19 May 2008

If the CDI module in your motorbike, outboard, ride-on mower or other small petrol motor fails, you could be in for a shock. Depending on the brand or model, they can cost up to $400. You can build this one for less than $50 and it will do the same job for most engines.

01 November 2007

Now for the next 20 years

01 November 2007

Some days bad things just happen. A fire can occur at any time and when it does, recovering valuable data from computer hard drives can be a real challenge.

01 August 2007

Technology is fighting the war against terrorists

31 July 2007

12 February 2007

10 February 2007

Customers & their strange antics

19 January 2007

Today's hospitals are full of electronics

05 January 2007

Elsewhere in this issue we feature "WinRadio": a very high performance, computer-based radio receiver. As that review was being written, this tiny communications receiver also arrived at SILICON CHIP. It's very significantly cheaper, covers the complete 100kHz to 30MHz MF/HF band (with 88-108MHz broadcast band into the bargain) and offers a wide range of user controls. We thought it apposite to put this review in the same issue so readers can get make their own comparisons...

15 December 2006

Imagine watching a TV set that's now 50 years old - one that was made long before the introduction of colour TV in Australia! Of course, this particular set has had a few repairs during those 50 years.