Electronics for you

You are using electricity every time you plug in the water boiler in the morning, or when you flip on the TV to watch Prison Break.
You use all the time electronic devices and electricity and you’re finally curios and you want to find out yourself some more about electronic gadgets.
That’s wonderful, but before you start to play with batteries and wires you should learn more about what puts the elec in electronics and electricity- how electrons make electricity and how harnessing that electricity is the basis of electronics. You also have to know some of the parts and tools you can play with during the electronics projects.

This is a question which answer you already know. You are aware exactly why you have an interest in electronics. We have to understand what the things that make electronics so special are.
First, electronics is amusing! You get to build things that flash lights, whir, beep, and even move around any room. Thanks to electronics, you obtain skills that you can work with.
The electronic products are all around us. They are a huge part of our lives. Some people are content just accepting these gadgets, gizmos, and widgets, but others want to know how they all work.
Obviously, you’re in that second group, which is definitely the cooler group out there. The science of electronics has advanced to the point that you can now hold a very powerful computer in the palm of your hand. With that computer, you can build something that controls the lighting in your entire house, a robot that vacuums the living room all on its own, or a sensor system that sounds an alarm if somebody tries to get at your old collection of comic books.

The new Ultrasone HFI-580 is a comfortable High-End stereo head set. The headset is especially made for long-term use. The head-set cancels environmental noise. Since the weight of the HFI-580 is just 308 grams, it guarantees a high wearing comfort for hours. The sound quality is superb and perfectly made for music enthusiasts and advanced gamers. In contrast to most cheap models, the HFI-580 does overuse the bass function but plays music extremely clear and very lively. As most high-end head sets, the HFI-580 does not have an own volume control. The cable is nearly 4m longs, which is efficient for most users.

If you need to upgrade your PC system to the latest and fastest system available for the best performance for playing, photo editing or video cutting, you should check the newest AMD processor Phenom II. The top-processor X4 940 BE contains 4 cores each is running at 3.0 GHz. In combination with a fast graphic card and enough RAM, this system is sufficient for almost every recent game or graphic application. Benchmarks showed that the processor is the fastest model of AMD and it is comparable to the Intel top model Core 2 Quad Q9550. The second fastest model, the X4 920, is slightly slower but also cheaper.

Many PC users are used to the problem that available hard disk space in the PC is very limited. The operating system, certain programs and games do need a lot of disk spaces. In combination with the high demands for disk space of pictures and videos, the limits of the hard disks are easily reached. The new Western Digital Caviar Green provides 1TB extra disk space in the typical high quality of Western Digital. But the hard disk has another advantage. When the hard disk is not used heavily the controller automatically powers it down. This reduces directly the energy demand of the hard disk. The caviar green line of Western Digital hard discs are combining ecological needs with the high-tech of the 21st century.

The Logitech G13 is the newest gaming keyboard on the market. It is a combination of a keyboard and a game pad and provides full control for the passionate gamer. The integrated display provides all information for the actual game. The most impressive function of the keyboard is macro programming function. The gamer can easily record any key combination that he needs for a certain game. After recording, he can use this whole key combination by pressing just a simple user-defined key. The ergonomic design of the keyboard ensures a long stress-free gaming experience. Since the keyboard consists only of roughly 20 keys, the G13 is purely made for advanced gaming but not for office use.

Passionate PC game players who join LAN parties regularly need a small, but highly flexible case for their PCs. For those gamers, notebooks are not an option, since the gaming power of almost any notebook is not enough for the recent games. Since a standard tower case is uncomfortable for transport, most gamers are looking for a small case. But most small PC cases are optimized for Silent PCs or Home Theater Systems. Sharkoon now offers a solution especially for gamers called the Sharkoon Rush Case. The black alumina case has an advanced cooling system and allows the usage of very long graphic cards. This facts are the main advantages besides the very attractive design and the low weight.

The Rodcat Kone is the gaming mouse reference. A recent gaming mouse model does hardly anything in common with a standard mouse besides that both are input devices for the computer. The Rodcat Kone has ten buttons, while 8 of them are freely programmable. The resolution for the mouse movement can be easily changed up to 3200 dpi. For a faster gaming experience, this gaming mouse has 128 kB internal memory. The perfect design is supported by five LEDs, a 4D scroll wheel and noise reducing pads. Several professional game magazines have tested the Rodcat Kone and proved the high usability for every advanced gamer. Unfortunately, this state-of-the-art gaming mouse can be used only by right-handed persons since it an asymmetrical design.

In most houses, more and more devices need access to the network or the World Wide Web. DVD players, media streams, PCs, notebooks, game consoles and many more devices are sharing the advantages of the World Wide Web. But in most of the cases, the net access can not be provided easily. To build up a working wireless network is expensive. In some cases, wireless connections do not provide a stable and fast connection or cannot build up due to security reasons. In contrast, the standard way of building up a wired LAN requires a lot of cables which cannot be hidden easily. An elegant way of transporting data at home is the Devolo DLAN. It uses the existing standard power lines which are available in every home. The installation is simple. You just plug the device and connect a standard LAN cable.

Nintendo is producing the most successful console which is recently on the market. The console Wii is sold much more often than the Microsoft Xbox 360 or Sony’s Playstation 3. The whole concept of the Wii differs dramatically from the other two consoles. While the both other consoles are equipped with the latest graphics and processor technology, the Wii is focused more on a new controller concept and mainly, but not exclusively casual games. In general, casual games are easy accessible and focus more on easy game play than a photorealistic graphics. As a part of the casual concept, Nintendo invented the Wii Fit Board. The Board can is used together with the console for a daily fitness and movement program. By two sensors in the Board, the program can control whether the user follows the advices on the screen.