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Articles that cannot be An Electronic Perspective (Part 1 of 5) used are returned to the authors if accompanied by a self-addressed and sufficiently EFY Plus DVD stamped envelope. But no responsibility is taken for any loss or delay in returning the 82 material. EFY will not be responsible for any wrong claims made by an advertiser. Interview This Month’s DVD Contents Disputes, if any, will be settled in a New Delhi court only. Electronics Design Automation: Manufacture 75 “The response is so fast it almost 88 mirrors the real thing!” — Walden C. Counterfeit Components and Their Impact Regulars Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Make in India 06 Feedback Automotive Energy Storage: 92 08 Q&A 78 “Ultracapacitors can augment Market Survey: An Outlook for the Indian 10 Useful Websites battery performance” — Jens Keiser, Strategic Electronics Sector in Defence 12 Tech News senior product marketing manager, 84 Make in India: Industry News Maxwell Technologies eStyle 98 New Products Chipset Integration: Buyers’ Guide: What to Look for 134 First Look 80 “Engineers today are looking for 136 in a UHD TV 139 Business Pages Ads MCU-integrated modules” — Dhiraj 156 Electronics Mart Ads Sogani, GM and senior VP, Systems DIY: Nine Cool Features On Google 160 Product Categories Index + Business Unit at Redpine Signals Inc. 138 You Did Not Know About Attractions During 2015 • Robotics & Automation • Solar Electronics • Latest Tools to Manage NEXT ISSUE (Smart Machines) ESD for Your Lab 161 Advertisers’ Index 4 SEPTEMBER 2015 | ELECTRONICS FOR YOU PLUS WWW.EFYMAG.COM FEEDBACK Article on Robotic Submarine ‘Spot An Error’ Award Winners Please publish some articles on un- In Design section, in ‘Basic User Interface Design for Electronics Engineers’ article of July derwater submarine seabed surface issue, in Fig. 5, the resistance (minimum) and key width (maximum) are wrong. It should be using robots. I hope EFY is aware of force (minimum) and force (maximum) because Newton (N) is the unit of force. the loss of our Indian coast guard, Ramakanta Mohanta Dornier CG-791, near Tamil Nadu In ‘Arduino Based Gesture-Controlled Robot’ DIY article published in July issue, a 16×2 LCD is mentioned in Parts List by mistake. sea coast. Ishan Shah Prakash Raamaseshan 1. In ‘Electronic Door Lock Using Arduino’ article, columns C1, C2, C3 and C4 are Ministry of Home Affairs mentioned as capacitors and rows R1, R2, R3 and R4 as resistors. Government of India. 2. In ‘Low-Frequency Electronic Muscle Stimulator’ circuit in July issue, ratings for EFY: Thanks for the feedback! We transformers X1 and X2 are wrong. Current ratings should be less than 100mA for X2. will try to carry something on the Vijay Kakul mentioned subject if a suitable article is received from our contributors. Errata different functions and values on Ar- duino board. For example, pins 16, 17, Solar Based Article In the Buyers’ Guide on ‘Pocket-Friendly 18 and 19 of ATmega328 are digital It would be helpful if you could start Oscilloscopes under ` 50,000’ in July pins 10, 11, 12 and 13, respectively, on issue, the price of Tektronix TBS1022 is a series on solar panels and batteries Arduino board. wrongly listed as ` 39,555. The price of required in solar cars or cycles. There the product is ` 21,865. are rumours on the Internet about Ultrasonic Radar solar power generation using static (IoT) and some other subjects as Please provide more details on the charges on Earth. Please help clear well. For details please log on to ultrasonic sensor used in ‘Ultrasonic such myths. www.efytechcenter.com Radar Model Using Microcontroller John Tarun, ATmega128’ DIY article published in Through email Wireless Gesture-Controlled February issue. EFY: Thanks for writing to us and Robot You have mentioned that the UDM sharing your thoughts. Regarding the I am using GY-61 ADXL335 ac- sensor module has four pins but this myths related to solar power genera- celerometer sensor in ‘Wireless module has only three pins for con- tion using static charge of Earth, allow Gesture-Controlled Robot’ DIY article nection to the external circuit. Is there us to review the same. We do keep published in January issue. Will the a readymade sensor available in the publishing articles related to the latest code given in the article work with market? in solar technologies in Electronics For this sensor? Manu Shankar You. We will try and publish more. Shripal Jain Through email Through email The author Ashutosh M. Bhatt replies: IoT Course I am using Arduino UNO in the A normal ultrasonic sensor has four I just completed my B.Tech and mentioned project. How can I make pins, namely, Vcc, Gnd, Trig and Echo. would like to learn and make IoT the robot work? In the given sensor, it is required to devices. Let me know if you have Raj R. scan for received echo signal first; the any training centre or workshop that Through email distance is then calculated through the provides training on the same. The author Aquib Javed Khan replies: program. Saurabh Jha Mr Jain should not forget to connect There are three different types of ul- Through email AREF pin with 3.3 volt. He should trasonic sensors based on their output: EFY: We have training centres in check the code and the respective normal, PWM and direct serial data. In various parts of India for short-term connections. He may download the this project, I have used the third one. courses on subjects such as Basics of source code from source.efymag.com It has three pins, namely, Vcc, Gnd and Electronics, PCB design, PIC micro- It is simple to work with Arduino Serial data out, for interfacing. It is a controllers, VLSI design, Raspberry UNO board. One needs to just upload smart 3-pin ultrasonic sensor. Pi, Arduino and Robotics. the code on Arduino, connect the EFY: A readymade 3-pin sensor is Soon, we will be starting a train- circuit as shown in the article. Note available; check at www.sunrom. ing course on Internet of Things that pins 16, 17, 18 and 19 may have com/c/distance-ultrasonic 6 SEPTEMBER 2015 | ELECTRONICS FOR YOU WWW.EFYMAG.COM Q&A from the term Mikron FARE Collec- change colour, it can be matched Things You tion System, which is the trademark with the key that comes with the kit.