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CIRCLE 31 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ELECTRONICS & WIRELESS WORLD DECEMBER 1984 1 www.americanradiohistory.com Wireless°uüörld over 70 years in independent electronics publishing December 1984 Volume 90 number 1586 FEATURES 17 37 56 Music keys for the BBC HDTV or EDTV? Semiconductor microcomputer by Tom Ivall suppliers by R.M. Adelson IBC 84 exposed some Who deals in the Software for the investigations into components you need? polyphonic keyboard methods of obtaining And which companies will interface described higher -definition accept private orders?. earlier. television pictures. 69 21 43 Mobile radio systems Multiplexing Hand-held and techniques liquid -crystal displays multimeters by N.S. Cawthorne by T. Segaran Price and performance Report from the York IEE A short description of the data. conference. `black art' of led driving. 23 46 74 More on the XY plotter Speed of light Multi -standard modem by P.N.C. Hill by Roy Hodges Further information on An attempt to explain its by Richard Lambley construction, and constancy, even when the Modifications for line -drop software. light source is in relative problems, and BBC computer connections. motion. 78 31 51 Digital derivative Mimi -controller feedback at I.f. Intelligent eprom Nicholls by J. Rush by Peter programmer A dedicated controller, Hybrid digital -analogue using the 6502, frees a by John Adams rate -information microcomputer for other Computer control software extraction is more duties. and construction. effective than a RC circuit. REGULARS 6 64 82 Comment and News Letters New Products Comal versus Basic: Energy transfer: Flat-bed plotter: BBC engineering designs: relativity: personal logic analyser: Acorn business computer: Baird: multi -tasking Forth: Voicemail. d.c. supplies. picoammeter. 25 71 Communications Circuit ideas Optical power: One led shows six modes: microwave landing: combination lock: 405 -line tv: audio differential line IARU locator: costly h.f. transformer uses op -amps. www.americanradiohistory.com CONTRoi Front cover is a Editor olelrs Richard Newport PHILIP DARRINGTON design, illustrating 01-6613128 cilities Minicontrollerim1C0ntr°llerand this month's survey of m Deputy Editor Given Beambly-languaedel $Révlopiugaprob semiconductor GEOFFREY SHORTER, B.Sc. afBCoo controlleruompúpermwcenttSae takes°ver availability. ldiuuconller 01-6618639 economicalbca ti2s m,{ such Technical Editor Mee'. NEXT MONTH aF ,.N MARTIN ECCLES Single -board computers 01-6618638 nee Ñ mx of dNYn{ ^ mwe are the subject our latest BP,N market scan, in which Projects Editor one d mann, Martin Eccles gives a brief RICHARD LAMBLEY mdu,inals aaxm v¡A 1íEJ udl ,M.t outline of what they are 01-6613039 Núkn.2á;kº *Ole* and their applications. A Tal,11 SIANDMID - table of specifications for News Editor currently available units is ,Muestandard included. DAVID SCOBIE by gichaid 01-6618632 l,ambley In°dern John Linsley Hood and 1° Odificauons Drawing Office Manager Connections m.,.., presents his views on fully ROGER GOODMAN Pe..IldkcmUmnairo symmetrical audio Mt,ÿyBpdNAºp ¡heta dun '^aiem.'BIN amplifiers, with practical 01-6618690 aadet pa°nµnºa`dZ!iuF+ todNmíNn s.a VBSC1Mv^hna°4 °ºtWwt d.. the aro.. 815 circuits for a moving -coil head amplifier and a gain Technical Illustrator iBmeddreuVPº block. 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