Talking Electronics (TE)
Project Books |
My T.E. Book Collection . . .
6 BD679 Projects
FM bugs
More FM bugs
5 More FM bugs
14 FM Bugs to build
Bugging and it's prevention
CMOS Databook ( entire book based on 40xx & 74HCxx pinouts & datasheets ).
Digital Electronics Revealed
Electronics for model railways - book 1
Electronics for model railways - book 2
Electronics Notebook #1 ( includes "Starting in TTL" ).
Electronics Notebook #2
Electronics Notebook #3
Electronics Notebook #4
Electronics Notebook #5
Electronics Notebook #6
Electronics - Stage 1. ( including an introduction to ... "Digital Electronics" ).
Learning Electronics - book 1
Learning Electronics - book 2
Security Devices
Smart security devices - book 1
Starting in TTL
TE Cover Projects ( blue cover ).
TE Project Book 1 - Mini Frequency Counter. ( entire book based on
the 'Mini Frequency Counter' project ).
TE Project Book 2 - Logic Designer. ( entire book based on the "Logic Designer" project ).
TE Project Book 3 - Dual Tracking Supply. ( entire book based on the
"Dual Tracking Supply" project ).
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Six BD679 Projects |
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Fixing A Project
Capacitor Discharge Unit Mkll
Automatic AA Nicad Charger
Screamer Siren
Battery Backed Siren
How A BD 679 Transistor Works
20w Fluorescent Inverter
Living With 12v
2-Amp Power Supply
Breakdown Beacon
BD 679 Output Module
Courtesy Light Extender
Micro-Comp Computer
Noughts & Crosses
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F.M. Bugs |
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The Ant
The Gnat
Caught Out !
Talk-Tronics
FM Bug
Big Ear
The Telemite
The Cricket
The Beetle
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The Amoeba - 400 Metre Bug (Fully Explained)
The Tank Circuit
Vox Bug - Sound Operated 400m Transmitter
Tom's Latest Bug - A Story
Dish Bug (Super Snoop) - A Non-Transmitting Super-Sensitive Amplifier
List Of Te Kits Etc.
Wall Bug - Also Called Window Bug.
Beetle Mk 11 - Transmits Your Guitar To Fm Tuner
A 154mhz Bug -A Descriptive Article
Telemite Mk 11 - Transmits Telephone Conversation To Fm Radio
Phone Tape-Oi - Turns On A Tape Recorder When The Phone Is Lifted
Don't Let The Potting Deter You - Story Of Our Success With De-Potting
Pen Bug - A Bug Designed To Fit Inside A Marker Pen
What's Next? - A List Of All The Fully Assembled Bugs.
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Index
List of FM Transmitters
It's Magic.
iThe Wasp.
The 'Q' Factor
Crystal Beep Bug
Crystal Locked FM Bug
Beetle Mklll
Quotations
Car Tracker.
Money ... Money... Money...
FM Radio
Price List
Order Form
Voyager Mkll
VOX MklV
VOXMkV
Security Devices
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15m Minder - Monitors A Wearer Within A 15 Metre Range
Cube Of Sugar Bug - A Bug With 600metre Range
Fm Bug - The First Of Our Designs. Simple To Construct. 100m Rang*
The Ant - A Very Stable Bug. Can Be Carried. Range 100m
Beetle Mkll - Transmits Guitar Or Other Musical Instrument 50 Metres
The Gnat - A Bug In A Matchbox. Range 100m
The Amoeba - A Bug That Fits In A Tic Tac Box. Range 400m
List Of Kits - All The Kits Produced By Taking Electronics
Omnisoft Public Domain - Update Of Our Most Popular Ibm Public Domain Titles
The Cricket - Transmits A Constant Tone. Range 100m
Vox Bug Mkl - An Fm Bug That Turns On When Audio Is Present
Wall Bug - An Fm Bug That Listens Through Glass Etc. Range 400m
Te Advertising - Our Cd Deck Bargain!
Pen Bug Mklll - An Fm Bug Concealed In A Pen. Range 10 Metres
Voyager - An Fm Bug That Fits On Top Of A 9v Battery. Range 800m
Water Bug - An Fm Bug That Senses Water And Transmits Up To 1km
Hikers Alarm - For Use In Emergencies. Has Beep And Audio. Range 1k
Vox Mklll - Voice Activated Fm Transmitter With 1 Km Range & Homing Beep.
More From The Editor.
Security Devices - Full Range Of Built-Up Security Devices From Te.
More Te Advertising - Only 6 Pages Of Advertising In The Whole Magazine!
Australian Digital Electronics School - A School That Teaches Digital Electronics
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The Voyager - An Fm Transmitter That Fits On Top Of A 9v Battery.
Update: Tour's Latest Bug
We Go 7kms!!
Water Bug - Detects The Presence Of Water And Transmits A Tone.
From The Service Department
Hikers Alarm - Produces A Beep And Has A Microphone For Audio.
List Of Te Kits Etc.
The Listener - Amplifies A Phone Conversation
The Rip Off - Indicates 6-Min Intervals Of Phone Conversation.
Books! Are They Worth It?
Letters
Phone Rug Sniffer - Detects 4 Different Phone Taps.
Rug Notebook
Vox Rug Mods.
Vox Mk 11 - Turns Any Tape Recorder Into A Voice Operated Tape Recorder.
Complete Range Of Bugs.
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Index
This entire book contains a large range of 40xx and 74HCxx pinouts.
Plus, Data Sheets of CMOS chips.
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Active Low
AND gate
BCD Counter
Binary Counter
Bubbles
Buffer
Building Blocks
CD 4001,
CD4011, CD 4049,
CD 4050,
CD 4071,
CD 4081
CD 4017
CD 4024
CD 4047
Clear & Preset
Clock
Clocked RS Flip Flop
Debounce
Decade Counter
D Flip-Flop
Dropper Resistor
EX-OR gate
Flip-Flop
Gates
Gate Quiz
Gating
High/Low
Inverter
J-K Flip Flop
J-K Flip Flop Modes
Latch
LED
Low Frequency Oscillator
Multivibrator
NAND gate
NOR gate
NOT gate - Inverter
One-of-three circuit
One-shot
OR gate
Preset & Clear
Random Number Generator
Ripple Counter
RS Flip Flop
Schmitt Trigger
Shift Register
Symbols - USA
Timer
Truth Tables
T Flip-Flop
Toggling
USA Symbols
1 Khz Oscillator
555 Timer IC
7-Segment Display
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Warning Lamp Flashing Unit
Capacitor Discharge Unit
Scale Fluorescent Lamps
Air Horn
Power Supply
Remote Relay Unit
Pedestrian Crossing
Light Chasers & Shop Displays
Level Crossings
Crossing Expansion
Crossing Sound
Crossing Boom Control
Light Sequencer
Rotating Light
Throttle
Train Detectors
Three Coloured LEDs
Computers
Street Signs
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Level Crossing Lights
Economy Power Supply
Signals
Tunnel Stretcher & Station Signal
Computers and Model Railways
Delay Module
Walk-Around Throttle
Servo Driver
Diesel Sound Generators
Simple PWM Throttle
Fibre Optics
Trees
Data
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AC
Active Line
Ammeter
AND Gate, The
Astable Multivibrator
Axial Leads
Balun
Base-1 Base-2
Beeper Circuit
Biasing
Bistable Multivibrator
Bridge Rectifier
Buffer, The
Building the TTL Trainer
Capacitor Charging
Choke
Circuit Diagram of
TTL Trainer
Clipping
ColourCode
CRO
Data Selector, The
Differentiation
Diode
Diode as a regulator
Dipole
D Flip Flop
Electric Circuit
Enabled NAND Gate
Facts about a Led
Feedback
Feeder
FET
Rip Rop Modes
Folded Dipole
555 Timer IC
Full Scale Deflection
Gated (clocked) Rip Rop
Gating a Signal
Graticule
Inductance
Inhibited NAND Gate
Integration
Inverter, The
J-kRipRop
LED
LED as an Indicator
Line Selector, The
Low Value Resistors
Mains 230vl
Micro-ammeter
Modifications to TTL PC
Modulo-10
Ripple Counter
Monostable Multivibrator
Multivibrator
NAND Gate, The
NOR Gate, The
Ohm's Law
OR Gate, The
Oscillator - Square Wave
Peak
Peak-to-Peak
Polarity Protection
Preset Pot
Prototype PC Board
PT Electrolytic
Rectification
Resistors in Parallel
Resistors in Series
Resonance
Ribbon Cable
Ripple Counter
RMS
R-S Rip Rop
R-S Rip Rop as a
Wave Shaper
RT Electrolytic
Saw Tooth Waveform
Sequential Logic
Self Bias
7-Segment Display
Shift Register
Side Cutters
Sinewave
Soldering Hints
Soldering Iron
Square Wave
Stage
Summary Of Gates
Super-Alpha Pair
Symbols
Time Base
TO-3 Package
Tolerance
Transformer
Triangle Wave
Trimmer Capacitor
UJT
Vertical Gain
Voltage Divider
Voltmeter
Volts Working
Waveshapes
XOR Gate, The
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Building The Trainer
Modifications To Pc
Circuit Diagram
How The Circuit Works
Before You Start
Summary Of Gates
All The Combinations
The Led As An Indicator
Facts About A Led
The Buffer
The Inverter
The And Gate
The Nand Gate
The Inhibited Nand Gate
The Enabled Nand Gate
Gating A Signal
The Or Gate
The Nor Gate
The Xor Gate
The Data Selector
The Line Selector
Summary Of Gates
Sequential Logic
The Astable Multivibrator
The Monostable Multivibrator
The Bistable Multivibrator
The R-S Flip Flop
The R-S Flip Flop As A Wave Shaper
The Gated (Clocked) Flip Flop
The D Flip Flop
The J-K Flip Flop
The 4 Flip Flop Modes
The 4 J-K Flip Flop Modes
The Ripple Counter
Modulo-10 Ripple Counter
The Shift Register
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Talking Electronics
120 Years Of The Telephone
Making Your Own Pc Boards
Current Limit Resistor
Replacing Pnp Transistors
Touch Switch
Super Alpha Pair
The Dry Cell Deception
Mel-12 Photo Darlington
Speeding Up A Multivibrator
Two Oscillators To Avoid
A 90mhz Transmitter
The Phase Shift Oscillator
Touch Switch Design
Values
The Coupling Capacitor
Motor Boating
Battery Decoupling
The Load Resistor
Combining Stages
Push Pull
Turn-On Voltage
Touch Flip-Flop
Super Alpha Circuits
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Making Your Own Zener Diode
Super Zener
Gating With Diodes
The Or Gate
Six Diodes
Gates
Chips
Pin Names
Gates
Using Gates
The And Gate
Interfacing
The Input Signal
The Transistor Stage
The Reset Line
Murphy's Law
The Invention Of Nothing
Tree Cartoon
The Electret Microphone
Siren
Article How A Mobile Works
The Tank Circuit Test
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'N' Values, 1% Resistors
How To Solder
How A Transistor Works
The Transistor
Transistor Staircase
Surface Mounting
The Bridge Rectifier
Power Supply Facts
Voltage Multiplication
Why Diodes Fail
The Zener
High Impedance Lines
Automatic Reset
The Schmitt Trigger
Gating The Schmitt Trigger
The Cro
Setting Up The Cro
Reading Waveforms
The Trigger Pulse
Locating A Fault In A Display
Using A Logic Probe
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The Computer
What A Computer Will Do
Computer Circuit
The Input Gating Transistor
The Output Gating Transistor
The Z-80 Cpu
What's Inside The Z-80
Z-80 Cpu
Cpu Register Set
The Accumulator
Z-80 How It Works
The 2716 Eprom
Z-80 How It Works
Bits, Bites & Nibbles
Writing A Program
To Blink The Display
To Increment The Display
0 - 9 Counter
Djnz
Test
Dictionary Of Terms
Z-80 Machine Codes For Assembly
Z-80 Machine Codes Lor Disassembly |
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Identifying Symbols Etc.
Quiz »1
Soldering
Heatsinking
The Air Gap
How To "Read" A Fuse
Danger!
The Capacitor
V Values
Using A Cro
Emergency Alarm
The Inductor
The Thyristor
Quizmaster
The Triac
The Phone Lines
A Bug On The Line
Negative Logic
How A Delay Circuit Works
How Many Milliamps?
How Many Amps?
How A Zener Diode Works
A Low Power 5v Regulator
Creating A Negative Rail
Why The Regulator Got Hot
Pre-Regulator
Expanding The In/Out On The Tec
Windscreen Wiper Program
Multiplexing A Display
Scan Program
Boolean Algebra
How A Pen Watch Works
The Piezo Diaphragm
A Bridge Driver
Replacing A 556 With Two 555's
'D' Flip-Flop Multivibrator
Is This Transistor Turned On?
Motor Controller
The Non-Inductive Load
Reducing Inductive Spikes
12-Tune Door Bell
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Starting Out
- Reading Resistors
- Resistor Colour Code
- Resistors Less Than 10r
- Surface Mount Resistors
- Capacitors
- Surface Mount Capacitors
The Electrolytic
The Diode
Diode Prodlems
Transistors
Substituting A Transistor
The Fusible Resistor
How A Transistor Works
Testing Transistors
Stage Gain
The Cro
Maximum Frequency
Comparing Cro's
Cro Hints
Using A Cro To Fix A 27mhz Toy
Getting Your Bec
- Electrical Principles Exam
- Answers
- Analogue Electronics Exam
- Answers
- Digital Electronics Exam
- Answers
Index
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Combo-2 Transistor Tester
Hfe
Addon Capacitance Meter
Capacitor Codes
Components In Series & Parallel
The Time Has Come
Field Strength Meter Mki
Getting Into Bugging
Field Strength Meter Mkll
Substituting Transistors
Logic Probe Mkllb
Continuity Tester
A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing
The Positive Approach
A High Gain Stage
Tri-State
Phone Ring
Using A Logic Probe
How A Capacitor Works
Truth Table Quiz
TTL Dice
Understanding A Circuit Diagram..
Starting In TTL
Symbols Quiz
Crossword No 3
IQ Tests
IQtest 1
Improving Your IQ
More Puzzles
Glossary Of Terms
Index : For Notebooks 1 - 6
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The LED
The Resistor
The Diode
The Multimeter
The Transistor Part I
Continuity Tester
The Capacitor
Soldering
Drawing Circuit Diagrams
Audibe Logic Probe
The Dry Cell
The Transistor Part II
Pocket Radio
The Transistor Part III
The 555
Cd 4017 Decade Counter
Door Chime
Lm380 Amplifier
Logic Circuits
The Schmitt Trigger
The Clock
Up/Down Counter
Lotto Selector
Data
Test I 05
Test 2 06
Test 3 07
Comprehensive Index 08
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Learning Electronics - book 1 |
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Batteries...........
Resistors...........
The Led.............
3v-15v Tester.........
The Infuriator........
Nim................
Minefield............
The Capacitor........
The Diode............
2-Way Signal Puzzle ....
The Transistor........
The First Transistor ....
The Super Transistor . . .
Continuity Tester......
Lie Detector.........
Touch Switch.........
Tilt Alarm...........
Audible Continuity Tester
Robot Man...........
The Multivibrator.....,
Simple Siren..........
Flashing Led.........
Notes On Matrix Board . .
Strength Meter.......
Revision Crossword
Temperature Meter.....
Ohm's Law...........
The Photo Transistor . . .
5-Digit Counter........
The Audio Amplifier.....
Earwig.............
Digital Electronics.....
Ttl Trainer Deck.......
Co-Ordinator.........
Final Test...........
Index
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The Power Supply.......
* Plug Pack Regulator ....
Quick Quiz............
Biasing..............
Book Review..........
* Logic Probe Mkllb.......
About The Tec-1c Computer .
* Continuity Tester.......
The Antenna..........
» Glow Plug Power Supply . .
Faultfinding.........
* Intercom............
Analysis Of Continuity Tester .
The Panel Meter.......
The Voltage Divider.....
Power Electronics.....
Letters .............
The 555..............
* Square Wave Oscillator . .
* Coin Flipper...........
Using Prototype Boards . .
The Schmitt Trigger.....
* Op-Amp Trainer.......
More On Power Electronics .
* Vox Mk Iv With Beep.......
Repairing Transistor Radios
* 2-Chip Am Radio.........
Where To From Here? . . .
Kits Kits Kits..........
Circuit Symbols........
Test1...............
Symbols Quiz...........
Index To Learning Electronics # 1 And 2
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Editorial
Spy Bug— Our Fully Surface-Mount 100m Bug.
My Comment
Field Strength Meter - Test Equipment To Test The Output Power Of A Transmitter.
More From Tom
Ultima— Our 1km Bug.
Public Domain Software
Fm Radio — An Fm Radio Using A Ida 7000 Chip.
Beeper Bug— A Beeping Bug That Helps You Find Things.
Kit Price List
Order Form And Magazine Prices.
Inside Talking Electronics
Letters
10 Minute Timer— A Timer To Convert Old-Style Alarms Into 10 Minute Alarms.
Light Alarm— Detects The First Sign Of Light.
Wox— A Whistte On, Whistte-Off Switch.
Phone Alert— Detects One Or Two Phones On The Line.
Earwig— An Fm Bug In A Matchbox.
Motor Speed Controller— Slows Down Any Tape Recorder
Bug Notebook— Notes And Ideas On Bugs.
$1600 Bug Nets $68,000— A Cutting Sent In By A Reader.
Pen Bug Mkll— Our Improved Pen Bug.
Scorpion— Promotional Article On Our Scorpion Phone Transmitter.
Security Devices— A Description Of All Our Security Devices.
Price List Of Security Devices.
The Micro Chip Saga
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Alarm Order Form ..........
Battery Backed Power Supply . . . A 700ma Power Supply With Battery Back-Up.
Battery Backed Siren Drives 1 Horn Speaker Or Up To 4 Piezo Tweeters.
Bugging Hype -Article..........
Complete List Of Te Kits......
Current Sensor Connects Up To 6 Smoke Detectors To Any Alarm...........
Digital Electronics Correspondence School
Leam Digital Electronics At Home With A 6 Lesson Course
Omnisoft Public Domain.....
Order Form .............
Overall View Of Alarm Modules Showing How To Connect The Modules Together
Remote Keypad Module . . . Connect This Keypad Module To Your Alarm........
Security Devices - Made Up Devices . . .
Voyager Mkll An Up-Date Article. Has Air Trimmer To Adjust The Frequency.
Vox Mkv Our Surface-Mount Voice-Operated Bug .
3-Input Alarm Module This Is The Heart Of Our Alarm System............
4-Sector Input Module Protect The Wiring Between The Alarm Panel And The Sensors.
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Mini Frequency Counter - Square Wave Oscillator Digital Frequency Meter
Logic Designer
Dual Tracking Power Supply
Hangman
Stereo Vu Meter - Led Voltmeter
TE Clock
Lotto Number Selector
Te Logic Probe
Ken's Dual Power Supply
Fm Bug
Led Dice
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TE Project Book 1 - Mini Frequency Counter |
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Index
This entire book is dedicated to the " Mini Frequency Counter " project.
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TE Project Book 2 - Logic Designer |

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Index
This entire book is dedicated to the " Logic Designer " project.
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TE Project Book 3 - Dual Tracking Supply |
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Index
This entire book is dedicated to the " Dual Tracking Supply " project.
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