Silicon ChipEmona - Rigol Test Equipment - March 2018 SILICON CHIP

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  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Got a project idea? There'll be a badly designed app for that!
  4. Project: Arduino-based Earthquake Early Warning Alarm by Allan Linton-Smith and Nicholas Vinen
  5. Feature: Generation IV Nuclear Power – making their own fuel by Dr David Maddison & Dr Mark Ho
  6. Project: Full Wave, 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller by John Clarke
  7. Product Showcase
  8. Serviceman's Log: Squeezing an elephant through the eye of a needle by Dave Thompson
  9. Project: An AM Radio Transmitter to build by Nicholas Vinen & Jim Rowe
  10. Feature: El Cheapo Modules 14: Logarithmic RF Detector by Jim Rowe
  11. Project: Analog Audio/Video Modulator for Vintage TV sets by Ian Robertson
  12. Vintage Radio: Philips 1953 portable 5-valve model 148C radio by Associate Professor Graham Parslow
  13. PartShop
  14. Market Centre
  15. Advertising Index
  16. Notes & Errata: Lath-e-Boy / Touchscreen Altimeter and Weather Station / High-Power DC Fan Controller / Arduino Mega Box Music Player / SC200 Audio Amplifier
  17. Outer Back Cover: Microchip Embedded GUI Design

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You can view 37 of the 104 pages in the full issue and the advertisments.

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Items relevant to "Arduino-based Earthquake Early Warning Alarm":
  • Arduino sketch (.ino) file and library for the Arduino Earthquake Early Warning system (Software, AUD $3.00)
Items relevant to "Full Wave, 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller":
  • TRIAC-based Full Wave 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller PCB [10102181] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC12F675-I/P programmed for the Triac-based Full Wave 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller [1010218A.hex] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • Firmware (HEX and ASM) files for the Full-wave 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller [1010218A.HEX] (Software, AUD $3.00)
  • Triac-based Full Wave 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller PCB pattern (PDF download) [10102181] (AUD $3.00)
  • Triac-based Full Wave 230V Universal Motor Speed Controller lid panel artwork (PDF download) (AUD $3.00)
Items relevant to "An AM Radio Transmitter to build":
  • AM Radio Transmitter PCB [06101181] (AUD $7.50)
  • MC1496P double-balanced mixer IC (DIP-14) (Component, AUD $2.50)
  • AM Radio Transmitter PCB pattern (PDF download) [06101181] (AUD $3.00)
  • AM Radio Transmitter lid panel artwork (PDF download) (AUD $3.00)
Articles in this series:
  • Low-Cost Asian Electronic Modules, Pt.1 (October 2016)
  • Using An Ultrasonic Sensor Module As A Door Sentry (December 2016)
  • El Cheapo Modules From Asia - Part 3 (January 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules from Asia - Part 4 (February 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 5: LCD module with I²C (March 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 6: Direct Digital Synthesiser (April 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 7: LED Matix displays (June 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules: Li-ion & LiPo Chargers (August 2017)
  • El Cheapo modules Part 9: AD9850 DDS module (September 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules Part 10: GPS receivers (October 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules 11: Pressure/Temperature Sensors (December 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules 12: 2.4GHz Wireless Data Modules (January 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 13: sensing motion and moisture (February 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 14: Logarithmic RF Detector (March 2018)
Items relevant to "Analog Audio/Video Modulator for Vintage TV sets":
  • Vintage TV Analog Audio/Video Modulator PCB [02104181] (AUD $7.50)
  • MC1374P AV modulator IC (DIP-14) (Component, AUD $5.00)
  • RF Coil Former Pack (Component, AUD $4.55-5.00)
  • Vintage TV Analog Audio/Video Modulator PCB pattern (PDF download) [02104181] (AUD $3.00)
  • Vintage TV Analog Audio/Video Modulator panel artwork (PDF download) (AUD $3.00)

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