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Playback Adaptor For CD-ROM Drives; Pt.2
01 December 2007
Last month, we published the circuit details of our new CD-ROM Player Adaptor and described its operation. This month, we show you how to build it.
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Signature Series Kit Loudspeaker System
01 December 2007
These new speakers are among the very best kit speakers that money can buy.
They use the very-high-performance Fountek ribbon tweeters and Peerless woofers. They will be a very good match to our recently described 20W Class-A Stereo Amplifier.
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Playback Adaptor For CD-ROM Drives
01 November 2007
Ever wanted to use an old CD-ROM drive as a CD player for audio playback? Now you can do it, with this nifty CD-ROM Playback Adapter. It can control one or two CD-ROM drives and has an infrared remote control. A 16x2 line LCD screen provides track information and other data.
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PIC-Based Water-Tank Level Meter; Pt.1
01 November 2007
Looking for a water tank level meter that's easy to install? One that's accurate but doesn't need a complicated in-tank sensor? This PIC-based unit uses a pressure sensor to monitor water level and it displays tank level at the press of a switch. It can also send its readings to a base station with an LCD readout via an RF link.
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Serviceman's Log
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.
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A UV Light Box For Making PC Boards
01 November 2007
Even though SILICON CHIP publishes most PC board patterns and/or has them available for download, making your own PC boards has for many been put in the "too hard" basket. Here's one reader's way of producing commercial-quality PC boards at home. He starts off by building an exposure light box with timer.
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Rolling Code Security System; Pt.2
01 November 2007
Last month, we described the circuitry and gave the PC board assembly details for our new Rolling Code Keyless Entry System. This month, we cover the installation and setting-up procedures and describe the optional SOIC adaptor board, so that you can program the PIC micro out of circuit.
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PIC Programmer SCIO Converter
01 November 2007
Programming 18-lead surface-mount SOIC PIC microcontrollers can be a quite difficult because access to the leads is not that easy. This adaptor PC board accepts 18-pin SOIC PIC microcontrollers and plugs directly into a conventional PIC programmer.
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