3 CHANNEL - 3kW ..611
25 feet long Use with all types of mixer
Operates from 1W upwards (11 Pan and volume controls Carr £3
Easy to change lamps £35.50 Spare bulbs
Bass/middle/treble/master 10p ea. Send for details £1 30 Deposit £28.40
controls
Red, Blue
£29.50 -cfclIpj:Itr; FUZZ LIGHTS Yello w,Green
G £22.80 PLUTO PROJECTORS & WHEELS
Module only £19.75 Panel £2.95
Wattka
4 CHANNEL -4 kW SOUNDLITE SEQUENCER DISCO MIXERS -COMPLETE OR MODULAR P140 r1e5m0 ar b etungsten
0 Dimmer on each channel
0 Automatic sound light level
111111111.--mmur MONO OR STEREO £37.50
Carr £1.00
0 0 0 00000ccc 16 WITH AUTOFADE Deposit £8.66
0 Logic circuitry throughout £39. 50 Corr £1 250 tont
Module only £26.75 Panel £2.95 MODULES P5000 fitting
Available complete and ready to plug in or as Mono module £27.50
on easy to connect module with all controls Stereo module £37.50 CgeparroEsilt.(60.28
except monitor switch already fitted -full Panel £3.95 £87.50
100W SPOTS Corr 50p max
instructions supplied. Kit of knobs/
Red - Blue - Amber - Green £1.50 ea. Free on 10+ sockets etc £5.50 Picture wheels from £4.75 -a wide range of wheels & effects
FEATURES INCLUDE: available - send for leaflet
Twin Deck - Mic & Tope Inputs - Wide range COMPLETE MIXERS
HEAVY DUTY SPOT BANKS - MATCHES LOUDSPEAKERS bass & treble controls - Full headphone (with case)
monitoring - Crossfade - Professional stan- Mono mains £45.75 MOTOROLA PIEZO HORNS
3 way 600W £35.50 4 way 800W £39.50 dard performance. Stereo mains £63.75 £4.50. YES!!

12 Practical Electronics April 1979

 DIGITALLY SYNTHESIZED DOOR CHIME
MANCHESTER. 24 tunes including "Rule Britannia", "Col. Bogie" etc.
Adjustable speed and tone.
In sturdy moulded case, taking internal PP3 batteries.
1 year guarantee. Special reduced price for PE readers only £14.95.

PACKAGE DEAL Don't Let Your Environment Dehydrate You!

Buy our Honeyewell Humidity Controller
SMOKE AND GAS DETECTOR
Uses TGS 105 plug in sensor, housed in neat 3j" die cast
box, led indicator 24V. 112V by altering 3 component

P.A. SYSTEMS la
Membrane actuated, very sensitive. j" shaft. 250V, 3 75A values! Will operate lamp or relay, with data and
Contacts Ideal for greenhouses. centrally heated homes. circuit fe95
Aces etc Build your own humidifiers or alarms Fraction of Relays for above f I as. state voltage
original rust 50p ea. Slat C2
TRANSISTOR PACKS

2 YEAR CASSETTE MOTORS

100. Full spec, new and marked. Includes BC148, BC1841..
ME0412, BF274. BCI 54 etc, etc £4.95
SelfRegulating, will operate 6.12V Ideal for modelers.
GUARANTEE mechanical switching etc. 2000 R P M spores 90p se!
!
200 as above and includes AC128, 253055, BP150.
80131. BF200 etc. £9.95
DEPOSIT Buy bulk and save money. these packs are worth at least
100 WATT £159.90 + Cu"
£37.89
ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS double.
£15 +VAT Transmitter and receiver 40 kHz 14 mm diam f4.25 pair
P/8 SWITCH BANKS
12 mth @ £14.77 or 24 mth @ £8.48 £13.99
These cost a fortune! Were made for various music centres
6 x 6 POLE REED RELAYS ON BOARD
* AP100 4 INPUT AMPLIFIER (see below) 12V ideal for burglar alarms, model taliways etc £245 Includes independent and interdependent latching types multi
* TWIN PIEZO HORN 100W COLUMNS & LEADS pole Co etc Can be modified Cant be repeated 3 Reeks for
fI
100 MINIATURE REED SWITCHES
+ Corr DEPOSIT We are the cheapest, £3.30 BULK BARGAINS, STOCK UP FOR WINTER
200 WATT £249.00 £15 +VAT £57.12 300 mixed i & 1 watt resistors £1.50
EARPIECES
150 mixed 1 & 2 watt resistors f 1.50
12 mth @ £22.23 or 24 mth @ £12.73 £21.12 Magnetic with plug and lead 25p ea 5 for f1
300 mixed capacitors. modem. most types f7.30
Crystal with lead 40p ea. 3 for [1
100 mixed ceramic and plate caps f 120
* USES NEW AP200 SIX INPUT AMPLIFIER (below) 25 pots and presets f1,517
* PAIR OF TWIN 200W PIEZO HORN COLUMNS MAKE CHEAP BATTERY ELIMINATORS 25 presets, skeleton etc f I /0
Fully shrouded mini mains transformers 24DV in 6-0-6V at 20 VORs and thermistors f1.20
100 MA out. Complete with mains lead and plug. ex new 100 Hi -wattage resistors wirewound etc £2.20
equip 90p 100 electrolytics. nice values £2.20
£49.50*VAT £4.08 300 printed circuit resistors f1
AP100 AMPLIFIER DE LUXE FIBRE GLASS 300 printed circuit components £1.50
PRINTED CIRCUIT ETCHING KITS
* 4 'poring units + £1.50 Cap
1110K MINIATURE THUMBWHEEL SLIDER POTS
Includes 150 sq. ins copper clad FIG board lb ferric
o * * C) 0 0 0 0 0 C ..
1

* Bass, treble, master chloride dale etch resist pen Abrasive cleaner. Etch tray
1 Very neat, can be banked side by side Ideal for v cap
controls Deposit plus instructions. Special Pria 14.95 tuning. graphic equalisers etc 10 for f1
* Twin outputs 5llMr wor-n rut, IF IUJ 4 1 lb FE. CI. To mil. spec f 125 100K STEREO SLIDER POTS
upside core £10.22 5 lb FE. Cl. To mil spec £5.00 Good quality 25p ea. 5 for Cl
150 sq. in. Single sided board 12.00
MINIATURE LEVEL/BATT. METERS 200pA
AP200 NEW £89.50 VAT £7.28 150 sq. in Double sided hoard f 3 00
F S.0. as fitted to many cassette recorders 90p

* 6 mixing inputs + £2.50 Corr

* 3 set of bass/treble
controls
* Master & Prescence
Deposit !'r
4..10
-- I --1-
sysmem u000 ,
_
MOO
40p P & Pon all above items. Cheque or P.0 with order N

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Mono,
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accept all only £10.50 Front panel t 1 3.75
inputs
available Mono PCB Mono C/W ,
as PCB Mixer/ only £6.50 Front panel tY.W..1
only or Monitor Stereo PCB Stereo C/W
complete Modules only £10.50 Front panel t 13.75
on front
panels

Power supply to suit £9.50 - send for full details of uses

D1501 Dual Imp

TWIN PIEZO HORN
PA SYSTEM
High 0/P condenser talc £18.50 BOXES
EM507 High output
single impedance mic £15.00 to match other cabinets
ACCESSORIES ECM105 Low cost
£1.50
condenser mic £5.00 £27.50 DepCoasirtr

MELOS CASSETTE ECHO/REVERB

Heavy chrome uric stand Twin input unit infinitely ADD ANY ACCESSORIES
- collapsible £9.90 variable speed, depth & Corr TO YOUR TOTAL
Boom version £16.95 delay - playback feature £65.00 £1 CREDIT ORDER
Suits all mice &
instruments Deposit £14.80

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Age different colours 80p. Telephone pick up coil, suction type with 3.5 mm jack plug 50p. 9 volt
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14 Practical Electronics April 1979

 BC348A 0.15 80508 0.70
TRANSISTORS BC350A 0.17 80518
0.50
0.50
BFX43
B FX84 0.20
0071
0074
0.09
0.10
2N2188 0.20
252218A 0.22
TTL CMOS
TYPE PRICE BC108A 0.07 BC177B 0.12 0.20 80537 0.20 7400 .12 7476 .13 74161 .80 4000 15 4073 .20
023
BC441 1.02 BFX85 0075 0.10 252222 0.18
AC107 BC108 0.07 BC1786 0.12 024 BD587 0.20 7401 .12 7483 .75 74163 .80 4001 15 4075 .20
0.06
BC461 1.40 BFX88 0082 0.48 2522224 0.20
AC125 0.17 BC109 BC179 0.12 7402 .12 7484 .90 74164 .90 4002 .20 4076 1.10
BC546 0.10 B0X32 1.90 BFY18 0.50 0C139 0.50 2N2270 0.39
AC126 0.17 BC109B 0.07 BC182A 0.09 7403 .12 7485 .90 74165 .90 4006 .95 4078 .20
BC547 0.11 BDY16 0.50 BFY19 0.50 0C203 2.50 2N2368 0.10 7404 .13 74166 1.00 400/ 20 4081 .20
AC127 0.16 BC109C 0.07 BC1828 0.09 7486 .26
8C547A 0.11 BDY20 0.50 BFY33 0.50 0C207 2.70 252484 0.18 7405 .13 7489 2.00 74167 2.70 4008 .94 4082 .20
AC127K 023 BC113 0.12 BC183A 0.09
BC547B 0.11 BF115 0.35 0.50 2N2904 0.18
0.14 0.15
BFY34 0C1072 2.50 7406 .29 7490 35 74170 1.70 4009 46 4502 .90
AC128 BC114 BC183LA 0.09 BC547C 0.11 BF121 0.20 BFY46 0.50 0C1074 2.50 2N2906 0.18 7407 .29 7497 .65 74172 4.00 4010 .50 4507 .52
AC128K 0.25 BC116 0.13 BC183LB 0.10 BC5484 0.11 0.12 74173 1.20 4011 .15 4508 2.30
BC117 0.15
BF123 0.20 BFY51 920088 2.10 2143053 0.15 7408 .14 7492 .45
AC128/1760.42 9C184 0.08 7409 74174 .90 4012 15 4510 1.10
BC548B 0.11 BF125 0.20 BFY52 0.12 TI P30 0.35 2N3117 1.00 .14 7493 .36
AC142 0.18 BC118 0.12 BC184L 0.09 BF127 020 7410 .13 7494 .80 /4175 .70 4013 .35 4511 .70
BC548C 0.11 BFY81 4.00 TI P31 0.45 2N3440 0.70
AC153 0.55 BC119 0.25 BC184L8 0.10 7411 .18 7495 .55 74176 .90 4014 .85 4512 .95
BC549A 0.11 BF137 0.21 BRY39 0.35 TIP31A 0.45 253638 0.15
AC158 0.50 BC125 0.15 BC186 0.19 BF152 0.15 7412 .21 7496 .62 74177 .90 4015 .80 4516 .70
BC5498 0.11 BSX20 0.18 TIP32 0.45 253638A 0.16
AC176 0.18 8C1256 0.16 BC187 0.19 BF154 0.15 7413 .25 7497 240 74178 1.20 4016 .45 4518 .65
BC550 0.11 BSX52 0.33 TIP33 0.60 2N3643 0.24
AC187 0.50 BC126 0.15 BC204 0.08 7414 .54 74100 .95 /4179 1.10 401 7 .55 4520 1.10
BC557 0.11 BF157 0.37 BSY20 0.21 TIP42 0.60 2N3692 0.24
AC187K 0.55 BC136 0.15 BC2046 0.09 7416 .27 74105 .40 74180 .70 4018 .90
BC5574 0.11 BF158 0.15 BSY25 0.30 TIP2955 0.65 2N3705 0.06 7417 74107 .28 74181 1.95 40t9 .45
AC188K 0.55 BC137 0.15 BC206 0.10 BC5576 BF167 0.25
27
0.11 BSY26 0.30 TIS90 0.18 2N3706 0.06 7420 .13 74109 .45 74182 .75 4020 .60
ACY20 1.02 BC138 0.30 BC2066 0.11
BF173 0.20
BC557C 0.11 BSY27 0.30 253446 0.30 2N3707 0.06 7421 .28 74110 .46 74180 1.20 4021 .85
ACY22 1.02 BC140 027 BC207 0.10
BF174 0.20
BC558 0.11 BSY29 0.54 25404 0.45 2N3711 0.06 7423 .25 74111 .70 74185 1.20 4022 .85
AD142 0.87 8C141 0.29 BC2096 0.09
BC558A 0.11 BF177 0.25 BSY39 0.15 2N524 0.48 253819 0.20 7425 .22 74116 1.60 74186 7.20 4023 .20
AD143 0.87 8C142 0.20 BC212A 0.10 BF178 0.25 7426
BC5586 0.11 BSY52 0.33 2N526 0.48 253899 3.00 .25 74118 .82 74188 5.40 4024 .68
AD149 0.65 5C147 0.06 BC213L 0.10
BC5596 0.11 BF179 0.25 BSY54 0.39 2N527 0.48 2N3904 0.06 7427 .25 791191.30 74190 1.10 4025 20
AD161 0.35 BC147B 0.07 BC214L 0.10 7428 .34 74120 .82 74191 1.00 4026 1.35
BCY42 0.55 BF180 0.20 BSY56 0.36 25685 3.60 2N3905 0.06
AD161/1620.70 BC148 0.06 BC237 0.15 7430 .13 74121 .26 74192 1.00 4027 .35
BCY58 0.20 BF181 0.20 BSY60 0.36 25705 0.10 2N3906 0.06
AD162 0.35 BC148A 0.07 BC2374 0.16 BF182 0.20 7432 .24 74122 .40 74193 1.10 4028 .70
BCY71 0.13 BSY84 0.30 25706 0.10 2N4037 0.25
AD262 0.36 BC1486 0.07 BC237C 0.21
BF183 7433 .32 74123 .55 74194 .92 4029 .90
BCY72 0.13 0.20 BU105 1.08 25706A 0.11 2N4058 0.10
AD263 0.36 BC149 0.06 BC238 0.15 7437 .24 74125 .45 74195 .85 4030 .50
0.06
60115 0.30 BF184 0.20 BU105-04 1.08 2N708 0.12 2N4222A 0.65 7438 .24 74126 .46 70196 .92 4033 1.40
ADY26 4.74 BC157 BC23813 0.16
0.07
80116 0.30 BF185 0.20 BU108 1.80 2N1039 0.15 254348 2.00 7440 .13 74128 .62 74197 .92 4035 1.10
ADZ11 4.05 BC157A BC238C 0.18 BF194
80123 0.60 0.06 BU126 1.00 2N1059 0.15 2N4448 1.50 7441 .52 74132 .70 74198 1.60 4040 .90
AF106 0.45 BC158 BC251A 0.15
0.07
BF194A 0.07
BD128 1.02 BU133 1.75 2N1101 0.15 2N4914 3.50 7442 .55 74141 .58 74199 1.50 4041 .80
AF109R 0.36 BC1584 0.08 BC2518 0.17 BD131 BF195 0.06
0.35 BU204 1.30 2N1102 0.15 255172 0.25 7444 .50 74742 2.02 4042 .75
AF124 0.25 BC158V1 0.09 BC252A 0.15 BF195D
BD133 0.40 0.07 8U205 1.30 2N1132 0.20 2N5245 0.30 7445 .70 74143 2.02 4043 .85
AF125 0.25 BC159 0.06 BC2526 0.17
BF195G 7446
BD135 0.30 0.07 BU208 1.50 251304 0.50 2N5296 0.40 .70 74144 2.02 4044 .85
AF126 0.25 BC159A 0.07 BC252C 0.20 BF196 0.06 7447 .66 74145 .65 4049 .28
BD136 0.30 BU208-02 1.75 2N1305 0.50 2N5458 0.25
AF127 0.26 BC159B 0.07 BC258 0.20 7448 .60 74147 1.35 4050 .45
BD137 0.30 BF197 0.06 BU406 3.80 251307 0.50 2N5496 0.60
AF139 0.32 BC161 0.25 BC261A 0.10 BF198 0.06 7450 .13 70148 1.20 4051 .88
BD138 0.30 BUY694 6.75 2N1309 0.50 255670 0.65
AF178 0.30 BC167 0.06 BC262 0.20 7451 .13 74150 1.00 4052 .88
60139 0.30 BF224 0.18 BUY696 2.00 251613 0.18 255926 0.55
AF179 0.30 BC168 0.08 BC267A 0.21 7452 .13 74151 .60 4053 .88
60140 0.30 SF253 0.18 BUY69C 7.00 2N1671 1.10 2N6123 0.66
AF200 0.36 BC169 0.06 BC267B 0.22 8F254 0.18 BUY70A 5.00
7454 .13 74153 .60 4055 1.00
BD144 0.30 2516716 2.20 25003 0.75 7460 .13 74154 1.06
AF201 0.39 BC17013 0.07 BC268 0.21 4060 1.00
50168 0.50 BF255 0.18 BUY71 4.50 2N1711 0.20 2S303 0.90 7470 .28 74155 .63 4066 .35
ASY73 0.30 BC170C 0.07 BC304 0.25
80178 0.72 BF257 0.16 MPS6517 0.48 2N1893 0.25 25304 0.90 7472 .22 74156 .63 4068 .20
ASZ15 0.60 BC171 0.06 BC307 0.15
60181 1.32 BF258 0.28 MPS6523 0.27 2N1905 0.25 25305 0.90 7473 .26 74157 .63 4069 .20
ASZ16 0.60 BC171A 0.07 BC3074 0.15 50183 BF259 0.28
ASZ17 0.60 BC1716 0.07 BC3076 0.15
1.50 MPS406 0.90 2N1990 0.25 25323 1.00 7474 .20 74158 1.70 4070 .20
80232 0.60 BF324 0.20 MV5053 0.72 2N2060 1.00 25732 1.00 7475 .28 74160 .80 4072 .20
AU103 0.90 6172 0.06 BC308 0.15
80233 0.60 BF335 0.25 NKT214 0.25
AU107 1.00 BC172A 0.07 BC309A 0.15
AU110 0.90 8C17213 0.07 BC3178 0.15
813234
80235
0.60
0.40
BF338
BF457
0.45
0.60
NKT224
0C22
0.25 RESISTORS
1.40 AW Values mplitble on 612 Meares from 1019 to 131 Pr04 0.03 evel. 315 Sonpe rum norm., ootentiommer. Velum mole. 1000. 2006.
AU210 0.90 BC172C 0.07 BC322 0.10 500R. 150. 250, 550. 105, 205, 506, 1006, 200K, 5006. I M
BC107 0.06 BC173 BC327
80236 0.40 8F523 0.22 0C26 1.40 AW Viewer mailabie on E 12 serie: Awn 1130 to 1034 15. 0.03 each. Prom 091 NAIL
0.06 0.16 10 Velum 44,34405 on 612 sworn Iron, 782 to ION, Prow 0.06 each.
80237 0.40 BF594 0.10 0C29 0.85 2W Values 4.4.0 on 612 wriot Iron 1043 to IOM Poet 011 each. 2000.MW .turn cornet potEntrorrAtar. VAN* 6rao1.018 209, SOR 1008
BC107A 0.07 BC1738 0.07 BC328 0.16 90238 0.40 BFR91 5.00 0C36 1.00 Sw Vlties warlatr: on E6 Aries14,,0
om..1113.0 110 0.
50013. 150 260, 550, 10K. 200. 1006. 5006.
Price 1.40 eseti.
BC1076 0.07 BC1748 0.07 BC337 0.16 80434 0.40 BFT43 0.54 0C44 0.12 wicea 10 Potentiometer 0118 7' spindle, VPuere 0e11.14 10R, 2571, 500.
BC108 0.06 BC177A 0.12 BC338 0.16 155 to 363 0.22 mete ICOR, 25051. 5000. 150. 265, 560, 105, ?OK
50507 0.50 BFX29 0.20 0C45 0.12 457 to 068 0.24 each. Pricm 1013 to 5601.61 ask
AN Velum marlable in 612 series Porn R47 to 225 105 206 1.52 ash.
DIODES
44119 0.17 001054 0.35 131201.3 0.40 111210 1.36
Poem 047 to 1382 0.256104
1130 to 160 0.26 este
1.50 Conwrwme proem ootntoometer. Velum eve.105 51110, 100,
100, 150, 200, 10033, 50013.
06202 0.07 152 to 125 0.25.5.6.
66121 011 881104 0.46 00201.4 0.45 117877 225 ST2 0.14 155 to 225 0.20 Prim 0.50 ask
44129 0.0111 88142 1.25 80201.5 0.56 111921 0.20 154001 0.04 215 10 Turn powntionwter. Velum eve.. ICOR 2009. 5000 1KO.
44143 0.15 50201.6 0.65 110 Values sravite:L5,070.4.;,,troori,riWO toeach 225
13111100 0,20 111923 0.35 154002 0.05 50, 550, 105. 206, 506. 1006.
44144 0.09 00101 0.30 8020312 0.50 1711075 0.25 154003 0.06 P.m 7.34 roeh.
84102 0.30 80100 020 131203.16 0.65 1112001 0.25 165 to 125 0.30 eacti
154004 0.05 156 ro 226 0.36 445.
BA I II 0.95 8V103 035 00203.20 1.00 1117007 0.20 194005 OAS 170 Volum /03.14,11 in 46,r,r0161,i;oir.:201111....0 tr,3, 22K
06115 0.25 01118 1.45 80204.4 0.46 048502 076 104005 0.07
86145 015 88126 0.15 020/8 066 040513 0.50 154037
icea
04148 0.12 88127 410 00213410 0.75 M0854 1.90
0.011 660 to 225 0.41 reect
1144148 0.04
B6154 0.10 138130 0.15 81206 0.30 MR856 2.10
BA 155
841513
012
012
II 0133 0.10
0.45
90210400
130210.600
0.46
0.50
51139924 1.56
154150
154440
105401
046
025
0.12
CAPACITORS
Tantalum Brid 25V 101.1F 0.14 each
136157 0.46 138142 0.45 0710.800 0.55 1,5400 0.95 155402 015
BA 158 0.55 130154 050 00010 0.07 6.3V 47uF 0.32 each 22uF 0.10 each
0.35 155403 016
66159 0.75 130176 146 BY 65S350 0.45 0670 0.07 156404 0.15 100uF 0.50 each 47uF 0.17 each
04182 046 130179 0.510 8 X 55.600 055 0471 0.36 155405 10uF 0.24 each 100uF 0.17 each
136201 0.15 130102 1.86 0681 0.12
0.26 16V
618 471.350 0.90 155406 0.30 220u F 0.36 each
04243 1266 80184 070 81X71.600 1.15 0685 012 155407 22uF 0.30 each
0.19 470sF 0.47 each
136813 0.05 131187 1.30 131061 spun 0.18 0486 020 155409 0.20 47uF 0.50 each
06X16 0.07 0.75 0,88 se.e, 0690 0.07 1000sF 0.72 each
136017 0.10
131198
130199 0.56 313
0.08
0.45 0691 0.06
1561504 6.75 25V 22uF 0.01 re,
801055 0.75 90201 1 0.40 11/44 0.10 0635 0.06
1315761 0.50
35V 0.1u F 0.22 ark 63v luF 0.10 each
0.22uF 0.22 each 2.2u F 0.10 each
EAR INTEGRATED
LINEAR
20 SC950.
CIRCUITS
1.75 2.00 766300 3.76 1136400 225 0367500 2.50
0.4/oF
1.0uF
0.22 each
0.22 each
0.7uF
10uF
0.14 each
0.17 each
C63046 0.00 5L4144 4.86 166310 3.15 139510 2.40 186800 0.90 2.2u F 0.22 each 22uF 0.17 each
C63060 2.50 514154 6.30 166320 2.50 TB65100 2.90 1669000 295 4.7uF 0.24 each 47uF 0.29 leach
C63065 .68 6L90161 8.50 1/63506 1.00 136520 2.50 T668104 140 100uF 0.40 each
CA30996 7.98 51917E1 10.70 166435 3.40 T1345200 2.50 16413105 1.10 Doc Cetrernic
C130000 4.50 511310 5.65 1'66550 0.50 260 136820 2206F 0.65 each
0188016 146550B
1E16530
036915 7.79
8kV 150pF 0.27 each 170u F 066.206
4.95 541327 275 0.40 13165300 2.50
ETTR6016 /95 51.3006 160 166570 2.6 1136640 250 164920 100 180pF 0.27 each 1000u F 1.01 each
04013031. 1.50 S5780035 2.50 TA6621 6.56 1365400 2.25 11369200 150 200pF 0.27 each 2200u F 1.44 each
1.1304P
MC1305
2.00
5.15
557600350
55780135
2.15
1.50
T66630
1/66305
556
/10
1136550
1865500
150
1110
164950.2
731695023
640
604 220pF 0.27 each ',iv 10uF 0.20 each
MCI 307P 219 557061350 215 T665616 1.70 184560 6.46 716990 4,55 250pF 0.40 each 22uF 0.25 each
040130 1.00 55760235 1.50 1668618 1.80 036560C 4.50 1369900 175 2706F 0.40 each 47uF
SIC13270 2.75 5576023NO T66700 160 1865600 TC6160 6.10 0.36 each
2.15
166540
7.36
106270 3.00
300pF 0.40 each 100uF 0.61 each
1.132711/0 2.50 59760335 2.40 4.50 184560.1 3.00
MC1330P 1.26 516751105 1.50 1/13100 1.E 184570 2.00 TC62706 150 Mixed Dielectric 220uF 0.68 each
MC/ 3390 195 531761315 200 0361206 3.66 1065700 2.00 TCA2700 150 600V luF 1.01 eech 450V
1.1349 50752265 115 T13612065 1.50 1B61341612 1042703 225 tuF 0.27 each
IMC1351P 115 557622650 116 1661205 2.70 166641811
6.20
5.65 TCA27050 3.40 'kV 0.01uF 0.26 each 4.7uF 0.45 each
MC1352P 1.45 51762275 2.50 16612058 LSO 186673 SOO 1C41300 640 0.033uF 0.32 each 10uF 0.53 each
1.1358P0 3/5 59765325 1.15 16612050 1.60 1E16700 156 1060000 1240 0.047uF 0.35 rich
566570 4.20 5576533N 2.70 TBA281 4.70 T1367000 TCA1330 110 22uF 1.07 each
2.26 0.1uF 0.39 each
5647006 10.15 53176544N 1.80 1663506 3.00 186720 5.10 T06.0 6.75 33u F 1.22 each
565560 2.75 55785605 LW 1136396 T867206 5.10 11361327 0.22uF 0.58 each Silvered Mt.
565570 275 55766609 0.110 7136440 160 2.10 T0613276 216 0.47uF 0.89 rich ,
5136750B /75 55766661V 1.60 105 16720612
6750 2.40 1361330 1.60 500V 0.18 each
SC9S033 200 6.00
164.06 2.60 741 0.25 1.25k V 0.1uF 0.50 each 5p11 0.18 each
1.5kV 0.001uF 0.245.00 10pF 0.18 each
BRIDGE RECTIFIERS I. C. SOCKETS 0.0022u F
0.0047u F
0.20 each
0.24 each
39pF
100pF
0.18 each
0.18 each
CURRENT VOLTAGE CODE PRICE NO. Of ORDER 0.22uF 0.28 Inch 150pF 0.18 each
74 50V 131/50 0.25 PINS CODE PRICE
IA 100V 81/100 0.25 8 D8 000 Simla Ended Electrolytic 180pF 0.18 each
IA 2000 61/200 0.25 14 014 011 16V 10uF 0.11 each 220pF 0.18 each
14 400V 81/4013 0.30 16 D15 0.13 221/F 0.11 each 330pF 0.36 each
/A 800V 131/800 0.34 20 D20 0.30
2A 50V 52/50 0,40 22 022 0.15
47uF 0.11 each 470p F 036 each
1000 52/100 0.46 24 024 0.60 100u F 0.11 each 680pF 0.36 each
2000 02/200 0.55 28 D28 eas 220u F 0.11 rich 820pF 0.38 each
24 40110 82/400 0.66 40 D. O.. 470uF 0.28 each 1000pF 0.42 each
24 900V 52/3100 0.70
2000 83/200 0.70 1000u F 0.32 each 2200pF 0.50 ..ch
12 BOO* 831600 0.80 63V luF 0.11 each 8200p F 1.58 each
44
44
54
1000
4000
500
54/100
64/400
66150
0.90
096
0.56
PANEL METERS 2.2u F
4.7uF
0.11 each
0.11 each
10000pF
Muhl-aectionel Electrolytic
1.62 each

54 200V 136/200 1.10 See 0" 1 0". 1 3" require. 114 cut.our. 10uF 0.13 each 30V 2500/2500u F 1.94 each
6A 400V 85/400 1.20 ORDER
104 2.50
22uF 0.16 each 703.1 2500/2500u F 2.70 each
400V 810/400 1.40. CODE PRICE
254 50V 1325/50 4.00 IrrIA M1 &SO
47uF 0.22 erh 300* 150/1501100uF 281 each
254 200V 1375/300 4.20 500186 4500 SAO 100uF 0.32 each 350V 200/300JF 2.46 each
254 40071 1325/400 4.30 220u F 0.48 rich 200/200/100/32uF 3.89 each
Double Ended Electrolytic 150/103/100/100/
THYRISTORS ORDER
TRIACS 10V 22uF
1002F
0.14 each
0.11 each
150uF 4.75 each
ORDER 400/40033F 4.75 each
CURRENT VOLTAGE CASE CODE PRICE CURRENT VOLTAGE CASE CODE PRICE 220u F 0.17 each
BOrriA 30V 1018 508/30 0.22 3A 1000 10220 13/100
300/300/150/100/
BOrnA 60V 1018 505/60 0.24 3A
0.79 470uF 0.39 each 50JF 5.18 each
200V 10220 T3/200 OAS
13.34 2000 1018 505/300 0.25 34 4000 10220 13/400 0.10 1000u F 0.40 each
IA SOV 10220 51/50 026 60 2000 80220 18/200 Lep
IA 100V 00220 ti/100 DM 54 400V 10220 16/400 105
7005 10220 S1/200 0.211 6.4 4000 10220 164400 175
IA 4000 10220 51/400 0.35 104 4000 10220 110/400 T.

NORMAN INSKIP
34 SOV 10220 53/50 0.24 ISA COV 80220 1/5/400 2.00
36 1000 10220 53/160 0.25
34 2000 10220 53/200 0.10
3A 4000 10220 53/400 0,40
4 500 10220 9E/00 nas Ordering. All items offered subject to availability.
44 1000 10220 54/100 0.40
40
44
5A
2000
4006
4000
10220
10720
10220
64/200
54/400
55/400
0.60
0.56
0.65
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Low Power Schottky and TTL CMOS corkolr BITS and PIECES Rogulalore Linear I.C's
N I+ 17-6364+ 19M Series 1430130 .75
LS N LS N LS LS 4000 15. 4053 .61' OIL (Texas) Static RAM's
7400.13'N .19* 7449 --- .87' 74136 - .39 74191 121' 15' 4001 16' 4054 1.29' 8 pin .10' 2102A I350ns1 105. .95' .80' +IPOSI 500mA
5v. 6v. 8v. 12v 15v.
1.431306 .90
37
7401.13 7450 .16. 14138 - .55' 74192 1.21' 1 85' 4002 16' 4056 1.461 .12' 2102A-2 (850ns) 129. 1.15. 1.00' CA31401

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14 pin 20v & 24v.
7402.15 .19' 7451 .111. .19' 74139 - .55' 74193 121' 1.85' 4006 S2' 4059 5.18' 2111A -I (500ns) 2.46. 2.197 2.05' LM301AN 30
16 pin .13" AVMs' each 33"
7403.15 7453 74141 .76" 74194 1.21' 4007 4060 124* 18 pin .18' 21124-2 1250ns) 2.14. 1.90' 1.76 LM324N
LM348N
7404.18' 21 /454 74145 .75' 105' 74195 101' 1,05' 4008 .92" 4066 .48' 20 pin 20* 211.02 (350ns) 1.07' .96.
8.10' 7.19. 0.75'
.66. 79M Series
LM31306
99
7405.16 21' 7455 .19' 74147 1.511° 74198 1.1B 1.05' 4009 .54. 4068 21. 22 pin .24* MM52571TMS40441 -MFG) 500mA .97
7406.26' 7460 74148 1.32' 74197 1.111' 1.05' 4010 .54' 4089 21. 24 pin 26' 2114 (45005) 6.10. 7.19' 6.75' 5v, 6v, 8v. 12v, 15v, LM3816 113
7407 .26' 7470 .27. 74150 1.0211 74198 1.81' 4011 4070 21. 28 pin 30" 6810 3.50' 2.97' 2.52' 20v & 24v. LM3825 1.33
7408.17 .67' .56. 74199 1.81' 4012 21' AH 65p each LM39005 .65
.19' 7472 .23' 74151 4071 40 pin .44. CPU's
LM3909N
7409.17 7473 .26' .29. 74153 .67. .411* 74221 - 4013 48' 4072 21 8080 5.95. .70'
Buffers 78 Series 557600111 1.02
7410.15 .19' 7474 28' 29' 74154 121" 125° 74240 225" 4014 92' 4077 21. Wire Wrap 6800 6.99' 8726P 1.65' +IPOSI IA S6760036 212
7411.25 7475 .43' 74155 .67 .78' 74241 4015 92' 4081 21 8 pin 23 9900 42.50. 8728P 1.65' 5v, 8v. 12v, 15v. S5760135 1.55
7412.16 .19. 7478 .30' 29' 74156 .67 .78' 74242 225225: 4016 4082 21' 14 pm .34' E -Prom's UV 8795P 1.49' 18v & 24v 5616023N 1.55
7413.27' 46' 7478 29' 74157 .67' .55' 74243 225' 4017 Al. 4085 92' 18 pin .37' 170240 5.57' 6196P 1.49* All 657' each 18881080
7414.71' .79` 7482 .73" 74158 - .58. 74247 95 4018 12. 4086 .92` 18 pin .43' 27080 717* 8T97P 1.49' 19 Swiss TC4940
90
1/5
7415 .19. 7483 .75' 74160 1.21 .99' 74248 .95' 4019 18' 4093 .61" 20 pin .55' TriStste Butlers 8T98P 1.49' -MEG) IA ZN414 .90
7416 .25' 7485 1.16' .118 74161 1.21. .65. 74249 .95' 4020 4099 1.81. 24 pin .60. 811995 75.
12v. 15424E 1.35
7417.34 74136 25' 29' 74162 1.21' 125. 74251 .83' 4021 4502 .92' 28 pin .65' 8ILS96 .75' 5v. 8v, 15v.
264251 3.711
7420.16 .19' 7489 2.60. 74163 121' .65' 74253 99' 4022 92' 4508 2.46' 36 pin 95 811.097 75' 18v & 24v
ZN459CT 154
7421 - .19' 7490 .34. .62' 74164 1.02' 1.15 74257 .99 4023 Is. 4510 1.07' 40 pin 1.05' 811098 15' Reirds/ors
All E1.00 each
7422 - .19' 7491 .73" 1.05. 74165 - .78' 74258 99 4024 4511 .95' 74365 .75' 94723 MIL) 40' 21111034E 2.03'
VAT 75' 200 1.99' 251040E 11.43.
7423.25 7492 .4611 .75' 74166 1.02. 74259 1.50' 4025 18. 4514 2.70' 74368
6.75'
7425.25 7493 .34' .65' 74188 - 116' 74268 35' 4026 1.84. 4515 2.70' 74367 75' LM30411 2.40' ZNA1 168
INC 6.25'
7426.25' .19' 7495 .54. .86. 74169 - 1.85' 74273 2.25' 4027 Al. 4516 1.07' 74368 15" 781 Series
LM323K
7427.39' .19' 7496 .67' 125' 74170 1.85 1.65' 74279 .46' 4028 JO. 4517 4.10. PRICES LM325N 2.60'
i-IPOSI 100mA LM3265 2.80. C04011
7428.30 74107 .27' .35' 74173 1.41' 74283 .99' 4029 1.18. 4518 95' Dynamic RAM 5v. 60. 8v, 12v & 15v
7430.16 74109 .44 .35' 74174 1.01" 1.05' 74290 .83' 4030 18. 4521 2.54' 1M345K 8.10' 7 for £1.00'
7432 .25" .25. 74112 .35. 74175 .61' 105' 74293 63' 4032 118. 4522 1.89'
OPIO 4116 12.75' All 30p. each 1129/30/31 SP
1433 - 74113 .35' 74176 1.01' 74295 195' 4034 119. 4528 1.89. .125" 1+ 10+ 50+ 100+ .2' + 10+ 50+ 100+
7437.25` .25' 74114 .35' 74177 1.01' 74298 1.25' 4035 1.00' 4528 .92' TIL209 Red 151 10' 10' 09' 1(1220 .16' .125' .125' .11.
7438 25' .25. 74121 .27. 74180 1.01 74365 .51. 4040 12. 4534 7.12' TIL212 Yel .20' 18' 16. 14' TIL224 Vol x 3' .21* .195' .17' 111/1380
.51
.

7440.17 .19. 74122 .50' .75' 74181 2.21' 2.99' 74366 4042 JO. 3.74'
4536 TIL216 Red x .20' 18' 16' 14' 1112 28 Red x 3' .21. .195' .17'
7441.70 74123 .60" .76' 74182 II" 74367 .51 4043
4046
11' 4543 1.62' TIL232 Ore x .20' 18. .16' .14. TIL234 Gra
.

23' 21' .195 .17' 3 for £2 50

7442 .50' .55' 74124 1.25.74184 1.61' 74368 .51. 118. 4553 4.53' High Brightness
7445.60 74125 .51. .39. 74185 1.82 14386 .39' 4049 A3. 4566 1.51'
7446.60 74126 .51' .39. 74188 2.97" 14670 1.85' 4050 4583 1.02'
7447.60' 17" 74,32 .72. .65' 74189 3.17. 225' 405' .81' 4585 1.07' DL747 pAl41 NE555 TIL209 TIL220
7448.60 17 74133 .19' 74190 1,21 .75' 4012 11. 4 for £6.00' 5 for £1 .00 4 for f 1.00' 10 for £1.00' 8 for £1.00'

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A superb solid state audio amp- Solid State F.M.A.M Stereo
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o A.M.and F.M. Stereo Beacon
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Lamp Indicator Built in Pre -
into 8 ohms. Frequency drilled printed circuit board with component identification clearly
amps with variable output marked, smart brushed anodised aluminium from panel with
Y.'1., .40 _.--- response 12Hz 30KHz voltage adjustable by pre-set matching knobs. wire. solder. nuts, bolts -no extras to Die/
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crate Volume. Bass boost and 4in high kin deep approx
Treble cut controls Suitable for R.M.S. per channel into 5 ohms. Frequency response 1:- 3dB
8-15 ohm speakers. Input for ceramic or crystal' cartridge. Limited number only at £28 00 - t 1 - 50 P. & P. 12-30,000Hz Sensitivity' better than 80rnV into 1 6111. Full power
Sensitivity approx. 40mV for full output Supplied ready built and bandwidth s 3dB 12-15.000Hz. Bass boost approx. to -12
tested. with knobs. escutcheon panel. input and output plugs. 10/14 WATT HI-FI AMPLIFIER KIT Treble cut approx. to -16d8.Negative feedback 1808 over main
Overall size 3in high bin wide 7,in deep AC 200 250V A stylishly finished monaural amplifier with an output of 14 watts amp. Power requirements 35V at 1A.
PRICE £16.00 P. & P. £1.2 O. from 2 EL84s in push-pull. Super reproduction of both music Overall size 12in wide x 8in deep x 2Iin high.
and speech, with negligible hum. Separate inputs for mike and Fully detailed 7 page construction manual and parts list free with
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3-150 speaker and 2 independent volume controls, and separate (Magnetic input components 33p extra)
TWO ZERO bass and treble controls are provided giving good lift and cut.
An advanced solid state general 9 I.. , Valve line-up. 2 EL84s. ECM, EFE16 and EZ80 rectifier. Simple POWER PACK KIT £6.00 P. & P. 95p
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for Public Address system. Disco built and tested £2040 P. & P. C1.40. SPECIAL OFFER -only £25.00 if all 3 items
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Output in excess of 20 watts R M.S Very attractively finished VHF FM Tuner Head covering 88-108 MHz 10.7 MHz I.F.
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16 Practical Electronics April 1975

 pVOLUME 15 No. 4 APRIL 1979
BLOWING THE TRUMPET deed we would like you to tell us how helpful in the search for the right part
IT'S NICE to know you are number we can go on getting better-or at the right price.
one, and P.E. has over the last six perhaps you think we ought to start to We have some exciting projects
months consolidated its position as the improve? under development and maybe we can
leading electronic hobby magazine We have scored some notable firsts score some more firsts with one or two
published in Britain. By this we don't over the last few months, our VDU and of them! We will continue to strive to
mean that we consider ourselves to be Microprinter projects for instance; we improve the quality of our projects but
a better magazine, better features, bet- feel that the Bubble Memories feature that does not mean that they will be
ter presentation, more interesting this month is a significant, up to the getting bigger to get better. There is,
reading etc., we should not judge our- minute, article on this "new" and will undoubtedly continue to be, a
selves! We simply mean that you buy technology. demand for the smaller well designed
more copies per month of P.E. than any project.
other similar magazine* and that, of EXCLUSIVE It is not our intention to leave behind
course, pleases us. More copies sold is We have been able to design and those without a pocket deep enough
the start of a spiral, in addition to manufacture a very useful tool which for the synthesiser or computer etc.
enabling us to improve the product, or will be exclusive to P.E. and, However, this hobby can significantly
at least restrict price rises, it also although it is worth at least £1 (many reduce the cost of many items of
means that our advertisers can sell similar tools are sold to industry for equipment and we are sure that such
more and that helps to increase the much more) we will be giving one benefits will continue for those of us
number of adverts we carry. This in away with each of our May issues. that follow the hobby as constructors.
turn leads to bigger issues which, After that a limited quantity will be Having blown our trumpet, and
hopefully, will encourage even more available for sale by writing to the thankfully you are still reading-even if
people to buy and so, if we continue to editorial offices. you totally disagree with everything
"get it right", it goes on. We have brought you a number of above-we will give you a chance to
We hope, of course, that "more catalogues over the last year or so and reply. Comments to the editor please --
copies sold" means that you like us this issue carries-not a full not too blue as it affects the nerves
better than the others. It does not catalogue but at least a sample of (and my secretary)-and hopefully we
mean that we are perfect or that we what Maplin, the largest mail order can let you have your say in Readers'
can please all the people all the time, component suppliers in this country, Letters in a couple of months!
but we hope it shows we are going in can offer. We are sure these catalogues Mike Kenward
the right direction! We will not now sit are of interest to most readers and,
back and let the grass grow, as is so judging by the way you respond by or- Based on independent figures by the Audit
easy when things are going well, in- dering components, they have been Bureau of Circulation.

EDITOR
Mike Kenward Jack Pountney ART EDITOR Editorial Offices:
Westover House,
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Dorset 8H15 1JG
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 In addition, players can introduce offensive
or defensive options in the form of "pinch hit-
ters" or "relief pitchers", respectively. The
control circuitry is designed so that the three
pinch hitters have a higher "batting average"
(400 against 270 for the normal team players),
and the two relief pitchers, although more

Market
"powerful" to start with, are designed to
"tire" to the original pitcher's effectiveness
after five batters.
There are several ways in which players can
use their skill: the pitcher has three choices of
speeds, giving him the opportunity to analyse
the batter to see whether he hits fast or slow

Place
balls, and the batter can time his pressing of
the "bat" button (with practice) to obtain
more and better hits.

Items mentioned are usually available from electronic

equipment and component retailers advertising in
this magazine. However, where a full address is
given, enquiries and orders should then be
made direct to the firm concerned. All
quoted prices are those at the
time of going to press.
by and
Alan David
Turpin Shortland
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL SALE SALE SALE SALE . . .

Something really new in soldering. The If you live in or around the London area
Oryx PSU-6 is a complete soldering station in and are interested in buying components at
miniature. sale prices then go along to Home Radio
Ideal for work on the latest micro- between March 24th and 31st, shop hours are
miniature circuitry, it has a fully isolated and 9.00 to 5.00 and 1.00 on Wednesdays.
fused transformer for safe operation, a They are in the process of moving
miniature coil spring iron rest with stainless premises-though all mail should continue to An alphanumeric display scoreboard
steel insert, and sponge tray for tip cleaning. be sent to their present address-and have provides a continual display of home and
decided to sell off the ex catalogue stock. visitor score, number of relief pitchers and
They tell us that this consists mainly of pinch hitters remaining, event counter (show-
current items but also includes some valve ing score of present batter), inning counter, "at
transformers etc. It is all new and is available bat" indicator (showing which side is in), num-
to callers only, during "sale week". ber of "outs", and indicators to show when
Once they have moved, at the end of pinch hitters or relief pitchers are introduced.
March, they will no longer be able to serve The game is mounted in a sturdy plastic
callers and their business will then be mail or- case with a representation of a baseball dia-
der only. mond. with individual lights showing the loca-
Home Radio (Components) Ltd., 240 Lon- tion of the base runners. An input is provided
don Road, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 3HD. (01- for an external 9V d.c. supply.
648 8422). Micro Electronics Limited, Consumer
Products Division, 766 Finchley Road, Lon-
don, NW 11 7TH (01-458 8944).
ELECTRONIC BASEBALL
An electronic baseball game which
simulates all the functions of the real game in INTEL TECHNICAL LIBRARY
a self-contained, battery -operated unit has Intel have just updated and reprinted their
been introduced by Micro Electronics Ltd. leaflet which lists all the technical publications
The microprocessor -controlled game, available from them. These include users' and
The base, which has non slip feet, measures which uses I.e.d. displays to simulate the operators' manuals, brochures, application
only 120 x 65 x 50mm, has a burnproof movements of players and ball and to keep notes, reliability reports, article reprints and
aluminium cover which solder will not adhere score, allows players to use their own offen- data sheets.
to and an indicator lamp to show correct sive and defensive skills and strategy to in- The larger manuals can be purchased from
operation. fluence the result. Intel and purchasers are allowed to select up
The sub -miniature 6V 6W two -wire iron In operation, a player chooses the desired to five additional publications free of charge
has a stainless steel shaft, longlife element and speed of pitch (slow, normal or fast) and then with each order.
a slide on nickel plated tip only 2.4mm in presses the "pitch" button, which starts a The Intel technical library is now extensive
diameter. scoreboard display cycling through all possi- and covers most aspects of microcomputer
Price is £9.95 + VAT. ble events at the desired speed. When the and minor system design and application.
Available, ex -stock, from Toolrange Ltd., "bat" button is pressed, the cycling of events Intel Corporation (UK) Ltd., 4 Between
Upton Road, Reading RG3 4JA (0734 stops, and a crowd cheer (for a "hit") or a Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford OX4 3NB
29446). buzz (for an "out") is heard. (0865 771431).

18 Practical Electronics April 1979

SINCLAIR DMMs MOD -1 MINIATURE TIMERS
To complement their two existing low cost The latest enclosures from West Hyde ELREMCO announce the introduction of a
meters, Sinclair Radionics have announced Developments are in three distinct series. new range of miniature electronic timers.
two new digital multimeters. (The DM450 and The MOD -1 type A series is a 19in rack The units are all of the plug-in module
DM350). The DM450 is a 4+ digit, 5 function mounting chassis with panel heights from 2 to variety and are housed in the same size en-
multimeter with a basic accuracy of 0.05 per 6U (34- to 10+in). closure, which measures 36mm square x
cent of the reading and the DM350 is a 3+ The type C series contains cases which can 50.5mm high, excluding plug. A full range of
digit instrument with 34 ranges and a basic be either free standing or rack mounting. Delay, Interval, Delay to Off and variable
accuracy of 0.1 per cent of the reading. Both Heights are from 2 to 6U and various widths On/Off cycling are available, with time ranges
units can handle currents up to 10A, and and depths are available. up to 180 seconds. All have a single change
resistances to 20M, are protected against over contact rated up to 5A at 240V resistive,
overloads and have high brightness, 8 mm depending on type.
I.e.d. displays.

The timers are manufactured by Gruner of

West Germany and ELREMCO have the sole
U.K. agency.
The units are powered from four C size For details contact Electrical Remote Con-
cells and an optional a.c. adaptor is available trol Co. Ltd, P.O. Box 10, Bush Fair, Harlow,
where continuous use is required. Additional Essex CM18 6LZ (0279 24285)
accessories include a rechargeable battery
pack. 30kV high voltage probe and an
"eveready" carrying case with a neck strap. The type E series are 19in housings made to
take "type A" racks and "type C" cases or MICRO DE -SOLDERING TOOL
The DM450 is priced at £99 plus VAT and Less than 7in long, only +in diameter and
the DM350 is £69 plus VAT. For further any 19in front panels.
For full details including price contact West weighing only 1 oz, the MICRO desoldering
details contact Sinclair Radionics Ltd., Lon- tool is certainly small.
don Road, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs, Hyde Developments Ltd., Unit 9, Park Street
PE17 4HJ. Telephone (0480 64646). Industrial Estate, Aylesbury, Bucks., HP20
1ET. (0296 20441).
LIGHTWEIGHT DISPLAY BEZEL
SOLDERING IRONS Newly -available from Vero Electronics is a
Tele-Production Tools Ltd. announces the moulded display bezel in two sizes to frame
availability of the TELPRO FR range of and highlight a display and at the same time
soldering irons. cover possible tool marks around a panel cut-
These irons operate from 220/240V but are out.
also available for 12, 24, 48 or 110V
operation, with an option of three power
ratings; 18, 24 or 30W.

Designed to fit into a single rectangular cut-

out, the bezel is positioned in the cut-out by
four removable location pegs, and firmly It has an all metal body, high suction power
The standard F35 type high purity iron- secured by two moulded in screwed studs and easily replaceable screw in Teflon tips. It
clad tip is supplied with the irons; these are which also secure the display mounting board is primed and released by thumb operation,
detachable and may be interchanged with any on spacers provided. with a built in safety guard and an anti -recoil
of twelve other iron -clad tips which are made A choice of lenses is offered-neutral, red system.
in various shapes and sizes. and clear, polarised or un-polarised and a full Ideal for use with subminiature soldering
These tips reduce migration of copper range of compatible mounting boards for both irons on the smallest electronic circuitry, the
molecules during soldering, thereby greatly I.e.d. and l.c.d. displays is available. 3mm dia. nozzle can remove solder from even
extending the tip life and eliminating frequent Prices range from £1.50 for a 4 -digit bezel the most tightly packed double sided printed
re -dressing of the soldering tip. with clear lens, to £2.65 for a 6 -digit with circuit boards.
For further information contact: Tele- coloured lens. This MICRO costs £5.95 + VAT.
Production Tools Ltd., Stiron House, Electric Vero Electronics Limited, Industrial Estate, Available. ex -stock, from Toolrange Ltd.,
Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SSO 9NW Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO5 Upton Road, Reading RG3 OA (0734
(0702 352719). 3ZR. (042-15 69911). 29446).

Practical Electronics April 1979 19

HAPPY TTL TESTING INSTANT HEAT IRON STACKABLE I.e.d.s
Useful birthday presents generally turn out The Engel S50 is a mains operated iron The standard range of Mullard I.e.d.s has
to be socks but I was more lucky with this which has a 35 watt power consumption and recently been extended to include a series of
one, an Amtron logic probe kit. can heat up to an operating temperature of stackable red, green and yellow devices.
There are not many compon,ents: a 7404 350°C in under 10 seconds. The flattened outline of these devices
i.c., a BC107B transistor, a couple of resistors, enables them to be mounted with a centre -to -
a p.c.b., two w.e.l.s (white emitting lamps), centre distance of only 0.1in.
a piece of red and a piece of green celluloid, These new l.e.d.s have the same high
probe body, a metre of screened lead and two brightness levels normally associated with fila-
insulated croc clips. ment type lamps (0.8mcd at 20mA) and will
Putting the components on the board was allow bar graphs to be easily constructed.
easy, although one i.c. hole had not been Type numbers for the devices are; CQXIO
drilled. Getting the assembly of board, (red), CQX11 (green) and CQX12 (yellow).
celluloid pieces, probe body and end caps For further information including price con-
together was a bit of a struggle. One end cap tact Mullard Ltd., Mullard House, Torrington
had to be scraped to fit and the body and the Place, London.
pieces of coloured celluloid annoyingly twisted
themselves out of position as the probe tip was DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS
screwed on. When the cursing was over the Now available, off -the -shelf, from Distronic
device proved to be a goer first time, for use are two microprocessor development systems
on TTL only. for the RCA CDP1800 COSMAC
Our May issue will have the first part of The joint to be soldered is illuminated by a microprocessor family. Costing £100 (plus
a TTL project, a small microcomputer using built-in lighting unit and an indicator lamp is VAT), the CDP18S020 evaluation kit is a
the General Instrument CP1610 16 bit fitted to show when the iron is on. complete kit of components for building an
microprocessor. The price of the S50 is £9.50 and further in- evaluation board for the CDP1802 COSMAC
A.T. formation can be obtained from Kelgray microprocessor, while the C DP 18S021
Products Limited, Kelgray House, Sandy Microterminal, which costs £70 (plus VAT), is
BELZER ELECTRONIC TOOLS Lane, Crawley Down, West Sussex RHIO a hand-held, non -hard -copy alternative to a
Belzertools from West Germany are 4HS (0342 715066). teletypewriter data terminal.
certainly not cheap but meet high standards of The evaluation kit represents a valuable
quality and finish. The range includes special
WATFORD CATALOGUE first step in the development of COSMAC
pliers made from vanadium extra steel nickel Watford Electronics have replaced their programs and prototype systems, and incor-
coated, chromium plated and highly polished stock list with an illustrated catalogue which porates on -board utility read-only memory for
with spring loaded plastic handles. covers a wide range of components, tools, kits, terminal control.
test and audio equipment, and news of The Microterminal provides a convenient
Watford's own business and home computer means of controlling a COSMAC system,
system based on the Zilog Z80µ13. reading and modifying memory, and providing
The price of the catalogue, which has now hexadecimal input/output capability.
been available for a few months, is 50p plus The two systems are ideally suited to com-
25p for p&p. bined operation.
Watford Electronics, 33/35 Cardiff Road, Distronic Limited, 50-51 Burnt Mill,
Watford, Herts. WD I 8ED (0923 40588). Elizabeth Way, Harlow, Essex (0279 32947)

ASCII ENCODED TOUCH KEYBOARD

The capacitive touch keyboard manufactured by Star Devices is a low cost terminal for use
with microprocessor systems.
The standard unit includes, 7 bit parallel ASCII encoded output with positive and negative
Also listed are pliers, cutters and
strobe edges, full ASCII character set, auto repeat, audio feedback which can be adjusted by
screwdrivers; tweezers, adjustable tools and
means of a volume control and a sensitivity control which allows the touch pads to be adjusted
complete tool kits. to suit the user.
A free 32 page colour catalogue and price
When the character is selected the seven I.e.d.s mounted above the keypad will display the
list is available from Toolrange Ltd., Upton
ASCII code for that particular character.
Road, Reading RG3 4JA (0734 29446).
The keyboard, which requires a 5V 200mA power supply, is priced at £37.50 including VAT,
p&p and a comprehensive handbook.
For information contact Star Devices Ltd., Box 21, Newbury, Berks. (0635 68020).
A CAREER IN ELECTRONICS
A new careers leaflet has been issued by
The Institution of Electrical and Electronics
Technician Engineers (IEETE) entitled
"Engineering a career in the electrical and
electronics industry".
The booklet avoids excessive detail,
Pati. follii, opt
concentrating rather on giving a general
picture of the profession of electrical and ,
electronic engineering and the qualifications
required to become a Technician Engineer, a
Aar.
Ai si
"

Technician or a Chartered Engineer.

The leaflet will be useful not only to young 0 lit a
.01VER
people considering their career, but also to
those engaged in offering careers advice and iiall
,,1111 1111 I MI MI MI MI mi
guidance.
Copies are available on request from The
Secretary, IEETE, 2 Savoy Hill, London
WC2R OBS (01-836 3357).

20 Practical Electronics April 1979

 Immo, ..I

Semiconductor
0

coo
FEATURING : S 2600 S2601 2758 R.W. Coles

REMOTE CHIPS at least two identical message frames are 5 VOLT EPROM
sent for each command.
The possibilities of electronic remote The 40KHz carrier frequency is ideal for Microprocessor nuts will no doubt be
control systems have always fascinated me. the direct drive of a piezoelectric ultrasonic familiar with the 2708 Erasable, Program-
Idid once dabble in the subject when I transducer, and the fact that the S2600 is mable, Read Only, Memory (EPROM),
became hooked on the radio control of fabricated in CMOS means that a low cost which has become something of an indus-
model aircraft using a 27MHz radio link. 9 volt battery can be used as a power try standard in the past couple of years. The
Building the electronics was fun, but range source. 2708 is used to hold programs during
problems and the vagaries of aerodynamics The S2601 is a PMOS decoder circuit software development, when the fact that it
finally caused my interest to wane. which recognises valid commands from the can be erased with Ultra Violet (UV) light
These days my only contact with the S2600 and outputs a five bit binary word in and reprogrammed is a great asset.
subject is a quick drool over the latest, and response to the key pressed at the transmit Volume manufacturers go on to replace
consequently far too expensive, quad end. their 2708s with cheaper mask program-
proportional systems which appear in the Some of the 31 codes are assigned med ROMs when the software has been
window of our local model shop. special significance by being recognised finalised for mass production. But for small
Just recently, however, a new data sheet within the S2601 and used to control ad- quantity manufacture and for hobby use,
from A.M.I. has had me thinking up all kinds ditional outputs. the 2708 is the only form of ROM most
of new remote control schemes for things Five special function outputs are people consider.
like TV games, garage doors, model cars, provided, a pulse train, or stepper, output With a capacity of 1K 8 bit words, the
and burglar alarms. The object of my new which pulses at 2.44Hz while the ap- 2708 is a handy size for most purposes, but
found affection is a two chip remote control propriate button is depressed, an ON/OFF unfortunately it has the drawback of
set coded S2600 and S2601. function which toggles on the receipt of its needing three power supply rails, and has a
The S2600 is a complete CMOS encoder own special code, and three analogue out- data sheet restriction which forbids sirgle
intended for use with ultrasonic, I.e.d., r.f., puts, A, B and C in the form of 10kHz pulse word programming.
or hardwired transmitter circuits. It can trains with a variable mark to space ratio. The ability to program a PROM a few
transmit any one of 31 commands under The analogue outputs can give, after low words at a time can be very useful for those
the control of a simple keyboard, and it pass filtering, 64 discrete voltage levels and inevitable patches which are needed to get
uses a bit -synchronised encoding scheme they can be made to increase in response to a program running, and having to wait for
which pulse code modulates a 40KHz one transmitted code and decrease in up to an hour for an erase cycle can mean
carrier. response to another. that you need to have four or five PROMs in
The use of sychronisation pulses The chips were designed in the first place circulation for every socket on the board.
transmitted with every data bit results in a for the remote control of television sets, but An expensive overhead!
link very tolerant to frequency variations they can be used for any other purpose you To overcome those 2708 problems, and
between transmitter and receiver clock os- can dream up. The S2600 is in a 16 pin a few more besides, Intel have introduced
cillators, and message integrity is further d.i.l. package, and the S2601 in a 22 pin the 2758 which has the same capacity as
assured by a coded preamble message and package, so they are easy to accommodate the older device but which operates from a
the use of redundant transmissions so that in miniature systems. Just think what you single 5 volt supply.
could do with a pair of these chips and one Single address programming is standard,
of those motorised plastic car kits! and only a single 25 volt supply is needed
Circuit Application S2600/S2601 for programming, with all inputs and out-
puts TTL compatible during read and
V 10 TO IS VDC
program. With programming now so easy,
ION

A VD,
TV
CO
it is a very simple matter to design a PROM
Cl
OSC programmer.
If you like, you can even program the
E
sor, F

II
/ 3
R

PROMs in the sockets in which they will be

used. All you need to do is pipe a
RC VS 1101
14
OSC 5 33K f Cp DUD BINARY
NC 2
POR E103 DATA switchable 25 volt supply to the Vc, pin on
804 WORD each PROM, set up the address and data
DATA
OU
TRANSMISSION 13
SIG
805v
3
DATA VALID
under software control, and bang in a 50ms
pulse on the PD/PGM pin. Every
MEDIUM
IN
19
KIA 0/0 TOGGLE FOR POWER CONTROL
KIA
E;

TO INDEXING CIRCUIT
microprocessor system could contain its
KEYBOARD
KIC
PT

ANA
00
NY' DC LEVELS
own programmer software-a nice
KID
AND
DI
AA" FOR ANALOG
thought. Oh, and the PD in PD/PGM stands
KIE
von ANC
DO
CONTROLS for Power Down. The 2758 has a low
E G., VOLUME
BRIGHTNESS. power standby mode which cuts power
R2 C
RIPPLE ON FILTER OUTPUT <10mV p -p USING 112 = WK,
COLOR SAT
consumption by 75 per cent when deselec-
100K, C, 0 01 AF, Vss = 1/VDC
T ted by a logic high on the PD/PGM input.
KEYBOARD LOW PASS
Cl, C2, AND Cp OPTIONAL FILTERS Nice one, Intel!

21
Practical Electronics April 1979
 A selection of readers'
original circuit ideas. It
should be emphasised
that these designs have
not been proven by us.
They will at any rate
stimulate further thought.
Why not submit your
idea? Any idea published
will be awarded payment
according to its merits.
Articles submitted for
publication should con-
form to the usual prac-
tices of this journal, e.g.
with regard to abbrevia-
tions and circuit symbols.
Diagrams should be on
separate sheets, not in-
serted in the text.
Each idea submitted
must be accompanied by
a declaration to the effect
that it is the original work
of the undevrsigned, and
that it has not been
accepted for publication
elsewhere.

CAR INTRUDER ALARM

THIS circuit provides protection by sens- If the supply voltage should drop allow the alarm to be deactivated on enter-
ing the voltage drop in the wire to the slightly, the non -inverting input will drop ing the car via hidden switch S 1.
interior courtesy light fitted to most cars. also, but the inverting input will not due to To arm the circuit you just open the car
On sensing the voltage drop, when one the charge on C I and the diode DI door and switch on the alarm. The alarm
of the doors are opened, the alarm will reverse biases preventing Cl from dis- will not be activated when the door is
trigger and 5 seconds later the horn will charging. The output from IC I will drop closed as the circuit responds only to a
give an intermittent blast if the circuit is and flip the latch formed by one half of a drop in supply voltage, not a rise.
not reset. CMOS quad two input NAND package. The relay should be any I 2V type
RI and R2 bias the inputs of the The output of this latch then charges up capable of handling the horn current.
operational amplifier at approximately C4 in 5 seconds activating the 0.5Hz Potentiometer VR I is provided as a sen-
10V with a I 2V supply. oscillator which pulses the car's horn. sitivity control.
The inverting input however is biased at R5/C2 time -constant is provided to C. J. Nother,
0.7V below this (forward voltage drop of filter any unwanted noise. R6/C3 ensure Portsmouth.
DI) which means that the output is at the correct start up for the latch and R7, C4 Hants.
positive supply rail. give an approximate 5 second delay to

*WIRED AS CLOSE 'AS

POSSIBLE TO
COURTESY SWITCH

R LA1 TO HORN

22 Practical Electronics April 1979

 SIGNAL
INJECTOR PIN 14 IC1-51,17400N
C5
22n1500V

THIS design is based on the SN7400N

TTL integrated circuit.
The basic oscillator runs at approx-
imately 200k Hz, and produces a square
wave with fast rising edges, and hence is
rich in harmonics. For this signal to be
heard, it is modulated at 2kHz by another
oscillator. PIN 7
Each oscillator consists of two NAND
gates connected as an astable multi -
vibrator with two capacitors and two
resistors. The lower frequency oscillator,
IC 1(c) and IC 1(d), has its output fed to the
spare input of IC 1(b).
Thus the higher frequency oscillator is
switched on and off at 2kHz. The com-
posite signal is fed to the probe tip via a
22n isolating capacitor.
D. P. Akerman,
Coventry.

SOUND -TO -LIGHT PREAMP

WITH many circuits for sound -to -

light converters using valve output
transformers to isolate the audio source,
the sound level has to be unacceptably + 8 -15V
high (in domestic systems certainly) to
produce a reasonable display.
This can be overcome by the use of a LIMITING
RESISTOR
SOLAT I NG
TRANSFORMER C3
simple field transistor pre -amp
effect
between the transformer and the frequency 1---1170
selective network. The f.e.t. is better suited AUDIO
INPUT
22A FREQUENCY
SELECTIVE
to this situation than its bipolar brother as NET WORKS
any variations of voltage appearing at the
gate will be amplified irrespective of the
current available.
The value of components is by no
means critical in this particular circuit and MI
ov
virtually any n type f.e.t. will work. This
basic configuration can, in fact, be used
where ever a high input impedance and
medium output impedance are required.
The calculations are very simple, since, as
no gate current flows, the input impedance
is effectively the same value as the resistor
R 1, while that of the output is equal to R2.
J. Little,
Parkstone,
Dorset.

Practical Electronics April 1979 23

 RI CI C2
R2
4 12V -0
S1
10k
ELECTRONIC
1k 100n 100n
412V +12V 4 12V

DOOR BELL R3
7 7
R6
7

2 1C2 6

'7. HIS door bell circuit has the op -amps 741

2K2
I IC I -1C4 arranged to form a second 4 0 4

order differential network.

-12V -12V -12V
The output of the circuit to a step input
is therefore damped simple harmonic
R4 IK
motion, or the wave form from a plucked
string with no harmonics. The step input is 412V
provided by the bell push button, and the
ringing decay rate is adjusted by -f OV DECAY I
potentiometer VR1. 6 C4 2 R7
The output is buffered through 105 the 741 OV

volume being controlled by potentiometer 10K VR1

1K
VR2. The speaker provides the sound but
if this is not loud enough a further -1 V
R8
amplifier can be provided.
P. R. Williams, 10K
Stevenage,
Herts
4-12V

C3
R9
VR2
1K 10K 500p
VOLUME LS1

-12V
OV RIO

OV
100K

PROGRAMMABLE DIVIDER

mxis circuit is extremely useful for the

I digital experimenter, and can divide the
45V
incoming digital signal by any whole
number between two and ten.
The eight input NAND gate (four of the
inputs are connected to positive via a 10
kilohm resistor or left floating) is con- IN
trolled by the b.c.d. output of the 7490 via OUT
the switches.
When all inputs at are a logic "I" the
output becomes "0", is inverted and
becomes the output pulse and resets the
counter to zero.
To operate, for example if division by
six is required (6 = 0110 in b.c.d.),
switches B and C are closed. The A and D
inputs are floating, i.e. at a logic " I", and
when the B and C outputs become logic
"1", the counter is reset.
J. Hogarth,
Guiseley.

24 Practical Electronics April 1979

 ORGAN RHYTHM GENERATOR

3-55

R4
KEYBOARD 220k
SWITCHES
S1 05 IC2a
14 INPUT 1
D914
D22
14
V031
4 R3
220k
IC2 b
14 lb
IC2c
INPUT 2

i
V 032
14 1* 220k

IC2d -TH`2'5,
IC3a
14 INPUT 3
0
14
1

V 033

IC3b
1 14 1d

3c INPUT!.
0
V034
DB

14 14

14 D30 R6
IC3d
d
S15 220k 220k
D4 It
021
IC4a IC4b
CI D1-034 = 1N914
14
101 B IC4 =CD4001
IEP231
IRS 22n
1028 IC3 = CD4011

Amany readers will be aware, par- The circuit shows such a decoder, the IC4a and IC4b must be CMOS NOR
ticular rhythms required are pro- operation of which is self evident, using the gates, CD4001 or similar. With the com-
grammed by addressing the Signetic M252 fewest number of diodes possible. The ponent values given the output pulse dura-
chip with a 4 -bit binary code. This may be diodes may be any small signal general tion will be approximately 10 milliseconds
implemented simply by using four single purpose devices. The outputs are then which will reset the latches momentarily.
pole changeover switches but this involves inverted with CMOS inverting gates The reset pulse is made short in relation
learning the codes which represent each ICIa-IC Id which may be CD4001, to the time which the particular keyboard
pattern and presents difficulties switching C D4011 or similar. switch is held down so that when the reset
from one rhythm to another. An alter- As the keyboard switches are push to goes low the binary code is committed to
native solution would be to decode the out- make, release to break, it is apparent that a the latches.
puts of a I5 -way pushbutton bank into a memory element is required. The code may then be input to the
binary code. However, these units appear This is implemented using eight 2 -input appropriate address pins on the M252.
to be a difficult item to procure and even CMOS NAND gates, IC2a-IC3d. P. Gladdish,
when available the cost is usually When one button is depressed the rest Affestree,
prohibitive especially when one considers of the rhythms must be cancelled so it is Derby.
the low cost of the unit thus far. Owing to necessary to reset all the latches initially.
their availability and low price, calculator This is accomplished by deriving a logical
keyboards would seem to provide the "1" from the decoded lines, via D31-D34
obvious answer. and R5, when any button is depressed and
First of all a decoder is required which using this to trigger the one-shot multi -
will give a 4 -bit binary code from the vibrator made up of IC4a, IC4b, Cl and
fifteen switch contacts. R6.

Practical Electronics April 1979 25

 TRS 80
LEVEL II
A.A.BERK B.Sc. Ph.D.
Four versions of the TRS80 Microcomputer have now been available in this
country for some time. Our contributor has recently been able to put the most
expensive version (E807 including VAT) through its paces.
The equipment is only available as a ready to use system, complete with 12
inch video monitor and cassette recorder.
HE TRS80, from Tandy, comes packaged in one impact Here, in my opinion, lies the most irritating aspect of the
I protected cardboard box which splits into three separate video display. The VDU frame control in the computer is based
packages containing: on a 60Hz frame frequency, and a frame beating effect on the
(a) CPU/keyboard, plus power pack and cassette tapes, screen with the 50Hz mains is constantly apparent. By wander-
with interconnection leads (all beautifully packed in ing into various Tandy stores, I have noted this effect to some
foam rubber). extent on every display encountered-this varies from barely
(b) A Realistic CTR-41 cassette tape recorder. noticeable to really eye-catching!
(c) A video monitor. The screen brightness, on my specimen, also varied from dark
Also included is a manual appropriate to the level of the to bright quite spontaneously and randomly, with or without the
machine. I shall describe the above components first and then CPU connected-indicating a faulty component in the TV. The
concentrate on the complete system. focusing and definition, though reasonable, is also not of the
highest nature and all in all this component is the weakest of the
MONITOR system.
The video monitor is just a normal TV without the r.f. and
audio side. Brightness (labelled B) and contrast (labelled C) are RECORDER
mounted on the front, and horizontal and vertical hold brought The cassette recorder is of the normal piano -key type with
out to the back. The volume control (conveniently labelled V) is remote control and built-in condenser mic. which is left switched
replaced by a plastic grommet through which passes the video off by a plastic plug, supplied, for insertion into the mic. socket.
lead terminated by a DIN plug for insertion into the One prime facility offered by this machine is its tape-counter-a
CPU/keyboard housing. The monitor is, of course, set up to truly enlightened addition making tapes usable throughout their
accept a 240 volt 50Hz mains supply and not 120 volt/60Hz as entire length with fast access to the contents-very thoughtful,
suggested in the manual. Tandy!

26 Practical Electronics April 1979

 The comment I must make, however, concerns the wisdom of core to be used for running machine code routines-even
supplying tape machines apparently unchecked for head callable by a BASIC program.
azimuth set-up. I had heard, some time previously, a criticism by Hitting the ENTER key (as the Americans say) then causes
a user to the effect that Tandy pre-recorded tapes were very dif- display of the advert:
ficult to load successfully (while his own tapes were reliable). RADIO SHACK LEVEL II BASIC
Sure enough, I plugged the units together and tried to load the followed by:
supplied "Black Jack" game-without success. I had similar
trouble recording tapes myself. This last is an indication that the machine is now ready to
In desperation, I tried listening to the tape to see if I could accept a command-it is said to be in the "Command mode". In
hear any unwanted blips, etc. The sound seemed a little muffled this mode, the keyboard may be used, for instance, to write
so I took the machine to pieces and replayed the tape while program statements in the BASIC computer language for
adjusting the (sealed!) head positioning screw for the clearest immediate execution.
sound. The unit never gave another moment's trouble. Both The 16 display lines of the VDU may each contain 64 charac-
loading and dumping is reliable, fast and easy to use, once the ters, and the cursor position may be shifted down, left or right
critical volume setting has been found (7+ on mine with my own by "r, "<--" or the SPACE bar. In addition, "->" allows move-
recordings and 6+ for Tandy's-tone switched to low). ment of the cursor to the next "tab" position, at intervals of eight
The computer names each tape file dumped to tape, and can spaces; "SHIFT ->" changes the screen contents to 32 double -
search for and load any particular file-even under program width characters per line for greater readability; and the
control. One could imagine a small business application running "CLEAR" key may be used to clear the contents of the screen
on two or three such tape systems very cheaply indeed- if very and home the cursor to top left. This all allows great flexibility in
slowly! the use of the machine and is very much to be commended.
While using the keyboard, one very soon discovers that the
keys are not properly debounced-doubling of characters is not
CPU an uncommon occurrence-and the keys are acoustically noisy,
The CPU is the most compact (and expensive) part of the probably because the CPU casing is acting as a large sounding
system and houses the Z80 based microcomputer plus a full board. These are very minor criticisms, and all in all, the n -key
typewriter keyboard. There are two removable plastic covers at rollover and special keys built into the keyboard make it easy
the back of the case. One of these houses the RESET switch and and pleasant to use.
an expansion edge connector which plugs, via a ribbon cable, An example of a BASIC program statement which may be
into the Expansion Interface, available from Tandy. This edge written from the keyboard, following the characters ">_",
connector also contains almost everything the home computer would be:
man could want for expansions, etc., of his own. The second PRINT (389*14.761) (1%8.7)*SIN(0.87)
cover contains a power switch and DIN sockets for video This set of characters is displayed on the screen as shown, but
monitor, cassette and power. The power supply unit is a small is not "looked at" by the computer until the ENTER key is
black box mostly containing iron and copper. pressed. This allows you to correct any mistakes on the line by
The system comes in several levels starting with Level I backspacing using the ".<_!' key which moves a cursor ("_;)
BASIC and 4K of RAM for £499. It seems generally agreed back along the line obliterating the characters it meets one by
that this price is rather on the high side-but one does have a one.
complete "front parlour" type of set-up to amaze and thrill one's
friends without the usual wire -bestrewn heap of naked, loosely When you are satisfied with the statement you have built up,
connected chips! At a further cost of £229 (including installa- "ENTER" causes the computer to execute the statement. The
tion) your 4K version may be uprated to 16K. above tells it to multiply (symbol "*") two numbers, then raise
This process is one of removing the eight 4K dynamic RAM the result to the power 8.7 ("Iv symbol), and finally multiply by
chips (which Tandy keep!) and replacing them by the pin com-
patible 16K versions (with one or two small changes). For this
service, £229 is, in my opinion, well overpriced and I have
noticed firms springing up with offers of such conversion at con-
siderably less. A conversion which is more than worthwhile,
however, is the one to Level II BASIC for £79. In fact I would
highly recommend bypassing the Level I version altogether for
the difference in price. However-make sure you buy the Level
I manual if you do not know anything about computers, its LE
explanations are very full and easy to understand. nufernarn-
The machine used for the preparation of this article was the Manual_ __
Level II with 16K RAM.
Level II BASIC is an extremely powerful programming
language and even a small experience of Level I quickly leads
the user to hanker after Level II-a fact which I suspect Tandy
have realised from the design stage.

COMMAND MODE
With the four components plugged into each other via the
three interconnection leads, and into the mains by three more,
the complete effect is very swish-if slightly cable -bound! The
video monitor may now be switched on and the CPU's power
switch pressed. This causes the CPU's red l.e.d. power indicator
to glow and the words MEMORY SIZE? to appear on the The complete system, showing Level II manual and all inter-
screen. At this time, you can reserve a block of memory in the connection leads.

Practical Electronics April 1979 27

the SINE of 0.87 (radians). The answer: "3.86502E + 32", 10 CLS
which is 3.86502 times 10 to the power 32, appears on the next 20 FOR X = TO 191
line. The machine is acting as a super calculator and will accept 30 PRINT X; " "; CHRS (X),
complex programs, with many statements-all on one line- 40 IF INT (X-128)/9) = (X-128)/9 THEN PRINT: PRINT
and execute them immediately. 50 NEXT
This is fine as long as you don't make an error near the beginn- Each character slot on the screen is, of course, a memory
ing and have to backspace the full 250 characters allowed on a location (one of 1024) and each of these has eight bits. Six of
program line deleting as you go for correction. The whole line, them are used to set the six squares in that slot to black (0) or
in fact, may be deleted by "SHIFT+-". white (1). Thus any graphic character may be POKED into the
A program for execution at a later time (or for saving on correct character slot. This speeds up the graphics by six times!
tape) may be written using line numbers at the beginning of each It is in the use of graphics that one really appreciates the speed
line of program statements. This is the most usual method for of one machine against another and it is clear that the TRS80 is
program development, and allows a set of statements to be slightly on the slow side.
written without the computer executing them individually. New
lines may be inserted between two existing ones simply by giving STRING HANDLING
them line numbers between those of the old lines. The string handling functions on Level II are quite
sophisticated and any string may be adequately hacked about,
COMMANDS merged, changed and compared in almost any way you can
In the command mode, 14 commands are available to the think of. There are hundreds of string variables, and numeric
user. These allow: listing of all or some of the existing variables available and, with the PRINT USING statement, any
program lines, automatic line numbering with any increment screen formating or program output for commercial or any
(to allow plenty of space for insertions), cassette loading and other application seems possible.
filing, saving memory blocks for strings, line deletions, Numeric and string arrays to any practical dimension can
program erasure, continuation from a breakpoint, running the also be used, and with the few subroutines for matrix handling
current BASIC program or machine code program blocks, given in the manual, could form the basis of complex linear
setting or resetting trace and program line editing. programming routines.
This last is particularly powerful on the TRS80. It allows in- The monitor program which controls the TRS80 is able to
sertions, deletions or amendments to any character or block of print one of 23 error codes plus the number of the line in which
characters in a line of program text. The editor can save a the error has occurred during execution. There is even a facility
tremendous amount of time in program writing and debugg- for "simulating" any specified error during execution. This is
ing, and practice with this facility in the beginning is a mainly for testing the "ON ERROR GOTO" statement which
worthwhile investment of one's effort. In addition, most of the branches to any given line if an error occurs.
above commands may _themselves be used as part of a MANUAL
program. I found the Level II manual excellent in almost every
The full floating point package, with its 16 arithmetic func- respect-although an index would be useful. It steps in detail
tions from standard trigonometry and exponential, to Random through the available Command and BASIC routines, and ends
number and integer functions may be used in a single precision with a description of the Expansion Interface (£229 without
(six figures and one guarding) or double precision (16 figures extra memory). This device can handle a further cassette, a line
plus one). Conversion between integer precision (numbers bet- printer, four mini disks and 48K of extra RAM. Also included,
ween -32769 and +32768), single and double precision is easy at the end of the manual, is some advice on saving time and
and, in addition, any variable may be inherently defined as tak- memory on program execution-e.g., using POKE graphics.
ing one of these precisions by the use of the DEF statement or The appendix has a summary of the whole manual; error
simply by one of the special declaration characters-e.g. A% is code definitions; notes on graphics and screen management, and
automatically in integer form. The appendix (section F/1) con- a full memory map of the machine (showing, for instance, the
veniently gives a table of more complex trig. and hyperbolic Level II BASIC ROM in 12K of memory from 0000 to 2FFF).
functions derived from those available. There is a fairly obvious Three tapes are included for conversion of taped material
error in HYPERBOLIC COSINE-which I've decided to leave from Level I to Level II and playing Blackjack and Backgam-
as an exercise for the reader! mon. No rules are given for the games though they are
decipherable to a playable level (some of the rules in Blackjack
OTHER FUNCTIONS still elude me, however!). A few pieces of software are also in-
Many other functions exist in Level II including the INKEY cluded in the manual and though limited, give a taste of what is
function for inputting a character from the keyboard during possible.
program execution-very useful for TV type games. There
are graphic and screen management functions, logical operators CONCLUSION
"AND", "OR" and "NOT" as well as a single machine code In conclusion, the expansions to the basic machine seem out
subroutine call "USR" (there are ten of these calls on the Disk of the general hobbyists pocket. These are more supportable by
version of BASIC). PEEK and POKE are also available to set a small to medium firm who would find the "plug-in" ability and
any memory location as the user wishes. neatness of the product very attractive. The effect of the system
Graphics on the TRS80 are adequate but simplistic, being of is one of power (except perhaps the graphics) and excellent
low resolution. The screen is divided into 128 horizontal by 48 ergonomic design.
vertical boxes-each of these graphic squares may be set to I imagine that the straight computer -cum -electronic hobbyist
white or black by its X and Y co-ordinates. Point (0,0) is at top will be happier with a system where he can be more involved
left (irritatingly enough). There are also 63 graphic characters with the hardware in order to learn more and save money. It is
which may be printed in any character slot on the screen-each perhaps a pity that the marketing philosophy, on the part of
of these is made up from the single graphic squares in a 3 x 2 Tandy, does not include the sale of the CPU separately-
matrix. The manual gives a small program which flashes the perhaps even without case-in a form suitable for 50Hz TV.
63 characters down the screen too quickly to see. A better one Undoubtedly, the lower cost would attract considerably higher
to examine the full set is as follows. sales.

28 Practical Electronics April 1979

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 16 NOTE

SEQUENCER PART TWO... LYNDSAY ROBINSON

CONSTRUCTION of the sequencer on a p.c.b. is fairly Checking any one of the sequence output pins from the
straightforward and partial testing is possible before all counter will show the waveform, a pulse wave that is high
the front panel controls are permanently wired in. one period out of ten (with no reset connected); this corres-
The use of i.c. sockets for the CMOS devices is recom- ponds to one count out of ten for the decade counter.
mended and these i.c.s are not placed in their sockets until
that section of the circuit is to be tested. The clock is the first USING THE SEQUENCER
part of the sequencer to be tested (Figs. 7-9). The sequential voltage output of the sequencer is usually
Temporarily wire in VR2 and check that pin 6 of IC1 can used to control the frequency of a VCO, and short repeating
vary between approximately 6V and 12V. This is the control melodies can be programmed into the sequencer by
voltage for the voltage controlled clock, and ensuring that adjusting the tuning pots. The "Sequence Length" switch is
the power is off, insert IC2, IC3. By observing the clock out- initially switched to "1" and the initial pitch tuned up in the
put from pin 4 of IC2 on an oscilloscope and varying the synthesiser and then the second note of the sequence is
control voltage, the correct operation of the clock can be programmed in, etc. until the sequence is completed. The
checked. envelope shaper can now be connected and a suitable en-
Note that the clock waveform will not necessarily be a 50 velope shape set up. A sequence with from one to sixteen
per cent square wave and is more likely to be a pulse wave notes can be programmed in this way.
due to the varying transfer voltage of the MOSFETS.
IC4 can now be connected, together with VR4 and opera- PARALLEL CHANNEL
tion of the monostable can be checked. It may be useful to In the parallel channel position, it is possible to construct
connect IC8 as well at this stage to observe the I.e.d. unless an eight note sequential melody and use the other channel
a d.c.-coupled 'scope is used or a voltmeter. to control another of the synthesiser's voltage controlled
At this stage it is most convenient to wire up the remain- functions such as the voltage controlled filter. In this case
der of the sequencer. The p.c.b. is mounted on 2in mounting each note will be able to have its own individual timbre, and
pillars at the back of the front panel, previously having this is particularly useful when constructing percussive drum
mounted all the panel controls. Note that D8-D23 are rhythms.
mounted directly on their corresponding control pot, also One channel can be used to control the clock frequency
R18-R33 are connected directly to their I.e.d. and the other channel to control the VCO as before. This
It is much more convenient to use ribbon cable to wire results in each note having a different time period and adds
together the controls to the p.c.b., even considering the extra considerable musical content to the repeating melody.
expense, as lacing dozens of separate wires together in a A number of jack leads can be made up for patching
confined space would be very difficult. within the sequencer and for the use just described, the
Switches, S4-S5 are connected directly to the control analogue output of one sequence channel is patched into the
pots behind the front panel. Wiring of the sequencer's voltage control jack socket of the sequencer's clock. An in-
controls is most conveniently done from the circuit diagram teresting rhythm can be composed when one channel is
than from a point to point wiring diagram because of the programmed to produce a long and short note and controls
complexity. For ease of fault finding, the ribbon cable is the clock and the melody formed as before from the other
directed to the p.c.b. from one side only so that the board channel.
can be turned over easily.
LENGTHENED SEQUENCE
OBSERVING COUNTERS It is possible to produce a sequence of a form, containing
Once the sequencer has been wired up in this way, the up to sixty-four notes. This is achieved by allowing one coun-
correct operation of the counters can be observed on an ter to trigger the other. In this case a jack lead is connected
oscilloscope. Check that clock pulses are reaching pin 14 of from the "Pos. 1 Out" of Channel A and into the "External
IC6-1C7 and that the counter enable pin (pin 13) is low, and Clock" input of Channel B. When Channel A starts each new
that the reset (pin 1 5) is low. run it triggers Channel B along one position.

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0...10 CPCkco..0

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1-°
0_,0 0_0
-r..., 0_0
4b 6 a cpie

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Clamm.....mm=14) o
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0.4k,..........0
°m.m°11\010 0...........0
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0--0
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Fig. 8. Component side (Actual size)

Practical Electronics April 1979 33

 0 -f ;$, 14$-0 -f on 1- 0
4-7® -,-1_,E,c)

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0
LT*
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Fig. 9. Component layout on double sided board

34 Practical Electronics April 1979

 E

1E1'601

Fig. 10. P.c.b. and component layout for p.s.u.

The two voltages can now be summed if desired and the BEAT INITIATION
sequence programmed directed to a VCO. The sequence The "Pos. 1Out" of Channel A can be used as a trigger
programmed on Channel A will change its key after each pulse for an additional envelope shaper that produces a tone
run, up to a maximum of eight times and so the sequence at the beginning of the sequence. This is useful for initiating
will run for sixty-four notes before repeating. a drum beat from other synthesiser modules, at the
For normal use, the sequencer will be in the repeating beginning of the sequential melody.
mode, but it is possible to make the sequence stop after it The "Pos. 1 Out" jack socket is also used for very long
has run through its sequence once, by connecting the "End sequences as previously described.
Out" of one channel into the clock gate jack socket. On A diagram of a synthesiser's keyboard, hold and VCO cir-
pressing the counter reset switch, the sequence will then run cuit is shown (Fig. 13). By applying the sequential voltage in
through its pattern again. This single run feature is of limited parallel with the keyboard voltage, it can be seen that the
use but can imitate a musical doorbell that plays a pre -fixed sequencer is, in fact, modulating the hold voltage. This
tune on command. means that the keyboard can also be used at the same time

Practical Electronics April 1979 35

 r 100k

SE 0.0/P ) I VCO
SEQUENCER 100k
TRI a 0/P FROM ENVELOPE
KEYBOARD
SHAPER TRIG. 0/P
OF SEQUENCER TO ENVELOPE
HOLD CONTROL
!! SHAPER

lEps21
ENVELOPE VCA
OR
SHAPER VCF
Fig. 14. Envelope trigger interface
SYNTHESISER
700k 47k
I/P

REPEATING
EPGJ MELODY
OUTPUT UP
0/P

Fig. 11. Basic arrangement for using sequencer with a

synthesiser
10P531

Fig. 15. Two channel mixer

WHITE ACCOMPANIMENT PATTERNS

VOLTAGE
NOISE
The repeating sequential pattern produced in the various

SE0a/P
[I CONTROLLED
FILTER ways previously described, can be used as a bass accom-
paniment or background rhythm, since in conventional
SEQUENCER
music these are often repeating patterns.
TRIG 0/P ENVELOPE
SHAPER
VCA OUTPUT It is also possible to use the sequencer as a lead instru-
ONE CHANNEL CONTROLS ment quite effectively. For example, a fast six note sequence
lEk511
TIMING OF OTHER CHANNEL can be set up as a melody and then the synthesiser filter
controls continually adjusted to vary the tonal quality. By
various key changes and envelope time period changes,
Fig. 12. Arrangement for rhythmic drum patterns interesting musical sound patterns can be composed.

PORTAMENTO HOLD

KEYBOARD VOLTAGE
DIVIDER

SEQUENCER

SEQUENTIAL
CHORDS
PRODUCED

Fig. 13. Synthesiser keyboard and sequencer arranged to

produce sequential chords

to vary the voltage to the VCO and this enables the com-
poser to change the musical key of the sequence at will,
adding much versatility to the sequencer's performance.
Further observation of the same diagram will show that the
synthesiser's portamento control is usually inserted directly
before the hold circuit and the portamento will result in a
slow, smooth change in pitch of the VCO when different
keys are played. If the synthesiser's portamento causes this
to occur when different keys are played, then with a sequen-
tial voltage, the sequential tune will slowly increase or
decrease in pitch, but the individual notes of the sequence
will not have any slew superimposed. Therefore the sequen-
cer has its own portamento control with slew time up to
about two seconds available; this is a factor of VR21/C8 and
can be changed as desired. Prototype main p.c.b.

36 Practical Electronics April 1979

 Fig. 16. (Left) Staircase waveform of up to sixteen bits.
(Above) Triangular waveform synthesis. Here 'slew' control
should be used to smooth the waveform

Drum patterns are also useful when controlled by the programming a very high pitch in the VCO (>20kHz) so that
sequencer as it leaves the keyboard free for conventional it appears that a gap has been formed. Similarly with the
playing of the synthesiser. By using the sequencer to control filter, a very low cut-off frequency is set for when the gap is
the voltage controlled amplifier on the synthesiser dynamic required.
percussive patterns can be produced, with a suitable short Further use of the sequencer is as a waveform syn-
envelope shape (Fig.1 2). thesiser. The sequencer can be tuned up by referring to the
Other interface circuits that may be necessary for the sequential output on an oscilliscope and the individual steps
sequencer/synthesiser union are shown in Figs. 14-15. The adjusted until the required waveform has been created. By
sequencer as it stands produces +9V as an envelope shaper causing the clock to oscillate at a much higher frequency (by
trigger which may not be suitable for all synthesisers so a changing Cl), the whole sequencer can be used as a variable
simple op -amp adaptor is shown. Also seen is a two channel waveform VCO. By adding a small amount of slew, the
mixer for combining the two channels of the sequencer for waveform can be smoothed off and a more realistic
extended sequences (up to sixty-four notes). waveform achieved. Some diagrams are shown of digitally
By using all the oscillators on the synthesiser, it is possible synthesised waveforms such as a triangular wave.
to tune up sequential chords which would otherwise be dif-
ficult to play. If one channel of the sequencer controls one
VCO, the other channel can control another and duets can Note: The envelope shaper pulse time can be
be played. extended from 10ms-8S by changing VR4 to 2M2
It is possible to program breaks in the sequence, and and R10 to 4k7.
when using the VCO with the sequencer, this is done by In Fig. 2 pin 4 of IC1 should go to -12V.

SEQLJEFICER

Showing front panel legending

Practical Electronics April 1979 37

 'Nw Detv/hete

D.J. FOLWELL

MANY door chimes or bells are not always audible in the during the positive half cycle of oscillator "a" and therefore
home above the background noise of TV and radio, etc. gives a bleeping effect. The capacitors C2 and C3 can be
whereas the bleeper circuit to be described here is easily altered to change the bleep tone as required.
heard and provides a novelty to the caller. The circuit only operates for a short period after the bell
push has been operated: when the switch is pressed,
CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
The complete circuit diagram of the doorbell is shown in
Fig. 1. The basis of the circuit is a dual Schmitt trigger i.c.
(SN7413) which is used to form two oscillators. Gate "a" COMPONENTS . . .

with capacitor C2 and resistor R4 is a low frequency os-

cillator, and gate "b" with C3 and R5 is a higher frequency R1 470k
oscillator. With the values shown the frequencies are R2 22k
approximately 5Hz and 2kHz respectively. Oscillator "b" R3 3k9
drives the loudspeaker via amplifier T3 but is only enabled R4, R5 330 (2 off)
+6V R6 2k2

Capacitors
C1 25p.
C2 470µ
C3 1µ
All 10V elect.
6V

Semiconductors
01 1N4001
ICI SN7413

Miscellaneous
Battery HP11 (4 off)
Battery holder
Fig.1. The complete circuit Terminal block
diagram of the Bleeper Diecast box (170 x 120 x 57mm)
Doorbell Speaker 80 ohms 0.25W

33 Practical Electronics April 1979

 LS 1 BATTERY the base of TR1 keeping both transistors on until the current
drops sufficiently for both transistors to switch off when os-
cillation ceases. With the value shown for Cl the circuit is
R2
active for approximately four seconds.
Diode D1 is included in the circuit to ensure a Vcc on IC1
of less than 5.5 volts.
53 Cl
CONSTRUCTION
The components for the doorbell were mounted on a
piece of 0.1 inch Veroboard as shown in Fig. 2.
The prototype unit was fitted in a diecast box (170 x 120
x 57mml.
Holes were drilled in the lid of the box as a loudspeaker
(BELL
aperture and the speaker glued in the corresponding position
E074 I
Fig. 2. Veroboard layout PUSH on the back. The battery holder was then screwed to the
base of the box.
capacitor C1 is charged up, transistors TR1 and TR2 conduct A small piece of terminal block was mounted inside the
and a voltage is applied to IC1 allowing oscillation to take box and an adjacent slot filed through the side of the case for
place. When the switch is released, C1 discharges through the external bell push connections.

recorded signal. Simple a.c. coupling to an amplifier completes the

system.

[News Briefs)
The recording time depends upon the voltage slope, but there is a
trade-off between bandwidth and time. Speech recordings can be
stretched to 50 minutes. At present, recording is a specialised business
involving weightlessness, and hence the rental of satellite space, but in
the near future we may well be buying records which look like the little
capsule shown in the photograph with the lid off.
by Mike Abbott
CHIP RECORDS
COUNTDOWN
AN AMAZING and promising new device has been produced at the
Greerson Adams and Gough research laboratories in the U.S.A. The Harrogate International Festival of Sound, held at the Exhibition
Capable of storing analogue signals of up to 36 minutes by a com- Centre and four leading hotels, will be open to the public on Saturday
pletely new technique, an i.c. called the "Analogue Programmable and Sunday, 18th and 19th August respectively, from 11.00 to 20.00
Resistance Infra -Loaded" device, stored a half hour lecture by one of hrs.
the company's applications engineers, and could be the tape recorder of Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st August will be for trade only,
the future. between the hours of 10.00 and 18.00.
The exhibition is organised by Stan Smith and Peter Hainsworth of
Exhibition and Conference Services Ltd., Claremont House, Victoria
Avenue, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
The Great British Electronics Bazaar is coming! It is for the hobbyist
and small professional buyer, and will be held at Alexandra Palace on
the 28th -29th June 1979. This exhibition will incorporate teach -ins and
.1 mo surprises which promise to make the event a colourful one.
1.)1116"1.-1 - The bazaar is being organised by the Evan Steadman Communica-
tion Group, 34-36 High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex.
The success of Breadboard '78 had been described as overwhelming,
necessitating a change of venue for Breadboard '79. This will be held at
the Royal Horticultural Halls, Westminster, London, December 4-8.
In response to requests from last year's exhibitors and other con-
cerns, there will also be a Midlands Breadboard '79, which will be held
at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, on May 23-26.
Details: Trident International Exhibitions Ltd. Tel: 0822-4671.
June 19-21 for Transducer '79 to be held at the Wembley Con-
Photograph shows the first working Analogue Program- ference Centre. This venue will be shared with Testmex '79, and con-
mable Resistance Infra -Loaded device (APRIL 1) ferences will run concurrently. Transducer is organised by Trident
In the recording it was explained during the first public demonstra- International Exhibitions Ltd., Abbey Mead House, 23a Plymouth
tion that this "truly analogue" device does not use the charge coupled Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AU.
principle. Comprising a Hall effect semiconductor embedded in a com- Intel Fair-June 11, 1979. Wembley Conference Centre. Registra-
plex microcircuit inductor which mobilises the electrons of a voltage tion details to be announced.
dependent resistor, the precise nature of this hybrid package is a closely Third International Symposium and Technical Exhibition of Elec-
guarded secret, but the application techniques would appear to be tromagnetic Compatibility-May 1-3, 1979, Rotterdam. Contact:
child's play! (symposium Dr. T. Dvorak (01) 326-211. (Exhibition) Mr. R. E. Gerrit -
The i.c. has only two terminals (the third is used for programming son (070) 906-800.
and would be cut off after manufacture). One terminal is grounded. Labex International '79-March 12-16. National Exhibition Centre,
To the remaining lead is applied a linear ramp, and at any given Birmingham. Details: 021-705 6707.
voltage the device will have a "prerecorded" resistance, hence for an Electronics '79-November 20-23. Olympia, London. Details: 021-
optimum ramp source resistance the ramp will be modulated to the 705 6707.

Practical Electronics April 1979 39

 CHNOLOGY UPDATE
Dr. P. V. COOPER
Plessey Microsystems
EVER since men first ben to co Ilea acid analyse information In order to realise non-volatile storage, memory designers
from the world aroun them, t hey h ye needed methods of have almost always turned to magnetism. The only real
recording that informatio the human memory alternatives are the slow and bulky punched cards and paper
appears to have an unlimited d possesses remarkable tapes. For the last twenty years two types of magnetic memory
powers of associative recall, i erable limitations when have remained supreme, viz, magnetic cores, able to be switched
called upon to store large am ilar data, such as that into one of two states of magnetisation, and the moving
found in a telephone directory. , direct access to the magnetic media memories such as digital tape recorders and
human memory is possible onl r! magnetic discs and drums. Core memories, which are written to,
Although men have recor n in pictorial form (as and read from by a matrix of sense wires, give random access to
in the cave paintings of Lasc France) since the beginning each memory bit location. The moving media memories give
of history, the first artificial m y could be said to have sequential or serial access to each memory bit location as the
appeared with the invention o writing, about five thousand storage medium moves past the sensing device, which detects the
years before Christ. Writing, luinting, and then photography state of magnetisation of the tape or disc coating as a "1" or a
remained virtually the only methods of recording information "0".
until the invention of first mechanical and then electronic Until recently, magnetic memories have relied on permanent
machines, capable of manipulating numbers at high speed. The magnet materials which give a two state system by
existence of such machines has led to the development of discontinuous switching of the magnetisation when it is
methods of storing numeric information using a binary or two perturbed above a certain threshold. In the last few years,
state code. The simplest example of this is the mechanical switch however, the first real challenge to these magnetic memories has
where OFF is equated to "0" and ON to "1". The number of appeared in the form of magnetic bubble technology. Since they
switches will determine the range of numbers that can be stored; were first described in 1967 by Bell Telephone Laboratories in
for example, 4 switches can store any decimal number from 0 to the USA, bubble domain memories have been one of the fastest
15 in binary code. The number of switches, or bits, varies growing areas of computer memory development, and today we
according to the size of number you wish to store, but 8 and 16 see them entering commercial production with a number of
bits are commonly used. The 8 or 16 bit number is known companies in the USA, UK and Japan.
collectively as a "byte". A 64K 8 bit memory can hold 216
numbers between 0 and 511 and may be referred to as having a MAGNETIC DOMAINS
64 kilobyte capacity. In ferromagnetic materials the quantum mechanical Pauli
The first electronic two state switch was the valve flip-flop exclusion principle can give rise to an effective quantum
circuit as used in the first computing machines constructed for mechanical exchange interaction which may make it
code breaking towards the end of World War II. However, this energetically favourable for neighbouring electrons to align their
type of two state store was bulky and consumed large amounts spins. At sufficiently high temperatures this tendency is offset by
of power. The information is also lost if the power is removed. thermal disordering but below a certain temperature (the Curie
Recently, metal oxide semiconductor, or MOS technology has temperature) the system acquires a spontaneous magnetisation.
made this type of circuit possible with very low power The most familiar material to show this effect is, of course, iron.
consumption, using tens of thousands of integrated transistors For a sample of finite size, it is energetically favourable for the
on a single silicon chip. However, the problem of volatility of magnetisation to change direction on a scale many orders of
information under zero -power conditions still remains to be magnitude greater than the atomic spins to give a zero net
solved satisfactorily. magnetisation for the sample as a whole.

40 Practical Electronics April 1979

 These areas, in which the spins are aligned, are known as In the absence of any external magnetic field, the domain
magnetic domains and the region between these domains over structure of a thin film of magnetically uniaxial material will
which the spin alignment direction changes, is known as the be as shown in Fig. la. Here the domain structure has a stripe
domain wall. Materials for use in magnetic bubble memories are pattern arranged, for minimum energy, to give zero net
chosen to have a single preferred magnetisation direction. Such magnetisation. If a bias field HB, is applied perpendicular to the
materials are said to have a "uniaxial magnetic anisotropy" and plane of the film it becomes energetically favourable for the
the magnetisation will be either "up" or "down" this direction. antiparallel domains to shrink as shown in Fig. I b. Some may
become irregularly shaped islands of "up" magnetisation in a
sea of "down" magnetisation. When the field is increased still
further, as in Fig. lc, these islands contract under pressure from
MAGNETIC
(a) the applied field to form cylindrical domains. These cylindrical
EASY ANIS

domains are the bubbles which are used to store information.

The diameter of the bubble domains depends on the material
used and on the bias field. If the field is increased still further,
as shown in Fig. Id, the bubbles will collapse leaving a
magnetically saturated sample. If it is reduced much below the
value of Fig. Ic, the bubbles will become unstable and "strip -
out" returning to a structure similar to figure 1b. However,
between the collapse and strip -out values of bias field, the
bubble domains are stable and capable of storing binary data
denoted simply by the presence or absence of a bubble domain.
The bubble domains are very mobile and can be moved about
(b) within the film using a magnetised needle, since each one
behaves like a cylindrical bar magnet. No physical movement of
material is involved in bubble displacement; the apparent
movement is due to the reordering of the subatomic spins.
Their movement is similar to that of water waves, where the
wave envelope moves horizontally while the water itself merely
moves vertically with no net horizontal displacement.

(c)

Bubble Surface
.1:-.10.3 Atoms Thickness

Fig. 2. Section through a bubble domain wall

(d)
A section through the bubble domain wall is shown in Fig. 2.
As yet, the bubble domains have no controlled pattern as needed
for information storage. The provision of this control allows the
domains to be used to store information.

BUBBLE MATERIALS
Several classes of materials with strong uniaxial magnetic
properties are known to support bubble domains. They range
from the orthoferrites with bubble diameters of around 100µm
to metallic cobalt with bubbles of about 0.01µm diameter.
However, the domains are too large for efficient storage in
orthoferrites, while in cobalt they are very difficult to move. The
Fig. 1. (a) In zero applied field the domains have a stripe - majority of present devices use a family of iron oxide materials
like structure known as the rare earth garnets as the magnetic medium. They
(b) When a field HB is applied, the antiparallel domains have the general formula X3Fe5012 where X represents Yttrium
shrink, some forming "island" domains
(c) As HB increases, the island domains become or a rare earth from Samarium to Lutetium. These materials are
cylindrical-or bubble domains very adaptable and a wide range of properties can be obtained
(d) As HB increases still further, the bubble domains shrink by mixing various "rare earths" and by diluting the
and eventually collapse ferromagnetic iron component with non-magnetic elements.

Practical Electronics April 1979 41

 Platinum
Holder Alumina Rod

Thermal Baffles
Molten
Lead Oxide
Solvent
Heater

Brick

Platinum Control Thermocouple

Pot
Fig. 3. Magnetic garnet film growth

These synthetic garnets can easily be tailored to give bubble Following growth, the film's magnetic properties are
domains between and 51.1m in diameter which are highly
1
measured by optical techniques which make the "up" and
mobile and exhibit good temperature characteristics. "down" domains visible in polarised light. Part of the garnet film
The magnetic garnet films are grown on thin substrates of growth area in the Plessey bubble memory production unit is
single crystal non-magnetic garnet. The usual substrate material shown in Fig. 4.
is gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG). This is chosen because it is
of the same crystal class and has very similar lattice spacing and BUBBLE DEVICE STRUCTURE
thermal co -efficient of expansion to the magnetic garnet film. It To use the bubble domain for data storage, the position of the
can be prepared as highly pure boules two or three inches in bubbles within the film needs to be controlled, and a method of
diameter, which can be sawn and polished into slices about entering and reading out information must be provided.
0.5mm thick. The position of the bubbles within the film is controlled by a
The process of film growth is illustrated in Fig. 3. The periodic pattern of magnetically soft nickel -iron elements on the
substrates are dipped into a melt which consists of oxides of the surface of the film. Various patterns are possible, but the easiest
elements required in the garnet film, dissolved in a lead oxide to understand is an array of T and I shaped elements as shown
flux at about 1,000°C. By rotation of the substrate and careful in Fig. 5a. In the presence of an inplane field in the direction of
control of the melt temperature very reproducible single crystal arrow 1, the nickel -iron elements will magnetise. Because it is
films can be made with extremely low defect levels (<1 much easier to magnetise a bar along its length than across its
defect/cm2). Densities of around 106 bubbles per square inch are width, the top of the T elements will magnetise much more
possible, and the energy to move a bubble domain in garnet a strongly than the vertical elements. If the magnetisation within
distance of four diameters is about 4 x 10-4 joules (more than
100 times less than the best switching transistors). IN PLANE
IELD
DIRECTION

O
7°TcutrucTuer°7
o vilTiu-r°(°-T"7
O ,i4uty

7'7'747°7474
la)
T- BAR PROPAGATION PATTERN

of lc/ IA)
-BAR ASSYMETRIC CHEVRON ASSYME RIC HALF -
DISC

Fig. 4. Magnetic garnet film growth area Fig. 5. Propagation elements

42 Practical Electronics April 1979

the cylindrical domain is such as to put a negative pole on the Data is entered into the chip by means of a thin conductor
top surface of the cylinder the bubble will sit under the positive loop placed under an appropriate part of the propagation track.
pole on the T element because, as every schoolboy knows, When a current pulse is applied to this loop the local bias field in
unlike poles attract! the garnet film will be modified, and bubble generation or
If the orientation of the field now changes to position 2 the annihilation will occur depending upon the polarity. A scanning
vertical elements will be the strongly magnetised ones and the electron microscope view of a "nucleator hairpin", as it is called,
bubble will move to the position shown. Hence, as the inplane in a typical bubble device is shown in Fig. 6.
field rotates through 360°, each bubble will move one period Detection of bubbles has been achieved by various methods
along the propagation pattern. This gives a shift register store including optical and semiconductor effect, or Hall effect
with a capacity equal to the number of periodic cells and a detectors, but currently the magnetoresistive detector is
clock -rate defined by the frequency of the rotating field. Fig. 5a favoured. This uses the magnetoresistive effect which is the
shows the pattern 0010110 propagating from left to right. change of resistance of a conductor when exposed to a magnetic
Several alternative elements to the T -bar arrangement are field. The bubble passes under a special section of track
possible and some are shown in Figs. 5b-d. The asymmetric consisting of lines of chevron elements. These cause the bubble
structures are currently favoured as they allow wider tolerances to form a strip domain along the chevron stack increasing the
in the circuit design. stray field of the domain many times. This expanded bubble
passes under an electrically linked line of chevrons through
which a current of a few milliamps is passed. The presence of a
bubble will cause a resistance change which appears as a voltage
change at the output terminals. The active detector is usually
arranged in a bridge network with an identical dummy detector,
to cancel common mode noise induced by the drive field, which
usually rotates at about 100kHz.
A chip layout for a 16 kilobit single loop shift register device
is shown in Fig. 7. The additional element shown is a bubble
replicator to give non-destructive readout of data. This chip is an
old design compared with the current 64 to 256 kilobit chips, but
the comparatively large scale of the elements allows them to be
photographed more easily than denser modern designs.

Fig. 6. (left) Scanning Electron Micrograph of a Nucleator

Hairpin

Fig. 7. (below) 16K bit bubble memory device showing:

Nucleator Hairpin, Erase Hairpin, Replicator, Detector

1-
ITITITITITIT
1-

Practical Electronics April 1979 4

 The single loop organisation for bubble devices can be BUBBLE DEVICE FABRICATION
considered as a serial shift register of very large capacity. The fabrication of bubble chips on garnet films involves an
However, the large capacity possible with bubble chips means ion -implantation, followed by the evaporation on sputtering of
that for single loop organisations the access time is rather slow. four precisely controlled layers. The process is illustrated in
For example, if one considers a 64K bit chip operating at a Fig. 9. The ion -implantation stage is necessary to avoid complex
100kHz shift rate, the worst case access would be 640ms, if data domain wall structures in the bubble which could lead to
had to circulate the whole chip to reach the required position. uncontrolled bubble movement. This is followed by deposition of
The average access time would be 320ms, or half the maximum silica (SiO2) to act as a spacer layer between the conductor and
value. Slow as this is, it is suitable for sequential data storage in the garnet film to avoid unwanted stress effects. On top of the
applications such as spaceborne flight recorders. For silica, a layer of either aluminium -copper or gold is deposited,
applications requiring shorter access time the multiloop or and the conductor pattern is defined using a photomask and
major -minor loop organisation can be used. Both organisations photoresist exposed with ultraviolet light to obtain good
are shown schematically in Fig. 8. In the multiloop organisation, resolution. The conductor pattern is produced by etching away
the 64K bit storage in the previous example is distributed in a the areas not protected by exposed photoresist, using a beam of
number of minor loops. For example, 128 minor loops, each neutralised argon ions. Fig. 10 shows slices being loaded into the
containing 513 bits, gives the required capacity. Data is read in ion milling equipment.
sequentially via the major write line, and when this is full, a
control pulse is applied to the transfer -in conductor which
parallel loads the data into the minor loops. At the other end of
ttt tiitt Stitt
1016.fl ION IMPLANTATION AT NEON IOIRS AT 100NeV

(a)

the minor loop, the data may be parallel unloaded into -the major MAGNETIC GARNET FILM

read line and propagate sequentially to the detector. The

unloading into the read line may be done destructively by 0Smrn NON MAGNETIC GARNET SUBSTRATE

transferring out, leaving all zeros in the minor loops or, using a ALUMINIUM -COPPER OR

different shaped control pulse, the data can be replicated out to GOLD CONDUCTOR PATTERN
0,, TRICK 0,, SILICA SPACER lb)
give non-destructive readout. The effect on access time of this
change in organisation is dramatic. No storage location is now
more than 512 bits away (plus the major read line length), and
the average access time of 320ms for the serial 64K bit chip
reduces to 2.5ms for a major -minor loop organisation of the
same capacity. The improvement factor is roughly equal to the lel

number of minor loops. This reduction in access time is, of

course, achieved at the expense of supplying additional control (c)
pulses to the device to provide the transfer and replicate
functions.
DETECTOR

(a)
Fig. 9. (a Magnetic film growth. (b) Conductor fabrication.
1
(c) Shift register fabrication

RUE

TRANSFER

(b)

TRANSFER IN

Fig. 8. (a) Single loop organisation. (b) Multiloop Fig. 10. Ion -milling equipment used to etch conductor and
organisation propagation patterns

44 Practical Electronics April 1979

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ELECTRONIC ORGAN When you have built this simple organ you will own the ideal
A series of constructional leaflets each of which builds a complete instrument on which to learn to play or teach your family to play,
organ which can then be expanded using all or part of the next and as your skill increases and you want more out of the organ, it
leaflet with very little wastage. At every stage we use the very latest can be expanded to meet your requirements as far as you want to
technology available to give you a really high quality instrument go with hardly any wastage.
that is not only on a par with, but probably in advance of most Model 52 2 -Keyboard Organ
commercially available organs. In this leaflet (MES 52) is described the extension of the organ
Eventually you could be the owner of a highly sophisticated to two keyboards each having five voices. The voicing section is
instrument and parts of it will still be usingrthe original components considerably improved and the range of the organ is extended by
you bought for the basic organ. Of course this means greatly a further octave.
reduced costs and wherever you stop, the organ you finish up Specification:
with will have cost you only a fraction of the cost of a ready -built Two keyboard both 49 -note C to C.
one - and this organ will be to your own specification! Frequency range. Solo C3 to C.,.
Model 51 Basic Organ Accompaniment C, to C6
Stops: Solo manual - Flute, String, Horn, Diapason,
In this leaflet MES 51 the first in the MES 50 series, we deal
Vox Angelica.
with the basic theory of electronic organs and go on to describe
the construction of a simple polyphonic (i.e. all notes may be Accompaniment manual - Flute, String, Clarinet,
Diapason, Vox Humana.
played simultaneously) 49 -note instrument, having a single keyboard
and a limited number of stops. Balance control
Specification:
Provision for 61 -note keyboard (frequency range of both -
C, to C,).
Single keyboard: 49 -note C to C. Output: 1V rms (max).
Frequency range: C3 to C, Model 53 Stage One Full Scale Organ
Stops: Flute and String This leaflet MES 53 marks a major step forward in the
Output: 1 Vrms (max) development of the organ since it introduces solid state switching

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which facilitates the extension of the number of footages to Automatic
seven on both keyboards with up to 38 preset stops. A novel This mode is suitable for the beginner as the auto -organ plays the
solid state switching system is introduced which allows the entire accompaniment controlled by one finger of the left hand.
organist to accurately control the attack and decay rates for any Simply play the tune with one or more fingers of your right hand
stop. A stub pedalboard is incorporated and this includes a sustain and it sounds as though you've been playing for years. Play one note
facility. In addition to the wide range of preset stops, a drawbar from the bottom two octaves on the keyboard and the major chord
controlling each footage linked to the flute stops may be fitted. relating to that note will be generated (i.e. play 'C' and chord of 'C'
will sound). Switches are fitted to change from major to minor or
Specification:
6th, 7th, 5th and dim. 5th. These switches can be the black notes
Two keyboards 49 or 61 -note C to C on the bottom octave, some of the notes on the pedalboard or front
Pedalboard 13 -note C to C. panel switches - the choice is yours when you build the unit. (The
Frequency compass of organ C, to C9. leaflet explains in more detail.)
Solo manual - Stops: Flute 16', Cello 16', Tuba 16', When the note is released, chord or rhythm continue until a new note
Saxophone 16', Flute 8', French is pressed and then the chord changes. An auto -reset button is
Horn 8', Oboe 8', Trumpet 8', provided if you want to stop the chord sounding. The rhythm will
String 8', Clarinet 8', Diapason 8', continue and to restart the chord after the rest simply press a new
Vox Humana 8', Flute 51/3', Flute note.
4', Octave 4', String 4', Clarion 4', Flute Semi -automatic
22/,', Flute 2', Flute 1'. This mode can be used if you want to make your own chord shapes
7 drawbars on flutes, variable attack control, variable decay on the keyboard and this can be done on any notes in the lowest two
control, delayed tremulant. octaves. As in the automatic mode the chord will be vamped by the
Accompaniment manual -- rhythm unit, but in this case it will play the notes you have selected.
Stops: Flute 16', Flute 8', String 8', Horn 8', Diapason 8', If chord is released, the notes you had selected are memorised and
Vox Angelica 8', Dulciana 8', Salicional 8', Flute 5'/3', carry on playing until a new chord is played or until the auto -reset
Flute 4', String 4', Octave 4', Salicet 4', F lute 21/2', button is pressed and this works in the same way as it did in the
Flute 2', Flute 1'. automatic mode.
7 drawbars on flutes, variable attack control, variable decay Manual
control, delayed tremulant, This mode is the same as the semi -automatic mode except that when
Pedal Manual -- Stops: Sub Bass 16', Gedeckt 8'.
the chord is released, it stops playing. The rhythm however will
continue as before (see auto -stop timer below).
Sustain.
Other facilities: Tremulant with variable rate and depth, All Modes
reverberation with variable balance, solo to accompaniment variable The following additional features are available in all modes:
balancd, variable pedal level, foot swell pedal, variable maximum Walking/Alternating Bass
volume control. This feature may be switched on at any time and generates a walking
Output: 1V rms (max). or alternating bass depending on position of switch, on its own or in
addition to the chord section.
Model 54 32 -Note Pedalboard Arpeggio
This leaflet (MES 54) describes the construction of a full range This feature may be switched on at any time and will generate
32 -note polyphonic pedalboard that can be added to MES53 or any arpeggio runs in time with the selected rhythm and in tune with
organ, since it is a complete unit with its own tone generation the chord being played. Three different runs are available and
system etc. This is essential since the keyboard tones would at these are selected by a switch.
some times have tremulant in operation and this could not be Auto -stop Delay Timer
tolerated on the pedalboard. The electronic parts of this design This feature enables rhythm or chord and rhythm to be stopped
could be added to an existing pedalboard by the addition of one after a preset time. The period is set by a variable control on the
extra contact under each key to give free phase bass - the "church" front panel and will be found very useful in all modes.
sound.
Specification: Other Features
In addition there is an overall volume control and a rhythm volume
Pedalboard: 32 -note C to G
control. The auto -organ is very simple to add to any organ. It need
Frequency range: C, to G5
Stops:
not be electrically connected to the organ at all. All that is
Sub -Bass 16', Diapason 16', Gedeckt 16',
required is one single -pole make contact under each of the 24
Mixture 16', Flute 8', Gedeckt 8', Flute 4',
lowest keys on the lowest keyboard wired to the auto -organ. These
Reed 4'.
must be additional or spare contacts of course, not ones already in
Output: 1V rms (max).
use. Alternatively a separate keyboard or pedalboard could be
Model 55 Auto -Organ Rhythm Generator wired up. A guitarist for instance could supply himself with a
This leaflet, MES 55, describes a complete rhythm generator and complete accompaniment section with one foot on a 13 -note
auto -organ which can play the whole accompaniment section
pedalboard. The possibilities with this fascinating design are endless.
providing you tell it, by depressing the appropriate key on the
keyboard, which key you are playing in. Thus with one finger of Construction Details
the left hand and one finger of the right hand playing the tune, Full construction details are given in our leaflets:
MES51 Order As XHOOA 15p
you can sound like a real professional. The auto -organ will add the
MES52 Order As XHO2C 15p
trills to the right hand and chord and vamp the left hand in time
MES53 Order As XHO4E 35p
with the rhythm generator.
The unit has eight rhythms, Waltz, Tango, Swing, Beat, Bossa Nova,
MES54 Order As XH31J 30p
Samba, Rumba and Slow Rock and drives five instruments. The MES55 Order As XH33L 30p
rhythms can be mixed to achieve further variations and tempo
control is included. There is a rhythm start/stop switch and the
[TOP QUALITY RESISTORS 3W from 12p each
rhythm always starts on the downbeat. The instruments sound
extremely realistic and considerable care has been taken to make AT MARVELLOUS PRICES 7W 14p each
them sound natural. Y. -,W 1'/2p each 10W 141/2p each
The chording section is turned on separately by its own on/off 1/2W 2p each Presets
switch and has a standard or percussive sound which can be 1W 5p each 0.1W from 71/2p each
switched on by pressing the "harmonic attack" button. The 2% 1/2W Metal Oxide 6peach 0.25W 91/2 p each
auto -organ has its own tone generator and divider network, so that 1%1/2 W Metal Film 9p each Potentiometers from 23p each
fitting the unit to any organ is very simple. The chording section
has three different modes of operation: automatic, semi -automatic To order See catalogue pages 70 to 74
and manual.

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THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SYNTHESISERS Analogue (direct): 0 to +5V

A range of synthesisers based around the circuitry of the 4600 Analogue
synthesiser originally designed by "Electronics Today International" (modulated): 0 to +12V
and now extensively redesigned and re -named the 5600S Output to
synthesiser. The 4600 synthesiser parts and its book of construction microprocessor: 6 data lines plus strobe
details are still available and will continue to be so for some time. Inputs: Low oscillator
The 3600 synthesiser originally designed by "Electronics Today Patchboard
International" has also been extensively redesigned and re -named Computer
the 3800 synthesiser. The 3600 Front Panel and 3600 Aux Board Controls:
are discontinued. Glide: Adjustable rate 0 to 10 seconds. With on/off
switch.
INTERNATIONAL 5600S STEREO SYNTHESISER Modulation
selection: Selects direct modulation on keyboard by low
A superb stereophonic music synthesiser with more features than oscillator or from patchboard.
virtually any other ready-made synthesiser costing up to, at the Modulation: Allows input to modulate keyboard to a
very least, more than four times the cost of the parts for this maximum of ±1 octave.
synthesiser. Its excellent styling and finished appearance make it Tune: Tunes keyboard ±2 semitones,
look as good as any ready-made synthesiser. Equally at home in Pitch bend: See Joystick.
the studio or on the stage it is available with a teak -veneered cabinet Computer: Switches data socket from input to output.
or in a hard wearing plasticised -cloth covered cabinet with lid and Keyboard is operative in both positions. A
carrying handle. microprocessor could be used directly as a
Just some of its outstanding features are listed below: sequencer giving up to 62 notes or rests of any
* Fully digital keyboard which may be directly controlled by a length up to 8''A seconds based on approx.
microprocessor I/6o th second intervals, for each kilobit of
* Last note played always sounds regardless of number of other random access memory or other digital
keys held. memory. (Notes or rests use 16 bits of
* Four oscillators each with five different shape outputs and one memory per seconds and notes or rests of
low oscillator with sine and square wave output. any length in %oth second multiples can be
* Fully stereophonic output with voltage controlled panning. generated). The sequence recorded in the RAM
* 900 socket patchboard, making the output sound possibilities can be edited from the keyboard. A complete
virtually limitless. design for this sequencer will be available
* Voltage controlled solid state phase and reverb (not simultaneously). during the life of this catalogue.
Specification.: Oscillators
Keyboard Four voltage controlled oscillators plus one low oscillator
48 -note F to E monophonic (could use a keyboard of up to 63 (described separately). Overall range: 0.1Hz to >20k Hz. per
notes, but not in our cabinets.) Each note generates its own oscillator.
specific 6 -bit digital code which is decoded in the keyboard controller. Output to mixers 1, 2 and 3.
Thus notes may be generated directly by a microprocessor or other Controls
digital input. The code being used is displayed by six LED's. Range: Switchable in seven ranges from Y.' to 32' plus low
Outputs to patchboard frequency (0.1 Hz) special effects source.
Trigger: -7V to +7V transition at each new key press. Tune: Tuning range of ±-1/. octave.
A new trigger pulse is initiated every time a Free run: Internal voltage source manually adjusts oscillator
new key is pressed and that key will sound over full range. Oscillators 2, 3 and 4 can be
whether or not any other keys are pressed. synchronised with oscillator 1 i.e. every time

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oscillator 1 starts a new cycle so does any other then restarted again by a momentary tap on any key.
oscillator with free run operative. A'sync off' LED indicators: LED 1 lights when trigger pulse occurs
position is provided on oscillators 2, 3 and 4. and extinguishes at the end of Delay 1;
Shape: Varies mark/space ratio of square wave output, LED 2 then lights and extinguishes at
plus switch to enable shape to be voltage controlled the end of Hold delay; then LED 3
from either of two control lines on patchboard or off. lights and extinguishes at the end of Slope 2.
Waveform: Selects sine, triangular, sawtooth, inverted sawtooth Output: To patchboard.
or square wave as output. Transient 'B'
Stability: Frequency change with change in temperature:
<0.015%/°C typical. Identical to Transient 'A' except it has no internal re -trigger facility.
Frequency change with constant temperature over However, it can be independently triggered from a push switch on
one week: <±0.05% typical. the front panel.
Low Oscillator Exponential Converter
Range: 0.2Hz to 20Hz Converts a linear input to an exponential output.
Outputs: Sine wave to patchboard via level control, and Input: From patchboard Output: To patchboard
square wave at fixed 5V to patchboard simultaneously. Joystick
Noise Gives 2 -axis control of any two functions.
A pseudo -random noise generator with colour control to allow Range: Variable range on horizontal axis.
noise spectrum to be continuously variable between white and Switch to select patchboard or pitch bend.
pink. Output to patchboard via level control.
External Signals
Sample And Hold Inputs: Two inputs having a sensitivity of 50mV to 2V at 10kS-2.
Samples incoming waveforms and stores the voltage. Sensitivity: Input level control with high/low switch making it
Controls: suitable for most signal sources.
Sample rate input: Switchable between low oscillator and External input 1 only, also has a trigger level control. This trigger
external input module. pulse may be switched to patchboard or (in external input position)
Level: Sets the range of output voltage. to any module switched to external.
Input: From patchboard
Output: To patchboard. Foot Pedal
Mixers 1, 2 and 3 A control voltage to patchboard may be generated by an external
swell pedal. Range is controlled from front panel.
Inputs: Four (one from each oscillator) each with
independent level controls. Foot Switch
Level: Adjusts level of output from each mixer. Glide may be switched on and off or a trigger pulse may be
Overload: LED lights to indicate overload. generated from an external foot switch. Switched on front panel.
Output: To patchboard. Echo
Mixers 4 and 5 An external echo chamber may be connected and control on front
Inputs: Two each, from patchboard with level panel adjusts balance between straight through and returned signal.
individually adjustable. Output to output channel 1.
Level: Adjusts level of output from each mixer. External Control Voltage Inputs 1 and 2
Overload: LED lights to indicate overload. Up to two control voltages from external sources (e.g. another
Output: To patchboard. synthesiser) may be connected and the voltages will appear
Filters 1 and 2 separately on two patchboard lines. The inputs are protected
Two active voltage controlled filters (VCF). against overload and should the voltage go more negative than OV
Inputs: From patchboard the voltage at the patchboard will remain at OV. Similarly, if the
Cut-off rate: 24dB per octave voltage exceeds 5V the patchboard voltage will remain at 5V.
Control range: >2 decades Inverter
Controls Tune: Tunes filter to control source When input is at 5V, output will be at OV and vice versa.
High/Low: Selects tuning range Intermediate voltages are similarly reversed.
Resonance: Adjusts Q of filter Input: From patchboard Output: To patchboard
Level: Adjusts level of output to patchboard. Reverberation
Amplifiers 1 and 2 Not available when switched to Phase
Two voltage controlled amps (VCA) which may be AC or DC coupled. Multistage reverberation using a 3060 bit CCD solid state reverb.
Input signal: Via patchboard Input control: Via patchboard Level control adjusts between no reverb and full reverb, or when
Mode switch switched to patch, may be voltage controlled from patchboard.
Amp: In this position VCA is DC coupled and functions Input: From patchboard Output: To patchboard
as a voltage controlled amplifier Phase
RM: In this position VCA is AC coupled and functions Not available when switched to Reverb.
as a ring modulator. The control angle is fully variable through 360°, and more to give
Output: To patchboard via level control. a delay to the signal, the length of which depends on the frequency.
Envelope This control may be used in conjunction with the voltage controlled
Input trigger: From keyboard or external input input from the patchboard.
Attack, Decay 1 and Decay 2: All adjustable from 5msec to 5sec Input: From patchboard Output: To patchboard
Hold level: Adjustable 0 to 5 volts. Output Stages
Delay: Adjustable 5msec to 5sec or duration There are two separate output channels: 1 and 2 and two separate
of key contact closure as selected by outputs; left and right. Both channels are fed from the patchboard
switch. (or echo chamber: channel 1 only). Both left and right output can
Control Mode: Linear or exponential voltage controlled be fed from either or both output channel, or any mixture of the
amplifier with a range of 60dB two. This panning facility may be controlled manually or by voltage
Signal input: From patchboard control from Transient 'A' for right output and patchboard for
Signal output: To patchboard left output. Note that it is the outputs that are panned between the
Control output: Trapezoid output to patchboard two channels and not vice versa.
Transient 'A' Output level: 0 to 1V rms approx.
Trigger input: From keyboard or external input Load impedance: 2k12
Levels: Start, hold and final adjustable from On/off switch provided
0 to 5V. Phones Output
Delay 1, Slopes 1 and 2: Adjustable 5msec to 5sec.
Hold delay: A stereo output for stereo headphones. >2W rms
Adjustable 5msec to 5sec or for
duration of key contact closure. Construction Book
Re -trigger: Allows transient to re -trigger itself A book is available giving full construction details of this and the
at the end of each sequence, but this 3800 synthesiser.
can be interrupted from the keyboard, Order As XF11M (5600S Stereo Synthesiser Book) £2.00

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INTERNATIONAL 3800 SYNTHESISER

A low-cost version of our superb 5600S synthesiser. The 3800 is a
truly remarkable small synthesiser. No ready -built synthesiser at
even double the cost of the parts for the 3800 even begins to
compare with this unit for versatility and excellence of
specification. It is equally at home on the stage or in the studio
and when mounted in its cabinet looks as good as any ready-made
synthesiser.
Just some of its outstanding features are listed below:
* Fully digital keyboard which may be directly controlled by a
microprocessor.
* Last note played always sounds regardless of number of other
keys held.
* Two oscillators each with five different shape outputs and one
low oscillator with sine and square wave outputs.
Switchable interconnections allowing fast set-up times, making
it ideal for live performance work.
Specification
Keyboard
48 -note F to E monophonic. (Could use a keyboard of up to 63 "ELECTRONICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL"
notes, but not in our cabinets). Each note generates its own specific 4600 SYNTHESISER
6 -bit digital code which is decoded in the keyboard controller. Thus
notes may be generated directly by a microprocessor or other All the parts for this synthesiser and the construction book are still
digital input. The code being used is displayed on the front panel. available, but for new constructors it has been largely superceded by
the 5600S Stereo Synthesiser. Full specification and construction
Controls: details are given in the 4600 Synthesiser book.
Tune: Tunes keyboard ±2 semitones
Glide: Adjustable rate 0 to 10 secs with on/off switch Order As XFOOA (4600 Synthesiser Book) £1.50
Computer Switches data socket from input to output
(see 5600S for details)
Modulation Controls
Provides a source of modulation for oscillators other than from the Input: Selects keyboard or modulation unit as source of control.
keyboard. Off position provided.
Controls Range: Switchable in seven ranges from 'A' to 32' plus low
Low oscillator: Selects low oscillator as source frequency (0.1 Hz) special effects source.
Transient: Selects transient as source Tune: Tuning range of ±Y2 octave.
Sample and Free run: Internal voltage source manually adjusts oscillator over
Hold: Selects held voltage full range. Oscillator 2 can be synchronised with oscillator
Oscillators 1, i.e. every time oscillator 1 starts a new cycle so does
Two voltage controlled oscillators plus one low oscillator (described oscillator 2 with free run operative. A 'sync off' position
separately). Overall range: 0.1 Hz to >20k Hz per oscillator. is provided on oscillator 2.

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Shape: Varies mark/space ratio of square wave output plus Control mode: Linear or exponential voltage
switch to enable shape to be voltage controlled from either controlled amp with range of 60dB.
low oscillator or transient or off. Signal input: From oscillator 1, oscillator 2 or VCA.
Waveform Selects sine, triangular, sawtooth, inverted sawtooth or Output: Direct to output stage.
square wave as output.
Transient
Output Routes signal to filter, envelope, signal input of VCA See "Triggers"
switch:
Trigger input:
or direct to output stage. Levels: Start, hold and final adjustable
Output level: Adjusts level of output. 0 to 5 volts.
Stability: Frequency change with change in temperature: Delay 1, Slopes 1 and 2: Adjustable 5msec to 5sec.
<0.015%f C typical.
Frequency change with constant temperature over Hold delay: Adjustable 5msec to 5sec or for
one week: <±0.05% typical. duration of key contact closure.
Low Oscillator Output: Direct to filter input switch,
Range: 0.2Hz to 20Hz Outputs: Sine wave. modulation input and VCA
control input switch.
Noise External Input
A pseudo -random noise generator with colour control to allow
spectrum to be continusouly variable between white and pink. Allows external signals to be matched to the synthesiser and also
Level control adjusts level fed to VCF. generates a trigger pulse.
Sample And Hold Sensitivity: 50mV to 2V at 10k S2. Variable from front panel.
Samples incoming waveforms and stores the voltage. Trigger level: Decides at what voltage amplitude, trigger pulse
Input switch: Switches between oscillator 1, oscillator 2 and noise. occurs. Variable from front panel.
Triggers
Filter
An active voltage controlled filter (VCF). Switches trigger pulses to envelope and transient.
Mixed signals from oscillators, noise and external inputs. Envelope: Selects trigger to control envelope from low
Inputs:
Cut-off rate: 24dB per octave oscillator, keyboard or external input.
Control range: >2 decades Transient: Selects trigger to control transient from low
Controls
oscillator, keyboard, external input or repeat.
Control source: Keyboard, modulation, transient, modulated Output Equaliser
keyboard or off by front panel switch Number of stages: Five
Tune: Tunes filter to control source Centre frequencies: 60Hz, 240Hz, 1k Hz, 3.4k Hz and 10k Hz.
High/low: Selects tuning range Type: Active filter
Resonance: Adjusts 0 of filter Range of adjustment: >±10d B.
VCA Reverberation
A voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) in addition to the envelope. Type: Multi -spring
Allows ring modulation. Output: Adjustable mix -fader from full reverb to original sound
Controls: with no reverb.
Control input: From oscillator 1, oscillator 2 or transient. Signal Output
Function switch: VCA or Ring modulation. Level control: 0 to 1V rms approx.
Output: Switches output between filter, envelope or output direct. Load impedance: 11(12
Envelope
Input trigger: Phones Output
See "Triggers" 1W rms (mono)
Attack, Decay 1 and Decay 2: All adjustable from 5msec to 5sec. Power output:
Hold level: Adjustable 0 to 5 volts. Load impedance: 812 Output level control provided.
Delay: Adjustable 5msec to 5sec or Construction Book
duration of key contact closure Full construction details of this synthesiser are to be found in the
as selected by switch. 5600S Stereo Synthesiser Book ( X F 11M). £2.00

'PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS' STRING ENSEMBLE

A string ensemble with brass and woodwind voices in
addition. The construction details were published in "Practical 'ELECTRONICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL'
Electronics" March to July 1978. Brief Specification TOUCH ORGAN
49 -note C to C keyboard split into 16 -note lower and 33 -note A really novel project that is very easily made on one pcb, and will
upper section. give endless enjoyment. No fiddly stylus to mess about with, you
Range: 60Hz-2k Hz (fundamental) up to 8.2k Hz harmonic generation. simply play it with your fingers, as you would an ordinary organ-
Transposable pitches: C, B, Bb, Eb. but you haven't the expense of a full keyboard. Instead the
Upper voices: String 16', String 8', Woodwind 16', Brass 16'. 'keyboard' is printed on the printed circuit board.
Lower voices: String 16', String 8', String 4', Couple strings.
The instrument has two voices and covers a full two octave range
Envelope controls: Attack rate; Sustain length.
Fine tune.
from F3 to F5. A variable tremolo with on/off touch pads is
provided as well as a battery on/off switch and volume to
Upper level balance
miniature speaker which can be glued to the pcb.
Output: 100mV and IV. Construction Details
Component Schedule Full construction details are to be found in the "Electronics Today
A component schedule is available free of charge to assist in ordering. International" publication "Top Projects No. 5".
Order As XH17T (Leaflet MES 14) Order As XF1OL (ETI Top Project No. 5) £1.25

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TOUCH -SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC PIANO

A very high quality electronic piano with highly realistic voicing Dynamic Range: >30dB
and touch -sensitive keys that automatically make the notes louder, Volume Control: Loud and Soft Pedals
the harder you hit them. Considerable care was taken in the design
to ensure that the tone of the piano was a very close approximation This superb design costs far less to build than almost any ready -built
to the sound of an acoustic piano. In addition, there are two extra electronic paino let alone one with such a quality performance as
voices. this one.
Specification
Construction Details
61 -note C to C keyboard
All the construction details are given in our leaflet MES22.
Voices: Piano, Clavichord, Honky-tonk Order As XH18U (Leaflet MES 22) 25p

HIGH QUALITY
OPTO PRODUCTS AT LOW PRICES
LED's Sub -miniature Red 18p (WL32K)
Green 22p (WL33L)
Orange 32p (WL34M)
Standard Red 15p (WL27E)
Green 19p (WL28F)
Orange 31p (WL29G)
Yellow 31p (WL3OH)
Rectangular 59p (QW96E)
Seven Segment Displays common anode
0.6 in high 2 -digits (8.8) £1.60 (BY66W)
(±1.8) £1.60 (BY67X)
common cathode
(8.8) £1.60 (BY68Y)
(±1.8) £1.60 (BY69A)
Liquid Crystal Display
0.5 in high 3'4 digits £8.35 (FY89VV)
Op to -isolators
'PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS' RADIO CONTROL SYSTEM Standard 79p (WL350)
A really comprehensive model control system, featuring up to nine Darlington £1.40 (WQ70M)
independent fully proportional channels achieved by a design using Photo -Darlington Transistor 36p (HQ61R)
incredibly few components, thus keeping the cost to a minimum. Fibre -Optic Light Guide £1.34 per metre (XR56L)
The system operates at 27MHz and has the option of either
proportional control or on/off type switched control on any channel. Plus much much more. See catalogue pages 258 to 262
Full construction details are given in our booklet. for details.
Order As XF03D ('PE' Radio Control Book) £1.20

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The Drumsette is a very high quality rhythm generator which has
been designed with the musician in mind. There are no fiddly
switches to complicate the instrument, the organist has only to
lightly brush the sensitive touch -pads to select a rhythm. He may
stop and start the rhythm during a piece simply by touching one
of the large stop/start touch -pads and the rhythm will
automatically re -start on the down -beat. The controls are also
designed to help the musician set-up quickly for the piece he
proposes to play. The balance control adjusts the volume of the
brush sounds compared to the drum sounds and the tempo
control is scaled so that the sheet -music may be notated with the
speed you prefer to play at. It is therefore unnecessary to run the
rhythm before playing a piece in order to set the speed every time
You play.
The superbly finished back -screened perspex front panel and the
chromed touch -pads give the unit an air of distinction and quality;
a quality that extends right through the instrument with close
approximations of the sounds of the actual instrument being
generated.' The Drumsette will grace the finest organs, pianos or
whatever you want to add a drum set to.
*When amplified through a high quality amplifier and loudspeaker.
Specification
Output impedance: 3kt
Output voltage (max): 100mV rms
Overall size: 434x110x186mm (wxhxd) ORGAN AND BASS GUITAR PEDAL UNIT
Standard phono socket output.
Fifteen touch -selected rhythms: A very high quality add on pedal unit for organs. A special
Waltz; Jazz Waltz; Tango; March; Swing; Fox Trot; Slow Rock; feature is the bass guitar stop whose high realism is achieved by no
Rock Pop; Shuffle; Mambo; Beguine; Cha Cha; Bajon; Samba; less than four individual envelope controls which makes this pedal
Bosse Nova. unit into an ideal accompaniment instrument for the solo guitarist.
LED indicator shows rhythm selected. Indicator LED extinguishes Specification:
to indicate down -beat.
Nine instrument drum set: Four organ stops: Sub -Bass 16'
Snare Drum; Bass Drum; Conga Drum; Low Bongo; High Bongo; Diapason 16'
Short Cymbal; Long Cymbal; Cleves; Maracas. Gedeckt 8'
Volume control. Bourdon 8'
Tempo control with scale marked on front panel. Sustain (having an accurate exponential characteristic)
Balance control adjusts comparative volume of brush and drum Sustain cancel (automatic)
sounds.
Bass guitar stop (pitched at 8')
Two linked stop/start touch pads so that rhythm may be stopped
whilst playing and re -started on the same rhythm without searching Mains powered (240V AC)
through the rhythm -select pads. The rhythm always re -starts on the Output suitable for feeding directly into a power amp.
down -beat. (i.e. into 'line' or 'guitar' or 'tape' or 'aux' input)
240V Mains operated. 13 -note pedalboard C to C.
t Thus it may be connected to any amplifier or organ, tape, radio Frequency range: C,(,32Hz) to C3(-,128Hz) (25 notes)
or aux. input. Whole unit tuned with one control
Construction Details Highly stable, temperature compensated, voltage stabilised
A leaflet is available giving full construction details and written in master oscillator.
such a way that someone with no prior knowledge of electronics Construction Details
could build this project. A leaflet giving full construction details is available.
Order As XH19V (Leaflet MES 49) 30p Order As XH2OW (Leaflet MES 25) 15p

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A superb 40W rms per channel high fidelity stereo amplifier with a A superb high fidelity stereo tuner with a very high quality
very high quality double -anodised front panel to make it look as double -anodised front panel designed to match the 40W hi-fi
good as it sounds. There are dozens of features including two tape amplifier to which it makes an ideal partner. The tuner covers four
inputs and outputs plus tape monitoring facilities designed so that wavebands: long wave, medium wave, VHF and the UHF TV band.
you can tape record from any source including another tape The VHF band gives you excellent stereophonic reproduction of all
recorder and monitor the recorded signal without interfering with BBC and local radio transmissions in your area, whilst a unique
the recording. There is a three position high cut filter with variable feature is the ability to receive the high quality sound, broadcast by
slope, and bass and treble controls with a choice of operating range; the TV stations and usually considerably degraded by the poor quality
a two -position rumble filter, and lots more. For full specification sound reproduction systems in most TV sets. It will also give
and construction details turn to the project section at the back of our stereo sound if the TV stations ever start to broadcast in stereo.
catalogue. For full specification and construction details turn to the project
section at the back of our catalogue.

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TEN CHANNEL STEREO GRAPHIC EQUALISER DYNAMIC NOISE FILTER

A really superior quality Graphic Equaliser with ten controls per A dynamic noise filter which does not need specially encoded
channel making a total of twenty plus two overall volume controls. material to function correctly, (as does the "Dolby" noise
The design avoids the need for coils and also makes reduction system) but will reduce the noise present in any signal.
use of a special op -amp designed for use in audio circuits and
featuring a very low noise input specification that puts this unit Our six page leaflet MES 32 describes the noise limiter and how it
solidly into the top-flight hi-fi class. works and shows you the full construction details, component list etc.
Specification Construction Details
Control centre frequencies: 31.3Hz, 62.5Hz, 125Hz, 250Hz,
500Hz, 1kHz, 2k Hz, 4k Hz, 8kHz, Order As XHO7H (Leaflet MES 32) 20p
16kHz
Frequency response: (Controls flat): 10Hz to 20k Hz ±-1/2c1B
Range of filter controls: :113dB FOR FINEST QUALITY
Distortion (2V out controls TTL AND CMOS
flat: 0.02% typical CHECK OUR PRICES
Signal to noise ratio: (2V out controls flat): 82dB 74 Series from 12p including VAT
74LS Series from 15p including VAT
Construction Details
Full construction details are given in our leaflet MES 37 CMOS from 15p including VAT
complete with component schedule. Best quality at the best prices always at Maplin
Order As XH21X (Leaflet MES37) 25p

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AUDIO MIXER wpm

PROFESSIONAL EXTRA HIGH FIDELITY STEREO MIXER General

The mixer to be described has been designed to meet the requirements of professional
Designed by Peter Cole
recording studios, FM radio stations, concert halls and theatres, yet is equally suited for home
Fully modular for flexibility. use. It offers a performance which matches that of the very best tape -recorders and high fidelity
Two separate group mixing sections both fully stereophonic and tchable to any input module. equipment. Considerable design and re -design work has been undertaken to achieve this
Pre -fade listen IPFLI on inputs and group mix modules. remarkable performance at a fraction of the cost of comparable mixers. With the exception of
PPM or peak VU metering the basic parts (P.S.U./main mix module, group mix module) Ether parts may be included or
Foldback (FBI. left -out as desired.
Talkback.
Any number up to 16 input modules (mono or stereo) The input modules should be selected to suit the equipment that will be used with the mixer.
Selection of input modules to cater for all types of input equipment, including professional Tone controls may be fitted to each input module as required. The block diagram F ig.1, shows
microphones the interconnections between the boards in a module and between the modules. Each input
Tone controls on all channels. module has a peak overload detection circuit so that immediate visual indication is given if an
Specification of Prototype: input signal becomes too loud. Pan pots are provided on mono channels which enable the
monophonic source to be positioned on the overall stereophonic sound stage. Pre -fade listen
Main Frame (fully assembled with PFL and FBI (PFL) is provided. The operator can listen to an input which at that time is not included in the
Frequency response: Better than -3dB (20H7 to 20kHz) with 16 input modules. The main output mix, and adjust the preset level control by switching PFL to the meters. When that
fall -off in the frequency response is mainly a function of the numbers input is required in the main mix the operator can simply push the channel faders fully open
and lengths of interconnecting cables and buses. The individual mixing and that channel will enter the main mix at the preset level. The tone controls and on stereo
amplifier boards have a virtually flat response over the audio spectrum. channels the balance control may also be set in advance. The output of each input module
Signal to noise ratio: Better than 90dB may be switched to either group mix module as required, so that a selection of inputs e:g: all
Distortion: <0.01% instruments may be mixed in one group, whilst another selection e_g_ all vocalists may be
Output level: OV to 4V (adjustable) rnfixed in the other group. Group mix modules may also be fitted with PFL. The outputs of
Input Amplifiers: the group mix modules are further mixed in the main mix module to give an overall stereo
Mic. Amp. output.
Balanced input: 20 to 5011 or 200 to 60011
Sensitivity: 12 to 20pV, 25 to 300V. 80 to 100µV Foldback is provided to allow mixed groups of signals to be fed back into an input module
Signal to noise ratio. Better than 100dB so that it may be remixed with other signals and be further processed as a block of signals. It may
Other parameters: Better than Main Frame be desirable to insert an echo effect at this point and the Echo Chamber shown on page 152 is
Cartridge Amp ideal for this purpose.
Switchable inputs: Magnetic Cartridge, Ceramic Cartridge, High Impedance Microphone
Sensitivities: Magnetic Cartridge: 4rnV at 50k
Ceramic Cartridge: BOmV at 100k Any input module except General Purpose types can also be wired with talkback facilities.
HeZ Mic. 10mV at 50k This allows an input module to feed signals to the PFL line and thence to the monitor amps
Other parameters: Better than Main Frame. which may be temporarily connected to the performers' headphones. When this facility is
switched on, the input module is automatically isolated so that it cannot accidentally be
General Purpose Pre.Amp: connected into the mix. A front panel lamp lights to give a visual indication that that module
Sensitivity, variable from 30mV at 33k
cannot be used for mixing.
Other parameters: Better than Main Frame
Tone Control:
Bass response: / 18dB
Treble response: r 16dB
Filter Unit: Construction Details
Switch in "OUT" position: Flat Full construction details are given in our leaflet MES 38. (A component schedule is also available
With roll -off control at minimum, the response will fall -off at 6dB/octave from the selected MES3BB free of charge)
frequency 15,7,10 or 15kH71.
Roll -off control may be adjusted to give any roll -off between 6dB/octave and 18dB/octave- Order As XH22Y (Leaflet MES 38) 40p

MAKE YOUR OWN PCB's MICROPROCESSORS

LIKE THE PROFESSIONALS DO LOOK AT THESE AMAZING PRICES
Ultraviolet Exposure Box £38.80 (XY1OL) Z80 CPU £10.80 incl. VAT (QVVO0A)
Photo -Etch PCB £2.20 (BW19V) 8080A £5.45 incl. VAT (YH40T)
Etch -Resist Tapes from 48p per 16m MC6800 £8.45 incl. VAT (W043W)
Etch -Resist Pads from 82p per 250 2102 £1.65 incl. VAT (OW11M)
IC Pads from £1.70 per 100 2112 £2.38 incl. VAT (WH17T)
Drafting Template 68p (BW41U)
(See cat. pages 96 & 971 Plus dozens more

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mown DISCO/AMPS

150W STEREO DISCO

A superb fully stereophonic discotheque capable of delivering
150W rms continuous sine wave power per channel simultaneously
into 4t1 loads. The unit features an automatic voice operated fader,
extensive monitor facilities and the light show described below.
Specification
Output power: continuous rms sine wave into
4t2 8E2
One channel driven 225W 146W
Both channels driven
(per channel) 160W 112W
Frequency response: ±1dB (30Hz to 20kHz)
Total harmonic distortion
at 150W: >0.1% at 1kHz.
Construction Details
Full construction details are given in our leaflet MES 41.
Order As XF04E (Leaflet MES 41) 25p

LIGHT MODULATOR
A high quality light modulator with 3 channels each capable of
driving loads in excess of 1kW each. The unit has automatic gain
control and very steep filters to ensure that signals proper to one
channel do not operate the bulbs of another channel.

Construction Details
Full construction details are given in our leaflet MES42.
Order As XH23A (Leaflet MES42) 25p

AMPLIFIER MODULES
Turn to the project section of our catalogue for details of our high
fidelity 8W, 50W,and 100W amplifier modules for you to build.
Our picture shows the 8W and 50W amplifiers after construction.

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BURGLAR ALARM
A high quality burglar alarm based on a
balanced bridge system that gives the
ultimate in security. As well as allowing
you to use as many simple contact type
detectors, pressure mats etc as you require,
the design allows the use of up to four
ultrasonic movement detectors as well.
The ultrasonic detector simply sticks on to
a wall and guards the whole room. It
produces a very high frequency sound
pattern in the room, way above audio
frequencies so that you can't hear it. If the
sound pattern is disturbed by a movement
the detector will signal to the main control
box and the alarm will go off. The
ultrasonic detector has a variable
sensitivity control to suit room size etc. so
that very small movements are not
detected.
The main control box can differentiate
between a contact type detector
operating, an ultrasonic detector being
triggered and the line to an ultrasonic
detector being interfered with. In each
case a different combination of lamps
light on the main control box. In addition
if an ultrasonic detector is the cause of the
alarm going off a lamp lights on the
triggered unit.
Full construction details of the main control
box and the ultrasonic unit are given in the
project section towards the end of our
catalogue.

MODEL TRAIN CONTROLLER

A pulse width speed controller which delivers
full voltage to the model train even at very
slow speeds to achieve smooth train
movements at all speeds. Added features
are the acceleration and deceleration
controls which allow smooth acceleration
and braking to and from the speed set by
the main speed control.
An emergency brake is provided which
stops the train instantly at the press of a
button, and another press button is
provided to momentarily apply full power to
the track to help to overcome any inertia
or resistance due to dirt and dust which
is stopping an engine from moving off.
The controller is fully protected against
short circuits on the output and an
overload lamp lights if a short circuit is
present. The controller will deliver up to
1.6A at 12V DC; powerful enough to
drive even the biggest locomotives.
For full construction details turn to the
project section towards the end of our
catalogue.

TOP QUALITY COMPONENTS

AT MARVELLOUS PRICES

Jack plugs (1/4 inch) from 16p

Jack sockets from 15p
Phono plugs from 81/213
Co -ax plugs from 9p
DIN plugs & sockets from 10p

Plus many more types

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mown CLOCKS /05C / PSU
MICHRON MK II
A digital alarm clock kit complete with a beautifully
finished silver and white case that will look very
attractive in any room in the house. The clock features
a big 0.7 in. (17.75 mm) bright red display with
automatic dimming as night falls. In addition the clock
has battery back-up. If the mains fails the clock will
continue to function on the battery until the mains
returns. Also there are all the usual functions: flashing
seconds indicator, seconds display, loud audible alarm
with 'set' indicator, snooze timer, sleep timer, no
radio frequency interference, will switch your radio
or other appliance on or off, time -set security switch
to stop "little fingers" interfering with the displayed
time plus all the usual features. We are offering these
superb clock kits at a really low price, so turn to the
project section of our catalogue, now, to see how
simple it is to make one.

MONITOR TIMER
A very accurate timer that will switch mains appliances
on and off again at preset times. An attractive case is
available, fully punched and printed to which fits a
double 13A socket so that appliances up to 1kW total
(5A) may be transferred from normal mains outlets
directly to the timer. Simply plug them into the
timer and they will switch on and off at the times you
have pre-set. In addition the timer functions as a
normal 24 -hour clock, with alarm on and off set
indicators, flashing seconds indicator, high
brightness in. (12.7 mm) red display, test button
to check that appliance connected will operate
correctly at 'on' time, very simple 'one -finger' setting
of time and on -off times with security to stop "little
fingers" interfering with displayed times. For full
construction details turn to the projects section in our
catalogue.

VERY LOW DISTORTION AUDIO OSCILLATOR

An audio oscillator is an essential piece of test
equipment for anyone building audio equipment, hi-fi
Al- SING/SQOAHt WAVt. GtNLNAl01k iCsrmv r
gear etc. Because of its very low distortion sine wave
output this oscillator is suitable for use with even the 100
most sophisticated hi-fi equipment.
Range: 20Hz to 26k Hz in three ranges.
Distortion: Better than 0.01% (sine wave I k Hz)
Outputs: Sine or square wave variable voltage up to 1V.
Output voltage: 0 to 10mV
0 to 100mV
0 to 1V
All continuously variable
Supply voltage: 9V PP6 battery
Construction details
All the construction details are given in our leaflet MES 15.
Order As XH24B (Leaflet MES 15) 15p

CAR BATTERY/MAINS VOLTAGE

CONVERTER
A voltage converter with fully stabilised outputs, short
circuit protection (followed by immediate recovery),
input of battery version protected against polarity
reversal, and a maximum output of 400mA. Details of
two versions are available, one for mains operation and
output is switchable between three output voltages:
6V, 7.5V and 9V. Max ripple current with output at
9V is 150mV, at 7.5V is BOmV and at 6V is 70mV.

Construction details
All the construction details are given in our leaflet
MES 17.

Order As XH25C (Leaflet MES 17) 15p

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ASCII KEYBOARD AND TV DISPLAY INTERFACE controller will also store up to 4 pages (with extra memory boards)
A 63 -key keyboard generating an ASCII encoded output with 96 with automatic scrolling through the pages, and forward and
character codes and 32 control codes, 9 of which are available backward stepping through the pages.
directly to control cursor position on the TV set. The keyboard The cassette interface functions via a modem which can be used
has a repeat facility and a 2 -key rollover which ensures that only one to transmit via telephone lines or amateur radio transmissions.
code is generated however many keys are pressed. The keyboard The whole unit can easily be built into our Verocase Type 502
generates capitals and lower case characters (although the VDU only and a front panel ready -cut to suit our keyboard is available to fit
displays capitals regardless of whether capitals or lower case codes this box. The unit can be built in stages since each section is a
are input to it(, but can be strapped to generate capitals only for separate pcb which simply solders on to a mother board for
microprocessors that will not recognise lower case codes. complete flexibility.
Provision is made on the keyboard for direct connection to
microprocessor and via interface boards to a standard home
cassette tape -recorder and to a standard 625 -line colour or Construction Details
monochrome television set. The VDU interface allows the TV A leaflet giving full construction details is available, MES71, the
to display 16 lines of 64 characters per line. Full cursor control first of a series describing microprocessor projects.
is available in all four directions from the keyboard. The VDU Order As XH26D (Leaflet MES 711 30p

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movion CAR IGNITION / DETECTOR /CASES

CAR ELECTRONIC IGNITION SYSTEM

A high performance electronic ignition system for negative earth
cars. The unit is very easily connected and the conventional
ignition system can be returned to at any time simply by transferring
the input plug on the box to the second socket.
The electronic ignition system has many advantages over
conventional systems, for example, fuel saving, quick starting on
very low battery voltages, more power at high revs, points wear
reduced.
Construction Details
Full construction details are given in our leaflet MES 16.
Order As XH27 E (Leaflet MES 16) 15p

'ELECTRONICS TODAY INTERNATIONAL'

INDUCTION BALANCE METAL DETECTOR
A really superior metal detector using the really sensitive induction
balance system. It will detect a man's gold ring at 8 in and a 6 in.
square of copper at 22 in. Full construction details are given in
ETI's "Top Projects No. 5" described on page vii.
(Note: For a meter, use our Level Meter)

BOXES, CABINETS & CASES

A vast range of boxes, cabinets and cases to suit

just about every application. From low-cost
plastic (MB range) and low cost metal boxes
(AB range) to the high quality Vero plastic boxes
and Centurion metal boxes. We've got diecast
boxes, potting boxes and even boxes with
battery compartments.

There's a range of boxes in black vinyl finish

and a similar range with a teak -effect finish.
There are sloping front boxes and boxes for
use with foot switches. In fact well over a
hundred different boxes. You'll find them
all described on pages 52 to 57 of our catalogue.

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CASES /COMPONENTS mown

KNOBS & DRIVES

Our range of highly attractive knobs gives you a really big choice
to finish off your project the way you want. From the universal
plastic pointer to large all shiny metal knobs we've got the lot.
We also stock a range of dials, slow motion drives and cord drive
parts. We've got collet knobs with different coloured caps, and slide
knobs in five different colours. See pages 76 to 80 in our catalogue
for full details

GENERAL COMPONENTS
WIRES AND CABLES
We stock a very wide range indeed of all the most popular electronic
An excellent range of wires and cables to cover many of the components and they're all fully described in this catalogue.
Resistors from precision 1% types up to 25W high power types.
most common needs in electronics and home electrical work. Capacitors from 1.8pF to 10,000µF in lots of different voltages,
We also stock a range of accessories to help you when cabling tolerances and dielectrics. Our transistor and IC range is very large,
covering TTL, CMOS, op -amps, linears, microprocessors, memories
such as lacing cord, tie wraps, Hiatts etc. etc. etc.

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rnirmun FIBRE OPTIC LAMPS

FIBRE OPTIC TABLES AND LAMPS

These beautiful lighting effects will create the centre of
attraction in any room. The swirling coloured patterns of
the large and small tables are fascinating to watch and the
lamp with its hundreds of pin -pricks of light creates a very
relaxed atmosphere. For full details turn to page 83 of our
catalogue.

CHECK OUR PRICES

FOR
VOLTAGE REGULATORS

Positive 100mA 30p including VAT

Positive 500mA 49p including VAT
Positive 1A 62p including VAT
Positive 1.5A 95p including VAT
Negative 500mA 58p including VAT
Negative 1 A 69p including VAT
at 5V, 12V and 15V

We also stock variable voltage regulators positive and

negative at %A, 1 A and 5A. See i.tA78 and p.A79.
Series on catalogue page 206.

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LAMPHOLDERS /SWITCHES Fill1M111P1

LAMPHOLDERS SWITCHES

A range of highly attractive lampholders to suit LES and We stock a very large range of switches and relays.
MES bulbs. There are also some mains neons and a really Push-button, rocker, toggle, rotary and slide switches with
unusual item, little covers that clip over LED's to give them lots of different types in each category. Our modular
a very neat appearance. As usual Maplin provide you with rotary and latch switches are excellent value for money and
the maximum choice to help you give your projects the allow many combinations of different switch actions to be
perfect finished look. made up. See pages 84 to 89 in catalogue.

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 mown AERIALS

AERIALS
A completely new section in this
catalogue is the section covering
TV and radio aerials. Our range
covers standard TV aerials and very
high gain types as well as a range
t of FM stereo radio aerials from a
simple dipole and reflector right up
to the giant Mushkiller 8 -element
for long range reception. And they're
all high quality aerials made by
one of Britain's biggest and most
respected names in aerials:
Antiference.
We also stock their brackets and
lashing kits to give long-lasting
support to your aerial in even the
fiercest weather conditions. In
addition we stock their range of
co -axial outlets, splitters and
dividers and an aerial amplifier.
Also shown in the picture is our
very high quality aerial rotator so
that with a wideband TV aerial you MOBILE RADIO ANTENWE
can pull in lots of stations or with We are major stockists of one of the finest ranges of mobile radio antennae in the
an FM aerial pick up good stereo world. Our range covers 66 MHz to 470 MHz with an excellent range of mounts.
from several local radio stations. Our picture shows an amateur with two of our aerials in use (the 3dB gain
As usual there's a massive range to whip and the 5dB gain collinear) just about to pull away after visiting our busy
choose from and everything's at shop in Southend. For full details of our mobile radio antennae turn to pages
excellent prices. 105 and 106 of our catalogue.

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CONNECTORS ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES

We have a truly superb range of connectors, all at marvellous Another completely new section in this catalogue is the
prices. There are fifteen pages in this catalogue devoted section devoted to electrical accessories. Virtually
solely to connectors commencing on page 114 New this everything you need for electrical jobs at home from
time are lockable DIN connectors, X LR "Cannon" -type putting in a new socket to rewiring the entire house.
connectors, some extra mains plugs and sockets, a range of And if you've never done anything like it before, our
'UHF' connectors and adaptors to complement our range books, "Home Electrics" by Geoffrey Burdett or
of mobile radio antennae, jack sockets with chromed "Practical Electrical Rewiring and Repairs" by Charles Miller
bezels and an extended range of phono sockets. Also we've explain everything you need to know in simple, practical
re -introduced our excellent low-cost range of edge terms. Turn to pages 43 and 44 for cables and pages 130
connectors. to 133 of our catalogue for a wide range of quality
So if you're looking for a connector to suit your special British made electrical accessories all at excellent prices.
application turn to pages 114 to 129 of our catalogue You can be completely confident about the quality and
and the chances are you'll find something there that will safety of your work if you follow the instructions in the
fit the bill. books using our high quality components.

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mown LOUDSPEAKERS

SPEAKERS
Our excellent range of speakers covers tiny
miniature speakers less than two inches
diameter up to the mighty McKenzie 15 inch
bass speaker. In between we've got some
beautiful speakers all at marvellous prices.

We must be the cheapest in the country for

the new Piezo tweeters, and if you've never
tried them, you should. They've got a sharp
crystal clarity that has to be heard to be
believed and at our prices they're a
spectacular bargain.

For the more conventionally minded we've

got a range of crossover networks, a mid-
range speaker and a selection of tweeters.

For the power men we've got a good range

of 12 inch speakers at 50W and 80W and
the big 15 inch speaker that will deliver a
massive 150W rms.
SPEAKER CABINETS AND ACCESSORIES
In addition we stock a portable megaphone Our picture shows our two high power speaker cabinets. One to house our
with a dual microphone connected in 15 inch McKenzie and one to house two of our 12 inch units. This latter
anti phase to help to avoid feedback, and cabinet also has cut-outs which are normally blocked off for fitting two
two types of car -top public address horns of our 3 inch piezo tweeters.
that are extremely reasonably priced. Also We also stock the special acoustic wadding you will need to cover the
there are three very nice pairs of stereo
insides of the cabinet. You will be surprised how dramatically different and
headphones at prices you'll find hard to beat.
improved the sound is when this is done. If you prefer to make your own
So if you're looking tor speakers, tweeters, cabinets we sell speaker grille material in black and brown and a hard-
woofers, crossovers, headphones, megaphone wearing plasticised cloth for covering the outsides of the cabinet. Coupled
or PA horns turn to pages 137 to 141 and with our sealing strip, Velcromounts, cabinet corners and carrying handles
pick something from our range at our low, you'll see that we've got just about everything you need (except the wood,
low prices. of course) to put together your own speaker cabinets.

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DISCO EFFECTS MUSICAL EFFECTS UNITS

The pages in our catalogue devoted to disco lighting effects These ready -built units offer a wide range of effects for
cover projectors with a wide range of accessories , a mirror professional musicians or the amateur. From simple fuzz
ball which rotates to create some beautiful effects, fuzz pedals to sophisticated echo chambers, we're certain you'll
lights, strobes, and sound to light units; one with a whole be hard-pressed to beat our prices for any of these units.
range of stunning visual effects. They all offer excellent value for money.

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 BOOKS/ LEAFLETS

BOOKS For the absolute beginner try our superb set of "Basic Electronics"
We stock over 200 titles of books on or relating to electronics. The books that teach you while you experiment with the actual
book section in this catalogue is just like having a superb technical components. And once you've mastered that, there's an absolutely
bookshop in your home. There are plenty of new books in this massive selection of books with projects to build in them.
catalogue including a whole new section of superb books about And don't forget that there are new titles coming on to the market
microprocessors and programming, in fact even a book and all the time. You'll find details of all the best ones in our newsletters
tape -cassette home study course on programming. which are published about once every two months.

LEAFLETS (Prices shown under pages 35 and 36 on price list). MES36B Touch Organ Component Schedule XF27E (Free)
MES37 10 -Channel Graphic Equaliser Leaflet XH21X
The following books and leaflets are published by Maplin. Those MES376 10 -Chan G.E. Component Schedule X FO6G ( F ree)
marked 'Free' are not shown on our price list and will be sent to MES38 Audio Mixer Leaflet XH22Y
You on request. An s.a.e. would be appreciated. However, please MES36B Mixer Component Schedule XHO8J (Free)
note that when you order any book or leaflet, its component MES41 150W Stereo Disco Leaflet XFO4E
schedule is automatically included. MES41 B Disco Component Schedule XFO5F (Free)
MES42 Light Modulator Leaflet XH23A
4600 Synthesiser Book XFOOA MES4213 Light Mod Component Schedule XF23A (Free)
MES 11B 4600 Component Schedule XH15R (Free) MES46B Train Controller Component Schedule XF28F (Free)
MES 11S 4600 Synthesiser Specification XHO9K (Free) MES476 Burglar Alarm Component Schedule XF29G (Free)
MES 12 5600S/3800 Synthesiser Book X F11M MES486 ETI's Metal Detector Component
MES12I3 5600S/3800 Component Schedule XF13P (Free) Schedule XH29G (Free)
MES 14 String Ensemble Component Schedule XH17T (Free) MES49 Drumsette Leaflet XH19V
MES 15 Audio Oscillator Leaflet XH246 MES49B Drumsette Component Schedule XF19V (Free)
MES15I3 Audio Osc. Component Schedule XF14Q (Free) MES51 Basic Organ Leaflet XHOOA
MES16 Car Ignition Leaflet XH27E MES51 B Basic Organ Component Schedule XHO1B (Free'
MES166 Car Ign. Component Schedule XF15R (Free) MES52 Two -Keyboard Organ Leaflet XHO2C
MES17 Voltage Converter Leaflet XH25C MES52B Two-Kbd Organ Component Schedule XHO3D (Free)
MES17B Voltage Cony. Component Schedule XF16S (Free) MES53 Full Scale Organ Stage 1 Leaflet XHO4E
MES18 Semiconductor Data Book Vol. 1 XF17T MES536 Stage 1 Organ Component Schedule XHO5F (Free)
MESD19 MC1496 Data Sheet XH11M (Free) MES54 32 -Note Pedalboard XH31J
MES 22 Touch -Sensitive Piano Leaflet XH18U MES546 Pedalboard Component Schedule XH32K (Free)
MES22B Piano Component Schedule XF18U (Free) MES55 Auto -Organ Leaflet XH33L
MES24 Spring Lines and Driver Module Details X HO6G ( F ree) MES55B Auto -Organ Component Schedule XH34M (Free)
MES25 Bass Pedal Unit Leaflet XH2OW MES56 Full Scale Organ Stage 2 Leaflet XH350
MES25B Pedal Unit Component Schedule X F2OW (Free) MES566 Stage 2 Organ Component Schedule XH36P (Free)
MES26 'PE' Radio Control Book XFO3D MES57 String and Brass Symphoniser Leaflet XH37S
MES26B Radio Control Component Schedule XF24B (Free) MES57B Symphoniser Component Schedule XH38R (Free)
MES27 DMO2T Data Sheet XH13P (Free) MES71 ASCII Keyboard and VDU Leaflet XH26D
MES32 Dynamic Noise Filter Leaflet XHO7H MES716 TV Display Component Schedule XF26D (Free)
MES326 Noise Filter Component Schedule XH28F (Free) MES92 Michron Mk II Leaflet XF31J (Free)
MES33B 40W Stereo Amp Component Schedule XF21 X (Free) MES936 Monitor Timer Component Schedule XF32K (Free)
MES346 Stereo Tuner Component Schedule XF22Y (Free) MES98 Current Newsletter X FO8J ( F ree)
MES35B 50W Amp Component Schedule XF25C (Free) MES99 Current Catalogue XFO7H

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MICROPHONES/HI-FI CARE
MICROPHONES
A superb range of microphones and
accessories with everything at really
low prices. In particular our range of
electret microphones is almost
unbeatable at the price. For small
projects we stock a crystal insert
microphone and for the professional
vocalist or musician the superb
Unisound dynamic microphone.
In addition we've got microphone
stands, mixers and input matching
transformers.
RECORD-PLAYER & TAPE
ACCESSORIES
An excellent selection of hi-fi care kits
for record-players and cassette and
reel-to-reel tape -recorders. The range
covers cleaning cloths, anti -static
devices, stylus balance, tape splicers,
spare cassette boxes, demagnetisers
for tape heads and lots, lots more as
well as a very attractive range of
cassette storage cabinets.

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mown CAR ACCESSORIES / POSTER

CAR ACCESSORIES There are lots of spare parts for the electrical side of the car
and we even stock a few non -electrical parts that we couldn't
We've greatly extended our range of parts for the car owner resist because the price we can offer them to you is so low.
in this catalogue. Lots of the new lines are shown in the They include foot pumps, tow -rope, luggage elastic, even an
picture above. Our telescopic car radio aerial is one of the ice scraper, and a really useful "Keep Clean Kit" that
longest of its type that we've ever come across and at our includes gauntlets, a long apron and a pre -moisturised
price its a bargain. Inside the car we've got three types of towelette sachet, all for just a few pence, but worth its
stereo speakers including a superb sounding 20W per weight in gold if your car breaks down when you've got
channel pair. your best suit on.

MAPLIN POSTER

This beautiful colour picture, an

original water-colour painting
by famous artist Rod Brown was
specially commissioned by
Maplin Electronic Supplies.
Full size reproductions of the
painting are available. They
measure a massive 36in x 25in.,
the size of the original. They
have been carefully printed in
full colour onto glossy art paper
and are available to you for just
£1 including postage and
packing (or 75p in our shop).
A stunning picture to hang in
your office or at home. Your
children will love it. Order your
copy now.
Order As XF12N (Maplin Poster)

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TOOLS AND SERVICE AIDS

We stock a superb range of tools offering you a tremendous choice soldering irons covers almost every application and we stock
from low-cost to precision. There's a big selection of screwdrivers, exclusively the superb 'Antex' range, because we've used all types
wiring pliers, cutters, wire -strippers, spanners and small wrenches. and we think 'Antex' are quite simply the best.
There are some beautiful little precision miniature screwdriver and In addition we have a good range of service aids including spray
spanner sets as well as miniature drills and needle files. In the heavy cleaners, silicone grease etc., adhesives, conductive paint, and two
duty department we've got a big torque wrench at a really low price. types of solder to cover most requirements.
Our miniature electric drills are tremendous value for money and For full details turn to the tool section towards the end of our
the ideal thing for making pcb's or model making. Our range of catalogue.

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TEST EQUIPMENT
Our range of multimeters goes from our neat little Pocket
Multimeter which must be just about the lowest priced
multimeter you'll find anywhere, to our superb digital
multimeter module that for the quality breaks new price
barriers. On the way there are the three precision ICE
meters with some 80 ranges on the biggest one and with
accuracies as high as 1%!
In addition to multimeters we've got a very high quality
frequency counter whose top -class specification is hard to
believe at the price, an LCR bridge, audio oscillator, logic rF Mt/ENC.
COUNTER
probe, transistor tester and two oscilloscopes designed
especially for home constructors, small laboratories and
service engineers. See catalogue pages 183 to 188.
Also especially for the amateur radio enthusiast we stock
a grid -dip meter, SWR meter, transmitted power meter and
relative field strength meter all described on page 106 of catalogue.

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPONENTS

Maplin are renowned for their range of
components for electronic organs,
synthesisers and other musical equipment.
In this catalogue the range is extended
even further to encompass some beautiful
new marbled -effect stop tabs in several
lovely colours, a new stop tab switch and
a massive 32 -note pedalboard in addition
to all the components we've stocked before.
Like keyboards at unbeatable prices -
our Moulded keyboard, for instance, is
about half the price of the only other
equivalent keyboard being sold by
other retailers in this country, whilst
our top quality keyboards are still cheaper
than our competitors' Moulded keyboards.
The same goes for our pedalboard,
excellent quality, but at a price which
is unbelievable. In addition we stock engraved and unengraved stop tabs,
Our master oscillator board the DMO2T has been available drawbars, contact blocks, rotating baffles for use in
for over four years now yet is still a very low cost solution "Lesley" type speaker units, swell pedals, piano pedals,
to tone generation for organs, and with thousands sold effects lever and even gold wire and palladium earth bar
you'll know you won't be wrong to join the bandwaggon. for making your own contacts. Like the rest of our
Another massive seller has been our reverberation module catalogue the organ component section is a fascinating
and the spring lines that go with it. treasure-trove of unusual and everyday components.

XXX Maplin Electronics Supplies Ltd.

HOW TO ORDER DESPATCH
Please use our order code to help us deal with your order quickly We despatch all orders having a total weight of less than 750 grammes
and efficiently. Each item has its own code number - two letters, by first class letter post (except leaflets and catalogues which are
two numbers and a letter e.g. BB23A. To order resistors use just the despatched second class). Orders having a total weight over 750
code letter followed by the value you require. grammes are despatched by parcel post, except as follows. Calscopes
Payment may be made by cheque or Postal Order. These should be are despatched by Securicor. Items marked "Delivery by Carrier"
made payable to "Maplin Electronic Supplies Ltd." In your own are despatched by Roadline and the following items are also
interest cross all cheques or postal orders sent in the post with two despatched by Roadline: XB77J (Disco Cabinet); XB97L (4600
straight lines across the centre. Do not send cash unless the envelope Cabinet); XQO2C (5600S Cabinet); XQ04E (3800 Cabinet);
is registered at the Post Office. XQ06G (Piano Cabinet Black); XY11M (Piano Cabinet Teak). If
your order includes an item which we despatch by Roadline, we
DISCOUNTS may include all or part of the rest of the order in that shipment.
Collect our Discount Vouchers and Save Money However, you may mark your order in large writing "Despatch all
Every time you spend over £2* you will receive some Maplin items other than carrier items by post", and we will follow your
Discount Vouchers with your order. We will give you one voucher instructions.
for each full pound spent if you spend between £2 and £5.99Y2 in
SAME DAY SERVICE
one order. If you spend £6 or more in one order, we will give you
two vouchers for each full pound spent. The post arrives in our offices at 9 a.m. Here the letters are sorted
for the different departments, all orders are recorded and allocated
When you have collected 25 voucher units send them to us with an order number in sequence. This is the number that will appear on
an order and we will give you £1 of goods FREE. your packing slip (and credit note where applicable).
Vouchers are not allowed against credit notes, only against the cash The day's orders then start to come through to the warehouse.
(P.O. or cheque) sent with the order.
Your order is collected from small bins which are constantly
The orange voucher is worth 1 unit.
replenished from the main stock.
The green voucher is worth 5 units.
The blue voucher is worth 25 units. When the order is collected it is passed to the invoicing clerks who
You may use any combination of vouchers to make up groups of price the order and check that the money you have sent in is correct.
25 units. The vouchers do not have a pro rata exchange rate, they Finally the order passes to the packing department where it is made
are only redeemable in groups of 25. The vouchers are for exchange up into a postal packet or parcel. By 9.30 a.m. the first orders will
for goods only. They do not have a cash value. be in the outgoing mail -sacks.

PRICE LIST
All prices shown in this list are valid from January 22nd 1979 to March 9th 1979.
Prices shown in this list are VAT inclusive prices. The second column applies to all mail orders. Prices in our shop are generally lower on
in the ruled box shows the amount of VAT actually being charged. heavy items as mail order prices include postage and packing costs.
Overseas customers should deduct this amount from the inclusive Our valuable discount voucher scheme continues both on mail orders
price to arrive at the cost to them. Inland customers using our order and in our shop.
forms should use VAT inclusive prices only.
Copies of manufacturers' data sheets are available for most IC's
All prices are for the unit quantity shown in the catalogue (unless price 25p each.
shown otherwise on this list) i.e. each, per pack, per metre etc. All
prices include postage and packing. There is a 20p handling charge Notes:
which must be paid on all orders having a total value of under £2.00 t While stocks last
The price list is intended for use with our 1979/80 catalogue and NYA Not yet available
Prices charged will be those ruling on the day of despatch.
1979/80 VAT 1979/80 VAT 1979/80 VAT 1979/B0 VAT
Catalogue incluswe Catalogue inclusive Catalogue inclusive Catalogue inclusive
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Page 10 8862S Lir Output Stage C1 03 7vxp

LWO6G Mixer Mflwk Kit No 2
LW1OL Moier Metalwork Kit
£648 443p XH24E1 Leaflet MES 15
0925C Lea. MES f 7
15p
15p
EI8450 AS 341s 31p 2typ No 3 £8 74 641/2p BB74R Car PSU PCB 99p 7'TP
EIRE181 Mk/Space Adptr Ke £2.94 22p Page 14 LR18U Mic Mod Front Panel £1 .26 9P
88008 Divider Board 'A' £2.33 26p LR11M Mono GP Front Panel £1 26 Page 23
13B016 Divider Board £2.10 231/2p HY14O String Ensemble 1 LR12N Stereo GP Front Panel El 26
BB02C Tone Board A £2.19 24Vrp PCB £2.90 32p 9P 0H260 Leaflet MES 71 30p
HY15R String Ensemble 2 LR17T Cart/Hi-2 Front Pallet El 26 9p BB82D Keyboard PCB £4.85 36p
BB03D Tone Board B' E1.80 20p PCB F2.54 28p LR39N Mixer Bus Mtg Plate 48p 31/2p 8883E VDU Mother Bow:. £139 25p
BBO7H Control Board A £3.15 HY220 String Ensemble 3 LR32K Mixer Bus Securer 33p 21/2p BB84F UART PCB 61 23 91,
BBO8J Control Board '8' £1.40 ?V., PCB £2.05 23p LR43W Mixer Module Chassis £2.98 22p BB85G Control PROM PCB 59p 41/m
0809K Sawtooth Board 'A £254 28p LR38R Mixer Amp Mtg Plate 44p 3.hip
8BIOL Sawtooth Board 'Et' £3.19 351/2p HY23A String Ensemble 4 06861 Clear Logic PCB 73p Shop
PCB 01.56 281/2p LR190 Main Mix Front Panel £1 36 10p BB87U RAM Board Soap
13677J Divider MO XH17T Leaflet MES 14 Free LR29G Mix Pot Bkt 33p 2hap B8881/ VDU Control Board 7p
Freq Gen NYA 0878K 4600 Front Panel £9.60 72159 LR1OL Group Mix Front Panel 94p 7p 8889W Latch PCB 65p 5P
813780 Pedal PC813 NYA Carriage In UK only 19p LR37S Mixer I/P Mtg Plate 58p 4Vap E113900 Character Gen PCB 7559 5159
E2.50
B1379L 32 -Note Pedal Voice NYA LR31J Pan Bd Bkt 33p 2'hp BE1910 Graphics Gen PCB NYA
B880B Pedal Dade PCB NYA XEI06.1 Synth Rear Panel ao 91/2p
XFIOL ETI Top Project No. 5 £125 LR3OH Mixer Mic Tr Bkt 27p 2P BB92A Output Timing PCB 85p 6Yap
H072P Auto Organ 0B76H Touch Organ PCB £4.95 55p LRO9K Mixer Blank Panel 94p 7p BF19313 Address Switching
Gen/Clock PCB £1.45 169
0879L 4600 Cabinet C48.44 £3.59 LR2OW Miser Blank Underpan 45p 31hp PCB NYA
H0730 Auto -Organ Carriage in UK only £5.00 37p LR40T Mixer Module Tab 20p 11/2p BB94C VDU Interface PCB NVA
Chord Coder PCB £2.0202 221/2p LRO8J I/P Jack Identification 88950 Cassette/Modern
H074R Auto Organ Tab 20p 119 PCB NYA
Page 15 .

Auto Stop PCB CZ 9204 321/41 LR13P HO Mixer PCB No 2 £183 13p BB96E 3 -Page Extn Mem
H075S Auto Organ XH18U Leaflet MES 22 259
8078K Piano PSU/Voice LR140 HO Mixer PCB No 3 83p 69 PCB £1.99 141/2p
Pre -Amp PSU PCB £3.31 37p
PCB f i .95 141/2p LR15R HO Mixer PCB No 4 83p 24, 13697F 4 -Page Control PCB 6P SP
BBI 1M Gate Board 37p 4p LR34M HO Mixer PCB No 24 Er 30 91/2p 88980 VDU PSU PCB E25.15 169
BY79L Prano Top Octave
BB04E Tone Board £2.99 33p PCB £3.71 27`hp LR160 HO Mixer PCB No. 5 72p 5p E113991-1 VDU Mice, PCB 59p 4459
BB05F Tone Board D' £2.98 33p LR350 HO Mixer PCB No 25 £1 19 9P 00128 VDU Front Panel C320 231/2p
BBO6G Tone Board 1290 32p 808013 Piano Two -Octave
PCB £4.55 33Vap LR2I X HO Mixer PCB No 6 83p er8
BB12N £1.99 22p LR28F HO Mixer PCB No 18 43p Page 24
58158 Mother Board A' £798 881/4p
0006G Piano Cabinet Black E39.90 £4.43 OP
Jell 1M Piano Cabinet Teak NTA LR33L HO Mixer PCB No 23 85p 6Vap
XH27E Leaflet MES 16 15p
BB13P A/B Switch Board 93p 10thp LR36P HO Mixer PCB No 26 £3.12 23p
LR41U BB75S Car Ignition PCB C1.05 8P
BB140 MES Amp Bd 'A' 360 4p HO Mixer PCB No 27 £2.90 211/2p
LR22Y HO Mixer PCB No 7 £140 XFO4E Leaflet MES 41 25p
XHOOA MES51 15p Page 18 10p
BB81C Disco Pre-Arnp & Tone
XHO2C MES52 15p LR234 HO Mixer PCB No 8 £1.12 8p £1.70
08210 Leaflet MES37 25p LR248 HO Mixer PCB No 9 C1.19 9P
PCB 121/2p
XHO4E MES53 35p 0003D 10 -Channel G E PCB £167 189 88190 Disco PSU PCB £1.10
LR42V HO Mixer PCB No 29 £1.69 121/29 8P
XH31J MES54 30p XB74R 10 -Channel Equaliser B820W 100W Amp Board 01.35 10p
XH33L MES55 30p Metalwork £8.99 E1.00 LR25C HO Mixer PCB No 10 £1.40 10p
698
LR26D HO Mixer PCB No 14 £136 10p
8826D Motor Switch PCB 5P
X1375S 10 -Channel Equaliser 8827E Ugh' Mod Bd £2 76 2019
Page 13 Woodwork £4.90 541hp LR27E HO Mixer PCB No 15 £1.38 10p
88220 FET.Ceramic PU Bd 86p 6049
%FOGA 4600 Synthesiser Book £1.50 XHO7H Leaflet MES32 20p B824B Disco Fader Bd E126 91/2p
BB39N Synth Keyboard 8855K Dyn Nome Fltr PCB E1.49 16p Page 20 BE125C VUM & HP Amp Bd C2 15 16p
Controller PCB £4.26 31V4p XB05F Dyn Noise Fltr XH234 Leaflet MES42 25p EIB18U Heatsink D82 56p 4p
BB42V Synth Noise Controller Metalwork £0.44 94p 0B37S Sound To Light Case C6 76 50p 08769 Disco Front Panel £1680 80p
PCB £1 60 12p XB77J Disco Cabinet £32.70 £2.42
B8464 Synth VCF PCB £1 41 10Vxp Page 19 Page 22 Carriage in UK only £5.00 37p
BB57M Synth Noise Controller XH22Y Leaflet MES38 40p BB72P Sine/Square Gen 0000A IB Metal Del PCB £119 Op
Bkt 63p 4V4p LWOOA Mixer Metalwork Kit PCB £2.13 1 XH2OW Leaflet MES 25 15p
88618 Synth VCF Mtg Mkt 54p 4p No 1 £19.50 £1.44 8E1730 Audio Osc Front Panel £1 .63 126pp BB 16S Orgn/Gtar Bass PCB £465 361/2p

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YF19V 741528 175 I Vap 539101 7415364 NYA YH561 CIO. Red 135hp
W0399 LM3909 86p bhp 1p
0050E 7430 51-1111,4 7415365 405
12p 1p
YH129 7410366
39 YH57M C6pine Sallow 13'9
5620W 741530 15p 1p 409 39 6189W Liquid Crystal Display £8.35
YH13P 7415367 40p 35 Page 247
0%516 7432 19p 159 5H140 7415368 4011
YF21 X 741532 15p tp 3p W0407 LM3911 £117 6109 Page 261
YH15R 7415373 CI 76 135 WC/41U LM3914
5622Y 741533 26p 2p £1 40 1049
Php
.1165 7415374 86p 6,25 0344713 MC1496 99p 755p
WL350 Optoasolator 790 6p
0052G 7437 19p
VH170 7415375 56p W070M Darlington Isolator 01 40 101ep
YF23A 741537 245 2p YHIBU 7415377
40 01066 0614950 £4 20 31p
Solar Cell MS4A £1 35
66p Sp 0107H SG3402 £2 99 22p 131234 10p
05820 7438 209 1,ap YH19V 7415378 El 04 71/25
OF3OH BPX 25 El 86 14p
YF24E174LS38 245 2p W0556 NE 544 El 88 14p H0619 MEL 12 365 2999
YH2OW 7415379 99p 0W800 4151 76p
0X53H 7440 12p 51-1210 7415390 705 55
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90631 Lens 99p
YF25C 74L040 25p 2p 58225 7415393 H0640 Lensholder 45p
OX54J 7442 39p 3p £1.18 812/3
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Y6260 741542 38p 3p 03466W NE 555
00556 74474 54p 5H248 7415398 f1.66 125. 25p 2p Page 262
159 5H25C 7415399 QH67X NE 556 130p
0083E 7451 22p £1.54 11Np Epp
XLI1M Laser tube £98.00 07.28
1'p YH26D 7415490 £144 115. 09685 NE 566 E1190 14p
YF27E 741551 17p
W0561 NE 565 CI 15 Ilvap
HY19V %V Laser PCB C2 69 20p
00134F 7454 18p 1'59 5H27E 7415568 NSA FR32K Filter Amber 555 454p
5H286 7410569 NSA FR33L Filler Green 559 4Vap
YF2BF 741554 23p 154p Page 249
5629G 741555 39p YH29G 7415670 £2.16 16p FR34M Filter Red 55p 4 Yap
ap 0I -169A NE 567 £1 99 I4Vap
05561 7470 25p 2p 5H3OH 74C9I7 NSA FR350 Filter Yellow 55p 454p
0657M 7472 19p 1 thp 539313 74C920 £775 57424 W0755 711700 39p 3p XRS6L lmm Light Guide C134 10p
OX58N 7473 22p 155p 59326 76477 1/226 169. W076H 71172C 479 3424 BY730 8W Amp PCB 45p
0948C MC3302 C149 11p 59
5H3312 76489 NSA 1W36P 8W Amp On £3 75 42p
YF3OH 741573 24p 2p SH3OH 74C917 NSA
OX59P 7474 22p 1519 51134M 8128 CI 99
YF31J 741574 175 111p YH350 8195 C2.05 159 Page 283
00600 7475 29p 09366 8097 C1.79 13529 Page 250
2p 90685 50W Hi-Fi PCB C1.99 1451
YF326 741575 30p 2p 534375 8T98 £1.79 13,25 YH3813 8038 C3.95 295hp UP/350 50W Amp Kit £12.90 96p
YH389 8038CCPD C395 29158 YH399 8069 El 75 13p
00615 7476 19p 1.hp YH43W 8211 £1.65 12p
YF331 701576 24p 2p YH399 8069DC0 1.75 13p Page 265
51140T 8060A 05.45
W0326 LM334 97p 7p
5634M 741078 409 30 40625 XXO2C 4195 El 50 11p XFO5F Disco Schedule Free
0%625 7481 79p 64 11-1410 80854 C1890 £1.18
LW32K 150W Power Amp Kit £1399 £1 04
00850 7483 60p 41xp YH42V 8205 can 2359 %X046 15V Supply PCB 63p 455p
5H43W 8211CPA El 65 12p BL227Y 54723C1099 69p 50
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48p rap 5H440 8212 £2 66 19.25 0121 5 2,4723C 14 -pin OIL 495 39 Page 266
19p YH455 8216 £2.59 19p HY2I X Clock Timer PCB El 55 11Vap
0564U 7486 1156
YF36P 741586 245 2P
56468 8224 £3 59 261. Page 252 LW3OH Clock Timer Case £8.20 6059
YH476 8228 f499 37p XF32K Monitor Schedule Free
0065V 7489 El 49 W043W MC6800P E8 45 82,2p
1Ip YH48C 8250 C9 55 70,25 W044% MC6802P LW31J Clock Timer Ka £34 90 12.58
YF37S 741_589 NYA £13.25 90P
OX66W 7490 43p YH49D 8251 C695 552p W0464 MC6821P £466 34525
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00670 7492 445 Thp OW004 280.CPU 56924 Muhron Mk II Case C4.30
5639N 741592 37p 2509 £1080 90P
OWO3D Z130.P10 C550 LW375 Mechron Mk II Clock Kir £14 95 01.11
0068Y 7493 44p 3Vap
Page 233 06313 Mechron Mk 1lLeallet Free
YF4OT 741593 375 2vap
OW04E Z80510 £28 98 £2401.1

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40 I6 Z80-CTC E5 50 40Izp '914aige 269
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007014 7495 565 4p W054J NE531 CI 49 ,1 1 p B5755 Train Control PCB £1.75 13p
YF41U 741595 375 2' 47p 3'p Page 253
0X87U 7496 505
0L20W 244709C 51393B Train Control Case £5.93 449
31,9 01225 µ4714C8 -pin D1L 21p 1125 LW49D Train Controller Kit
YF42V 48p 56407 8080A £5 45 40' 25 023.50 01.74
741096 3'2p X6286 Train CntrIr Schedule
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YF43W 7410107 48p 3'2p 01246 224747C 80p 6p YH464 8224 E359 26'25
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YF44X 7415109 26p 011464 14580 56p 4p YHSOE B2554 C5 15 38p Ultrasonic Detector PC/387p
2p 65915 6vap
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Y6464 7415113 26p 2p 600113 4136 El 58 11,2p YH48C 8250 £955 70'29 85936 External Alarm PCB 45p 3vap
Y6478 7415114 425 3p YHS1F 8279 El 1 95 88'2p BY94C Alarm Buzzer 12V C1 43 1054p
0X72P 74118 795 6p Page 234 YH42V 8205 £320 2242 /0/13P Burglar Alarm Boa £6.58 480ap
534440 8212 C2 66 19'25
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WHOOA 74122 35p 2' B596E Evil Plug Tool Not Required
WHO1B 74123 39p 3p
06296 CA3140T £1 Oa 7'25
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W0210 CA32407 B79 6'25 6597F External Alarm Box £9.20 68p
5648C 7415123 El 24 Op VV030H LF351 409 3p YH455 8216 £2.59 19p LW38R Ultrasonic Detector Kil £10.50 78p
WHO2C 7415124 E3 49 p WO31J LF353 lap zp YH34M 8728 £1.99 14Np LW39N Burglar Alarm Kit £62 50 £4.63
5649D 7415125 37p 511350 8195 £2 05 15p XF29G Burglar Alarm Sched Free
W029G LF347 £1 72 12' zp
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OH350 LH0042C E3 99
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WO18U AY -5.10134 £664 49p
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YF52G 7415136 26p 2p Page 235 OW924 5018 LW41U Tuner PSU Module NYA
£9 54 70NP
5653H 7410138 52p 4p
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5654J 7415139 52p ap W036P 11.1389 690
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WHOSE 74141 54p 45 1W44% Tuner Head EF5600U 021.35
OH389 LM377 E230 25'2p C2.37
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OW95D 7107 E11 49 85p LW455 TV Sound Tuner NYA
Y6554 7415145 NSA LW46A AM Tuner NSA
82p 6p Page 236 BY76H LCD 7106 PCB 85p 60
0X89W 74150 LCD 7107 PCB LW48C Stereo Tuner 41 NSA
WHO7H 74151 455 3'4 01-140T LM380 El 20 13'2p BY77J
W0600 SFF96364
859 60
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0113P TEI48106 99p 11p
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56571.4 7410153 52p Op 8R02C 5W Amp PCB 98p 110 OWI1M 2102 £1 65 2p
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Maplin Electronics Supplies Ltd.

 An insulator layer of silica is now added to separate the films, allowing the bias field requirements of the bubble domains
conductor and nickel -iron layers. Nickel -iron alloy follows, and to be matched over a range of temperatures. Fig. 12 shows a
in this layer the propagation pattern is defined, again using package in exploded form currently in production at our
photolithography. This is the most critical step as the company. It is designed to house chips 5mm square and is
propagation pattern must be aligned closely with the conductor currently used for both 64K single loop (12 pin) and multiloop
pattern. Again, high resolution pattern definition is obtained (14 pin) devices. The chip is glued to the E -shaped carrier board
using ion milling to remove unwanted nickel -iron. The last and the chip is electrically connected to the substrate tracks by
deposition is a third silica layer which acts as a passivation 0.001 inch thick gold wire, bonded using an ultrasonic or
protecting the chip from the outside world. Finally, the silica thermocompression wirebonder, similar to those developed for
over the contact pads of the first conductor layer must be silicon chips. Precisely formed self-supporting coils are slipped
removed. This is done using a non -critical mask, with the on and connected to the pads on the outer arms of the substrate.
unwanted silica being etched away using hydrofluoric acid. The
wafer is now ready for testing by a piece of equipment called a
probe -tester.
The wafer is mounted onto a stage and probe needles move
from chip to chip on the wafer, making electrical contact Bubble Memory
between the chip and the test electronics. The test head contains
coils to provide the rotating inplane drive field, and the static
Package
bias field perpendicular to the wafer. At this stage, chips which nipper
work over a range of bias fields greater than about 10oe are bias magnet
accepted. Those which do not meet this criterion are marked
with an identifying inkspot and the wafer is sawn into individual
chips.
Compared with semiconductor processing, the fabrication of
bubble devices appears less demanding. The formation of the
film overlays is a purely additive and subtractive process with no
diffusion steps involved. The number of critical masking steps is
only two, compared with twelve or more for semiconductors.
However, much greater control of the element geometry is
necessary in bubble devices with features as small as 1-2gm
needing to be controllably defined over relatively large areas.
This is many times more demanding than for semiconductor Fig. 12. Exploded view of 64K package
devices.
The lead frame is attached using a reflow solder operation, and
BUBBLE DEVICE PACKAGES the bias magnets are positioned above and below the outer coil.
The design of packages to house bubble chips is complicated The assembly is slid inside the magnetic shield and filled with an
by the magnetic environment they need for correct operation. epoxy -resin potting compound. The package iegs are bent
The package must provide an inplane drive field, usually downwards to give the dual -in -line format, and the package
40-50oe in amplitude, which rotates at 100-300kHz in the chip identification is printed on the top surface.
plane. There are several coil configurations which can achieve The technology of connecting the bubble chip to the lead
this, but the most commonly used is an arrangement of frame and the encapsulation of the component parts is based on
orthogonal solenoid coils as shown in Fig. 11. By feeding both that already existing within the microelectronics component
coils with sine -wave currents 90° out of phase with each other, a industry. To produce a bubble memory package, however, the
field of constant amplitude is achieved which rotates in the chip additional expertise of the coil winding, permanent magnet and
plane. This is like the circular lissajous figures obtained when magnetic shielding industries is needed.
quadrature sine waves are applied to the horizontal and vertical The final stage in the device production is to set the bias
amplifiers of an oscilloscope. The bias field needed to stabilise magnets to the required field and to perform parametric and
the bubble domains is usually provided by a permanent magnet function tests over the operating temperature range. Each
system to ensure that the data remains intact under zero power bubble chip, even from the safe wafer, will have a slightly
conditions. Two plates of barium ferrite ceramic permanent different range of bias field over which the bubbles are stable.
magnet material positioned above and below the chip are The magnets are first saturated by applying a field of about
commonly used. Ferrite magnets are chosen as their 12,000oe. The field level is then successively reduced by reverse
temperature coefficient of magnetism matches that of the garnet field pulses of increasing amplitude until the centre of the bias
Bias Magnet field margin is reached. This is done in a computer -controlled
test station which automatically monitors the performance as
Magnetic Integrated Circuit the bias field is reduced, and then tests the device at high and
Ceramic or
low temperature over the full range of operating conditions.
Epoxy Carrier
USING BUBBLE MEMORIES
Interfacing with a bubble device involves the use of some
novel circuitry to produce the drive currents in the coils.
Periodic currents are needed of up to two amps peak to peak
D. I . L. Pin -Out
into some tens of microhenries at 100-300kHz. They must be
controlled to run for a defined number of complete cycles and
Bias Magnet stop and start in a well behaved manner without overshoot or
Fig. 11. Schematic of bubble package components. The coils ringing of the currents. The choice of drive circuit lies between
produce the rotating magnetic field which makes the resonant drive, giving sinusoidal currents, and direct drive which
bubbles hop along the chevrons usually results in triangular currents. Resonant drive is more

Practical Electronics April 1979 45

difficult to use because the timing control is too complex to
achieve correct waveforms at the required frequency for a
number of packages on the same circuit board. A schematic of
this type of drive is shown in Fig. 13a. Nowadays most systems START/STOP
TIMING CONTROL

use a triangular driver in which a voltage is simply switched

across a non -resonant coil.
A simple form of this circuit is shown in Fig 13b. Currents
build up during the first half of each triangular pulse through the FEEDBAG,
CONTROL

switching transistors and decay through the diodes when the

transistors are turned off.
As previously mentioned, sensing of bubble signals is usually
done using the dummy and detector in a bridge circuit. The
actual signal will have an I/O separation of 10-20mV for about
0.5gs. A simple circuit for bubbles sensing is shown in Fig. 13c.

WHERE WILL BUBBLES APPEAR?

The very rapid advances in bubble memory technology
during the past few years have been fuelled by the attractive
features offered by this device. Bubble devices fall between 1,11

RESONANT DRIVE

semiconductor RAMS and moving media memories, such as

discs, in both access time and cost per bit. Compared with
magnetic disc memories bubbles have higher reliability and a
lower error rate since they have no moving parts. Their access
time is faster than that of a disc; they consume less power, and
are physically smaller. A comparison with semiconductor MOS
memories is rather unfair, as their access times are two or three TIMING
CONTROL

orders of magnitude faster than bubbles. Their interfacing is also

somewhat simpler. Semiconductor RAMS will undoubtedly
remain as the main memory for computers, but they may well be
found transferring data in and out of a bubble memory mass
storage device in the near future.
The first areas where bubbles can be expected to appear are
those currently served by floppy disc or cassette stores. Bubble
'
memories offer 100 times faster access, using multiloop devices, DIRECT DRIVE

than a floppy disc, and because of their inherently solid state

nature are more reliable. Like a disc (or its slower brother the
data cassette) bubbles offer non-volatile storage and serial
access at about the same cost per bit. However, bubbles, unlike AP

discs and cassettes, are not a readily exchangeable storage

medium. Since in moving media memories most of the cost is in
the mechanical aspects, this may not be a serious drawback in
most applications. For this type of storage, bubbles can be STROBE

expected to appear fairly shortly in point of sale equipment,

word processing systems, industrial process control, desk top BUBBLECRENSING

computers and telecommunication applications. These uses will

probably involve the bubble memory as a backing store to a Fig. 13. Bubble device interfacing. (a) Resonant drive.
microprocessor. (b) Direct drive. (c) Bubbles sensing
The second area where bubbles are likely to appear is that in
which reliability is of prime importance. These include harsh patterns in the garnet film. This pattern replaces the nickel -iron
environments encountered in military and some industrial uses. propagation patterns with ion -implanted areas which are much
The high reliability, solid state, low power and weight less critical to produce, and so can be made much smaller.
characteristics of bubbles should find a ready market for such Another idea, still at the development stage, is the bubble lattice
applications. file in which the binary information is stored as one of two
possible spin configurations in the bubble domain wall. A close -
packed array of bubbles is used here, increasing the storage
THE FUTURE density almost five times over a conventional device.
The furious pace of development throughout the micro- Advances in fabrication with the introduction of electron -
electronic industry makes any prediction about future progress beam techniques should also yield improvements in current
difficult. Already, the 64 kilobit device has been passed in the designs, certainly allowing considerable increases in storage
laboratory by a 256 kilobit device which should enter densities. New packaging techniques will give lower power,
production before 1980. In the USA chips as large as 1 Megabit smaller devices operating at higher frequencies. Also, it is
have been made and operated, and chips of four times this expected that families of support devices to perform the coil
capacity have been projected for the early 1980s. The hunt is on drive, sensing and control timing for bubble devices will be
for better materials to support smaller bubbles and also different developed as soon as a measure of standardisation is arrived at
ways of manipulating bubbles to store information. Among between manufacturers. It is therefore hoped that over the next
ideas being actively pursued are contiguous disc devices, in few years circuit designers will come to regard magnetic bubble
which the bubble propagation is controlled by ion -implanted devices as just another integrated circuit package.

46 Practical Electronics April 1979

 Compiled by DJD
Appearing every two months, Micro -Bus will present ideas, applications, and programs for the most
popular microprocessors ; ones that you are unlikely to find in the manufacturers' data books. The most
original ideas will probably come from readers working on their own microcomputer systems, and
payment will be made for any contribution featured here. This is also the place to air your views, in
general, on this new technology, so let's be hearing from you!

SOFTWARE A/D CONVERSION USING

SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION.
:
The conversion routine starts at $0011 and
SOFTWARE ANALOGUE -TO - 8004
8005
IAA
IACA
EOU
LOU
$8004
PIAA1 works as follows: accumulator B bit 7 is set
DIGITAL CONVERSION 8006
8007
IAB
IACB
200
EOU
PIAA.2
and this is added into A. The contents of
THE FOLLOWING system uses a low-cost 0000 86 PP TOD LDA ERFF CONFIGURE PIA: accumulator A are then used to drive the
digital -to -analogue converter together
0002
0005
B7
44
8004 STA
LSR
PIRA ALL OUTPUTS
ZN425E D/A chip through the PIA to
PB7 INPUT
with a comparator to perform A/D conversion
0006
0009
B7
86
8006
3C
STA
LDA
PIAB
ER3C CONTROL WORD produce a voltage determined by the value.
by successive approximation. It was sent in by 0008
000E
B7
B7
8005
8007
STA
STA
PIACA
PIACB The comparator compares this with the input
Phillip L. Watson who developed it for use CONVERSIO ROUTINE voltage and, dependent on the result, con-
with a Motorola D2 kit, and what follows is 0011 48 CLR
ditionally resets the bit in accumulator A. The
based on his description. 0012
0014
C6
18
80
CONY?
LDA
ABA
[810000000
ADD B INTO A `1' in accumulator B is passed serially down
"The design, shown in Fig. 1, uses around 0015
0018
B7
7D
8004
8006
STA
TOT
PIAA
PIA8 PB7 HIM all eight bits; consequently each bit of
£6 of external components and gives conver- 0010
001D
28
10
01 BMI
SBA
LOW IF VOLTAGE IS TOO LOW
RESET BIT accumulator A is tried in turn. The last itera-
sions to 8 -bit accuracy. The successive
001E
0018
54
24 F3
LOW LSR B
BCC CONY?
SET UP FOR NEXT BIT
MORE TO D07 tion causes the ' l' to pass into the carry flag
approximation program, Fig. 2, is entered at 0021 38 SWI STOP - RESULT IN A
and this gives an exit from the loop. At this
$0000 and the first section configures END
point the 8 -bit result is in accumulator A.
PIA which is at $8004 to $8007 in the D2 kit. Fig. 2. Successive approximation "In the prototype a display routine was
Side A lines are all outputs and bit 7 of side B analogue -to -digital conversion used to give a continuous reading of the result

r
is an input. program for the M6800 micro in hex on the display. The conversion takes
about 300 microseconds with the 614.4kHz
-65V
clock in the D2 kit; however the speeds of the
MN1140 180
CA3100S and LM311P are such that it could
easily run on much faster systems. If the con-
100 version rate is not fast enough, using software,
for your particular application then the unit
PAO
2 5
LSB 0
4
10k
can be used in conjunction with an MC 14459
PM 3 6
IN successive approximation register chip; with
PA2
4 7 +140 direct clocking by 02 this would bring the con-
VREF
PA3
5 9
OUT version time down to a few microseconds."
DATA
PA4
6 10
In less critical applications the two op -amps
PA5 could probably be omitted from Mr Watson's
PA6
8 12 circuit; the ZN425E gives a direct voltage out-
PA7
13
LOGIC
2
put and can therefore drive the comparator
RESET 2- directly, giving a range of 0 to 2.56 volts.
CLOCK

MC6820 ZN425E BASIC LEARNING PROGRAM

PIA GROUND Science of Cambridge, who market the
(IN D2 KIT)
popular MK14 microprocessor system, have
kindly supplied details of an interesting com-
7
887 puter program which could enable engineers
without much experience to mend kits retur-
D/A CONVERTER COMPARATOR ned with faults. The program, a variant of the
well-known "Animals" game, is a simple il-
1E8611 lustration of how computers can be made to
learn how to solve tasks; a sample dialogue
between the program and the engineer is
shown in Fig. 3 with the engineer's entries
shown underlined.
The program asks the engineer to carry out
a series of tests on the kit by supplying the
answer to a yes/no question. Finally, on the
Fig. 1. Analogue -to -digital converter using a comparator and a low-cost D/A basis of the replies the program suggests what
converter must be wrong. If this does not succeed in

Practical Electronics April 1979 47

 >HUN 'LIST
5n GOTO enn
AS THERE AN mK1A TO REPAIR? YES Inn N=M: @N=o3F: i(N+1)."DOES THE DISPLAY LIGHT UP"
DOES THE DISPLAY LIGHT OP? YE} vin GOSUB 500: p.m: 0=044: L=M: fL.."NO POWER SUPPLY": GOSUH 500
DOES THE DISPLAY SHOW 8.8.B.B.B.B.B.6.? NO len K=M: 1K.."A BAD SCMP-: castle 500: .P=L/256: RIP+I)=L
DOES THE DISPLAY FLASH ERRATICALLY? 110 W(P+2)=K/256: @(P+1)=K
IS THERE INTERFERENCE ON THE RADIO? NO eon N=TOP: PR --: PR "IS THERE AN MK14 TO REPAIR -7: GOSUB 600
CHECK FOR A BAD SCMp. OK NOW? YES 210 IF @m.n GOTO 700
100 IF @N..A3F GOTO 330
IS THERE AN mKIA TO REPAIR? Y 11'0 PR i(N+1)7: GOSUB 600: DO: N=N+1: UNTIL @(N-1)=NOD
DUES THE DISPLAY LIGHT UP? / 390 P=N+iim: N=ap*256+?(P+1): GOT!) 300
DOES THE DISPLAY SHOW 13-.A.8.8.8.8.8.8.? N 130 PR -CHECK FOR "AM.". Ow NOW -7: GOSUB 600: IF @M,0 GOTO 200
DOES THE DISPLAY FLASH ERRATICALLY? Y 340 PR "WHAT IS WRONG"1: INPUT EM: L=M: GOSUB 500
CHECK FOR BAD CRYSTAL. CONNECTIONS. OK NOW? N 350 PR "WHAT QUESTION DISTINGUISHES ".LL
WHAT IS WRONG? REGULATOR OVERHEATING 355 PR "FROM ".1N7: @m.#3E
WHAT QUESTION DISTINGUISHES REGULATOR OVERHEATING 360 INPUT 1(m+1): @p.M/256: R(P+1).-M: GOSUB 500: K=M
FROM BAD CRYSTAL CONNECTIONS? DOES TOUCHING SCrP AFFECT DISPLAY 370 M=M+4: PR "DOES -.IN.." CAUSE THIS SYMPTOM -7: GOSUB 600
DOES BAD CRYSTAL CONNECTIONS CAUSE THIS SYMPTOM? 380 @(K+@M)=N/256: P(X+1.4M)=N: P(X+2-@M)=L/256: W(K+3-i1M)=L
390 m.M+A: GOTO 200
IS THERE AN mK14 TO -REPAIR? Y 500 DO: m=M+1: UNTIL PM.100
DOES THE DISPLAY LIGHT UP? 510 M=M+I: RETURN
DOES THE DISPLAY SHOW 13.8.8.8.8.0.9.P.? 600 INPUT IM: IF F.M.059 PM=2: RETURN
DOES THE DISPLAY FLASH ERRATICALLY? / 610 IF E.M.#AE WM=0: RETURN
DOES TOUCHING SCMP AFFECT DISPLAY? / 620 IF Pm.151 END
CHECK FOR BAD CRYSTAL CONNECTIONS. OK NOW? 630 PR "PLEASE ANSWER YES OR NO. WELL -7: GOTO 600
700 PR -GOODBYE.-
TS THERE AN MKIA TO REPAIR? N
GOODBYE.

Fig. 3. Example of a dialogue between the kit -repair program Fig. 4. NIBL-language program which learns how to repair
of Fig. 4 and an engineer faulty microprocessor kits
getting the kit working the program asks the BASIC -like language for SC/MP, National's tion of "PRINT". NIBL is available in two
engineer what the fault turned out to be, and Industrial BASIC Language known as NIBL. 2316A ROMs for £46.90 from Greenbank
requests him to type in a question that should This is an integer -only BASIC and although Electronics.
have been asked by the program at that point. there are no arrays or string variables, these
Next time a faulty kit shows the same can be implemented with the operators "@"
symptoms the program will know what is and "$". Table 1 explains these and some PROGRAM OPERATION
wrong. other non-standard features of the language, A simple way to understand the operation
and this should enable you to convert the of the program is to consider the tree of Fig. 5
program into other dialects of BASIC if which represents the way that the strings of
NIBL necessary. Note that the program listing was questions and answers might be stored in the
The program, shown in Fig. 4, was written produced on a British teletype, and "$" program at an early stage in its education. The
by Nick Toop of Science of Cambridge in the appears as "£"; "PR" is used as an abbrevia- program starts at the top of the tree asking the

Table 1. Examples of statements in the NIBL language, a small BASIC interpreter for
the SC/MP micro
Expressions Assignment Statements
All expressions are 16 -bit, twos -complement LET X=7
values. E=I * R
26 variable names: A through Z. STAT-#70
Relational Operators <, >, =, <-=, >=, <>. PAGE=PAGE+1
Arithmetic Operations +, -, ", /. LET @A=255
Logical Operators AND, OR, NOT. (T+36)=F
Decimal Constants in the range -32767 to B=O(TOP+5)
32767.
Hexadecimal Constants denoted by #' Control Statements
followed by hex digits. GO TO 15 or GOTO 15
Expressions can be on individual lines or GOTO X+5
several can be inserted on the same line if they GO SUB 100 or GOSUB 100
are separated with a colon (i.e., 100 PRINT RETURN
"HOW MANY";: INPUT X). IF X+Y<#1A GOTO 15
IF A=B LET A=B-C
Functions FOR 1=10 TO 0 STEP -2
RND (a, b) returns the random number in the NEXT I
range a through b. FOR K=1 TO 5
MOD (a, b) returns the remainder of a/b. DO: X=X+1: UNTIL (X=10) OR (RX-13)
STAT returns the value of the INS8060 Status
Register.
PAGE returns the number of the current Page. Indirect Operator
TOP returns the highest address of NIBL If the value of V is *2000, then "LET @V=
program in the current Page. 100- stores 1001(:) at memory location
200016 and "LET VV..01V" sets W to the
Input/Output Statements contents of the location specified by V.
INPUT X NOTE
INPUT X, Y, Z The values that can be stored at any one
PRINT "A STRING" specified memory location range from 0 to
PRINT "F=", 25510.
PRINT "TAKE", X, "PILLS BEFORE";
String Handling
NOTE $T="THIS IS A STRING
The semicolon suppresses an otherwise PRINT $T, $ (TOP+72)
automatic carriage return after any PRINT INPUT $ (U+20)
statement. (TOP+2.36)

48 Practical Electronics April 1979

 question at each node, then turning left or
right depending on the reply. When the
program reaches the end of a branch it gives
the diagnosis of the fault. If this does not get
the kit working another node is added to the DOES THE DISPLAY LIGHT UP?
tree at this point; the question supplied by the
engineer is put at this new node, and his
diagnosis is put at the end of the appropriate yes no
branch.
The tree is constructed in the computer's
DOES THE DISPLAY SHOW IS THERE INTERFERENCE
memory by storing two addresses after each ON THE RADIO?
8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.?
question; these are pointers to the strings at
the end of each branch. Questions are dis-
tinguished from diagnoses by being prefixed yes yes no
by a question -mark (3F in hex). The first time
the program is run it is entered at line 100 to
initialise the tree. On subsequent runs the A BAD HIGH PROM. no ADDRESS TO DATA A BAD
program is entered at line 50. The variable LINE SHORT. REGULATOR.
"M" is used to point to the next free memory
location for strings, and the subroutine at 500
sets it to point after a string that has been
DOES THE DISPLAY
entered. The subroutine at 600 checks replies
FLASH ERRATICALLY?
for "Y" or "N".

OTHER APPLICATIONS yes no

The program can be used in most applica-
tions where binary decisions are used to solve BAD CRYSTAL
problems. For example, a computer chef CONNECTIONS. A BAD SC/MP.
program might ask whether certain items are
in the store -cupboard, and then suggest a
recipe; if the human replies "I can't make that
because I've no pepper," the computer would Fig. 5. Representation of the way that
ask, "What can you make?" Next time the questions and diagnoses are built into a
human gave the same series of replies, the tree by the kit -repair program
computer would ask, "Have you any pepper?"
and if not it would suggest the recipe
previously supplied by the human.

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 F all the electronic effects used by today's guitarists CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
there are two outstanding favourites, the sustain unit The full circuit diagram of the phaser is shown in Fig. 2
and the phaser. The phaser to be described here is to comple- and at first sight it probably looks rather daunting. However,
ment the sustain unit featured in the October 1977 issue of it is in fact quite simple and consists of three basic stages:
P.E. Most people will be familiar with the "science fiction" the input, the sweep oscillator, and a phase shift network
sound of a phaser, which is fortunate because it is very (Fig. 1). The latter circuit is repeated six times and it is this
difficult to describe. For those who are not familiar with the which gives the circuit its apparent complexity. The i.c.s.
sound it could be described as "atmospheric whooshing" used are Texas TL062 dual FET input operational amplifiers
or "skying", but it really has to be heard to be appreciated and were chosen because of their low noise and very low
and once heard it is easily recognisable. The best effect is power consumption. The total current drain of the unit is
obtained with signals having a high harmonic content, such only about 5mA, ensuring a long life from a PP3 battery.
as a guitar after a treble booster or fuzz unit. The effect OUTPUT
described is normally obtained with the speed control set to 0
SIX STAGE PHASE SHIFT NETWORK
a slow sweep. At higher sweep speeds the effect is
altogether different and is comparable to the "rotating Leslie INPUT
INPUT FOOT
SWITCH
speaker" sound used for electronic organs, or a superior BUFFER

tremolo.
What may not be generally realised is that the depth and
intensity of the phasing effect depends on the number of AA/
stages of phase shift employed. A phaser works by shifting
LOW
the phase of the input signal without altering its amplitude. FREQUENCY SPEED
The phase shifted output signal is then added to the input OSCI LLATOR

with the result that at certain frequencies-where the out-

put signal is in antiphase with the input-the two signals IEG 53 I
Fig. 1. Block diagram of the Phaser
cancel to give zero output, whilst at other frequencies where
the two signals are in phase with each other the output is INPUT STAGE
doubled. The frequency response thus consists of a series of IC1a acts as an input buffer. It provides a high input
peaks and troughs, the number depending on the number of impedance so as not to load the guitar and a low output im-
stages of phase shift in the circuit. To give the effect a pedance to drive the phase shift networks. The circuit gives a
dynamic component the phase shift networks are voltage gain of two, which helps to reduce the noise contribution
controlled so that the phase shift-and hence the notches- from the phase shift networks.
can be swept up and down the audio band by means of a
low frequency sweep voltage. SWEEP OSCILLATOR
The other half of IC1 is used to generate a low frequency
SIMPLE PHASERS triangle waveform. This is applied to the gates of the FETs to
The simplest phaser would consist of two stages of phase vary the phase shift, as described later. Assume that the out-
shift and would give a single notch. There have been a num- put of IC1b has just switched from its low voltage state
ber of circuits of this type and whilst it gives one a taste of (about 1.5 volts on pin 7) to its high voltage state (about 7.5
what phasing is all about, it is inadequate for the serious volts on pin 7). Capacitor C18 starts charging up via VR2
musician. The general effect is in fact more like turning the and R45 until the voltage on pin 6 of the i.c. rises above that
treble and bass controls up and down than phasing. on pin 5 (about 6 volts) When this happens IC1 b switches
A two notch phaser is better, but the minimum for a really to its low voltage state and the voltage on pin 5 is reduced
convincing sound is three notches. This requires six stages of to about 3 volts. C18 now discharges through VR2 and R45
phase shift. until the voltage on pin 6 drops below the voltage on pin 5.

50 Practical Electronics April 1979

 84
33k J62
INPUT
PHASE
RIO R15 R20 R25 ON/OFF
R30 R35
33k 33k 33k 33k 33k 33k 51 OUTPUT
C3
Opt mmi
JK1 R6 R11 R16 R21 R26 R31
33k 33k 33 k R37
6
C16
1 Out 33k
IC1a 33n IC 2a
mom C6
IC4b
moo CB C10 C12 014
I T 33n 33n 33n 33n 33n
CS R36
47n 330k
CT C9 IC11 C13 C15
R3
4k7 47n 47n 47n 47n 47n
R12 R17
R8 R13
33k 33k R18 R23 R28 R33
00k 100k R22 R27 R32
R7 100k 100k 33k 100k
33k 3
C2 33k TR1 TR2 TR3 TR43k TR5 TR6
R2 1000p
4 7
* * *
IVO k 451/....7
R9 R14 R19 R24 R29 R34
X,1 00k 100k 100k 100k 100k 100k
C17 R39
9V 22p 33k
BATTERY C23
Rt.0 R30 1p ICI- IC4 TL062 CP PIN 8+V
100k 2k2 PIN 4 GROUND
*TR1-TR6 BF 2458
+9V RAIL
R42
VR2 R4S
33k TRANSISTOR CONNECTIONS I bottom view)
100 2k7

0 Q0 BF 2458
(Gs

TR7 021,
ZTX 384
R44 BF 244 B I ,1 used I
awn C19 05 05 00
C 80 15k
2 p NM= NM Op 1
841
33k
R43 C20
33k TO"' ZTX 364
ro o o)
22p1 C B E
00 RAIL
1E5 521

Fig. 2. Complete circuit diagram of the Phaser

When this happens IC1b switches to its high voltage state output adds to the input. At the mid point where the phase
again and the cycle repeats. The circuit thus generates a shift of each stage is 90 degrees the output is 180 degrees
triangle wave on C18 and a square wave at the output of the out of phase with the input and so the two signals cancel,
producing a notch in the frequency response.
The square wave output is not required, but the triangle A simple single notch phaser is inadequate for the
wave is taken off via emitter follower TR7. The amount of professional musician and so this design has six phase shift
sweep voltage applied to the FETs is governed by the ratio of networks producing three notches. The total phase shift
R39 to R40 and the bias by the setting of VR1. VR2 controls range is 0-1,080 degrees and notches are produced
the speed of the sweep generator and covers a range of whenever the output is in antiphase with the input. This hap-
about 1 cycle in 5 seconds to 5Hz. pens at 180, 540 and 900 degrees, corresponding to phase
shifts for the individual stages of 30, 90 and 150 degrees.
One could, of course, extend the chain of phase shift
networks even further and produce more and more notches,
but there is a snag. Every operational amplifier generates a
small amount of noise and every FET generates a small
amount of distortion which slowly degrade the input signal
as it passes down the chain. The optimum point is a matter
of opinion but we feel that a six stage circuit gives the best
compromise between performance cost and complexity.
The phase shift is made voltage dependent by using FETs
as voltage controlled resistors. The characteristics of these
FETs are important and only the recommended type should
be used as these are selected to a very narrow spread of
gate voltage. The FET by itself is a rather non-linear resistor
and would generate a certain amount of distortion but the
performance can be greatly improved if the gate voltage is
L. given a component at signal frequency. Best results are
Front panel annotation and internal layout of the obtained if the signal voltage on the gate is made about half
Phaser unit that on the drain and this is provided by the resistor and
capacitor between drain and gate of each FET.
Capacitors C19 and C20 slow up the switching speed of
the i.c. so that the transitions of the square wave are
relatively slow. If this is not done the oscillator can generate
spikes when it switches which appear as annoying clicks in -10

the output.
-20

PHASE SHIFT NETWORK

A simplified diagram of the phase shift network is shown -30.
in Fig. 3. At low frequencies, where the impedance of C4 is
very high, the circuit becomes simply a virtual earth amplifier
with a gain of -1. At high frequencies, where the reactance 100
1st FREQUE
of C4 is negligible, the whole of the input signal is applied to not

the non -inverting input of the amplifier and the circuit

provides a gain of +1. Between these two extremes, at the Fig. 4. Overall frequency response of the Phaser
point where the reactance of C4 equals the resistance
RIO
CONSTRUCTION
33k The unit was constructed in an ITT diecast box (121 x 95
x 25mm) as this provides an enclosure which is sufficiently
R6 strong to withstand being dropped, stood on, and generally
33k
knocked around. The holes for the speed pot., jack sockets
and footswitch should be drilled first. The components can
then be temporarily fixed in place and the holes for the
C4
33n
(EQUIVALENT RESISTANCE) printed circuit board marked out on the inside of the box,
OF TR1 using the actual p.c.b. as a template. The p.c.b. has to be
mounted right up against the side of the box or there will not
be sufficient room for the battery.
Fig. 3. Simplified diagram of a phase shift network Most of the components are mounted on the small
printed circuit board as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. There is very
presented by the FET the circuit gives a phase shift of 90 little room to spare and it is recommended that only the
degrees but the gain still remains at 1. Thus as the frequency specified components are used. If desired, Texas low profile
is increased the phase shift varies from 180 degrees to zero 8 lead sockets can be used for the i.c.s. but standard sockets
but the gain of the circuit is always unity. tend to take up too much room. The use of a soldering iron
One stage by itself would not be very much use, but sup- with a fine bit and 22 swg solder is essential and the board
pose we connect two stages in series and add the output to should be carefully inspected for shorts between tracks, etc.
the input. At low frequencies both stages would give 180 Make sure that the soldering iron is earthed or damage may
degrees phase shift, i.e. 360 degrees total-which is the be caused to the FETs and the i.c. amplifiers, and take care
same as zero and thus the output adds to the input. At high that all the semiconductor devices and the tantalum
frequencies both stages give zero phase shift and again the capacitors are mounted the right way round. Lastly, clip off

Practical Electronics April 1979

all component leads as close to the board as possible or they
may short against the bottom of the box.
The p.c.b. should be mounted on four screws with nuts
COMPONENTS . . .

used as spacers. Metal nuts should be used on the two Resistors 330k (2 off)
screws nearest the side of the box, but nylon nuts (or a metal R1, R36 4k7 (2 off)
nut with an insulating washer on top) should be used at the R2, R3
other side or there may be a short between the +9 volt rail R4, R5, R6, R7, R10, R11, R12
R15, R16, R17, R20, R21, R22,
and earth. R25, R26, R27, R30, R31, R32,
33k (25 off)
Miniature screened lead should be used between the R35, R37, R39, R41, R42, R43,
input jack and the p.c.b., and the leads to the speed pot. R8, R9, R13, R14, R18, R19, R23,} 100k 03 off)
R24, R28, R29, R33, R34, R40
R38 2k2
R44 15k
R45 2k7
All resistors 0.33W 5% min. carbon film

Potentiometers
VR 1 10k min. skeleton preset
VR2 100k log.

Capacitors
Cl, C3, C16, C19, C20 0.1p. 250V polyester (5 off)
C4, C6, C8, C10, C12, C14 33n 250V polyester (6 off)
C2 1,000p min. ceramic
C5, C7, C9, C11, C13 }
47n min. ceramic (7 off)
C15, C22
C17, C18, C21 22p 16V tant (3 off)
C23 1p 35V tant

Semiconductors
D1 5V1 400mW Zener
TR1-TR6 BF245B
Fig. 5. Printed circuit board design TR7 ZTX 384
1C1, 1C2, IC3, 1C4 TL062CP

(Si
FOOT
TO Miscellaneous
TO VR2
SWITCH JK2 JK1 Jack socket front contact normally open
rear contact normally closed.
JK2 Standard jack socket non switching
Si D.p.d.t. push to make/push to break footswitch
Case ITT Diecast box type 46R CSOO. 043. A00
BAT V
Control knob, PP3 battery, battery clip, rubber feet
I
Constructor's Note
J01
57PO C5 4,1 x Only BF245B or BF244B FETs should be used.
aliki)(11;12.T.,1 BF245A and C devices have a different spread of gate
voltage and are not suitable. A complete kit of parts
II*Eir+
D1
R34
s R29 R9RI
R21(sik4?1,7 R14 including the p.c.b. can be obtained from Davian
ft R4 R3 Electronics, 13 Deepdale Avenue, Royton, Oldham,
FOOT R36 g R3 27 g. d.R22 ge Lancs, OL2 6XD. (Mail order only).
SW ITCH
IS 1 I
R33

R28YR38 23127
'cxg;i8
yR25
C16 y TESTING
3fist .016 To test the unit connect a 9 volt PP3 battery and plug the
guitar into the input jack to switch the unit on; then connect
the output to the amplifier and listen to the background
1 ec 611
noise from the phaser. With the speed control set to its
slowest setting you should be able to hear a "whooshing"
Fig. 6. Component layout
sound as the notches generated by the phaser sweep up and
should be twisted together and kept well away from the down the audio band. Adjust VR 1 so that the "whooshing"
input. The terminals of the footswitch need to be bent down is continuous without any dead spots. These occur when the
flat or they may short against the lid of the box. The foot - FETs are cut off for part of the sweep. Finally, play the guitar
switch is a double pole type and both sides are connected through the phaser and re -adjust VR1 if necessary for the
together for greater reliability. The input jack is a special type most pleasing overall effect.
which has a front contact (nearest the nut) which is normally The judgement of a pleasing phasing effect is a matter of
open and a rear contact which is normally closed. The personal opinion and some constructors may prefer a wider
negative lead from the battery is wired to the normally open or narrower sweep than is provided by this instrument. The
contact so that when the jack plug is inserted this contact sweep range can be increased by increasing the sweep
closes and automatically switches the unit on. At the same voltage fed to the FETs. This is done by increasing R39 and
time the shorting rear contact opens and allows the input reducing R40. For a smaller sweep range reduce R39 and
signal to reach the circuit. increase R40.

Practical Electronics April 1979 53

 It was found that at one frequency the rings was what could be described as the glob al
appeared darker than when the other fre- theory. This contended that the current flow-
quency was used. By subtracting the scans, ing between the atmosphere and the surface of
the image of the planet itself was made to dis- the Earth during thunderstorms was balanced
appear. The rings were narrow in the final pic- during fine periods by very scattered wet.k
ture. After spectral analysis it was clear that currents from the air to Earth.
the rings were made up of darkish material In November 1978 at the onset of a solar
consistent with a stony composition. No ice, flare a large number of balloons were released.
water or ammonia was found. This is in- After a lapse of about two days it was obser-
teresting because the present thinking about ved that the air to ground current increased so
the subject seemed to expect the presence of much that the radiosondes were saturated at
one or both conditions. heights of 25-30km. The rise was later
Naturally the event led to much specula- followed by a fall to what is expected as nor-
tion. The feature that the rings were well mal. It is to be supposed that the fast particles
defined and narrow with clear sharp edges, in- from the solar flare produced the "kick". It
dicates that there must be considerable con- would seem therefore that the earlier view has
straint due to gravitational forces to hold the to be revised and replaced with the new
particles or rocks so rigidly. Two schools of mechanism in which solar flares are, N ia
thought have made public their ideas on the thunderstorms, the energy source that controls
subject. Thomas Gold and Stan Dermott of the atmospheric current.
Cornell University and Andrew Sinclair of the
Royal Greenwich Observatory consider that NORMA
the particles are moving on horse -shoe shaped Norma is an 18th magnitude star. It is blue
orbits around Uranus. Details of this theory and a candidate for a pulsed X-ray source dis-
were published in the New Scientist vol. 80 covered in 1967. This was established by the
p. 607. The second school is that of pulsation period measured to be 7.6809
P. Goodreich of Caltech and S. Tremaine of seconds. The study by S. A. Ilovaisky, C.
FRANK W. HYDE the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. They Chevalier and Ch. Motch of the Paris Obser-
suggest that the gravitational force is provided vatory at Meudon was carried out using a
by one or perhaps two satellites. The main microprocessor controlled EMI detector sen-
SATURN WATCH ring which has been given the name Epsilon sitive in the blue region. The telescope used
In 1966 the Earth passed through the plane could be confined by a pair of satellites. These was the 316 metre reflector of the European
of Saturn's ring system. At this time Professor would have a mass of 10'3 tonnes. They would Southern Observatory in Chile.
A. C. Dollfuss of the Pic du Midi Observatory be about 500km on each side of the ring. A short period of observation was all that
discovered the tenth satellite of the planet. It is They think that these minor satellites could was needed to establish that the pulsation was
an inner moon and quite small being only be trapped in resonance conditions with the real and not due to possible doppler effects in
175km in diameter. It was given the name existing satellites or Uranus. This is of course the orbital motion of a binary system. It is
Janus (first and the last). Now the period has very ingenious but there still remains the thought that the scurce may have a period of
arrived for a similar condition of the ring problem that this theory or suggestion is less than eight hours or its orbital plane may
system and this will extend from 1979 to strictly speaking only compatible with abso- be perpendicular to the line of sight. Further
1980. Since the situations with the rings lutely circular rings whereas in fact the rings observations now taking place will correlate
edgewise provides an excellent opportunity for are known to be elliptical. The team do not the optical and the X-ray pulses and perhaps
the observation of possible satellites, plans are attempt to speculate on the composition of the suggest a model that fits the observed data.
already afoot for such a search. particles or bodies composing the rings.
One such proposal has come from J. W. Once again there is a reminder that
Fountain and S. M. Larson who are at the
Lunar and Planetary Observatory, Arizona.
In a paper published in Icarus they give details
astronomy has not yet exhausted the details of
the solar family nor yet disclosed why of all
the planets Uranus is the oddest.
REMINDER 111111MO

of an examination that they have carried out

on existing plates of the outer ring system. NEPTUNE AND PLUTO NEW
They suggest that it is possible that there may
be another satellite close to the outer limits of
Pluto the so-called outermost planet, which
has been demoted to the status of a "minor COMPONENT
the system.
Also in the same issue of Icarus vol. 36
p. 107, are details of the investigation of
planet" by reason of its size, follows its
customary orbit which will bring it to
perihelion in September 1989. From now until
STANDARD
K. Aksnes and F. A. Franklin of The Smith-
sonian Centre for Astrophysics, into the data
1999 Neptune is promoted to the position of
the farthest planet. There is no chance that FOR P.E.
which might provide some clue to new moons. the two bodies will be in a position of To illustrate this some typical component
They suggest that it is possible that there are proximity. However, since Pluto was dis- changes are given:
two more satellites to be found in the region covered by Tombaugh in 1930 it has come
that lies between ring A and the second closest steadily closer to the sun. The decrease in dis- Now Before
satellite Mimas. There clearly will be a great tance will be of the order of 9-10 Resistance 3k9 3.9k12
deal of activity from Earth based observers astronomical units. This will afford better 1M5 1.5M12
and perhaps a review of the probes likely to be opportunities it is hoped for a better obser- 470 4700
in the vicinity of Saturn during 1979 and vation of the possible satellite of Pluto. The 2112 2.2I1
1980. details of this discovery were reported in
Spacewatch. Capacitance 680µ 680µF
THE RINGS OF URANUS 41.0 4.7µ17
Last year the first picture of the newly SOLAR ACTIVITY 470n 0.47µF
discovered rings of Uranus were made by Data is continually being added to the 47n 0.047µF
K. Matthews, G. Neugbauer and P. Nichilson already immense store of observations of the 4p7 4.7pF
using the 200 inch Mount Palomar Tele- Sun. Many modifications of thinking have
scope. The team, who are from the California naturally resulted from the study and sifting of Inductance 3H4 3.4H
Institute of Technology, made extensive the data. Recently another view has appeared 800m 800mH
observations. The technique used was infra- with regard to the electrical currents involved 2m6 2.6mH
red scanning at two different frequencies. in atmospheric electricity. The existing view lm 1mH

54 Practical Electronics April 1979

 °with our
MAY issue
Aid
Cons least worth attructors

MICROPROCESSOR
EVALUATION SYSTEM
This unit, which is programmed via
toggle switches and uses I.e.d.s for
the output display, is designed
around the General Instrument
(CP1610) 16 bit microprocessor.

IIIIIICLI INSTRUMEN1 DISPLAYS

The car market is acknowledged to be difficult for
electronic systems to penetrate. However, present
technologies will make solid state displays a reality in
the early 1980's. We examine the state of the art.

crimmEED
f wh..-4.1. mama to
LIGHT

ELECTRONICS
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Practical Electronics April 1979 55

 C-0 t"Th "WNW

.0111101111

MULTI ETERPar

Dr. Mark A. Sawicki Alex. Kowalewski

and autopolarity, with adequate resolution level and ac-

curacy. Also with good protection, and large I.e.d. display.
THE AUTORANGING Digital Bench Multimeter pre- The most obvious benefit of autoranging is the fact that
sented here was designed with standard mains much less attention has to be paid to the multimeter by the
operated multimeter applications in mind, for both user in order to get the best possible results. Automatic
professional/amateur users. The component board and selection of the range will give the best resolution, and all
mechanical construction is quite straightforward, and all the the user has to do is to select the measurement mode -e-
components are easily available. Over the past few years, quired. As you will find described later on, manual multi -
several digital multimeter plans have appeared in open elec- meter operations are also possible, and auto -manual modes
tronic literature. This particular conception combines many are indicated by a specially provided I.e.d.
of the functions of high standard professional multimeters Autoranging as applied to this design also makes the
with design features including true autoranging, auto -zero, instrument more tolerant to most types of overloads,

56 Practical Electronics April 1979

even on the most sensitive multimeter ranges. This type BLOCK DIAGRAM
of operational state, when the instrument is in the lowest As shown in the block diagram of Fig. 1.1, the complete
range (mV, µA, ohms) is specially indicated by an additional autoranging bench multimeter circuit can be divided as follows:
warning I.e.d.
Last but certainly not least, the beauty of this autoranging (1) Three Precision Resistor Networks
instrument is also the much less expensive conventional (a) voltage divider (V1-V4) with compensation capacitors.
multimeter instrument hardware, and therefore the front (b) current shunts (11-15).
panel layout is extremely easy to understand and use. This (c) reference resistors for ohms (01-115).
project will run in two complete parts, covering the whole of
the electronic design, principles of operations, p.c.b. details (2) Relay Board
and constructional tips, etc. Selects correct range, controlled by signals from the logic board
"Range In" bus.
Also drives corresponding decimal points on display board via
the "DP Out" bus.

(3) Display Board

Contains displays (two off LITRONIX DL 727 dual 7 -segment,
SPECIFICATION d.p.-right). Segments driven via 23 line "Drive Bus" from Main
Board. Contains interface for under and overrange detection,
"Range Sense" outputs.
Five function autoranging multimeter with 3+ digit I.e.d.
display. Manual option. Meter is based on the Intersil ICL
(4) Logic Board
7107 chip which features auto -zero and autopolarity.
Using signals at "Range Sense" the board produces the correct
Functions output at "Range Out". Also provides "Reset" output for Main
Resistance 2000 to 2M0 Board (used for fast overrange recovery).
Current 200p.A to 2A (a.c. and d.c.)
Voltage 200mV to 1,000V (d.c.); 200mV to 600V (a.c.)
(5) Main Board
Accuracy Contains ICL7107 A/D converter, a.c./d.c. converter (CA 3140)
1% of reading (determined by precision resistors used). op -amp, part of the divider for 1,000V input and Quad Analogue
Resolution CD4016 switches (driven from AC, AC, Ohm, OHM) for selecting
±1 digit (0.05%). a.c. and ohms ranges.
Ranging
(a) resistance. Automatic with manual option. Manual
operation uses a pushbutton to step down (one range IMPORTANT NOTE
per push). Special grounding arrangements are necessary in order to
(b) current. As resistance, but 2A range must be reduce errors due to voltage drops. All boards have their own
manually selected and uses a separate socket. Settles power supply connections going directly to the PSU to minimise
in 200µA range with no input. crosstalk via the supply lines.
(c) voltage. As resistance but settles in 200mV range
with no input. Range indicated by decimal point.
Manual option indicated by I.e.d. 1,000V range, via MAIN BOARD
separate socket, manually selected. The complete schematic diagram of the Main Board is shown in
Inputs Fig. 1.3. The ICL7107 chip is protected by a 1M series resistance
(a) voltage 10MQ input impedance, standard (4mm) and low leakage clamp diodes.
The normal range of inputs during measurement is -300mV to
sockets.
+400mV, so both BAV47 diodes are reverse biased. If the input is
(b) current 200mV maximum voltage burden.
larger than +1.2V, the diodes conduct and clamp point "." to
(c) resistance test current is maximum 6mA; maximum
+1.2V. The 1M resistor limits the current to only 1 mA even for
open circuit voltage 600mV.
1,000V input.
Protection
(a) power supply 200mA/250V, 20mm glass type
"Slo-Blo". The analogue switches as shown in Fig. 1.3 marked AC
(b) ICL 7107 chip protected by IMO series resistance are closed in a.c. ranges, and those marked AC are closed in
and low leakage clamp diodes (BAV 47). d.c. ranges, inserting the converter into the signal path as
(c) voltage overrange on highest range causes all reed required. For those who have not come across any of these
relays to drop out. Meter zeros and tries top range devices, a few words about analogue switches. The CD401 6
again. CMOS Quad Analogue Switch is a single chip monolithic
(d) current as voltage, but also fuse protected
silicon i.c. containing eight n channel and eight p channel
(200mA/2A).
(e) resistance only fuse protected (1A). enhancement mode MOS transistors, connected to form
four independent bilateral signal switches. Each switch con-
Physical sists of both p and n channel devices with common source
Dimensions: 91 x 204 x 153mm. and drain connections. Each switch of the CD4016 device
Weight: Approx. 1,875 grams.
requires a single control signal and both p and n elements in
Power a given switch are biased on or off by the mentioned control
Voltage 220-240V. signal. The pin diagram and logic diagram for the CD4016
Frequency 50Hz.
device is presented in Fig. 1.2.
Consumption -t-_6VA.
The converter produces a partially rectified signal whose
On MANUAL the meter stays in the inactive state until mean value for sine waves is the r.m.s. value of the signal.
DOWN is pressed, putting the meter back in top range.
The factor 3.2214 must be set during a.c. calibration, which
is explained in Part 2.

April 1979 57
Practical Electronics
A.C./D.C. CONVERSION
The operational principle of the a.c./d.c. conversion is fully ex-
plained in Fig. 1.4. The fundamental element of this circuit is a }CLOCK OSCILLATOR
MOS FET input, high performance op -amp, type 3140. The T099 COMPONENT

metal can leads are spread to 8 -pin d.i.l. form. The 3140 op -amp
features reasonably high input resistance, internal frequency com-
pensation, and also short-circuit protection. As shown, the whole
AUTO -ZERO CAPACITOR
circuit can be divided into two parts: (a) rectification and high im-
pedance, and (b), smoothing. A simple method for calibration of
this circuit will be described later on.
}INTEGRATION
& AUTO -ZERO
DUAL SLOPE
INTEGRATION
COMPONENTS
027
LOW LOSS CAPACITOR

THE ICL7107 034

STORES REFERENCE
The ICL7107 A/D Converter requires some external non - VOLTAGE ALLOWING
FULLY FLOATING
active components. Basically they form the three external
sections shown adjacent. 1E6671
033 1REFERENCE INPUTS
(1) Clock Oscillator components (Pins 40, 39, 38).
(2) Integration and Auto/Zero components (Pins 29, 28,
27). IN
+50 +
(3) External capacitance (Pins 34, 33). -5,'
0
The 7107 chip has auto -zero, auto -polarity and fully
decoded constant current drive direct to the I.e.d. segment 24k
display. Overrange is indicated by turning off all digits except
the most significant one. 1000 p 225
The analogue switch "RESET" shorts the inputs after an
overrange to give fast recovery. MEI

Let's now concentrate on the main inputs to the 7107 100k

integrated circuit. 47k DISPLAY
Basic arrangements of these inputs are also shown nnnn
adjacent, i.e. Input High/Low (V). Common terminal and
Reference Voltage (VRef), Ref High/Low. As you may have
noticed on the Main Board schematic (see Fig. 1.3), we use INTERSIL 7107
the external REF -02 precision voltage reference chip by
PMI (Precision Monolithics) in order to improve the overall
instrument accuracy, and temperature stability, etc. The REF
-02 provides a stable +5 volt output which can then be 1_11 111111111111111111111111111111111111
adjusted over a +6 per cent range with minimal effect on DISPLAY
temperature stability. PMI have designed the REF -02
specially for D/A and A/D applications in portable instru-
1 0I
1

I
1 1

I
ments and in high quality digital instrumentation.

A LOOK INSIDE THE MULTIMETER

Practical Electronics April 1979

 RANGE -5V AUTO/
DOWN MANUAL

+5V
VI S3 S4

R1
3M9
2
3 DINP DISPLAYBOARD
OFF
wilei CI R2 4
22p 3M9
10n VI y/IJ RANGE SENSE
)5/20R3IVE I 2 3 4 5

12"-.' I°
R3 Sib 01
1M3
2 3 5 I 2 3 4
A
OP OU RANGE SENSE IN

I OFF 2
AUTO/
I

RELAY LOGIC MANUAL

BOARD
2
BOARD LED INDICATOR
C2 V2 RANGE 3 3 RANGE
220p
I
IN IN 4 A/M ;
L. 910k 4 OUT
OFFO 0 13-%cl) I° 5 5
S1j
Slc
200 Vik n.
3--0 OUT RESET OU

INPUTS
C3
2,12 R5
°"
91k
V3 I

14-.kN° I° -5V -5V

Std
e() R6 114-°
10k
CG OFF
Fs1 22n
IA R7
100
0

GND
O
+5V

2A FS2
0
2A 15 I, I 12 11

200mA FS4 .115 n, -113 n2 123

200mA 942 DRIVE LOGIC RESET
R13 RI4 RI5 916 RI7
IN GND IN VR1
1M 100k 10k 16 100

)
IM 1k
SET
0 0 ANALOGUE REF
GND
OFF 0 Si f MAIN
OHMS BOARD VR2
L REF. 5k
OUT A.C.
1000V OUT CAL.
OOOV
R16 R19 R20
1000V IN
AC AC OHM OHM
3M3 3M3 3613

C5

I
22p [LIFF_O/

+5V
5V
lEA22/

FUNCTION
I

LO_FF_O/
519
SWITCH
FS 3 +5V } +5V REG
-5V MAINS L 0-0.1so a. m
200mA ANALOGUE GND
I IP At (INCLUDING OV)
SOCKET NO -0"4".0 P SU OV
LOGIC GNOIDIRECTLY
r 20 -240V1 52 /CONNECTED TO 7107 PIN 21)
SO Hz
E0
5V 5V REG

Fig. 1.1. Block diagram of Auto -Ranging DM M

YE

SIMPLIFIED CIRCUIT FOR VOLTS/AMPS SIG A

SW
Fig. 1.5 shows both simplified arrangements functionally 0112115
COAT

valid for Volts/Amps measurements and the external

reference circuit.
Fig. 1.2. The 1, LINT
In order to calibrate the external reference circuit: CD4016 Quad
OUTIIN

SIG 13
(1) Measure point "A" (approx. zero volts) by attaching Analogue Switch
the 200V/0 H M input to point "A" in d.c. volts mode. I NIOUT

(2) Adjust Set Ref until the difference between the SIG

readings for points A and B is 5.00 volts. COAT

ouTiw

SIMPLIFIED CIRCUIT FOR OHMS COOT

This is selected by the closure of the "OHM" analogue OUTIIN

switches. In order to measure the resistance, the autorang-

LJ
SIG C

ing multimeter uses a simple and accurate ratiometric a I xiour

principle, explained in Fig. 1.6.

Practical Electronics April 1979 59

 AC SI RESET/041J S3 R34
A/N14.41:m/

AC SNP) RESETO IA S3101

1M 100k
- 5V C14
10k SIIIA
-5V
10k
1-
p
S311)1 100p 38
Slid OHM
53(c) C15
-5V
re i 52 ORB 1 54 470n
+56 T S21o) 10k
035 2.
+5V SLIo)
R21 10k 47k
S2(1)1
10k C16
10-7104 54(b) 27

S21c) 220n
+5V 23 DRIVE:S

IB DAV2 47 V1044
0 148 5216) ANL C17 PINS: -
2 - 20
AC T100 33
22 - 25
INPUT 31
O ICL 7107

D3IBAV47

I 1N148
05
a06 51(a)
AC
I
a3 (a)
RESET
C10
1 n
32
30

R22
0k 521I 51(b) S3113)
OHM O+5V
AC 7 AC

115V + 5V o+5v FIXED VOLTAGE I C11

REF. i.c. 47,u
C7 OV 2

6
3
REF. -02 "(a) 0 5v
CO D7 R26 R27 OHM
F140 36

AMP 4p7 1N4148 470k 1M -5V

D6
1814148 35 21

VR1
LOGIC GND
R23 -5V k S4)b)
SET OHM
4M7 R24 R28 REF. 531c/
moo 43k 43k
CO OHM
T 220n Nem C9 R32
220n 27k
OHMS REF
+56 R33
18k
510 D9
De 104001
IA.C. CALI 104001
602
5k
ANALOGUE GND. ICAO

OV
52(c)
AC

1000V OUT
1000V
BREAKDOWN

S1(cl

R31
470k

[EA 211

Fig. 1.3. Main Board circuit diagram

This gives true ratiometric resistance measurement since 1,000V DIVIDER SUBSYSTEM
1,000
Vi
= Rx
-1000 = Reading. Because of the electrical safety required, 1,000V rated
Vref R
input is provided via separate socket, marked on the panel as
"1,000V d.c./600V a.c."
The schematic arrangement (see Fig. 1.7) shows the main
NOTE high voltage dropper elements, the three 3M 3/0.5W
(1) Max Test volts (0.6V) will not test semiconductor resistors, blocked by a high voltage 22p compensatory
junctions. capacitor. It is absolutely necessary to select a high quality
(2) A pair of diodes clamp Ref Hi to +0.6 volts as a disc ceramic capacitor for this application. In our prototype,
protection feature. we used the RS 22p disc ceramic (RS 124-465) rated at
(3) Max. test current, inputs shorted, 2000 range is 8kV d.c. working. This subsystem is shown on the Main
6mA. Board schematic.

60 Practical Electronics April 19"9

 RECTIFICATION
ANO HIGH INPUT SMOOTHING CS
IMPEDANCE
1000V I
AC
SOCKET R19 R20

0 707Vi 0.707 Vi

CAPACI TOR
COMPENSATE
6 DIVIDER
L

TO RANGE SWITCH OUTSIDE MAIN BOARD

(66 651

Fig. 1.7. 1,000V divider subsystem. * d.c. blocking capacitor

for 1,000V a.c. range

6 OM /1W /10 % RESISTOR

Fig. 1.4. Conversion from a.c. to d.c.

31 IN HI
FROM REST
O
OF THE 342mm OF THE 30 GAUGE ENAMELLED
CIRCUIT 30 IN LO
COPPER WIRE
1E071)
+5V 32 COMMON
0
Fig. 1.8. Construction of the current shunt resistor.
REF HI The enamelled copper wire should be "doubled
R0EF LO
up" before winding, in order to minimise its
specific inductance. A coat of lacquer will hold the
SET REF wire in place

The 001 resistor (current shunt 15) can be made by

-5V
winding 342mm of 30 gauge enamelled copper wire non -
1E4671
inductively on a 6M 8/1W/10 per cent resistor, as shown in
Fig. 1.8.
Fig. 1.5. Reference voltage circuit, selected by closure of
OHM analogue switches. The REF -02 i.c. has a voltage/tem-
perature relationship of 2.1 mV/°C, can drive a 20mA load, LOGIC BOARD
and has infinite short circuit protection As described earlier the brain work of the instrument and
the co-ordination of various logic functions is done by the
logic system in the self-contained Logic Board. Nearly all
OUTSIDE MAIN BOARD active devices on this board are complementary MOS
R33
(CMOS) devices, simply because any logic function capable
of being constructed with ideal switches can be implemen-
PRECISION
ted in CMOS technology. A major feature of the MOS
RESISTOR R13.1..15 devices is the very high input resistance resulting from the
6,OR 17
dielectric oxide isolation between the channel and
SELECTED corresponding gate. In practice, change of the polarity of the
RELAY gate bias can hardly affect the input resistance. In in-
strumentation techniques another point is extremely impor-
tant, that of temperature stability. Whether leakage current
does exist (for example between gate and source) this is
REF LO
reasonably independent of the ambient temperature
changes. The basic logic job in our instrument is done by
RESISTANC
four CMOS gates: CD4001 (Quad 2 input NOR gate),
BEING IN HI CD401 1 (Quad 2 input NAND gate), CD4025 (Triple 3 input
MEASURED
NOR gate), CD4075 (Triple 3 input OR gate).
IN LO Also one CMOS CD4022 Octal Counter/Divider is
employed. The complete schematic diagram of the Logic
COMMON Board is presented in Fig. 1.9.
1E6 0 I
Gates IC3(a), (b), and IC3(c), (d), as shown in Fig. 1.9 form
Fig. 1.6. Ratiometric resistance measurement configuration flip-flops to debounce the Auto/Manual and Range Down

61
Practical Electronics April 1979
 + 5V
IC2 = CD4001
+5V 0
LE .D
IC3 = CD4011 RI. R5 (AUTO/MAN.I
IC4 = CD 4025 M IC3a TR1
IC3c
IC5 = CD4075 R16 R7
10 820
AUTOI MANUAL
IC2d 33k
20 BCI59

RANGE DOWN
2 01 1M

C1
RANGE
+5V
SENSE
L2_,)0
IC5c Ijl5,IC4a
RIO
03
11M

R14 R13 -5V

68k 68k
100,6

- 5V
IC2a 11.
16
IC5b o +5V
IEP62j IC1 C4
D° CD 4022 T 10,u
0
J)1 5V

RESET

1411713112-°
1 25 -RANGE OUT
3 4

Fig. 1.9. Circuit diagram of Logic Board

2 Ie. RESET 0

3 4
INO 03

2 OUT
3 RANGE
CD4022 7 OUT O
PINS
11 2 O
1
3LE

0
5
OS RLO
15.13 4
R5
68k O
PLC

O
R3 D3 RLO DP
mseC) RANGE
68k
TR3
JUT
IN O
INPUTSE "s
R
68k D2 PLC
Relevant
Segment
0-W
2

TR
R1
) 6Bk
D
DP
I E 6631
CD4022 CLOCK
INPUT, PIN 14 -5V 510
O
Fig. 1.10. Simple timing diagram [E077] TR1-TRS BC 107

Fig. 1.11. Relay Board circuit diagram. Diodes D1

pushbuttons, and transistor BC159 drives the front panel to D5 suppress back e.m.f.
I.e.d. Auto /Manual indicator.
Gates IC2(b), (c), (d) and IC5(c) decode the underrange
BASIC AUTO RANGE ACTION condition using the signals from the logic interface on the
Assume there is no input to the meter (or shorted inputs in display board. The counter is held with its Reset output high,
Ohms range). The counter is stopped with only Range Out 1 so no relays are closed (protection) and the mainboard is
high, since this output disables the clock via gate IC4(c). The reset. The 7107 chip comes out of overrange and when its
meter is well protected in the most sensitive range since this display falls below 200, IC5(c) goes low enabling the clock,
selects the highest resistance shunt in Amps. the counter advances to range 5 then 4, etc. Underrange
Now assume 6.00 volts is applied. The 7107 chip detects ceases in range 3 with the reading 6.00, when IC5(c) goes
overrange and digit 2 blanks, Range Sense Inputs 3 and 1 high again.
go "low" and gate IC2(a) output goes high, resetting the The resistor/capacitor smoothing network between IC5(c)
counter via IC5(b). IC5(c) output is high, disabling the clock and IC4(a) stops false clock pulses during the 7 to 8 transi-
oscillator (IC4(a), (b)(, since the meter is not in underrange. tions in digit 2.

62 Practical Electronics April 1979

 +5V
COMPONENTS . . .

ed Apr

RELAY Fig. 1.12. Reed relay MAIN BOARD AND GENERAL

COIL
drivers

BC 107 Resistors
R1, R2 3M9 4-W 1%(2 off)
R3 1 M3 1%
R4 910k IW 1%
-5V
R5 91k 1-W 1%
R6 10k 1%
From the above, it is clear that with open circuit in Ohms, R7, R11, R17 100 PA/ 1%(3 off)
the meter display will continuously jump between reset and R8 0.1 iAN 1%
R9 1 .W 1%
overrange. Again the meter is well protected since range 5 R10 10 pAl 1%
only is tested, and this has the largest reference resistor. R12, R16 1k INA/ 1%(2 off)
R13 1M PA/ 1%
R14 100k IAA/ 1%
MANUAL R15 10k 01/ 1%
Depressing the Auto/Manual pushbutton (latching type) R18, R19, R20 3M3 (3 off)
puts one input of IC4(c) "high" disabling the internal clock R21, R22, R36,
R37, R39, R40 10k (6 off)
and thus the underrange sensing logic. The counter can now
R23 4M7
advance by pushing Range Down the required number of R24 43k
times. Pulses from IC3(c), (d), are differentiated and fed to R25 18k
the counter clock input via IC5(a). R26, R31 470k (2 off)
When the counter tries to count above Range 1, the next R27, R38, R42 1M (3 off)
decoded output feeds back to its reset input via IC5(b) since R28 43k
the reset pulse is so short, a spurious clock is generated on R29 82
the chip and the counter skips to Range 5. R30 810
All the overrange circuitry is still effective so an overrange R32 27k
puts the meter in its completely protected Reset state with R33 510
R34 100k
no decimal points lit. Pushing the Range Down switch R35 47k
returns the meter to Range 5. All 5%PN resistors except where stated.

Potentiometers
Important note: VR1 lk preset
For 2A and 1,000V d.c./600V a.c. manual selection is VR2 5k preset
necessary.
The simplified example of the Auto Range timing diagram Capacitors
is shown in Fig. 1.10. Cl 10n/1250V polypropylene
C2 220p mica
C3 2n2 polyester
C4 22n polyester
RELAY BOARD C5 22p/2000V disc ceramic
Amongst one of the most important sub -assemblies of our
meter is the Relay Board, of which a complete schematic Diodes
diagram is presented in Fig. 1.11. Five of the BC107 drivers D1 I.e.d. 0-2 inch
buffer the low current output from the Logic Board. D2, D3 BAV47 (low leakage 10pA) (2 off)
Transistor Drivers 2-5 are arranged as shown (simplified) D4, D5, D6, D7 1N4148 (4 off)
in Fig. 1.12. D8, D9 1N4001 (2 off)
+5V +5V
BOTTOM RANGE
I.e. d INDICATOR I
Integrated Circuits
I

IDP4 ,r, IC1, IC2, IC3 CD4016 (3 off)

ON DISPLAY BOARD ''' I
IC4 REF -02 by Precision Monolithics
L. __I IC5 CA3140
IC6 ICL7107 (Intersil)
RLD
D6 R6

Miscellaneous
FS1 1A fuse plus holder
DIODE SO THAT
INDICATOR ONLY
FS2 2A fuse plus holder
COMES ON IN RANGE 1 FS3 200mA plus holder
TR4 S1 9 -pole, 6 -way rotary switch
TR1
S2 2 -pole, 1 -way
RANGES° S3 1 -pole, 2 -way momentary push
-5V BOTH DRIVE -5V S4 1 -pole, 2 -way latching push
DECIMAL 4
1E01101

Fig. 1.13. Part of Relay Board

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 nn
III0 0,0 I 0n 0n 0 1-1 COMPONENTS . . .

POINT
D
Relay Board
BOTTOM RANGE
INDICATOR Resistors
R1 -R5 68k (5 off)
EG 821
R6 510

Fig. 1.14. Driver number 1 is an exception since the

lowest range cannot be displayed as above left, so Transistors and Diodes
it is shown as above right bottom range indicator
TR1-TR5 BC107 (5 off)
D1 -D6 1N4148 (6 off)

Relays
COMPONENTS .
RLA-RLE RS348 986 (5 off)
reed type (or equivalent)

LOGIC BOARD Note: The RS Components reed relays are 9-12V d.c.
operating, with 1k coil resistance. Ace Mailtronix should
Resistors be able to supply these if equivalents are unobtainable.
R1 -R6, R10 1M (7 off)
R7 820
R8, R9 4M7 (2 off)
R11 -R15 68k (5 off)
R16 33k

Capacitors
C1, C2 100p polyester (2 off)
C3 100n polyester
C4 10µ/35V tant
C5 10n ceramic 220-240v
50 -60hz

Transistor
TR1 BC159

Integrated Circuits
ICI CD4022
IC2 CD4001
IC3 CD4011
IC4 CD4025
IC5 CD4075

NEXT MONTH: Display Board, p.c.b. construction

and final setting up

P0111115 ARKIN FUEL CONSUMPTION METER (OCTOBER 1978)

Some corrections to Fig. 3(b) are necessary, and are as
STEREO MIXER (February 1979) follows: IC10 output to STROBE should be pin 8, and the in-
Due to a printing error the Veroboard track layout was put, pin 9. Also on IC10, the gate marked input pin 10, out-
omitted from this article. Constructors can obtain a correct put pin 9, should read: pin 11 and 10 respectively. The input
copy of the layout diagram from the editorial offices at pins on IC7 should read 1, 2, 4 and 5; i.e. that marked pin 10
Poole. should read pin 4.

64
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 company market strategists struggling with On the joint venture front, GEC -Fairchild
forward programmes in a world is to be headed by David Marriott, a British
environment in which the only certainty is engineer who has been with Fairchild in the
that it will change. I recently spoke to a top USA for 14 years rising to vice-president
0000 professional market forecaster who sells his
reports for a stiff fee. I asked him what con-
managing a plant and directing European
operations. GEC -Hitachi, which officially
fidence he had. He replied, "My guess is as came into being on January 1, plans to
good as anyone else's". produce 300,000 colour TV's a year,
double the present output at GEC's South

NOM
Wales plant, over a period of five years.
INMOS
was going to give INMOS a rest this
I

month but the enterprise is of such impor- Laser Gyros

tance that, for the record, the struggle on The Ministry of Defence has placed
siting for the technical centre has been

NOM
development contracts with Ferranti and
resolved as Bristol with the proposed Sperry for the development of laser
production units still planned for develop- gyroscopes for the next generation of iner-
ment areas with a well-known manage- tial navigation systems. The concept of a
ment consultancy currently canvassing laser gyroscope has been around for years
regional authorities with the possibility of It uses three light beams in a triangular
an announcement in the Spring of this year. formation and has the virtue of having no
moving parts and therefore less in-service
8.90PA' Integration
We have been so overwhelmed with
maintenance. It has taken a long while for
people to tumble to the fact that "cost of
ownership" is more important than first
publicity on VLSI in recent months that it is cost. The laser gyroscope could be a
easy to overlook the progress that is still bargain, whatever the initial cost, if aircraft
being made on another form of circuit are still flying rather than grounded waiting
integration technology, that of the thick film maintenance. Boeing is reported to have
Strain hybrid circuit. ordered laser gyro systems for their new
Electronic companies in all the major Perhaps the most exciting development generation of 757 and 767 airliners so
industrial countries are struggling with the is a new form of substrate, the base on there is every reason for the UK to press
problems posed by the new technologies which the circuit is built. Traditionally this ahead in what is clearly going to be an
now available. The new age of the has always been a ceramic. There could important technological change.
microprocessor is bringing a challenge to now be a swing towards porcelainized
designers and engineers as traumatic as steel. Two U.S. companies, Erie Ceramic
that of the great changeover from valves to Arts and Alpha Metals, are making por- Plessey Sheds ICL
the transistor twenty years ago. celainized steel substrates, and chemical Plessey has sold its share in ICL and will
The technical problem is containable companies, Du Pont is one, are supplying use its £33.6 million realised for the sale
because it is in-house in each company. appropriate resistive and conductive inks for internal development and acquisitions in
Older engineers can be re-trained to think for use with them. data communications, office equipment
"software" just as their predecessors The big advantages claimed for por- and telecommunications. Plessey regards
reared on valves re-trained themselves to celainized steel apart from low cost is that all these areas as "converging", which
think "solid-state". The level of investment the substrate can be more flexible than indeed they are. The recently introduced
for re-training and R and D on the new ceramic in the sense that it can be large, of System 90 and Financial Transaction
technologies can be planned on the spot irregular form and even be shaped. The por- Terminal System are examples where the
and reasonable decisions can be made. celainized steel could, for example, actually technologies are linked to provide instant
A greater strain comes from external form part of the metal case of an equip- banking and the cashless society, a new
political and economic events beyond ment, saving space and doubling as a heat venture for Plessey in what is sure to be a
company control. Profitable markets, once sink at the same time. Proponents of the growth area.
considered secure, can virtually disappear steel substrate suggest that whole new But Plessey Semiconductors, bravely
overnight. Iran is the prime current example possibilites of creative design are now borne by Plessey through the years still
where trading has virtually ceased and even opening up and the costs are claimed to be awaits a buyer. GEC is reported as
optimists see little or no market revival for a low enough for consumer electronic interested, one of a number of possible
year or so. The great oil crisis of 1973 applications. purchasers, not excluding some of the
rocked every industry throughout the world. British -based US semiconductor
It is little consolation that, elsewhere companies.
in the world, other companies are also in GEC's Buys
difficulties. For instance, the soaring price At the time of writing GEC's bid for
of the yen is having an effect on Japanese Avery, the weighing machine giant, is still in Comms 80
exports in general and the recent bonanza the balance as it were, with Avery rejecting Communications 80, to be held at the
in CB radio sales to the USA has now slum- an £83 million bid. While waiting for the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham,
ped to the point of bankruptcy for some scales to tip one way or the other, GEC has next April will have no defence communica-
leading Japanese suppliers. again been looking across the Atlantic and tions exhibits or conference papers. The re-
The great hope for the 1980's is China, a has settled on Boonton Electronics of New structuring, say the organisers, reflects the
potentially enormous new market with Jersey as a desirable acquisition. Boonton growing importance of data and business
seemingly endless possibilities. But no is an instrument company with a range communications. Quite true, but equally
sooner had Britain got away to a good start complementary to Marconi Instruments true is that defence visitors were con-
with orders of £1 billion or so for starters and with a US marketing and international spicuously thin on the ground at the last
than political lobbyists started raising sales network. Purchase price is, by GEC's event and seem to prefer their own purely
objections. standards, a modest £4.65 million. A com- military, naval and air force events. One
For the forseeable future the world will parable deal was made by Racal with the such is scheduled for April 79 at Brighton's
remain in turmoil both politically and acquisition of the Dana Corporation to form Metropole conference centre with well over
economically. While most of our interest the multinational Racal -Dana. We could be 100 exhibitors showing defence compo-
may be focused on fascinating technical buying Marconi -Boonton instruments in the nents and services with a strong contingent
developments let us spare a thought for '80s. of electronics companies.

Practical Electronics April 1979 67

 LJ

Copies of Patents can be obtained from :

the Patent Office Sales, St. Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent Price 95p each

that some of the patents we report will be If the invention is identified as originating
already granted under the old laws and from a pending patent application under the
some will still be in the pending application new laws, any reader with proof that the in-
stage under the new laws. vention is old should write direct to the
We will in each case clearly identify Comptroller of Patents, The Patent Office,
whether a reported invention is culled from 25 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A
PATENT NOTE 1AY, identifying the patent application by
a granted patent or a pending patent
Under the patent laws that existed in the application. We will also state clearly the number and enclosing whatever hard fac-
UK up until June 1978, all patent applica- filing date(s) on which the inventor stakes tual evidence they have to dispute the in-
tions were secret throughout all their his claim. ventor's claim to originality.
pending stages. Past patent reports in these Under the new, streamlined laws, No fee is payable. No form need be filled
pages have therefore been based on readers can now complain direct to the in and any member of the public inclined to
granted patents published several, often Patent Office if they are able to prove that object is free to do so. But note well that
three or four, years after initial filing of the the invention covered by a new pending the Comptroller of Patents will not
patent application. patent application is old hat. The object of generally be swayed by vague personal
Under the new patent laws, which came this streamlined provision is of course to recollections and will usually require dated
into force in June 1978, all this changes. cut down on the number of new patents proof (for instance a page from a magazine
Pending patent applications will now be granted on rediscovered old ideas. or text book) to substantiate the complaint.
published and thereafter reported in these If an invention reported in these pages is By reporting pending applications on
pages eighteen months after first filing identified as originating from a patent electronic inventions and thereby affording
anywhere in the world. In some cases this granted under the old laws there is little to readers the opportunity to block the grant
will mean the publication of the "secrets" be gained from complaining to the Patent of new patents on old ideas we can perhaps
of a patent application just six months after Office if it appears old hat. But in the in- help the new laws fulfil their purpose and
filing in the United Kingdom! For several terests of wider general knowledge of the encourage inventors and firms to research
years there will be an overlap between the fact, readers with proof that the idea is old the past more carefully before making wild
old and new laws. This will inevitably mean can write us a letter for publication. claims to patent monopoly on the future.

sub -carrier of frequency f, is also fed to

TV CODING SYSTEM B -Y modulator 3 and a second sub -carrier of
Readers have been quick to point out frequency of f2 is fed to modulator 4. Both
their belief that a previously reported patent modulators suppress the carriers so side -
from Indesit of Turin, Italy, claimed an bands only are fed to adder 7 to provide the
old idea. It will be interesting therefore
to hear readers' reactions to another
recent British patent from the same source,
R -Y a output chromanance signal. This is com-
bined in conventional fashion with the
luminance signal Y and the sync signals.
BP 533 148, which was filed in mid
1 Where f, is 4433618.75Hz (for the Pal
1975 under the old laws and covers a system) f2 is chosen to equal f, ±fH/2
"reception -transmission signal for where fH is the line frequency i.e. f2 =
radioelectrical signals", especially colour FIG. 1 4441431.25 Hz or 4425806.25 Hz.
TV. Input 10 of a receiver decoder (Fig. 2)
Is the lndesit research laboratory an ivory routes the chromanance signal to delay line
tower cut off from the world or are their 11, subtractor 12, adder 13 and colour
patented ideas an original approach to an burst gate 14 which is controlled by an in-
old problem? put of line frequency pulses at 15.
lndesit recap on existing colour television Delay line 11 outputs to second inputs of
coding and decoding systems, and suggest subtractor 12 and adder 13 which in turn
that although the Pal and Secam systems output to synchronous demodulators 16
have obvious advantages over NTSC, the and 17.
European systems suffer because the Gate 14 outputs to sub -carrier
receiver requires at least one changeover regenerators 18, 19 which are tuned
switch which operates at line frequency respectively to frequencies f1 and f2.
and must be phase identified. Regenerator 18 (f1) is connected to a
Indesit propose a coding circuit at the reference input of demodulator 16, and
transmitter as shown in Fig. 1. Colour dif- regenerator 19 (f2) is connected to a
ference signal B -Y is fed to amplitude reference input of demodulator 17.
modulator 3, and colour difference signal The demodulated signals B -Y and R -Y
R -Y is fed to amplitude modulator 4. A first FIG. 2 appear at decoder outputs 20, 21.

68 Practical Electronics April 1979

 According to Indesit the circuit elements = 284). As a result the component of f1 is idea to the transmission of more than two
11, 12, 13 function as two complementary cancelled at 13 while the component of f2 carriers.
comb filters. The element 11 delays by one is cancelled at 12. Note in the context of the introductory
line and the chromanance components dif- Indesit claim that this system enables paragraphs that this Indesit patent has
fer in frequency by half line frequency, so the design of a colour TV receiver without already been granted under the old patent
the number of cycles of fl engaged by electronic phase changeover and obviates laws and is thus, along with all other
delay 11 is always a whole number plus the need for phase identification circuitry. patents granted under the old laws, not
one half cycle whereas the number of Indesit also suggest that their comb filter open to simple objection along the lines
cycles of f2 is always a whole number. idea may be adapted to the multiple described above as applicable to pending
(4433618.75 x 63.943 x 10-6 = transmission of 3D images for TV. A simple applications published under the new laws.
283.5 and 4441431.25 x 63.943 x 10-6 formula is given for adoption of the basic

rec (IOU) a selection from our postbag

Readers requiring a reply to any letter must include a stamped addressed envelope.
Opinions expressed in Readout are not necessarily endorsed by the publishers of Practical Electronics.

Strictly Instrumental 16' pitches are required, the top C frequency

from the TOS will need to be 16,740Hz. This
required frequency of approximately
4-25MHz.
is a higher figure than most constructors have Even though "Strictly Instrumental" was
Sir-Re. the most interesting article in the been used to in the past and they have usually expanded last September, it was not possible
September issue of P.E. concerning the TDA solved the problem by "breaking back" the top to cover all the facets of the TDA 1008 in that
1008. Now this i.c. requires a Master Tone octave at 1' pitch. However, the TDA 1008 article. Pin 14 was shown as "N/C", though
Generator to provide the top octave ideally requires this extra octave of master fre- carries the ungated signal from the lowest
8kHz-16kHz approx. to give output footages quencies but the AY -1-0212 will not provide it. divider. It is used as a factory test point,
ranging from 16' to V. Whilst the maximum The choice must ,be between AY -3-0214, though equally the constructor could feed the
frequencies desirable from AY -1-0212 is an AY -3-0215 and AY -3-02I6. All of these chips keying of a 12 note pedal board from this pin.
octave lower using the maximum input fre- produce the required frequencies, but my If so used, a 330k resistor should be connected
quency of .02 MHz. choice would be AY -3-02I4 on grounds of between pins 14 and 13 (to draw 20µA from
I would be most interested therefore if Mr musical accuracy. Tuning errors compared the 6V supply).
Lenton Smith could provide a design suitable with the equal temperament scale are tiny- I am glad that you found the article
for this application in the near future (I am well below 0.1 per cent-whereas the errors concerned interesting. Signetics are updating
sure other readers would agree) since this i.c. are larger with the other devices, including their application notes on the TDA 1008 and I
appears to offer advantages over other AY -1-0212A. Unfortunately, increasing the would not be surprised to see developments of
systems. master oscillator frequency to the latter device this device announced in the near future.
Incidentally, pin 14 was shown as N/C is not the answer as its dissipation will rise K. Lenton-Smith.
whereas I believe that it supplies an ungated and may destroy it: on the other hand, the
output corresponding to the lowest 4- 2 stage master oscillator frequency to the A Y-3 series
and could be used to provide pedal notes. For can be reduced from approximately 4MHz to
this purpose it should be connected to pin 13 100kHz if so desired.
(6V) via a 3001(12 resistor (minimum).
J. J. Fuzzard,
Regarding the master oscillator, a Hartley No to boxes
followed by a Schmitt Trigger can be used. As
Chapel -en -le -Frith, a stabilised 12V supply is required for the set Sir-I feel that the mooted idea of substituting
Stockport. of TDA 1008 s, a simpler solution is to employ boxes for the more readily understood sym-
a 4011 4 -Nand gate i.c., as shown below. This bols for capacitors and resistors is without any
The Truth Table on page 988 of the Septem- will provide a square wave signal of the merit whatsoever. The present symbols do
ber 1978 issue shows that, if 1', 2', 4', 8' and correct amplitude and slew rate at the suggest the function of the components, and in
my opinion were well chosen in the first place.
4011
Consider how adaptable the variations on
TO AY3-0214 capacitors have worked out over the years,
how would one clictirwish betweeir differen-
tial, split stator, ordinary variable, varicap and
maybe others yet to come, when drawing a
box?
Substituting boxes is just another example
of change for the hell of it. Personally I
wouldn't be interested in reading a technical
magazine which was deliberately less than
clear.
H. Burtenshaw,
Godalming,
1E078)
Surrey.

Practical Electronics April 1979 69

 TELEVISION INTERFERENCE MANUAL
By B. Priestley
Published by Radio Society of Great Britain
35 Doughty Street, London WC1 N 2AE
78 pages, 148 x 210mm. Price £1 .35 (UK)

%At& ETBOON " HERE I was struggling to maintain a fading DX on '20' with Ian in
TPanama when this chap from Mimosa Avenue came banging on
the door insisting that I'm breaking through onto his television and
ruining his viewing of Sportsnight, and if I don't do something about it
A GUIDE TO AMATEUR RADIO immediately he'll have the Post Office shut me off the air."
By Pat Hawker, G3VA That may be unlikely to happen to you but it is a fact that the Post
Published by Radio Society of Great Britain Office can shut down an amateur transmitter if there is reason to
35 Doughty Street, London WC1 N 2AE believe it may be causing interference to a domestic receiver. What is
120 pages, 180 x 245mm. Price £1.71 post paid worse is that if it turns out that the transmitter is clear but the TV has a
(UK) fault the Post Office may still close the transmitter down for 30 days to
allow the modification to be made to the TV.
GUIDANCE for the newcomer to the hobby, help in obtaining a The introduction of the interference officer of the Post Office's Radio
transmitting licence, technical information, operating data; these Interference Service is obviously to be avoided if amicable testing and
are the aims and content of this comprehensive enthusiasts' handbook. fault finding can be carried on between radio amateur and television
You can get started with a transmitter and receiver for about £40 if viewer.
you build them yourself, and less if you start by just listening, which is If the matter cannot be resolved in a neighbourly way there may be a
the best way to start. Even the short waveband of a domestic receiver local television interference group who can mediate. For many
will enable some initial listening to be done at no outlay. amateurs there is no such group and although the RAE covers inter-
The main difference between a domestic set and a communications ference, this book is intended to provide more detailed guidance,
receiver is that the latter has a beat frequency oscillator (b.f.o.) to allow especially for the amateur new to radio.
reception of single sideband (s.s.b.) and continuous wave (c.w.) The author states that at least 90 per cent of all television inter-
telegraphy. You will have to learn a lot of new abbreviations if you are ference (TVi) is due to harmonic radiation or television overload, and
to understand amateur radio, and if you learned morse with the scouts although other possible causes are covered the main chapters are con-
or in the services then brush up on it as c.w. (morse) is a regular part of cerned with-TV channels, systems, spurious radiation TVi, strong
listening with a communications receiver. signal TVi, transmitter design, and breakthrough onto audio amplifiers
For someone considering purhasing a second hand piece of and tape recorders.
equipment there is a comprehensive list of manufacturers' models past There is also a comprehensive data and reference section including
and present, with a brief specification on each. Alternatively, the build- much filter information, and finally a scenario of the general investiga-
it-yourselfer is given plenty of advice and for those not even familiar tion taken by the Post Office if you can't patch things up with the chap
with receiver principles there is a good introduction to "all band" from Mimosa Avenue.
superhets, double superhets, and homodynes. Transmitters are similarly A.T.
well documented, as is that most important field of
construction. There is also a section of workshop practice which should
be skim reading for PE readers, and details of licence examinations. 10-4, Newsletter of the Citizens' Band Association,
A.T.
16 Church Road, St. Marks, Cheltenham, Glos.
GL51 7AN
THE WHICH? GUIDE TO TUNER/AMPLIFIERS
CD OR Citizens' Band is alive and well and being publicised from
Published by The Consumers' Association . Cheltenham. Officially C.B. is not yet alive in Britain but
Caxton Hill, Hertford SG13 7LZ hundreds of enthusiasts are campaigning for Home Office approval by
128 pages, 207 x 196mm. E3.45 on bookstalls writing to their MP's, newspapers, magazines; calling phone-in
or post free from above address programmes; distributing leaflets, posters and car stickers; even
publicity T-shirts are available.
wHicH? have made this guide available to non -subscribers, and at Some adverse publicity from radio amateurs was experienced when
£3.45 it could save ten times that amount; prices of sets reviewed C.B. started in America, mainly because 27MHz was originally an
range from £85 for the Alpha FR -5000 to £600 for the Telefunken TR amateur band. This opposition is not general as half the founders of the
1200. Citizens' Band Association (C.B.A.) are radio amateurs and the C.B.A.
Best buy for Which? is the Pioneer SX-750, putting out 50W and has many radio amateurs in its membership.
costing £240. For power hungry types who listen partly with the The C.B.A. has proposed that a VHF/FM system be started up for a
stomach there are the "good but pricey" Rotel RX-1203, 120W, £450, British C.B. and a submission has been made to the Radio Regulatory
and the Yamaha CR2020, 100W, £490. Department at the Home Office for consideration at the 1979 Geneva
Four other sets at around the £300 mark are "worth thinking about" conference on frequency allocations. Prices of VHF/FM sets are
and there are ten sets under £100 that get special mentions. expected to be just over £100 initially, dropping to around £65.
Each of the one hundred sets tested has a full page report covering- The above information is just part of the news from pages of C.B.A.
appearance and finish; specification; controls; control markings and newsletters. They have in the past published the American "Ten" code
scales; performance of the amp. and the tuner; and a listening test by and a C.B. users' dictionary. The "Ten" code was developed to enable a
professional audio consultants, student musicians, hi-fi enthusiasts, number of standard messages to be sent quickly even when radio
student audio technicians, etc. conditions are poor. 10-4 is the well known "OK" or "affirmative";
Like other Which? publications there are several pages of thoughtful 10-9 is "please repeat"; 10-53 is "road blocked". Words which are
discussion, question and answer style, on stereo, hi-fi, combined tuner apparently in general use include "break"-please may I interrupt
and amplifier, how much power, which wavebands, how many knobs (hence "breaker 14" on the record "Convoy"); "convoy"-group of
and switches, connecting sockets and leads, aerials, tuner performance, vehicles travelling together linked by C.B.; "eighteen wheeler"-any
amplifier performance. large articulated vehicle; "mixing bowl"-interchange of roads.
The introduction to the summaries runs for a dozen pages and gives A survey of the C.B.A. membership showed that there is some
detailed information on probably every aspect which could affect a feeling against the "pop" image of C.B. and the "truckers slang" but the
choice of equipment. association organisers think the British transport system needs C.B.
Should be compulsory reading for every hi-fi retailing assistant who British lorry drivers will soon develop their own argot.
is not familiar with RIAA equalisation. A.T. 12 issues, by subscription, £1.50 p.a. 10-24 A.T.

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70
 & Introducing Acorn technical
specification
Software
Basic interpreter, assembler, dis-
assembler, editor, TTY and disk

!Acorn
The Acorn consists of two single operating system.
Eurocards: Hardware
1. MPU card Memory -mapped VDU system (with
6502 microprocessor upper and lower case ascii graphics
512 x 8 ACORN monitor and hardware scroll) floppy disk
1 Kx 8 RAM controller for 51/4 in and 7 in disks, a
16 -way I/O with 128 bytes of RAM memory card with 8 K bytes of static
1 MHz crystal RAM (2716) and 4 K bytes of EPROM
5V regulator, sockets for 2 K (2114), a PROM programmer (for all
EPROM and second RAM I/O types of PROM usable on ACORN
chip. a full ascii keyboard, a backboard
2. Keyboard card for the ACORN bus, and a Eurocard
25 click -keys (16 hex, 9 racking system.
control)
8 digit, 7 segment display Acorn
CUTS standard crystal Operating Manual
controlled tape interface With Acorn, you'll receive an
circuitry operating manual that covers com-
Keyboard Instructions: puting in full, from first principles of
M Memory Inspect/ binary arithmetic, to efficient hex
Change (remembers programming with the 6502
last address used) instruction set. The manual also
.f Stepping up through memory includes a listing of the monitor
Stepping down through memory programs and the instruction set,
Set or clear break point and other useful tabulations; plus a
n Restore from break selection of 12 interesting and
Load from tape educative program samples.
s Store on tape
Acorn, as a kit or fully
G Go (recalls last address used)
A professional MPU card as Reset assembled, the choice
Compact, easy to use is yours with this
Designed as a general purpose industrial Acorn Monitor includes coupon!
controller based on the 6502 MPU, this the following features: With such flexibility at such a price,
the ACORN package is one you'll
System program
card is complemented by a matching Set of sub -routines for use in want to make the most of, soon.
Whether you're a hobbyist, computer
Eurocard hex keyboard and CUTS programming
Powerful de -bugging facility technician, R&D engineer or a
standard cassette interface, to create displays all internal registers computer user, Acorn provides
you with a highly cost-effective
Tape load and store routines
the new... Acorn - with real
basis fora computer or an industrial
development system.

Acorn expandability!
The standard Acorn is fully
To get ypur Acorn , just complete
this coupon, enclose a cheque (or
an official company order) and send

Microcomputer
expandable to 65 K of memory, it to us. If Acorn doesn't meet your
and the Acorn bus is available on highest expectations, return it to us
the 64 -way edge -connector. as received within 14 days, for a full
Whether you're a beginner in the cash refund.
field, an ambitious home computer Acorn comes with a compre-
buff, a development engineer, a hensive guarantee covering
teacher or a businessman, the replacement of any faulty compon-
Acorn and its family of modules will ents, plus an expert service facility.
provide a practical solution in Take another look at Acorn's
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Future expansion for Acorn send your order today!
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hardware. Cambridge (0223) 312772.

Order form I enclose an official company

order
Send to: Acorn Computers Ltd,
4A market Hill, Cambridge, Cambs. Please send me further
Please send me the following: details of this and other
1(qty) Acorn Microcomputer(s) Acorn options
(Acorn MPU card with 1K
RAM and keyboard card with Name
cassette interface, in kit form, with
assembly instructions) at £65.00
This compact stand-alone micro- plOs £5.20 VAT
(qty) Acorn Microcomputer(s),
Address
computer is based on standard Eurocard as above, assembled and
tested at £75.00 plus £6.00 VAT
modules, and employs the highly n(qty) Acorn controller(s)
popular 6502 MPU (as used in APPLE, (minimum configuration MPU
board with 6502, RAM I/O, TTL
PET, KIM, etc). Throughout, the design logic and capacitor -controlled
clock at £35.00 plus £2.80 VAT
philosophy has been to provide full (Post and packing free on all orders)
expandability, versatility and economy. Please allow 28 days for delivery.
I enclose a cheque for
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Take a look at the full specification, and (indicate total amount) made out
Lo Acorn Computers Ltd.
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see how Acorn meets your requirements
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Type "B" Type "D"

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or Case type D (12 in.) including lampholders £1.25.
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 TUAC
TRANSISTOR UNIVERSAL AMPLIFICATION CO. LTD.
PHONE 01-672 3137/672 9080
MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITY AMPLIFICATION AND LIGHTING
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T.H.D. at full power 0.1%
T.D. 500 300W into 2 Ohms TL30 5" x 5" x 2"
220W into 4 Ohms 35 watt 10 amp output transistors £13.25
140W into 8 Ohms £45.00 TL60 5" x 5" x 3"
Power supply P.S. 300 £30.00 60 watt R.M.S. continuous sine wave output
T.D. 150 150W into 4 Ohms 2 R.C.A. 110 watt 15 amp outpour transistors £18.50
100W into Ohms £28.25 TL100 5" x 5" x 3"
Power supply P.S. 150 £18.50 100 watt R.M.S. continuous sine wave output
T.D. 150. 60 Version 60W into 8 Ohms 2 R.C.A. 150 watt 15 amp output transistors £21.50
40W into 15 Ohms. £17.75 TD TP125 rx 61"x 3"
Power supply P.S.60 £15.50 125 watt R.M.S. continuous sine wave output
5- 5" x 2- 4 R.C.A. 150 watt 15 amp output transistors £27.50
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PS125 ± 45 volts for TP125 £18.50 MODULATOR
PS100 ± 43 volts for TL100 £17.00
PS60 ± 38 volts for TL60 £15.50
PS30 ± 25 volts for TL30 £11.75
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 LATER C K -I -N G
EVEN LOWER PRICES!! PLASTIC STORAGE DRAWERS SYSTEM DESIGN
oar_
WITH
FROM TIMETRON Recommended by TEMPUS
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'roe MICROPROCESSORS
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DIS a, by D. Zissos Price: f 7.00

All CASIO watches have a calendar display, night illumination,

mineral glass and stainless steel cases, water resistant to 100 ft
PRICES BASIC FOR HOME COMPUTERS A SELF
(except sports watches -66)
TEACHING GUIDE
Newest. neate t system ever, by B. Albrecht Price: £4.55
devised for toring small
parts and components: resistors, BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO HOME COMPUTERS
SPORTS WATCHES capacitors, diodes, transistors, etc. 5 SIZES
F-100 Rigid plastic units interlock together in ALL INTERLOCK by M. Grosswirth Price: £3.20
Left. 9-45mm was £29.95. vertical and horizontal combinations.
£19.95 Transparent plastic drawers have label slots. 1D and 2D MASTER OP -AMP APPLICATIONS
have space dividers. Build up any size cabinet for wall, HANDBOOK
bench or table top.
52QS-146 by H. W. Fox Price: £7.75
Right 8mm was £4495 As supplied to Post Office, Industry and Govemment Depts.
£27.95 UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
SINGLE UNITS (1D) (5in x 21in a 24in) £3.50 DOZEN.
Up to 25 functions. Net, lap and first and second place times to DOUBLE UNITS 12D) (5in a 41in a 2iin) £5.50 DOZEN. by Texas Inst. Price: £3.90
1/100th sec. F-100. Resin case, strap 52QS-145. S/S encased TREBLE 1301 £5.50 for 8.
version and S/S bracelet. DOUBLE TREBLE 2 drawers, in one outer case 16021. PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS
£7.90 for 8. by B. Woollard
50QS-176 4 digit watch. Identical case to EXTRA LARGE SIZE 16011 £6.90 for 8. Price: £3.65
52QS- I 4B but with 3 push buttons.f
RRP £24.95 19.95 PLUS QUANTITY DISCOUNTS DIGITAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS &
Orders over E20, less 5%. Orders over £60, less 7-}%. PACK - SYSTEMS
4 DIGIT WATCHES display hours. minutes, ten seconds, ING/POSTAGE/CARRIAGE: Add £1.00 to all orders under
seconds by flash, am/pm; And with day,date and month. I second E 10. Orders E 1 0 and over, please add 10% carriage. by N. M. Morris Price: £4.30
to 13 hours stopwatch. Dual time facility. QUOTATIONS FOR LARGER QUANTITIES.
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31QR-206 All ices correct at time of going to press. by G. C. Loveday Price: £3.20
Left. 8.5mm 4 digit. Was f 35.95

£22.95 SOLID STATE BASICS FOR THE RADIO

AMATEUR Price: £4.00
54QS- I6B
Right. 7.5mm 6 digit.Was £49.95 MICROELECTRONICS Price: £3.60
£29.95 ALL PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE*
Not illustrated:
51QR 19B 6 digit. Round face. Was £44.95 £24.95
£26.95 !!!,,
5 IOW I8B 6 digit. Round face. Was f 49.95
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6 DIGIT WATCHES (Not Sports) Hours, minutes, seconds and
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Wasf89.95
STOP PRESS!
CHRONOGRAPH. 6 digits as above, with stopwatch measuring
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CANON P. E. Guitar Sound Multiprocessor
Send SAE for quotation for a purpose
ALARM CHRONO. As Chrono above but without dual time. 24
COMPONENTS built case for this project.

hour alarm with optional hourly chime facility.

60QS-2013 Chronograph. Details available

41) on request.

RRP £44- 95 £34.95

Low Imp Dynamic Mic's Brand new in
packs £1.62
Wooden Cases Size approx 14" x 5" x 9"
finished in dark oak colour ideal for use as
amplifier case, small loudspeaker case.
Triacs 10 amp 400v brand new AEI full
spec. all with fitted heavy duty heat sink baby alarm amp Only 75p. Postage £1.00
£2.55 Lamp panels with over thirty lampholders
CALCULATING ALARM CLOCKS TAG. 202A 400 1 amp triacs £1.00
302 400 1 amp triacs £1.00
fitted ideal for light displays or moving
light shows. Only 85p
22 way edge connectors Ex equipment Power Supply Unit Complete ready to go.
(LCD) CASIO MO -10 but clean 0.15 matrix gold plated com- Ex -equipment but guaranteed in working
plete with locating pin Only 58p order. Delivers 5v and 7.5v at up to 10
17 way edge connectors Brand new .15 amps total 240v primary Only £5.80.
pitch complete with locating pin and fixing Postage E1.85.
CD CD CD CD CD brackets. Tinned. Only 35p Continental Series Relays 4 pole change-
,cn.cn.cnoCD,CD Connecting wire 15p per 10 metres or over. 2.500 OHM 1,250 OHM 700 OHM
C ":058 35 mined at £3.00 per kilo approx. 430 OHM 60p or £2.50 for five. 24v 3
lEDum eCD,CD .CD ,CD -CD
Tagstrips 30 way new. 15p pole relays 70p each.
=1, Group Board 17 or 34 way brand new Potentiometers 250K LOG meg LOG
1
12p and 24p 40p or £2.50 for 8.
Meters 1ma meters ex-equipt but in
Sensor touch keys. LC Display of hours, minutes, terrific condition £3.20 Sharleen AM. -FM PSB Air Radios. 88-
seconds, am/pm. full calendar display of day, date Transformers All with 110-240v ac 178 MHZ. £11.00. P&P f 1.50.
and every Sunday. Also digital date, month, year; primarys. Barrier Strips 3 way 10p each or 10 for
and day, Sundays. 2 independent alarms with hold 24vac Cg 10 amps. £7.50 inc P&P E1.18 60p
and display facility. Countdown alarm timer, or time lopen consti 240vac in 12v -12v -40v @, Solda-tag packs Approx 50 assorted
memory (24 hour) or second stopwatch. Will .5a .5a 4 anps only £8.90 each P&P 85p. single, double, rivet type, all sizes. 25p per
display any monthly calendar from 1901 to 2099. 20 .20 400MA £2.50 P&P 85p. pack
Memorises and displays three optional important Liners and Transistors We hold com- Self Adhesive cabinet feet 4 for 15p
dates. Calculator with full memory, %, , K. Battery prehensive stocks of most popular types at
life approx 1 year. ix <tic 1i inches. realistic prices eg:- LM 380 complete 2.5 Terminal strips 16 way similar to barrier
watt amplifier. 85p each. Suitable etched strips 38p each
Pouch and neck chain (£39.95) £35.95 tinned pcb £1.00. Components for same Mains selector panels from 200v -250v.
£1.20 set Brand new. 20p each
MO -11 Specification as above but -4 x 2i x 34- inches. BC 212L only 8p each
Leatherette wallet with window (£34.95) £29.95 BC 148 (plastic bet 081 8p Cable Ties long re -usable 6" plus. 3p
BC 148c 10p each.
AQ-2000 as above i x 2 x (£29.95) £24.95 BC 14910p (plastic bc1091
BC 15810p Double sided sticky tape in 6" strips with
Photo-opto couplers £1.00 easy tear ends 5p each
Most CASIO products in stock. Send 15p for brochures.
Complete semi -conductor lists to follow. 'P' Clip packs 30p each
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Retail Sales: London: 40-42 Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3ET. Tel: 01-452 01 61/2 ALSO 325 Edgware Road, W2. Tel: 01-723 4242.
Glasgow 85 West Regent Street, G2 2QD. Tel: 041-332 4133 AND Bristol: 1 Straits Parade, Fishponds Road, BS1 6 2LX. Tel: 0272 654201
BRIDGE RECTIFIERS CMOS (see catalogue for full range) MULTI -WAY EDGE CONNECTORS
Type Rang Pew Type Rating Price Type Re* Pecs 74COON 0.24 140765 0.54 7401605 1.11 7402210 1.36 74C9110 7.70 2.154mm 1.1 inch) Price
W005 S005 2A 505 0.39 140025 0.24 74C83N 1.30 7401615 1.11 74C373N 1.87 7407120 7.70 16 Way Single £3.00
11005 IA 028 PW01 BA 100V 0.95 SOI
50V 2A 1005 0.44 740045 0.24 74C85N 1.30 140162 5 1.11 14C374N 1.87 74C914N 1.41 24 Way Single £3.90
VVOI 100V 230 PW02 64 200V 0.97 SO2
IA 2A 200V 048 740085 0.24 74C860 0.64 74C163N 1.11 74C95IN 0.54 74C91 5N 1.11 32 Way Single £5.25
W02 lA 200V 0.32 PW04 GA 400V 1.08 SO4 2A 400V 060 74C105 0.24 74C89N 4.39 1401845 1.04 74C9025 0.54 74C9180 1.15
W04 IA 400V 0.40 PW06 6A 600V 1.18 506 2A 600V 0.70 74C145 0.95 740900 085 74011355 1.04 7409035 0.54 74C922N 3.90
W06 lA 600V 1150 PW08 64 8005 128 SO8 2A 800V 0.84 74C2ON 0.24 74C935 085 14C1 13N 0.90 7409045 0.54 74C923N 3.74
WO8 lA 800V 0.60 PW10 6A 100051.60 StO 2A 100051.35 740300 0.24 740955 1.04 7401740 0.90 7409055 7.28 74C925N 522
5M18 lA 1005 044 K005 25A 505 220 840C1500 1.5A 1005 0.53 74C325 0.24 74C1070 1.22 74C175N 0.90 7409065 0.54 74C9260 5.22
VM28 IA 200V 048 601 25A 100V 2.37 B40C3200 3 2A 100V 120 74C42N 0.92 74C150N 4.14 74C192N 1.11 74C9075 0.54 74C927N 5.22 3.96mm
VM48 IA 400V 050 K02 25A 20050 2.75 280C1500 1.54 2005 0.82 74C48N 1.38 74C1510 2.47 74C1 93N 1.11 14C9085 0.96 74C928N 5.22 6 Way Double E2.03
BY164 1.441205 0.75 604 254 4005 3.40 800C3200 3.24200V 125 74C73N 0.54 74C1 54N 3.68 7401950 1.04 7409096 1.63 74C932N 1.58 10 Way Double £2.66
BY179 IA 8005 0.70 K06 254 6005 3.99 PW005 6A 505 0.90 140745 0.56 74CI 570 2.21 14C200N 6.70 7409106 1179 15 Way Double £3.08
22 Way Double £4.60
SINGLE IN LINE PLUGS AND SOCKETS
Providing a simple and RESISTORS BRINDLEY TOOLS
economical alternative to
edge connectors for bringing
CARBON FIXED
0.25 watt ±5% Tol. Available in E 12 range 100 to 1 meg
1 Price
2p each
AND CUTTERS
GENERAL PURPOSE
cable into a pcb. 0.5 watt + 5% Tol. Available in E 12 r nge 100 o 10 meg 3p each 100mm 144 inch) Price
12 Way E0.90, 24 Way £1.20 a VIMMT 1.0 watt +10% Tol. Available in E 12 range 100 to 10 meg
2.0 watt ±10% Tol. Available in E 12 range 100 to 10 meg
5p each
9p each
Diagonal Cutters £3.40
New -SIEMENS TURN -SLIDE SWITCHES Round Nose Pliers £3.26
WIRE WOUND Flat Nose Pliers £3.20
This new version of the rotary switch is especially 2.6 watt + 5% Tol..22 to 330 ohms 10p each. Snipe Nose Pliers £3.20
suitable for setting programs. The rotary switch is of a 5 watt +5% Tol..5 to I 2K 12p each. End/Top Cutters £3.60
1 element no stops. 10 watt *5% Tol. to 25K 14p each')
Voltage rating s 60 V^.Z 1
Also in stock -
Current rating 0.5 424 METAL OXIDE BANCO Quality Tool range,
fixed contacts gold-plated. £2.65 0.5 watt ±2% Tol. E24 range 100 to 1 meg 4p each). See catalogue for full details.
See catalogue for lull list of available values,
TTL (see catalogue for full range) LINEAR (see catalogue for full range)
0.60 7415750 0.58 74101940 0.70 7410490N 090 NEW 1979 1M3392 060 DA13045 1.52 MC840P 1.85 CA3064 11
S57414055
0117411105
0074H115
0.55
0.55
7415760
7415780
0.42
0.42
0.90
74151950
74151965
0.70
080
74101970 OM S0740035
74156700
SN745005
190
077
0.77
CATA LOG U E Marshallt 1413401.5
LM340T l2
010
088
1M3401-15 OM 16113105
LM1305N
LM1307N
. 1.52
1.12
2.10
MC844P
MC846P
MC848P
0.70
0.70
1.10
C43065
CA3068
CA3070
1.10
3.80
1.90
SN74H2ON 0.55 74108340
SN74H21N 0.55 74LS85N 0.95 74152210 0.80 50740045 094 40 page catalogue - new enlarged micro 1M3407-24 068 15113515 1.30 MC849P 0.70 CA3071 1.90
55744300 0.55 7410865 0.44 741S2405 150 S574S105 077 section - largest range of quality components LM341 P-5 0.58 LM1458N 0.45 MC857P 0.85 CA3072 1/0
SN744405 0.55 7415905 0.64 74152410 1.50 9174S20N 077 from franchised suppliers available in UK. All LM341P-12 056 LM1496N 097 MC861P 0.85 CA3075 1.70
SN74H515 0.55 7415910 120 74LS242N 125 S574S405 077 VAT inclusive prices. Over 8,000 line items 77 1M341P-15 056 LM1800N 1.94 MC1035P 190 CA3076 2.12
0574E15311 0.55 7415920 0.70 74152430 125 657466418 077 plus lots more. 45p post paid or 36p to LM341P-24 0.56 LMIBOIN 225 CA3000 3.30 CA3080 0.85
S574H545 0.55 741S935 064 741S2445 1.50 00740650 077 callers at any of our four branches. 1M345K 617 LM18085 2.10 CA3001 425 0430804 2.10
0.55 74LS95AN 0.90 74152450 1.65 557401125 1.70 LM3485 0.95 LM1812N 620 CA3002 3.30 CA3086 050
SN74H55N
S5741(605 0.55 7415960 1.35 74LS247N 1.09 SN74S114N 1.70 * MAIL ORDER * lea (.4 1M350K 8.60 LM1820N
1M18280
1.16 CA3006 460 CA3088F 1.87
290
SN744620 055 7415107N 042 74LS248N 109 SN74S140N 0.77 Quick service on all orders - please add 40p 1M3585 0.60 1.90 CA3007 4.15 043089E
SN741005 0.55 74LS109N 0.42 14102496 1.09 SN74S157N 295 for pip to all orders. Telephone orders on 16131305 3.00 LM18305 1/0 CA3008 255 CA30900 440
5574102N 0.55 74151120 0.42 741S2615 1.00 50740188N 2.70 credit cards 010.00 minimum. 1M3700 3.30 1M18455 1.50 CA3012 115 CA3130 1.06
55741045 0.60 74101130 0.42 7410253N 100 507451895 181 1M371H 235 LM1848N 1.98 043013 116 CA3140 104
52141.475 3.10 14101145 0.42 74102570 1.00 50740200N 3.50 1M3735 3.35 LM1850N 1.00 CA3014 220 100501 225
05741745 090 74151220 0.62 74102580 1.00 SN74S201N 3.71 M 500 LM374N 3.35 LM1889N 2.50 CA3018 0.75 LF355N 080
55141.856 282 1415123N 0.83 74152590 1.55 S0745262012.50 LM377N 1.B0 LM1890N ROA. CA30184 1.10 LF3565 050
SA1741.935 2.30 7415124N
74101250
1.70 74152610
74102660
325
0.44
507402870 295
S07452880 2.70
PORTABLE DIGITAL MULTITESTERS LM37861
LM3795
2.40
425
1612907N-8 1.00
LM29175.8 1.80
CA3020
CA30204
220
2.50
1F3575
11132015
050
3.00
7410005
741.0015
028
026 74LS128N
0.50
0.50 74102730 1.81
complete with charger LM3805-8 0.96 LM3301N 000 CA3021 2.40 LF133315 300
74LS025 026 74151320 0.85 74152750 320 0074030011 5.08 Mains/battery operated c.w. rechargeable LM3805-14 1.08 LM33025 055 CA3022 220 LF13741H 049
7410030 028 741513641 0.42 74152795 0.58 507403015 3.71 Nicad batteries plus charger. Measures DC LM381AN 2.70 LM3401N 0.55 CA3023 220 1E137415 0.38
74170414 029 74151380 0.65 74152800 165 SN740387N 3.05 AC Volts, ohms and current. Large LED LM3810 1.69 LM3900N 018 CA3026 0.70 LM114H 2.75
7410055 029 74151390 015 74152830 120 507404700 5.06 display, guaranteed one year. Ranges: Volts LM3825 1.32 LM3905N 1.15 CA30284 0.90 LM301411 0.40
741508N 026 74151455 1.30 74152890 3.74 507404715 506 DC and AC 0.1, 10, 100, 1000 Volts. Case 1M38471 1.55 LM3909N 0.78 CA30288 125 1M301-8 030
7415090 026 7415147N 1.65 7415290N 100 SN74.547261 1348 optional E00.00 extra. 1M3860 018 LM391161 1.10 CA3029 0.75 LM304I1 1.50
026 7415148N 125 74102930 1.00 5074547301349 LM3870 1.10 LM3913N POA CA30294 090 1M3075 0.50
74LSION
741SI15 026 74LS151N 0.58 74152950 135 557404745 1348 NEW LOW PRICES 1M38811 1.00 LM3914N 2.79 CA3030 1.50 1M308H 095
1415126 026 74101535 0.58 74152980 135 5574047551340 LM3A £76.0013 digit 1% Acc.l LM389N 1.00 LM4250CN 0430304
1.30 220 1M3085 0.55
741513N 0.58 741S1542 145 74152995 295 0574904N 0.38 LM3.5A £90.00 (31 digit 0.5% Acc.l LM392N 017 11/1781.0500 OM CA3033 3.70 LM309KC 115
741514N 0.75 74101550 0.80 74153230 3.50 SN7491AN 0.60 LM70111 299 LM781.12CH 085 CA3034 2.75 LM317K 3.35
026 74151560 0.80 741332441 1.65 SN7492N 0.36 LM701C 299 LM78115CH 085 CA3035 1.95 LM317MP 1.35
741515N
7410205 026 74101570 010 14103255 2.40 01174935 0.36 DIGITAL ALARM CLOCK LM702C 081 LM18124CH 0.85 613036 121 LM3177 220
74LS215
7411220
028
026
74101580
74151605
015
0.80
74153265
74103270
2.10
2.55
5574945
507495N
090
0.76
MODULES
. 1M703111
1M70906
1.15
0.70
LM7805KC
LM7812KC
1.56
1.56
C43038
0430384
2.90 LM318N
4.10 1M3200-5
2.45
1.86

rtalr:11V<Vgl'
7415260 032 74151615 ED 74153485 1.10 5574965 0.54 LM709-8 0.50 LM7815KC 1.56 CA3039 0.77 LM3201.12 1.86
74LS27N 026 74101625 090 74LS352N 107 SN7497N 1.95 LM709.14 0.49 LM7824KC 1.56 CA3040 3.75 1143207.15 1.86
7415280 029
026
7415163N
74101640
015
1.10
74LS353N
74153655
107
0.55
SN74100N
SN74107N
140
024
e. LM710CH
LM710-14
0.67
048
LM7131.25CZ0.30
LM781.12CZ 0.30
CA3041
CA3042
1.85
1.65
LM320T-24 186
LM320MP-5 1.15
741530N
7415325 027 74101650 1.15 74153660 0.55 55741185 0.95 121711CN 0.48 LM78L1502 0.30 CA3043 220 141320MP-12 1.15
74LS33N 029 741S1685 165 74LS367N 0.55 SN74119N 140 LM716 1.00 LM78124CZ 0.30 C43045 1.55 161320M/15 1.15
7415375 0.32 74101680 145 741S3680 0.55 55741215 028 114723C88 0.62 MC667P 2.75 CA3046 0.77 LM320MP-24 1.15
7410380 0.32 74151696 145 74103730 085 5074122N 0.55 1M723C.14 045 MC671P 1.75 043047 220 LM323K 5.75
7410405 026 741S1705 1.90 74103740 085 SN74123N 0.55 LM7410H 050 MC672P 1.75 C430474 270 1M324 035
74LS42N 080 74151730 1.10 74103750 066 0074124N 120 1M741C-8 0.30 MC724P 2.10 043045 2.45 LM335 1 70
741S47N 1.09 74151145 015 74103775 1.30 SN74125N 045 1M741C-14 060 MC789P 1/0 C43049 1.98 LM337K 386
7415485 1.00 74101750 0.75 74103780 1.00 00741410 056 121747071 078 MC790P 3.10 CA3050 216 LM337MP 1/8
7415495 1.09 74101810 2.75 74153795 125 SN74145N 085 1M748-8 0.50 MC798P 220 CA3051 113 1M3371 2.98
741$515 026 74151830 2.70 74103860 044 SN74148N 135 Assembled and pretested, just add transformer and switches. Features 1M748-14 0.50 MC799P 220 CA3052 1.78 LM338K ROA
7410545 026 74151890 3.14 741S3905 0.90 0074150N 090 include alarm on and PM indicators, sleep, snooze timers and variable 1M900 0.50 MC832P 0.70 CA3053 277 .64C1327P 1.70
74LS55N 0.26 74151905 1.00 74103930 090 SN741510 016 brightness. LM911 0.50 MC833P 0.70 CA3054 1.10 MCI330P 1.70
7410630 126 741519111 1.00 74153950 1.50 SN74153N 015 LM921 0.50 MC836P 0.82 CA3059 2.10 *MC1352P 120
0.42 74151920 095 741S3985 190 05741545 120 NEW LOW PRICES .5 inch digits: 12 hr £6.60, 24 hr £6.60 LM923 0.50 MC837P 0.82 CA3060 2.60 .44C14336 3.65
74LS73N
7415740 0.42 74101930 095 741S3995 115 SN74155N 070 .84 inch digits: 12 hr £8.50, 24 hr £8.50 LM1303N 1.15 MC838P 2.35 CA3062 3.75 *MC14356 220

TRANSISTORS (see catalogue for full range) NEW LOW PRICE

20335
25388 090
3.00 20708
25718 030
0.30 201420 065
251483 185
202219 030
2522194039
40081
40232
120
0.60
A.C188
40188K
0.54
0.65
80118
80119
022
0.33
800338
BCY34A
1.10
1.10
60140
60142
0.43
0.70
BF157
01159
0.49
237
PET 2001-8 Computer
253884 0.71
25398 090
257184 0.54
25720A 035
201485 220
251507 0.35
202220 0.39
202221 025
40233
40235
0.70
0.65
40136
40142
2.75
1.45
60122
001 23
0.61
085
BCY38
00040
220
1.05
B[1014
60018
1.32
1.90
BF160
BF161
033
065
£594.00 VAT inclusive
20456 220 20721 105 201524 0.60 2522214025 40231 0.45 011143 1.45 60125 022 BCY42 0.65 80032 267 E11166 044 This super personal computer is based on the MOS
25489 490 25722 045 201553 1.50 202222 025 40242 266 4.0149 215 00132 033 BCY43 0.76 BOY11 3.30 B1167 237 Technology 6502 Microprocessor (also used in KIM) and
254894 5.40 20727 050 201613 0.30 2522224025 40251 1.15 40150 3.10 80134 022 4CY54 2.40 BOY17 330 81170 0.76 includes Internal Memory 8K BYTES (8 Bit) standard with
204896 5.90 20744 0.35 201637 0.72 202223 GA 40254 266 A13161 1.00 BC135 022 BCY58 027 BOY18 390 BF173 0.37
possibility to expand memory to 32K BYTES in 8K
22490 499 20753 0.36 251638 070 2022234699 40264 095 50162 1.00 80136 021 BCY59 027 80020 1.10 TIP29C 0.65
increments. It also provides interface facilities for
2049013 6.50 20780 0.36 201711 030 252270 0.49 40280 270 51106 0.60 80137 022 BCY66 220 130023 245 111304 024 floppy disc and printer.
25490C 690 25869 036 201889 030 202303 1.54 40309 am AF109 0.82 00138 0.44 BCY67 2.70 80024 265 011300 0.70
204914 5.75 25914 038 201890 0.30 202368 027 40310 0.85 AF114 010 80140 0.30 130510 021 00025 215 T11314 0.54
201893 030 202369 027
204918 626
25491 730
626
25916 033
20917 038 251907 595
201974 098
2523694 027
252405 026
40311
40312
40313
0.55
0.99
AF115
AT116
170
0.70
00141
80142
80143
032
0.32
032
80071
BCY72
028
0.18
00038
00554
1.10
1.55
190
T11310
TIP324
0.72
029 "KIM"
25492 25918 0.45 1.38 41117
4118
0.70 80077 0.70 BOY55 TIP32C 0.82 The Ready to Use
25492A 6.75 25929 0.37 201990 045 3581 3.50 40315 020 0.70 00152 038 80078 0.43 80556 2.10 TIP334 026
254928 7.75 25929A 0.37 251991 1.10 3083 2.25 40316 0.95 72124 0.70 60153 030 BCY79 0.41 00557 590 TIP33C 1.18
Microprocessor System
2N492C 10.00 20930 0.37 202060 700 30128 1.35 40317 0.60 02125 070 BCI54 030 BCY87 535 BDY58 8.50 TIP344 027
2N493A 199 259304 095 252102 0.50 35139 110 40324 OM AF126 0.70 80160 038 80688 399 BOY20 1.65 111340 131 Not a kit but supplied fully tested, wired and guaranteed.
2549313 8.15 201131 0.32 202147 155 30140 1.10 40325 1.35 AF139 0.75 80161 038 80089 310 80561 2.75 T11354 220 Expandable Memory that grows with your system not
25494 6.90 201132 0.35 202160 155 30141 0.95 AC126 OAS AF172 0.70 80175 043 80115 018 00062 2.75 TIP364 320 just an evaluation kit. Starting with KIM 1 at £108.00
2N494A 765 201204 1.65 252192 0.511 35142 0.70 AC127 OAS AF178 1.30 00204 0.12 80116 1.35 00092 2.75 T11414 076 VAT inclusive you get immediate capability which can be
254948 840 251302 0110 252193 050 30143 098 AC128 OAS AF186 0.55 80205 017 80121 220 81115 0.39 T11410 0.97 expanded to a complete system capable of addressing up
20494C 935 201303 OM 2521934052 30152 1.10 AC151 043 AF200 1.30 00206 0.17 B0124 220 131119 1.10 TIP42A 0.86 to 65K BYTES of Memory.
20549 325 251304 000 202 I 94 042 35153 1.89 AC152 0.54 AF201 1.30 80207 0.11 80131 0.55 81121 080 711420 128 KIM IS EXPANDABLE. Expand as you learn up to 65K.
20696 039 201305 0.80 25219440.45 30154 099 AC153 0.69 80113 022 80208 0.17 80132 0.75 131123 0.60 TIP50 0.82 KIM 1 -
25697 0.31 251306 1.00 202195 049 35159 135 AC1536 0.59 00114 022 00209 0.17 B0135 040 BF134 0.60 TIP54 193 Basic hoard with above features assembled £160.92
25698 0.49 221307 1.00 2521954 0.49 32187 1.80 AC176K 0.70 80115 022 80010 1.10 80136 0.40 81137 0.80 711110 0.77 KIM 3 -
20699 0.58 201308 1.10 202217 0.55 30200 2.85 AC176 0.64 80118 021 600304 1.10 B0137 0.41 61152 027 TIP112 093 BK static RAM card plugs into mother board £193.00
20706 0.30 201309 1.10 202218 035 30201 135 AC187 0.59 001164 022 800314 1.10 80138 041 BF153 027 111115 013 KIM 4 -
257064 0.30 251370 0.55 25221840.38 40050 1.70 AC187K 015 80117 022 800324 1.10 B0139 0.43 81154 027 111117 029 Mother board (takes 8 x KIM 31 * power supply £96.00

Practical Electronics April 1979 75

 VALVE MAIL ORDER CO.
Put a Clamp on those
Climax House small jobs with
Fallsbrook Road, London SW16 6ED
SPECIAL EXPRESS
NODEX quick -grip vice
MAIL ORDER SERVICE

EP EP to EP EP
44119 0.10 BCY70 0.15 MPSA56 026 ZTX550 016 7405 0.16
AAY30 0.27 BCY71 0.17 MPSUO1 036 15914 0.05 7406 040
AAY32 042 BCY72 013 MPSUO6 046 1N916 0.07 7407 040
44713 0.18 BCZ11 1.50 MPSU56 0.49 154001 0.06 7408 040
44215 034 80115 0.45 NE555 0.45 154002 0.06 7409 040
AA217 0.27 80121 1.20 NKT401 2,00 1N4003 0.07 7410 016
AC107 060 80123 140 NKT403 1,73 154004 0-07 7412 046
AC125 020 8D124 130 NKT4O4 1.73 1N4005 0.08 7413 0-32
AC126 020 BD131 035 045 0.95 1N4006 0.08 7416 032
AC127 020 80132 038 0A7 055 1N4007 009 7417 032
AC128 020 8D135 034 0410 060 1N4009 0.06 7420 017
AC141 025 BD136 034 0A47 014 1N4148 0,06 7422 0.20
AC141K 0-35 BD137 035 0A70 030 155400 0.13 7423 0.32
AC142 020 BD138 0.40 0A79 030 1N5401 0.13 7425 030
AC142K 030 80139 0.43 0A81 030 1S44 0.04 7427 0.30
AC176 020 80140 0.44 0A85 030 15920 0.07 7428 0.43
AC187 020 BD144 2.00 0490 0.08 1S921 0.07 7430 017 Adaptable on all
AC188 040 BD181 110 0491 008 2G301 1,00 7432 0.30
ACY17 085 BD182 118 0A95 0.08 2G302 1.00 7433 036 drill supports. V -notch
ACY18 0.80 80237 040 0A200 0.09 2G306 1.10 7437 0.32
ACY19 075 80238 055 04202 0.09 2N404 1.00 7438 0-32 allows fixing of all profiles.
ACY20 070 BDX10 091 04211 1,00 25696 0.25 7440 0.18
ACY21 0.75 80X32 200 042200 1.00 25697 0-25 7441A5 0.85
ACY39 1 50 BDY20 1 25 04Z201 1 00 25698 0-30 7442 0.72
A0149 070 BDY60 150 04Z206 1.00 25705 1.20 7447AN 0.90
40161 0,45 EF115 025 0A2207 100 25706 015 7450 0.18
A0162 045 6E152 018 0016 2.00 2N708 020 7451 0.18
Dimensions
AF106 045 6E153 020 0C20 230 25930 0-20 7453 0.18
AF114
AF115
0.35
035
9E154
BF159
0.17
023
0C22
0023
2.50
275
2N1131
2N1132
0.26
0.26
7454
7460
018
als Overall length 150mm The patented locking system of the
AF116 035 BF160 016 0024 300 2N1302 0-35 7470 035 Overall width 130mm Nodex vice allows for instantaneous
AF117 035 BF167 020 0025 090 2N1303 0-35 7472 033
AF139 040 8E173 020 0C26 090 2N1304 045 7473 036 Overall height 50mm locking or loosening for use as a vice
AF186 120 BF177 0.24 0028 200 2N1305 0.45 7474 040
AF239 645 8E178 024 0029 200 2N1306 0,50 7475 054 Jaw opening 70mm or as a press. Usable horizontally or
AFZ11 2.75 BF179 025 0035 1.50 2N1307 0.50 7476 040 Jaw height 35mm vertically on the bench top or on the
AFZ12 2.75 BF180 030 0036 150 2N1308 0.55 7480 055
ASY26 040 BF181 030
030
0041 080
075
2N1309 0.55 7482 075 Jaw width 70mm bench edge.
ASY27 040 BF182 0042 2N1613 0.25 7483 090
ASZ15 125 BF183 025 0043 225 2N1671 1.50 7484 1010 Weight 850 grammes
A$Z16 125 BF184 0.25 0C44 060 2N1893 0-25 7486 035
ASZ17 125 BF 185 045 0C45 0,55 2N2147 1.75 7490 052 Descriptive leaflet and general catalogue available from:
ASZ20 1 50 BF194 0.09 0071 0.55 252148 1.65 7491AN 080
ASZ21 2.00 "BF195 0.09 0072 0.55 252218 0-25 7492 0 60
AU110
AU113
1.70
1,70
'8E196
'8E197
0.10
0.12
0073
0074
1.00
0.65
252219
252220
0-24
0.18
7493
7494
060
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AUY10 8E200 0.27 0075 0.65 252221 0.18 7495 0.72
BA145
1.70
013 BF224 0.20 0076 055 252222 018 7496 080 81 PICCADILLY, LONDON W1V OHL
64148 013 6E244 028 0077 1.20 252223 275 7497 3.00
BA154 0.09 8E257 0.24 0081 065 252368 0.17 74100 1.50 Tel: 01-629 9556 Cables: Specipod London W1
BA155 010 BF258 0.26 0081Z 120 2N2369A 0-21 74107 045
BA156 009 0,65 2N2484 0.20
BAW62 aos BF336 030 0083 0-65 2N2646 0.55 74110 050
BAX13 0.06 BF337 030 0084 0,65 2N2904 025 74111 070
BAX16 0.09 BF338 031 00122 1.50 2N2905 0.25 74116 1.75
BC107 0.12 13E521 396 00123 1.75 2N2906 0.21 74118 1.00
BC108 012 8E528 223 00139 2.25 2N2907 0.21 74119 1,50
.252924

Wilmslow
BC109 0,13 BFS61 020 0C140 2,75 0-21 74120 0.83
8C113 012 BF598 0.20 0C141 345 .252925 0-22 74121 0.40
BC114 0.13 8EVV10 0.65 0C170 1.00 .252926 0.14 74122 0.60
BC115 0,14 BFW11 065 0C171 1.00 2N3053 0.25 74123 1,00
BC116 015 BFX84 022 0C200 1,50 2N3054 0.50 74125 ass
BC117 017 BFX85 023 OC201 1,75 2N3055 0.70 74126 0,55
BC118 010 BFX87 021 00202 1.75 2N3440 0.60 74128 aso
BC125
BC126
53C135
BC136
BC137
016
020
0.14
0,15
0 15
009
BFX88
13FY50
BEY51
6EY52
BFY64
021
026
026
026
046
125
00203
00204
00205
00206
00207
175
250
250
250
175
125
2N3441
2N3442
2N3525
253614
'253702
2N3703
0.80 74132
110 74136
0.80 74141
1.50 74142
0.11 74143
013 74144
0.70
0.55
0.80
230
2.50
2.50
Audio
8C147 BFY90 OCP71
BC148
BC149
80157
008
0,09
0.09
BSX19
BSX20
BSX21
021
020
020
0RP12
R2008B
R2009
0.75
1,75
2-25
2N3704
2N3705
2N3706
0-13 74145
0.13 74147
0.13 74148
0.90
2.00
1.75
THE firm for speakers!
8C158 0.08 BT106 125 R20105 1.75 .253707 0,13 74150 1.60
BC159 0.10 BTY79/4 3,19 T1C44 0-30 2N3708 0,10 74151 0.85
BC167 0-12 BU205 1.75 710226D 1-20 2N3709 0.13 74154 1.75 SEND 15p STAMP FOR THE WORLD'S BEST CATALOGUE OF
BC170 0,11 '8U206 225 T1L209 0.20 2N3710 010 74155 0.85
BC171 0.10 BU2O8 2.00 T1P29A 0.41 2N3711 0.10 74156 0.85 SPEAKERS, DRIVE UNITS, KITS, CROSSOVERS, ETC. AND
BC172 010 BY100 0.45 *T1P304 044 2N3771 1.75 74157 0-75
BC173 0.12 135126 014 T1P31A 045 253772 200 74159 210 DISCOUNT PRICE LIST
BC177 0,15 135127 015 T1P32A 048 2N3773 3,00 74170 230
BC178 0.14 BZX61 018 T1P33A 0.69 2N3819 0-36 74172 4.40
BC179 016 Series T1P34A 073 253820 0,45 74173 1.40
BC182 0.11 BZY88 013 T1P41A 0.63 2N3823 0.55 74174 1.50
BC183 0,10 Series
0.45
11P424
1192955
0.70
0.67
'2N3866
2N3904
0.72 74175
0,13 74176
090
1.10
AUDAX AUDIOMASTER BAKER
BC184 0,11 CRS1/05
80212 0.13 CRS1/40 0.60 T1P3055 0.56
0.45
.253905
2N3906
0.13 74178
0.13 74179
125
1.25
BOWERS & WILKINS CASTLE is CELESTION
BC213 012 CRS3/05 045 'T1S43
BC214 0,15 CRS3/40 0.75 ZS140
ZS170
0.25
0.21
'254058
2N4059
0.14 74180
0.10 74190
1.15
1,50
CHARTWELL COLES DALESFORD
BC237 0,09 CRS3/60 0.90
BC238 0.12 GEX66 1 50 ZS178 0.54
023
254060
2N4061
0.12 74191
0.12 74192
1.50
1.35
DECCA EMI EAGLE ELAC FANE
BC301 045 GEX541 1.75 'ZS271
BC303 0.24 GJ3M 075
0.75
ZS278
ZTX107
0.57
0.11
.254062
'254124
0.13 74193
0.15 74194
1.35
145
GAUSS GOODMANS I.M.F. ISOPHON
BC307 0.10 GJ5M
BC308 010 GL7M 0.75 'ZTX108
ZTX109
0.10
0.12
2N4126
254286
0.15 74195
0.20 74196
1.00 JR JORDON WATTS KEF LEAK LOWTHER
BC327 020 GM03784 1 75 1-20
BC328 018 KS100A 0.45 ZTX300
*ZTX301
0,12
0.13
2N4288
2N4289
0.22 74197
0-24 74198
1,10
2-25
McKENZIE MONITOR AUDIO *PEERLESS
BC337 018 MJE340 0.80
BC338 017 MJE370 1,17 ZTX302
ZTX303
0.15
0.17
2N5457
2N5458
0.35 74199
0.35 76013N
225
1.75
RADFORD RAM RICHARD ALLAN SEAS
BCY30 1-00 MJE371 061
BCY31 100 MJE520 052
055
ZTX304
ZTX311
0.19
012
"255459 0-35 SHACKMAN STAG TANGENT TANNOY
BCY32 1.00 MJE521
BCY33 090 MJE2955 1.25 ZTX314
*ZTX500
0.20
013
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BCY34 0,90 MJE3055 075
BCY39 3.00 MPF102 030 ZTX501 014 7400 0.16 Plugs in socket
BCY40 1.00 MPF103 0.30 ZTX502 0.16 7401 0.16 -10w profile
BCY42 0 25 MPF104 030 ZTX503 0.17 7402 016 8 pin OIL 095
ZTX504 0-20 7403 016 14 pin DlL 0.16
BCY43
BCY58
045 MPF105
016 'MPSA06
0.30
0.24 *ZTX531 0.20 7404 017 16 pin DIL 0.17 WILMSLOW AUDIO (Dept. P.E.)
Open daily to callers: Mon. -Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. SWAN WORKS, BANK SQUARE, WILMSLOW..
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Quotations for any types not listed S.A.E. when going
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to press
Items marked * 12-1-% Tel.: Wilmslow 529599 for Speakers Tel.: Wilmslow 526213 for Hi -F

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o I bribu rne-Arvirbiribrs OUNMU, I one Control board, Filter board rrom bU
watt Hi-Fi Amplifier with suggested assembly and circuits @ £3.50.
PNP VERSION OF 2N 3055 BDX 94 @ 75p each.
100 MINIATURE DIODES CV 9637 with preformed leads @ 50p.
POLYSTYRENE CAPACITORS sufflex type 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 56, 100, 120,
1000pf. All at 20p doz.
WIRE ENDED CRYSTALS 28KHz, 28.5KHz, 31.5KHz. All at 50p each.
TRANSISTORS BC 183, BC 548, BC 549. All 10p, 6 for 50p.
McMUR DO 8 PIN PLUG ® 20p, 8 PIN SOCKET (O. 20p, COVER ® 15p.
3 GANG VARIABLE CAPACITOR 25 + 25+ 25pf @ 75p.
10 Amp S.C.R.'s 100 PIV @ 25p. 400 PIV @ 50p, 800 PIV @ 60p.
400mW ZENERS unmarked Good 3.6v, 6.8v, 10v, 110, 12v, 13v, 16v, 18v, 24v, 30v,
33v. 36 volt. All at 10 for 40p.
GLASS WIRE ENDED MERCURY SWITCHES @ 25p.
MC 3340 ATTENUATOR I.C. with data @ 50p.
X BAND GUNN DIODES with data @ £1.65 each.
MINIATURE ROTARY SWITCHES 3 Pole 3 way @ 40p. 2 Pole 4 way @ 20p, 1 Pole
10 way 2 Bank@ 40p.
10 WATT ZENERS 18v, 33v, 57v, 100 volt. All 30p each.
DIE CAST ALLOY BOXES 6" x x r a £1.15.
TUBULAR TANTALUM CAPACITORS 2.2uf 20v.w., 68uf 15v.w., 100uf 20v.w., 150uf
20v.w. All at 5p each.
10 MULTI -TURN TRIM -POTS Assorted for 60p.
50 BC 107-8-9 TRANSISTORS assorted untested @ 57p.
ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS 2240uf 40v.w. @ 40p. 3,300uf 63v.w. @ 50p.
4500uf 25v.w., 6400uf 25v.w. @ 25p.
UNIJUNCTION TRANSISTORS 2N 4871 @ 22p, 22N 6028 @ 25p. 2N 6029
Ce. 25p, MEU 21 @ 22p, MU 4894 @ 22p, 4JDSE29 @ 22p, TIS 43 Type @ 22p.
30 ASSORTED 10XAJ CRYSTALS @ £1.10.20 FT 243 CRYSTALS assorted
a £1.50. 20 FT 241A CRYSTALS assorted @ £1.10.
A 2 METRE
MULLARD TAA 320 M.O.S.T. PRE -AMPLIFIERS I.C. with circuits @ 35p.
PLASTIC BC 107, BC 108, BC 177 TRANSISTORS 8p, 10 for 60p.
MULLARD STRIPLINE 800 MHz NPN BF 362 @ 25p.
200 ASSORTED watt RESISTORS for 75p.
SINGLE CHANNEL
502 WATT ASSORTED ZENERS untested @ 57p.
600 MHz 8 DIGIT FREQUENCY COUNTER ® £115.
MAINS TRANSFORMERS 240 volt input. Type 1.24 volt tapped at 14 volt 1 amp
@ £1.30 IP&P 25p1, Type 2. 22-0-22 volt 500mA @ £1.60 (P&P 25p), Type 3.
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45 volt 6 amp @ £4.50 (P&P 95p1, Type 4.20 volt 1 amp twice 10 volt 1 amp
twice @ £4.50 (P&P 95p1, Type 5.45 volt 2 amp 45 volt 500 mA @ £3.50
constructed on a board just
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volt 1 amp @ £1.60 (P&P 25p1, Type 10.22 volt 500 mA @ 88p (PEP 20p), Type 11.
12 volt 100 mA @ 88p (P&P 20p1, Type 12.22 volt 1 amp, 7.5 volt 500 mA, 6v
1 amp @ £1.60 (P&P 25p1, Type 13. 16.5 volt 1 amp @ £1.60 IP&P 25p1, Type 14. 12
volt 1 amp @ £1.60 (P&P 25), Type 15. 32-0-32 volt 500 mA @ £1.60 (P&P 25p).

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A $T RA-pAK All
-
prices INCLUDE VAT. Add .25p for
overseas). Send SAE for complete Special Offers list. Where
P & P (extra for
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92 GODSTONE ROAD G RA IV D SA I_ E more than one price appears, overall quantity prices apply to
croups of devices OF THE SAME TYPE (74 and 74LS
cannot be mixed).
WHYTELEAFE, SURREY CR3 OEB
7400 Series 741300 Series 7400 Series 741300 Series 7400 Series 741000 Series CMOS CMOS CMOS STAR OFFER
1+ 25+ 100+1+ 25+ 100+ 1+ 25+ 100+1+ 5+ 100+ 1+ 25+ 100+1+ 25+100+ 1+ 25+100+ 1+ 25+100+ 1+ 25+100+ 100 74141 .16
7400 08 .075 .07 .155 .14 .13 7485 .62 .58 .55 .67 60 .58 74161 .50 .44 .40 .60 .53 .48 4000 .t3 .11 .10 4069 .14 .13 .12 4538 1.110 .90 .82 '100 555-8 .19
7401 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 7486 .22 20 .19 .28 25 .23 14162 .57 .52 48 1.10 1.00 .92 4001 .13 .12 .11 4070 .14 .13 .12 4539 .72 SO .54 100 MC1458P 24
7402 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 7489 1.35 125 1.18 74163 .57 .52 .48 .60 .53 .48 4002 .13 .12 .11 4071 14 .13 .12 4541 90 81 .70 .100 00161/162 MP
7403 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 7490 .30 28 .26 .42 .38 .36 74164 .57 .52 .48 .82 .75 .70 4006 70 .62 .58 4072 .14 .13 12 4543 1.10 .97 .88 .50
7404 .11 .105 .10 .18 .15 .135 7491 .60 .55 .52 74165 .57 .52 .48 4007 .13 .12 .11 4073 .14 .13 .12 4549 300 2.50 225 '100 13084 06
7405 .12 .115 .11 .16 15 .135 7492 .33 .30 28 74166 .70 14 .59 4008 .58 .52 .48 4075 14 .13 .12 4553 320 2.80 2.40 100 BC214 062
1406 22 21 20 7493 28 25 23 .43 .40 .38 14167 220 2.05 125 4009 .32 29 .27 4076 .82 .78 .75 4554 .90 .78 .88 '100 263055 35
7407 22 21 20 7494 .50 45 43 74168 1.60 1.413 125 4010 . .32 .30 4077 .38 .35 .32 4555 .75 .62 .513 1000.125" Red
7408 .13 125 .12 .155 .14 .13 7495 .50 45 42 .64 .58 .55 74169 1.60 1.40 125 4011 .13 .12 .11 4078 .14 .13 .12 4556 .75 .62 .56 Led .05
74139 .13 .125 .12 .18 .15 .135 7496 .48 .42 38 74170 120 1.10 1.00 1.50 1.28 112 4012 .13 .12 .11 4081 14 .13 12 4557 320 2.10 2.40 1000.2" Red Led .06
7410 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 7497 1110 1.70 1.65 74172 3.80 255 3.40 4013 .30 .25 22 4082 .14 .13 .12 4558 .90 .80 72 1000 164001 025
7411 .17 .16 .15 .t6 .15 .135 74100 .80 .72 66 74173 .90 .64 50 .85 .80 .76 4014 68 .62 .56 4085 .58 .54 .52 4559 300 2.50 220 1000 164002 028
7412 .14 .135 .13 .16 .15 .135 74104 .40 .36 .34 74174 .64 .60 .56 .58 .52 .49 4015 .60 .55 .52 4086 .56 .54 .52 4560 1.45 1.20 1.05 1000 164005 038
7413 23 21 20 28 26 24 74105 .37 .34 .32 74175 .58 .54 .51 .58 .52 49 4016 .32 28 26 4089 120 108 1.00 4561 .62 .55 .50 1000 164007 042
7414 Al .43 .411 .65 .57 .50 74107 22 20 .18 .32 28 28 74176 .58 .54 .51 4017 .50 .46 .44 4093 .45 .40 .38 4562 420 3.60 3.25 1000 164148 013
7415 .16 .15 .135 74109 28 26 24 .32 28 25 74177 .56 52 .49 4018 .55 .50 .47 4094 1.38 125 1.15 4566 .98 16 10 '1000 LESS 10%
7416 22 20 .18 74110 .36 .34 .32 74178 90 .80 35 4019 110 .35 .32 4095 .85 80 .77 4568 130 150 1.38 LINEARS
7417 22 20 .18 74111 .55 .52 .50 74179 1.08 1.00 as 4020 68 .64 .60 4096 85 80 .77 4569 1.37 1.15 1.05 C43045-14 .30
7420 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 74112 .32 28 25 74180 80 .70 .62 4021 66 62 .58 4097 3.00 2.80 2.67 4580 420 3.65 3.40 CA3046-14 .40
7421 22 21 20 .18 .15 .135 74113 28 26 24 .32 28 25 74181 1.15 95 .80 4022 so .55 .52 4098 .90 .84 .78 4581 1.98 1.67 140 1443806.14 58
7422 .17 .165 .16 .16 .15 .135 74114 . 32 28 25 J4182 .52 .41 44 4023 .13 .12 .11 4099 1.10 .95 .88 4582 82 .74 .68LM381N-14 90
7423 20 .19 .18 74116 1.10 1.00 95 74184 125 108 1.00 4024 42 .39 .36 4160 18 .83 BO 4583 .70 .60 .52 LM7106-14 26
7425 20 .19 .18 74118 .78 .75 .72 74165A 100 .90 .86 4025 .13 .12 .11 4161 88 .83 -.80 4584 .30 27 25 LM711N-14 26
7426 21 20 .19 .16 .15 .135 74119 1.10 1.00 95 14186 720 690 6.70 4026 .90 .84 .70 4162 .88 .83 .80 4585 .88 .78 .70 MC1310P-14 1.30
7427 21 20 .19 .16 .15 .135 74120 .80 .76 .74 74188 2.60 240 2.25 4027 .30 .27 25 4163 89 63 .80 4599 1.98 1.70 1.50 66555-8 23
7428 .18 .17 .16 74121 24 22 20 74189 1.98 1.75 1.60 4028 .48 .42 .40 4164 88 .83 .80 NE556-I4
LOW PROFILE OIL
7430 .11 .105 .10 .155 .14 .13 74122 .32 29 27 14190 .68 .60 55. 72 65 58 4029 .52
32
.47 .44
26
4174 98 .92 .87
I.C. SOCKETS NE25018-14 IN
7432 21 20 . 23 20 18 74123 .38 .35 .32 .55 .50 48 74191 .68 .60 .55 .70 63 .56 4030 .28 4175 38 92 .87 A 56751106 40
27 26 74124 160 1.15 105 98 4031 180 1.60 1.48 4194 .98
7433
7437
.30
20 .19 .18 24 21 .185 74125 .32
1.50
30
1.42
28 .30 .33 29
74192
74193
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.60
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SN76013N
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125
7438 20 .19 .18 24 21 .185 74126 .32 30 28 .38 33 29 74194 .58 50 46 4033 1.05 .98 4502 .72 .66 53 5676023N 125
7440 .12 .115 .11 .18 .16 .15 74128 .60 .55 .52 74195 .58 .50 46 1.00 .92 85 4034 160 1.40 125. 4503 .52 .46 .43 .16 .16 .15
218 l'!" SN76033N 1.65
7441 49 45 43 74130 AO .36 .32 74196 .56 50 45 .18 71 55 4035 98 .90 86. 4506 .42 .36 34 P1!' ill 1101 179 744550B 30
7442 .40 .36 .34 .50 .44 .411 74132 47 .44 42 62 .56 .48 74197 .50 .44 40 92 83 .78 4036 2.50 2.35 225 4507 .42 .36 34 1141 .

1.00
24 22 21 .,.., .T446616
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7444
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74135
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30
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74198
74199
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.98
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78
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4037
4038
82
.84
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4508
4510
1.90
.60
1.68
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1.50
.50
24 pn
28 pin 28 25 23 .Z2 .58
1.60
7445 .53 .50 .48 74136 .52 48 AS .39 .33 29 74221 120 1.00 88 24 .85 .80 4039 2.30 2.18 2.10 4511 .65 .58 .55 48 Pr' -4'3 .37 .38 1/36800 .60
7446 .55 .52 50 14137 .74 .68 .68 74247 20 .82 .75 4040 62 .57 .54 4512 .62 .56 .53 LEDS 1134810S .80
7447 .50 A4 AO 67 .60 .56 74138 .52 .45 .41 74248 20 .82 .75 4041 .70 .64 .58 4513 1.42 1.30 120 .125' 3mm 18A8205 .75
7448 .55 .50 .48 82 .73 .65 74139 .52 A5 .41 74249 90 82 35 4042 .50 .45 .42 4514 235 220 2.08 lied 08 .07 .06 TCA27060 1.70
7449 .67 60 .56 74141 .52 .48 .46 74251 1.00 22 .74 .58 52 .48 4043 .56 .51 .48 4515 235 220 2.08 Yellow .12 .115 .11 1062020 3.00
7450 .12 .115 .11 74142 185 1.75 1.68 74257 68 50 .56 4044 .62 .58 .55 4516 66 .60 .56 Green .12 .115 .11 2e)414 .90
7451 .12 .115 .11 .16 15 .135 74143 2.30 2.10 200 74258 .68 .56 .50 4045 105 .95 .88 4517 3.40 3.15 3.00 2" 5mm
7453 .12 .115 .11 74144 2.30 2.10 200 74266 28 25
.33 4046 .90 .85 .80 4518 .65 .58 .55 Red .09 08 87 OP -AMPS
7454 .12 .115 .11 .155 .14 .13 74145 .55 .50 .48 74273 190 1.70 1.55 200 1.85 1.50 4047 24 .79 .75 4519 38 .36 .34 Yellow .13 .125 .12 C831302099 .80
7455 .16 .15 .135 74147 1.011 92 88 74279 1.10 .90 82 .46 .40 34 4048 42 .38 36 4520 82 .56 .53 Green .13 .125 .12 LM3014-8 24
7480 .12 .115 .11 74148 .84 .78 .75 74283 1.50 1.30 120 .58 63 60 4049 28 26 24 4521 140 125 1.10 Mit colours and Sims for LM348-14 20
7470 25 23 21 74150 80 .55 .50 74284 3.50 320 3.00 4050 28 .26 24 4522 80 .70 63 guamity prices. LM702-14 .42
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£3.70. Enterprise prog calculator £21.95. 6/71/9v 300ma £2.95. 100ma radio type
Cambridge prog calculator £13.13. Prog witty press -studs 9v £3.35, 9+9v £4.50.
library £3.45. Mains adaptor £3.20. Stabilized type 3/6/71/9v 400ma £5.30. 12v
COMPONENTS send sae for full list lb 1
car convertors 3/41/6/7}/9v 800ma £2.50.
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55p. Laminate cutter 75p. Small drill 20p.
BATTERY ELIMINATOR KITS send sae for
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DIGITAL ALARM CLOCK MODULE Note kit, but a factory built module complete £3.85. Case El. 1N4148 1.4p. 1N4002 £1.80, 6+6v £1.80, 9+9v £1.80. stabilizeid
with half inch LED display. All you need add to give a fully functional clock is a 2.9p 723 29p. 741 15p. NE555 23p. 8 -way types 3/41/6/7419/12/15/18v 100ma
miniature transformer and time setting switches. Sleep, snooze and alarm output. bc182b, bc183b, bc184b, bc212b, bc213b, £2.80, 1 Amp £6:40. Stabilized power kits 2-
IliWith data only £6.50. Catalogue number 205 bc2 14c 4. 5p. Plastic equiv. bc 107 4.8p. +W 18v 100ma £3.60, 2-30v 1A £6.95. 2-30v
HEAT SINKS Two types available. Ex -equipment but in excellent condition. Most still 5% E12 resistors 1 OR to 10M 1p. 0.8p for 2a £10.95. 12v car convertor 6/7-0v a

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PER HEAT SINK for post and packing 1000mf 5.1p. 2200mf 6p. Polyesters 250v adaptor E2.14. exp300 £6.21, exp350
POLARISING FILTER MATERIAL A lightly tinted polarising filter material, .015, .068_1 mf 1-113. Ceramics 50v E6 22pf £3.40. exp650 £3.89. exp4b £2.48
manufactured by 'Polaroid', in 0.006" plastic film. Any size cut, from 1 sq. inch to a to 47n 2p. Polystyrenes 63v E12 1 Opf to IC AUDIO AMPS with pcb. JC12 6W
maximum size of 19" by 250 feet. Our price - only 2p per square inch. Catalogue lOn 3p. Zeners 400mW E24 2v7 to 33v 7p. £1.60. JC20 10W £2.95. Send sae for data.
10 number 701
CLOCK LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY A high contrast (black digits on light grey
TV GAMES send sae for data. AY -3-13500 +
kit £8.95. Rifle kit E4.95. AY -3-8600 + kit SWAN LEY
background), 4 digit clock display. Supplied with edge connector for easy solder £12.50. Stunt cycle chip + kit E10.90. ELECTRONICS
connection. Digit height 0.5". Display has P.M., Alarm on and Snooze indicators. Racing cars chip + kit £1 7.90.
Supplied complete with data at only £8.95. Catalogue number 206 (Dept. PE) 32 Goldsel Rd.,
DIGITAL MULTIMETER CHIP This MM5330 d.v.m. chip can be used to build a BI-PAK AUDIO MODULES s450 £23.51. Swanley, Kent.
high accuracy d.v.m. or panel meter. Has auto polarity and over -range indication. AL60 £4.86. pa100 £15.58 spm80 £4.47.
bmt80 £5.95. Stereo 30 £20.12. Post 30p extra. Prices include VAT.
Supplied with data and circuit. Requires some additional circuitry. Only £3.95.
Catalogue number 404
8 DIGIT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY This calculator style L.C.D. has 0.33" high
digits with R.H. decimal points and overflow indicator. White digits on clear glass.
14 With data £2.95. Catalogue number 302

L&B
6 DIGIT L.E.D. DISPLAY A common cathode 6 digit 7 segment LE.D. display from
Texas Instruments. Multiplexed with built in bubble magnifiers. Digit height 0.1".
£1.00. Catalogue number 306
5 DIGIT MICRO L.E.D. DISPLAY Built on top of a 16 pin dual in line package this
7 segment display has 5 bright 0.09" high digits. Terrific value for only 75p.
Catalogue number 308
CALCULATOR KEYBOARDS Two multifunction calculator keyboards. Excellent key
action. Only £1.00 the pair. Catalogue number 101 A range of excellent high quality lighting control modules, offering superior
P.U.T's. Four MEU2 1 Programmable Unijunction Transistors (electrically similar to performance from modern technology design, at very competitive prices.
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1 N4 1 48 but has higher P.I.V. 10 diodes for 35p. Catalogue number 403 Control Lighting Dimmer £10.39
Untested Items LB41000LS 4 Channel x 1000W Lighting Sequencer
DEFECTIVE CALCULATORS A production line reject calculator with lots of with 2 Speed Controls and Zero Cross
accessible goodies inside. Detachable keyboard, display, case and PCB with approx.
25 transistors and 2 calculator chips. Not much wrong with some we tested. A Detection for minimum interference £11.90
bargain at only £2.50. Catalogue number 104
L.E.D. DISPLAYS (80% guaranteed good). Five, 7 segment LED displays. Common LB31000SL 3 Channel x 1000W Sound to Light with
cathode with 0.1 2 7" high digits. 5 for £1.00. Catalogue number 301 3rd Order Filter Band Separation, Zero Cross,
CALCULATOR TOPS (Untested - so no guarantees) The upper half of two hand held
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the pair. Catalogue number 105 .
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7401 14p 74180 93p 4001 17p 9302 175p (co er clad) AC127/8 20p BFX88 30p TIP35C 290p 2N3823 70p '0A47 Sp 400mW Sp
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17p 74184A 150p 4007 18p 8311 275p 3 x 3; 49p 45p BFY51/2 22p '2 N3905/6 20p 9P
7404 AD149 70p TIP41C 78p *0491 9p TRIACS
74504 90p 74185 150p 4008 80p 9312 160p 3 x 5 56p 60p 13E1'56 33p 2N4037 85p
AD161/2 45p BFY90 90p TIP42A 70p '0495 9P PLASTIC
7405 18p 74186 700p 4009 40p 9314 165p 2- x 17 152p 121p
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7406 32p 74190 100p 4J10 50p 9316 225p 3- x 17 195p 163p
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7408 19p 74192 100p 4012 18p 9322 150p Pnt of 35 pins 30p
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7410 15p 74194 100p 4014 84p 9368 200p Pin insertion 'BU105 *2 N4289 20p '1N4148
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100p '2N5064 4Op
48p
7451 17p 74L504 16p 4051 80p LM318 200p SN76477 250p BF259 36p 'TIP30A
TIP30C 60p 2N3553 240p 40408 70P
64 50V 90p
7453 17p 74LSO8 4052 80p LM324 70p 'SP8515 750p 'BFF139 30p 'TIP314 '2N3565 30p 40409 85p
25p 80p 75p 'TAA621 275p '6E1140 58p 40410 85p 6A 100V
7454 17p 74LS10 20p
4053 LM339 30p 2N3643/4 48p 100p LOUD-
7460 17p 741911 4054 150p LM348 95p TBA641611 225p '6E841 30p TIP31C 62p '2N3663 20p 40411 300p
7470 36p 741_613
40p
s4055 125p 175p 'TBA651 200p 'EIFF179 30p TIP324 68p 40594 97p 6A 400V SPEAKERS
45p °I_IV1377 2N3702J3 12p 120p Sge
7472 30p 741514 4056 135p 'LM380 75p 'TBA800 90p '8 FR80 30p T1P32C 82p '2N3704/5 12p 40595 105p
72p 4059 600p 'LM381AN 160p 'TBA810 100p B FR81 40673 75p 10A 400V 2 ' ' 648 70p
7473 34p 74L620 20p 30p TIP334 90p '2N3706/7 14p 200p 21" 8R 70p
7474 30p 74L621 4060 115p 'LM389N 140p . 713A820 90p BFX29 30p 40841 90p
40p TIP33C 114p '2N3708/9 12p
40871/2 90p 25A 400V 2" 8R 75p
7475 36p 74L522 4063 120p LM709 36p 'TCA940 175p 8FX30 34p TIP34A 115p '2N3773 300p
28p 4066 50p 'TD41004 300p BFX84/5 30p 400p 1 i" BR 75p
7476 35p 74L527 38p
LM7 I 0 TIP34C 160p '2N3819 25p
7480 50p 4067 450p LM725 350p 'TDA1022 6009
7481 100p 74L630 20p 4068 22p LM733 100p 'TDA2020 320p MEMORIES UART SUBMINIATURE
7482 84p 74LS32 27p 4069 20p 1M741 20p TL084 130p 2102 100p AY -3-1015P 500p SWITCHES
7483A 90p 74LS42 70p 4070 30p LM747 70p TL170 50p 2102-2 120p AY -5-1013 400p
7484 100p 74L547 90p 4071 22p LM748 35p XR2206 400p 2102L-4 140p TM 56011NC 400p TSPVe 51p
7485 110p 74LS55 30p 4072 22p LM3900 70p X82207 400p 21078 600p SPDT 53p
7486 34p 74LS73 50p 4073 22p LM3911 130p XR2211 600p 2111-1 225p CHARACTER DPDT 55p
7489 210p 74L574 40P 4075 22p LM4136 120p 'XR2216 675p 2112-2 300p GENERATOR DPDT ICentre-ofl 85p
7490A 33p 74LS75 45p 4076 107p 'MC1310P 150p XR2240 400p 2114 1000p 3257ADC 990p
7491 80p /4L683 110p 4081 22p MC1458 55p '21,1414 90p 5101 510p MCM6576 750p Push to make
7492A 46p 74L685 100p 4082 22p MC1495L 350p ZN424E 135p 6810 350p RO-3-2513 U.C. 600p I Red, Green, Yel., Blue) 15p
7493A 33p 74LS86 40p 4093 80p 'MC1496 100p ZN425E 400p R0-3-2513 L.C. 550p Push to break
7494 84p 74L590 60p 4094 250p 'MC3340P 120p ZN1034E 200p ROM/PROMS SN745262AN 1360p (Black only) 25p
7495A 70p 74LS93 60p 4098 107p 120p 95H90 800p 745188 225p
'MC3360P 745287 400p OTHER
7496 65p 74L5107 45p 4411 1100P
7497 180p 74LS112 100p 4502 120p VOLTAGE REGULATORS 74S387 400p 3245 400p CRYSTALS
74100 130p 74LS123 70p 4503 70p 93427 400p 4201 390p 100KHz 300p
74104 65p 741,6124 180p 4507 55p Fixed Plastic TO -220 93436 650p 4289 970p 1MHz 370p
74105 65p 74L6132 95p 4510 99p -ye
93446 650p 4801 500p 3.2768M1-1, 350p
1A e
93448
74107 34p 74L6133 60p 4511 150p 7805 90p 7905 100p 1000p 6820 600p 10.7MHz 350p
5V 700p
74109 55p 74L5138 60p 4514 250p 12V 7812 90p 7912 100p CPUs 6850 18MHz 300p
74110 55p 74L5139 60p 4516 110p 15V 7815 90p 7915 100p 4040a 670p 8205 320p 27 135MHz 300p
74111 70p 74L5151 100p 4518 100p 18V 7818 90p 7918 100p 6502 1200p 8212 225p
74116 200p 741S153 60p 4520 100p 24V 7824 90p 7924 100p 6800 900p 8216 225p
74118 130p 74L6157 60p 4528 100p 6801 TBA 8224 400p EDGEBOARD
74119 210p 74L5158 120p 4543 180p 1001,4 TO -92 8080A 550p 8228 525p
CONNECTORS
74120 110p 74L5160 130p 4553 450p 5V 78L05 35p 79L05 80p 8251 700p
74121 28p 74L5161 100p 4560 250p 12V 78L12 35p 79L12 80p EPROMS 8253 1200p 0.156r Solder Tail
74122 48p 74L5162 140p 4583 90p 15V 78L15 35p 79L15 80p 1702A 600p 8255 550p 2 x 10 way 85p
74123 55p 74L5163 110p 4584 90p 2708 900p 8257 1100p 2 x 15 way 100p
74125 55p 74LS164 120p 40014 90p OTHER REGULATORS 2716 2500p 8259 1400p 2 x 18 way 120p
74126 60p 74LS165 180p 40085 200p TBA6258 120p 4702 900p AY5-2376 1000p 2 x 22 wav 135p
74128 75p 74L5166 180p 40097 90p LM309K 135p
MC14411 1100p 2 x25 way 160p
LM317T 200p TL430 65p
74132 75p 74L5173 110p 14411 1100p 625p 78H05KC 675p TRANSFORMERS
74136 75p 74L5174 90p LM323K (prim 220-240V1
14412 1100p LM723 37p 778MGT2C 135p LOW PROFILE DIL SOCKETS BY TEXAS
74141 70p 74LS175 110p 14433 1100p 6-0-6 100mA 88p
74142 200p 74LS181 320p 75mA 92p 8 pin 1 1 p 18 pin 25p 24 pin 33p
9-0-9
74145 90p 7416190 100p OPTO-ELECTRONICS 100mA 95p 14 pin 12p 20 pin 28p 28 pin 42p
12-0-12 51p
74147 190p 741_5191 1009 2N5777 45p OCP71 130 p 0-12 0-12 500mA 280p 16 pin 13p 22 pin 30p 40 pin
74148 150p 74L5192 140p ORPI2 90p ORP60 90p 0-25V 15VAI 250p
74150 100p 74L5193 140p OR P61 90p T1L78 70 p 1,A 270p WIRE WRAP SOCKETS EDGE CONNECTOR
9-0-9
74151A 70p 74L5195 140p INTERFACE 12V 2A 350p 8 pin 30p 24 pin 60p 31 Way Plug 105p
4153 74LS196 120p ICs LEDS 14 pin 40p 28 pin 100p 31 Way Skt 110p
0-12-15
74154 100p 74L6221 140p MC1488 100p 0125" 02" 20-24-30 lA 340p 16 pin 55p 40 pin 120p 10.1" Pitch)
74455 90p 74L5240 175p MC1489 100p 711_321.11. 75p T1L220 Red 16p 15-0-15 1A 265p
74156 90p 74L6241 175p 75107 160p TIL209 Red 13p TIL222 Gr 18p
74182 230p 22p (Please add 50p p&p charge to
74157 70p 74L6242 170p T1L211 Gr 20p T1L228 Red
74159
74160
74161
190p 74L6243 170p
100p 74LS244 170p
100p 74LS245 170p
75324 375p
74325 375p
75451 72p
TIL212
T1L216
Ye
Red
25p
18p
MV5491 TS
Clips
120p
3p
all marked above our normal
p&p charge) PE VDU SYSTEM
74162 100p 74L5251 140p 75491/2 96p
8T26 250p
DISPLAYS
FND500 120p
DATA BOOKS A low-cost memory -mapped system
74163 100p 7415253 140p 3015F 200p
74164 120p 74LS257 120p 8T28 300p DL704 140p FND507
MAN3640
120p TTLs. CMOs, Linears, designed to interface with all micro-
74165 130p 74LS259 160p 8195 160p DL707 Red 140p 175p Memories. etc, by Mfrs
74166 140p 74L5266 100p 8197 160p 707 Gr 140p TIL311 600p stocked. computer systems.
74167 200p 74LS273 130p 81L695 120p DL747 Red 225p TIL312/3 110p
74170 240p 74L5279 90p 81LS96 140p 747 Gr 225p TIL321/2 130p Please send S.A.E. for
74172
74173
720p 74L6298 249p 811_597 120p FN D357 120p T1L330 140p details. Designer Approved Suppliers
120p 74L5324 200p 811_598 140p
74174 93p 74LS373 180p 9601 110p DRIVERS "PE" MICROPRINTER Complete Kit £49
74175 85p 74L6374 195p 9602 220p 9368 200p
74176 90p 74L5378 200p 9603 160p 9370 200p SEND S.A.E. FOR DETAILS Ready -built tested module £69
RESISTORS High Stab Carbon Film 5% Tol E12 Series VEROBOARDS ANTEX
(Above prices include VAT and P&P
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1-W 10R -10M 1.5p 120p/100 each valve 360p
(20 x 14 pin DIL ICs or Model C 15W
MINIATURE PRESETS, Horz/Vert CAPACITORS 16 x 16 pin OIL ICs)
CX 17W 360p Trouble -shooting services available for
Low Voltage 4.15" x 6.15" 270p
100R -1M 10p X25 360p kits or modules purchased from us.
Electrolytic,
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W LOG or LIN
Polyester,
Spare Bits
Demonstration now on at our shop.
Tantalum Specially designed for
Single 5K -2M 26p
Disc Ceramic DIL ICs - No track C/CX/CCN 46p PCB £6.00 + VAT + P& P.
Single with DP Switch 5K -2M 55p 28"106p
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approx. Suitable for Heating Pads, Food Warmers, Convec-
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 15-240
HY5
WATTS! The HY5 is a mono hybrid amplifier ideally suited for all applications. All common
input functions (mag Cartridge, tuner, etc.) are catered for internally, the desired
function is achieved either by a multi -way switch or direct connection to the
appropiate pins. The internal volume and tone circuits merely require connecting
Preamplifier to external potentiometers (not included). The HY5 is compatible with all I.L P
power amplifiers and power supplies To ease construction and mounting a P.C.
connector is supplied with each pre -amplifier.
FEATURES: complete pre -amplifier in single pack multi -function equalisation low noise. low
distortion high overload. two simply combined for stereo.
APPLICATIONS: hi-fi, mixers. disco. guitar and organ. public address
SPECIFICATION: Inputs -magnetic pick-up 3mV. ceramic pick-up 30mV tuner 100mV. microphone
10mV auxiliary 3-100mV input impedance 471(11 at 1kHz Outputs-tape 100mV main output 500mV
R M.S. Active Tone Controls-treble ,12dB at 10kHz. bass x 12013 at 100Hz Distortion -0 1%
at 1kHz signal noise ratio 68dB Overload-38dB on magnetic pick-up Supply Voltage- t 16-50V
Price £6.27 + 78p VAT. P. & P. free
HY5 mounting board B.1. 48p + 6p VAT. P. & P. free
The HY30 is an exciting New kit from I.L.P. It features a virtually indestructible
HY30 I.D. with short circuit and thermal protection. The kit consists of I.C.. heatsink,
P.C. board, 4 resistors. 6 capacitors. mounting kit, together with easy to follow
15W into sn construction and operating instructions. This amplifier is ideally suited to the
beginner in audio who wishes to use the most up to date technology available
FEATURES: complete kit. low distortion short. open and thermal protection. easy to build
APPLICATIONS: updating audio equipment guitar practice amplifier. test amplifier. audio oscillator
SPECIFICATION: Output Power -15W R M S into 811 Distortion -0 t% at 15W Input Sensitivity-
500mV Frequency Response-10Hz-16kHz - 3dB
Price £6.27 + 78p VAT. P. & P. free
The HY50 leads I.L.P. s total integration approach to power amplifier design
HY50 The amplifier features an integral heatsink together with the simplicity of no external
components. During the past three years the amplifier has been refined to the extent
that it must be one of the most reliable and robust High Fidelity modules in the World.
25W into 8n FEATURES: low distortion. integral heatsink only five connections 7 amp output transistors no
external components
APPLICATIONS: medium power hi-fi systems low power disco. guitar amplifier
SPECIFICATION: Input Sensitivity-500mV Output Power -25W Ft M S into 811 Load impedance -
4 -1611 Distortion -0 04% at 25W at 1kHz Signal Noise Ratio-75dB Frequency Response-tOHz-
45kHz - 3dB. Supply Voltage- , 25V Size -105 50 25mm
Price £8.18 + £1.02 VAT. P. & P. free
The HY120 is the baby of L P s new high power range. designed to meet the most

HY120
I

exacting requirements including load line and thermal protection this amplifier sets
a new standard in modular design
FEATURES: very low distortion integral heatsink load line protection thermal protection five
60W into Ein connections, no external components
APPLICATIONS: hi-fi high quality disco public address monitor amplifier. guitar and organ
SPECIFICATION: Input Sensitivity-500mV Output Power --SOW R M S into 811 Load Impedance --
4-161: Distortion -0 04% at 60W at 1kHz Signal Noise Ratio--90dB Frequency Response-tOHz-
45kHz -3dB.Supply Voltage- 1-35V Size -1I4 50 * 85mm
Price £19.01 + £1.52 VAT. P. & P. free
The HY200 (now improved to give an output of 120 watts) has been designed to
HY200 stand the most rugged conditions such as disco or group while still retaining true
hi-fi performance
FEATURES: thermal shutdown very low distortion load line protection integral heatsink no external
120W into components
APPLICATIONS: hi-fi disco monitor power slave industrial. public address
SPECIFICATION: Input Sensitivity-500mV Output Power -120W R M S into 811 Load Impedance -
4 -1611 Distortion -0 05% at 100W at 1kHz Signal Noise Ratio-96dB. Frequency Response-10Hz-
45kHz - 3dB Supply Voltage- , 45V Size -114 x 50 x 85mm.
Price £27.99 + £2.24 VAT. P. & P. free
The HY400 is I.L.P. s Big Daddy of the range producing 240W into an, It has been

HY400
240W into 4C-1
designed for high power disco or public address applications. If the amplifier is to
be used at continuous high power levels a cooling fan is recommended The amplifier
includes all the qualities of the rest of the family to lead the market as a true high
power hi -fidelity power module.
FEATURES: thermal shutdown very low distortion. load line protection no external components
APPLICATIONS: public address disco power slave. industrial
SPECIFICATION: Output Power -240W Ft M S into 4i: Load Impedance -4-1611 Distortion -0 1%
at 240W at 1kHz Signal Noise Ratio-94dB Frequency Response-10Hz-45kHz -3dB Supply Voltage
- 45V Input Sensitivity-500mV Size -114 x 100 85mm
Price £38.61 + £3.09 VAT. P. & P. free
POWER SUPPLIES: PSU36-suitable for two HY3Os £6.44 + 81p VAT. P. & P. free. PSU50-suitable for two HY5Os £8.18 + £1.02
VAT. P. & P. tree. PSU70-suitable for two HY120s £14.58 + £1.17 VAT. P. & P. free. PSU90-suitable for one HY200 £1519 + £1.21
VAT. P. & P. free. PSU180-suitable for two HY200s or one HY400 2542 + £2.03. VAT. P. & P. free.
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PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS P.C.B.'s
in glass fibre tinned and drilled
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NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES
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Noughts and Crosses, set of boards £6.38.
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 NO LICENCE EXAMS NEEDED CABINETFORFITTINGS NOTICE TO READERS
Stage Loudspeakers and Amplifier Cabs
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mitter -Receiver Kit. Only £10.25 plus 25p P. & P. Jocks & Sockets, Cannons, Bulgin 8 ways, Reverb Trays,
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Resistors 1-W 5% 2R2-2 M2 (E I 21. 10 each or more
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TRANSISTORS Bridge
P Rectifiers
66 TIP364 165 7421 20 74163 55 4073 18 DUAL VOLTAGE
FLADAR TRANSFORMERS
AC126 17 BCY34
AC127 16 BCY59 24 TIP414 54 7422 15 74164 60 4081 14
AC128 14 BCY70 14 TIP42A 60 7427 22 74165 80 4082 14 14/500 22
126/176* 35 BCY71 14 TIP2955 65 7428 25 74166 75 4086 59 1411001/ 24
AC141 24 80115 30 TIP3055 55 7430 12 74173 80 4510 60 1412000 27
AC142 16 80121 70 ITX108 12 7432 20 74174 60 4511 70 1414000 30
AC151 22 B0123 60 ZTX109 12 7433 24 74175 60 4516 64 241509 34
AC152 22 80124 77 ITX300 14 7437 20 74176 50 4518 65 2411000 38
AC153 25 B0131 35 ZTX500 16 7438 20 74177 50 4520 65 2512005 38 PRIMARY 220-240 50HZ.
B0132 25706 10 7440 12 74180 4528 55 24/400V 40
AC176 16 35 80 ALTERNATIVE SECONDARY VOLTAGE AND CURRENT
AC187 23 80135 30 251131 20 7441 46 74181 130
AC188 20 80136 30 251132 20 7442 40 74182 50 LINEARS
AVAILABLE BY SERIES OR PARALLEL CONNECTION
ADI 49 65 80137 30 251302 20 7443 60 74190 70 Optoasplatp Type Voltage Curent E p/p Type Voltage Current E p/p
ADI61 35 BD138 30 251304 20 7444 60 74191 70 710CN 40
AD162 35 60139 30 251305 20 7445 64 74192 60 741-8 22
285777 50
06FE06 6+6 0.5A EACH 1.50 50p 20FE24 24+24 0.4A EACH 2.60 70p
AF114 23 60140 30 251306 27 7446 50 74193 60 747C-14 50 08FE06 6+6 0.6A EACH 1.80 50p 50FE24 24+24 0.8A EACH 3.10 70p
OGP71 70 24+24 1.2A EACH 3.60 85p
AF118 30 BF115 25 251308 33 7447 50 74194 55 748C-8 30
70
12FE06 6+6 1A EACH 2.00 60p 60FE24
0RP14 24+24 1.5A EACH 4.50 100p
AF125 25 13E187 25 251613 18 7448 50 74195 50 CA3011 BO 20FE06 6+6 1.6A EACH 2.60 70p 80FE24
01704 100
AF126 25 131173 20 251711 20 7450 12 74196 50 CA3018 80
100
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01707
AFI 27 25 81178 25 251893 25 7451 12 74197 50 CA30284 85 60FE06 6+6 4A EACH 3.60 85p 60FE28 28+28 1.1A EACH 3.60 85p
AF139 32 131179 25 252217 24 7453 12 74198 100 CA3035 140
80FE28 28+28 1.4A EACH 450 100p
AF186 54 E11180 20 262219 21 7454 12 74199 100 CA3036 120 125"& 2" 06FE09 9+9 0.3A EACH 1.50 50p
41239 40 13E181 20 262369 15 7460 14 CA3046 75 LEOs 08FE09 9+9 0.5A EACH 1.80 50p 20FE30 30+30 0.35A EACH 2.60 70p
ASY53 33 BF182 20 282483 26 7470 24 CMOS CA3054 110 12FE09 9+9 0.75A EACH 2.00 60p 50FE30 30+30 0.75A EACH 3.10 70p
ASY54 33 6E183 20 252484 18 7472 24 4000 12 CA3080 70 Red 9 20FE09 9+9 IA EACH 2.60 70p 60FE30 30+30 IA EACH 3.60 85p
AS055 33 8E184 20 252905 19 7473 25 4001 12 CA3140E 51 Green 13 50FE09 9+9 2.5A EACH 3.10 70p 80FE30 30+30 1.2A EACH 4.50 100p
BC107 13E185 20 252906 19 7474 25 4002 12 LM301 AN 28 Yellow 13 60FE09 9+9 3A EACH 3.60 85p
Bel 08 7 BF194 7 252907 20 7475 25 4006 68 LM30861 64 Clip 3
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Ref rn A Volts P&P 65 ' w Metal Oxide Resistors IOW (AL301 £3.75

TRANSFORMERS
ALL EX -STOCK -SAME DAY DESPATCH. VAT 8%
238
212
13
200
I A, 1 A
100
3-0-3
0-6, 0-6
9-0-9 10 Read Switch.
222-76517457 00° 357885
25W
35W
(AL601
65 7w Metal Oxide Resistors
IAL801
150 Mixed Value Capacitors
125W IAL2501
04-57
C7-15
£77.25
£1.30
235 330, 330 0-9, 0-9 60 Wire Wound Resistors, Power Supply PS12
Power Supply SPM80 £4.25
207 500, 500 0-8-9-, 0-8-9 10 Caps 3000mf 30v.
12 OR 24 VOLT OR 12-0-12V 30 VOLT RANGE 208 IA, 14. 0-8-9.0-8-9 9
9539
311
25 assorted Presets.
089 '77881
Pre amp PA1 2
PRIMARY 220-240 VOLTS Pri 220/240V Sec 0 12 15 20 24 30V. 236 200, 200 0-15, 0-15 38 50 Wire Wound Resistors, Pre amp PA100 E'1388
Amps Voltages available 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 214 300, 300 0-2C, 0-20 2.80 0 78 Hardware B.A. nuts, bolts, VAT 123% P & P 35p
Ref 12V PAP 15, 16, 20, 24, 30V or 12V -0-12V, 221 700 (DC) 20 12 0 12 20 3.41 0 78 washers etc. 70p each 123% ABS Plastic Boxes inset brass
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111 05 025 2.20 0 45
Ref Amps £ P&I 203 500, 500 0-15.27-0-15-27 3.99 0 96 10 Caps 400uf 30V.
nuts, slots to take PC cards, flush
213 0 05 2.64 0 78 2-64 0 78
fitting lid.
1
112 05 204 1A, 1A 0-15-27-0-15-27 6-04 0 96 10 Caps 32uf 450V. 65p
71 2 1 351 0 78 3-57 0 96 PB1 80mmx62 x40
18 4 2 4 03 0 96 79 1 0 239 50 12-0-12 2-57 038 10 Caps 680uf 16V. P82 100mmx75x40 73p
20 5.77 0 96 10 Caps 1000uf 50V.
85 5 2.5 500 079 3
30 6.20 TEST METERS P83 120mm x100x45 87p
70 6 3 5.35 096 20 1 14 10 Caps 2000uf 25V. PB4 215mm x 130x85. £2.54
21 40 7-99 1 14 U4315 Budget Meter 20,000 ohmN Ranges
108 8 4 742 1 14
51 50 9-87 1 32 1000V AC/DC 2.5A AC/DC 500K resistance in 11E9 Miniature P& P 29p. VAT 8%. (40p) P & P
72 10 5 812 1 14
117 60 11.17 1 45 steel robust case £15.85 Transformer Plug in Save Batteries
116 12 6 899 32 14.95 164 28 x 26 x P126 - fl s into 13A SKT 6, 7.5,
AVO8 Mk5 £81.70 TT169 in circuit transistor Pri 0-240V Scr 12-0-12V
1

10.72 32
88 80
17 16 8
10 1398
1

2 08 89 10 0 17.25 1 84
AV071 £33.50 tester £3475 20mm Sec. 9V, 300MA rnultiplug outlet
115 20 50MA 90p P. & P. 38p £400. P & P 55p. VAT 124%.
187 30 15 1793 2 08 60 VOLT RANGE AV073 £45.20 Megger BM 7
226 60 30 36.14 OA Pri 220/240V Sec 0-24-30-40-48-60V. EM272 £53.70 Battery type 1E45.15 NEW RANGE TRANSFORMERS
Voltages available 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, M M 5 minor £28.66 Wee Megger (crank) £66-90 Pri 0-120 or 220-240V TRANSFORMERS
50 VOLT RANGE 24, 30, 36, 40, 48, 60V or 24V -0-24V, DA1 16 AVO Ever Ready Leather Pri 0-220-240V 2 Amp. 45 36 0 Special Offer
Pri 220/240V Sec 0 20 25 33 40 50V. or 30V -0-30V. digital £10200 Case for Avo 8 £2105 36-45 £9.89
Voltages available 5, 7, 8, 10. 13, 15, 17. Ref AMPS £ P&P P.W. Purbeck oscil-
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124 05 3.88 0 96 36-0-36, 48-0-48 72V or 92V. loscope transformer
Ref Amps £ P6P 126 0 5.91 0 96 Full range of AVO s. Megger's and Cases. in stock 250-0-250
05 341 0'78
1
3A £14.70 P&P E1.48
102 127 20 7-60 1 14 MINI-MULTIMETER 4A £18.77 P& P E1-84 6.3V, 12.9V £6.95
103 I 0 4.57 096 125 30 1100 32 P & P 90p.
104 20 7.16 14
1
DC -1000V AC -1000V DC-100mA Res 1 50k0 5A £26.64 P&P (2.15
1
123 40 12 52 1 84 10000N Bargain £7.20 P & P 62p VAT 8% 863 100V line to
100 30 8.56 32 40 50 15.84 I 64 Ref Amps Price P&P
106 40 11 41
1

1 50 120 60 18.06 1 84 20,000 ohnLAI Multimetar, Mirror scale. Ranges 171 0-15v 500MA f2 09 0 45 40 7/10W £245
£2.96 0 78 P & P 660
107 60 15.06 1 64 121 80 25.56 OA AC/DC to 1000V, DC currents to 250mA. 172
Centre
1A
118 80 2026 2 08 122 10 0 29 55 OA Resistance to 3 Megs. 5" x 31" x 13" 173 2A C359 0 78 8E4 0-120V x 2
119 10 0 2498 OA 189 12 0 34.06 OA £14.36 P&P E1.05 VAT 8%. 174 Tapped 3A £3 75 0 86 1120V or 2401 Screen
MAINS ISOLATORS (SCREENED) AUTO TRANSFORMERS
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Ref VA (Watts) f P6P ISOLATOR - Special Price
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S-DECS
Soldarleas bread boarding BE5 15W matching
£ 113 15 6115-210-240 2.48 0 71 trans. sec 150 suit
07° 20 440 0 79 75 0.115.210-240 4-01 0 96 Ref. 62 £5.20 P & P 96p S Dec 70 contacts
149 60 6.70 0 96
64 £3.10 EL84 £1.50 P & P
4 150 0-115-200-220-240 5.35 0.96 T Dec 208 contacts £4.35 30p.
150 100 7,62 14 1
67 500 0-115-200-226240 1599 1.64 ELECTROSIL Metal oxide low noise resistors. U Dec "A" for I.C.s etc £4.60
151 200 11.16 50 1
84 1000 0-115-200-220-240 1876 2.08 U Dec "B" for I.C.s etc £6,99 BE6 PR1 0-220V
152 250 13.28 84 1
93 1500 0-115-200-220-240 23.28 OA ELECTRONIC CONSTRUCTION KIT VAT 8% P6 P 40P sec 4500V, 10 M A
153 350 1643 1.84 2000 0-115-200-220240 Home electronics teacher. Start simply and £4.50 P&P C1.00.
154 500 2047 2-15
95 34-82 OA
progress to a TRF radio or electronic organ. No
ANTEX SOLDERING IRONS BE7 0-110-120
73 3000 0-115-200-220-240 59-21 OA
155 750 29.06 OA 805 4000 0-10-115-200-220-240 76.86 OA soldering, all parts included in presentation box. 15W £3.75 Stand £1.52 220V Pri 240V
156 1000 3730 OA 57S 5000 0-10.115-200-220.240 89.50 OA Full instructions. £8.29 VAT 96p p&p. 25W £3.95 124% VAT Sec 20V 1A £1 -SO
51-38 OA P6 P 46p VAT 854.
157 1500 30p P & P.
158 2000 61.81 OA CASED AUTO TRANSFORMERS 43mmx43mm PANEL METERS 82mmx 78mm BRIDGE RECTIFIERS BE8 0-240 15-
159 3000 8868 OA 240V cable in & 115V USA 2 pin outlet 100V. £2.10
25A 0-15V 2A f1.50
VA P&P Ref 0-508A 6.20 0-50pA 6-70 Carriage
`Pri 0-220-240 Sec 115 or 240V 0-500pA 6.70 200V £0.45
2A P & P. 70p.
State volts required 20 595 0.90 56W 0-5008A 595 400V £0.85
4A
7 73 1.14 64W 0-1mA 5.95 0-1mA 6-70 Ref 30 240-240
HIGH VOLTAGE ISOLATORS 75
0-30V 5.95 0-30V 6.70 VAT 8% £1 40
400V with heat sink 6A
Prim 200/220V or 400/440V 150 10-01 1 14 4W 500V PM 7A6 12A £2.85 Isolater 200VA
200 9.92 1.45 65W VU Ind Panel 9Ornm 250pa £3.38 VAT 123% P & P 15p VAT 8% E820 P & P 96p.
Sec 1 10/120V CT or 200/240 CT 250 12.17 1 45 69W VU Indicator Edge 54mm x 14mm 250pa,
60
350
Va Ref
243
247
£
6.70
16.43
1
P

184
32
P
500
750
1000
1917
2341
2788
1.64
1 76
OA
67W
83W
84W
FSD
Cassette Tapes Low Noise
£2601
Barrie Electronics Ltd.
1000 250 41.76 OA 1500 26.02 OA 93W C60 30p P. & P. 15p 3, THE MINORIES, LONDON EC3N 1BJ
2000 252 61 81 OA 2000 4997 OA 95W C90 42p P. & P. 15p VAT 8%. TELEPHONE: 01-488 3316/7/8
Prices correct 1.12.78. Please add
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A.E. Supplies 85 George Sales, David 2 Proto Design 85
Acorn Computers 71 Greenweld Electronics 30 Proton Electronics 84
Adam Hall (P.E. Supplies) 86
Aitken Bros 6 H L Audio 29 Radio Component Specialists 82
Alcon Instruments Ltd 14 Harversons 16 Radio Exchange 87
Astra-Pak 78 Heathkit Ltd 66 Ramar Constructor Service 85
Automated Homes 85 Hiykon Ltd 85 R.S.T. Valve Mail Order 76
Home Radio 87 Radio & T.V. Components 3
Barrie Electronics 88
Bi-Pak 10, 11 I.C.S. Intertext 14, 84 Sabtronics 66
Birkett, J. 77 I.L.P. Electronics 83 Salop Electronics 136
Boffin Projects 86 Sandwell Plant Ltd 85
Brewster S & R 6 J.W.B. Radio 84 Saxon Entertainments 12, 13
British National Radio & Jones Electronics 72 Scientific Wire Co 85
Electronics School 7, 82 Sentinel Supply 13
Kay & Co Ltd 30 Service Trading cover iii
Cambridge Kits 85 Solar-Tek 86
Cambridge Learning 79
L & B Electronics 78 Solid State Security 85
Calscope (Scopex) 6
London Weekend Television 84 Special Products 76
Cannon Components 74 80 Squire, Roger 4
Lord, Jeremy
Chromasonic 16 Sugden, A. R 2
Clef Products 87
Magna Electronics 85 Swanley Electronics 78
Codespeed 78 cover iv
Maplin Electronic Supplies
Continental Specialties 65 75 Technomatic Ltd 81
Marshall A. (London) Ltd
Crimson Elektrik 87 74 Teleplay (Logic Leisure) cover ii
Metac
Crofton Electronics 72
Micron R/C 85 Timetron 74
C.R. Supply Co 84 14 T.K. Electronics 4
Mill Hill Supplies
Milward, G. F. 72 T.U.A.0 73
Davian Electronics 77
Modern Book Co 74
Delta Tech 86
Monolith 72 Vero Electronics 13
E.D.A 9 Videotime Products 80
Electrovalue 80 Norman Inskip 15
Watford Electronics 5
Fladar 86 P.K.G. Electronics 85 Williams Stuart Systems Ltd 84, 85
Flairline Supplies 74 Phonosonics 8, 9 Williamson Amplification 85
Fotherby, Willis Electronics Ltd 2 Progressive Radio 14 Wilmslow Audio 76

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r.p.m. £10 P. & P. -75p -(E11.61 inc. VAT). N.M.S.
RELAYS. WIDE RANGE OF A.C. and D.C. RELAYS
AVAILABLE from stock. phone or write in your enquiries. INPUT 230/240V a.c. 50/60 OUTPUT
FT3 NEON FLASH TUBE
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glow, discharge flash tube. Design for ignition 0.5 KVA (2i amp (MAX) £17.00 Immense power Continuously rated
timing. etc. t1 .50. P 8 P. 25p (V .09 inc. VAT). 3 ,..- - .__,
.1 KVA (5 amp MAX) £22.50 Totally enclosed. Fan cooled in -line
for O. P & P. 50p 1E3.70 inc. VAT 8 P.). .2 KVA (10 amp MAX) £37.00 gearbox. Length 250mm. Dia. 135mm Spindle dia 15 5mm
.3 KVA (15 amp MAX) £45.50 Length 145mm Ex -equipment tested t12. Post Et 50 (l14.58
RODENE UN ISET N.M.S.
.5 KVA (25 amp MAX) £74.00 inc. VAT & P.) Suitable transformer 230/240V operation ES
TYPE 71 TIMER 10 KVA (50 amp MAX) £168.00 Post 75p (9.45 inc. VAT & P ).
0-60 sec. 230V a.c. operation. Inca, 15 KVA (75 amp MAX) £260.00
porating a lapsed time indicator and CARRIAGE AND PACKING EXTRA GEARED MOTORS
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VAT) 115v. a.c. Reversible motor.
13-0-13V at 1 amp £2.50 P. & P. 50p(£3.24 inc. VAT)
WHY PA YMORE? 25-0-25V at 24- amp £4.50 P. & P. 75p )E5.67 inc. VAT & P.) Both types similar to above drawing. Price either type £475
MULTI RANGE METER Type MF15A ac. d.c. I
0-4V/6V/24V/32V at 12 amp £18.50 P. & P. f 1-90 (E22.03 inc. P&P 75p. 1E5.94 inc VAT + p&p)
volts 10 - 50, 250, 500, 1000. Ma 0-5, 0-10. VAT & P.) Supplied complete with transformer for 240v a.c. operation
0-100. Sensitivit y 2000V. 24 ran ge, diameter 0-6V/12V at 20 amp £14.70 P. & P. £1.501E17.50 inc. VAT) £7.25 p&p El .001E8.9.1 inc VAT + p&p)
133 by 93 by 46mm including test leads. Price , 0-12V at 20 amp or 0-24V at 10 amp £12.00 P. & P. £1.50
£7.00 plus 50p P. & P. (£8.10 inc.VAT & P.) (E1458 inc. VAT & P.) CROUZET 230/240V AC 2RPM synchronous geared motor.
N.M.S. £2.90 p&p 30p. (E3.45 incl VAT) (quantity discount available.)
0-6V/12V at 10 amp £8.25 P. & P. E1.25(£10.26 inc. VAT)
0-6V/12V/17V/18V/20V at 20 amp £18.00 P. & P. £1.50 HAYDON 230/240V AC. 1RPM synchronous geared motor.
METERS Mewl - 90 mm DIAMETER 1E22.10 inc. VAT & P.) £2.90 p&p 30p. (£3.45 incl VAT + PI N.M.S.
A.C. Amp., Type 62T2. 0-1A., 0-5A., 0-20A. 0-10V/17V/18V at 10 amp £10.50 P. & P. £1.50(£12.96 inc.
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56 r.p.m., 50Ib.in. 240V a.c. 50Hz. 0.7 re.. ,,
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0-100A. D.C., price £5.00 + 50p. P. & P. (£5.94 incl. VAT).
HY-LIGHT STROBE KIT MK IV weight 6 kilos 600 grammes. Price [1500 .
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P. 8 P. E1 50(E17 82).
Latest type Xenon white light flash tube. Solid state N.M.S.
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NEW HEAVY DUTY SOLENOID. mfg. timing and triggering circuit 230/240V a.c. operation.
by Magnetic Devices. 240V a.c. opera- Designed for larger rooms, halls, etc. Speed adjustable
Lion approx. 10Ibs pull (intermittent a 1-20 f.p.s. Light output greater than many (so called 4 PARVALUX GEARED MOTOR
rating) at tths in. Price £4.00 P. & P. Joule) strobes. Price £19.00. Post f 1 (£21.60 incl. VAT 230/240V A.C. 30 rpm 50Ibs inch. Price £15.00 P. & P. £1.00
60p.(£4.96 inc. VAT & P.). N.M.S. & P.). Specially designed case and reflector for Hy -Light 1E17.82 inc. VAT). N.M.S.
A.C. SOLENOID pye ether type 176/2
240 AC. Approx 11b at ÷ inch,
of£8.80. Post El lf10-513 inc. VAT & P.I.
PARVALUX GEARED MOTOR
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XENON FLASHGUN 230/250V a.c. 500 rpm, Albs inch. 2 right angled spindles
WESTOOL TYPE MM8 Model 2, 240V AC. Approx 11Ib pull £11.00 P & P £1.001E12.96 inc. VAT & P.).
at ,-I inch. Rating 1. Price £1.50 p&p 20p. (f7.54 inc VAT + PI
N.M.S.
TUBES ...,-..:_.., - N.M.S.
. Range available from stock -
SAE for details CITENCO 19 RPM
MINIATURE UNISELECTOR FHP m.tor type C 7333r 15 220/240V a.c 19
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P. & P. 35p (£3.08 inc. VAT & P.1. N.M.S. A.:-.WINV, 4ft. 40 watt £8.70 (callers only) 2ft. 20 watt E6.20. Post 75p. (t16.20 inc. VAT & P.)
1£7.51 inc VAT + P) (For use in stan bi-pin fittings) Mini 12 in. N.M.S.

240 A.C. SOLENOID OPERATED

FLUID VALVE
:... 8 watt £2.80. Post 35p. (£3.40 inc VAT + Pl. 9 in. 6 watt £2.25.
Post 35p. 1E2.81 inc VAT + Pl. 6 in. 4 watt £2.25. Post 35p.
1E2.81 inc VAT + P). FRACMO MOTOR
- 4' C.---, omplete ballast unit, for either 6", 9" or 12" tube 230V AC op
Rated 1 os.i. will handle up to 7 p.s.i. Forged brass 111W---' £3.50. Post 45p. 1E4.27 inc VAT + Pl. Also available for 12V 1400 rpm H.P. A continuously rated 115V a.c., fitted with anti-
body, stainless steel core and spring 1- in. b.s.p. 0...ALA.:m; DC op £3.50. Post 45p.(£4.27 inc VAT + P). vibration cradle mounting. Supplied complete with transformer
inlet outlet. Precision made. British mfg. 400 watt UV lamp and ballast complete E31.50. Post £3. for 230/240V a.c. op. £1000 P. & P. E1.001E11.88 inc. VAT & P.)
PRICE £3.50 Post 50p (£432 inc. VAT & P). N.M.S.
N.M.S. Dr4lir ' 1E37.26 inc VAT + Pl. 400 watt UV lamp only £11.25. Post
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ROTARY VACUUM 4
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low resistance contacts. 10 for £2.25 P. & P. 30p. Total inc. VAT giving 14 different displays. Makes sound -to -light obsolete. 1.25 c.f.m. 10 p.s.i. (approx. figures) mfr. by Gast Co. Fraction of
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Post 75p. S.A.E. (Foolscap) for further details. Price only £6000 Suitable Transformer £3.50 p. & p. 50p. (Total: £3.78 inclus.
VAT) N.M.S.
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Newceramic construction, vitreous
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PROGRAMME TIMERS .. - -
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50 WATT 250D £2.90. Post 25p 1E340 inc. VAT & P.1. operation. Price as above. llp
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./3.5k0 £5.90 p & p 35p(£6.75 inc VAT). .
N.M.S. fr
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fixing facilities Dimensions 1 in .
length nr m . width 25cm . --...-.... dia. brass bush. Ideal for above Rheostats 24p each. Time Switch
height 25cm These units are ex equipment but have had Venner Type ERD Time switch 200/250V a.c.
minimum use Fully tested prior to despatch Price [12 'SPECIAL OFFER 30 amp contact 2 on/2 off every 24 hrs. at any
f1 50 P & P (U1450 inc VAT & P 1 BERCO type L. RHEOSTAT manually pre-set time. 36 hour Spring Reserve
Su /table transformer for 230 240V a c f6 - r1 P 5 P /[7.56 85 ohm 300 watt 1.86 amp. £7.50 p. & p. 50p. (Total: £8.64 and day omitting device. Built to highest Elec-
-nc VAT R P inclus. V.A.T.). N.M.S. tricity Board specification. Price £7.75.

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10 x 4 -1 -,cm overall size 16 x 14cm. Price -.4._ T.E.C. open type 3 c/o. 10 amp £1.10 (£1.40 inc. VAT & P). amps contacts with override switch dia. 4 x 3 price £6.50 F & P.
£975 "P. & P. 75p. (inc. VAT £4861. Omoron or Keyswitch 1 c/o. 7 amp £1.001£1.30 inc. VAT & P). 50p inc. VAT £7.56. Also available with Solar dial.
Other types available. S.A.E. for details N.M.S. . D.C. Relays: Open type 9/12V 3 c/o 7 amp £1.00 1E1.30 inc. R. & T.
VAT & Pl. Sealed 12V 1 c/o 7 amp octal base. £1.001E1.30 inc i
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Precision 24 volt. D.C. .8 amp Blower that works well on 12V VAT & P1. Sealed 12V 3 c/o 7 amp 11 -pin. £1.35 (£1.67 inc.
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