06 December 2006

Car manufacturers seem to have lost the plot. Instead of cramming new cars with useless electronic gadgets, they should be using electronic technology to improve efficiency and reduce fuel consumption.

30 November 2006

The "portable" radio equipment used by the military at the start of World War 2 was bulky, heavy and inefficient by today's standards. Here we take a look at Radio Corporation's WS108 transceiver, as used by the Australian army.

30 November 2006

Would you like to build some high quality speakers and don't mind doing some enclosure assembly finishing? These M6 compact bass reflex systems from theloudspeakerkit.com could be just what you are looking for. Use them on stands or on a bookshelf.

29 November 2006

Setting up the LED Tacho mainly involves stepping through and reprogramming the default software settings in the PIC to suit your vehicle. Here's how it's done.

26 November 2006

This versatile data acquisition system packs a digital oscilloscope, spectrum analyser, logic analyser, data recorder and waveform generator into one affordable package - and it's Australian-designed and supported!

24 November 2006

Revolutionise your in-car music

22 November 2006

As production of film cameras continues to shrink, it comes as no surprise to see the electronic 'majors', such as Sony and Panasonic, grasp an opportunity to feed the swelling demand for digital single lens reflexes, known to the in-crowd as DSLRs. Barrie Smith reports his experience with the Sony Alpha A100 camera.

20 November 2006

Interesting circuit ideas which we have checked but not built and tested. Contributions from readers are welcome and will be paid for at standard rates.

19 November 2006

Over the last couple of months, we described how to built a demo board for the PICAXE Net Server (PNS) and then configured a home network to make it accessible over the Internet. This month, we look at building the first of two Internet-enabled demonstration projects.

18 November 2006

Want to switch power to a high-current load using a circuit capable of supplying just a few milliamps? No problem - build and use the SILICON CHIP DC Relay Switch.