MATH’S NOTES

ow that spring is on the way, if you have not thought of battery-operated projects for the great outdoors, now is the time. To better utilize these versatile power sources without damaging your creations, we have decided to present a few interesting circuits to make your designs a bit more flexible. Some old-timers may recognize that some of these are updated from a column we wrote about 20 years or so ago but they still apply, especially to homebrew projects.