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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|LPC2148_ADC_Programming" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="A7.8051 Interfacing ADC: LDR" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Analog JoyStick with Arduino" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Buzzer with PIC18F4520 Starter Board" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Explore M3 Arduino Installer" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Explore Ping-Pong with Arduino" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Generating PWM with PIC18F4520" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Interactive Menus for your project with a Display and an Encoder" />
          <pl ns="0" title="LCD Interface with PIC18F4520 Starter Board" />
          <pl ns="0" title="LED Blinking with PIC18F4520 Starter Board" />
          <pl ns="0" title="LPC2148: LCD Interface 8-Bit Mode" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>