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cabled’ in consumer electronic and the PC scene in particular. Just when we all thought radio was a thing of the past, it came back with a vengeance and is now carrying data instead of just audio or TV signals.

 

Wireless is inevitably tied to RF design technology, a nightmare for many electronics designers who like to stick to DC, programming and the odd signal reaching up to a megahertz or so. Fortunately much of the black magic associated with RF in connection with data transmission can be left to specialized designers who over the past years have come up with small, cheap and off the shelf modules, making the RF link transparent.

 

The choice of modules currently depends on the transmission distance: a few centimeters using Near Field Communication (NFC) or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), tens of metres with the Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or ZigBee systems, or indeed thousands of kilometres using a module for receiving GPS data.

 

In accordance with the principle of the Elektor Toolbox series, we’ve brought together technical documentation (spec. sheets, application notes, user guides, etc.) on various devices according to the frequency and/or protocol used. All of the documents are PDF files. Browsing around the DVD is made easy by an HTML menu. Finally, this Wireless Toolbox DVD contains a collection of articles on this topic (RFID, xBee, DCF77, GPS, infrared, etc.) that have appeared in Elektor magazine.

 

This DVD packs 1.2 gigabytes worth of technical documents!

 

Contents: Antennas

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