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Contents Vol.16, No.8; August 2003 www.siliconchip.com.au FEATURES 8 OLED Displays: Better Than Plasma Or LCD Organic LED (OLED) displays look set to take over from LCD & plasma displays in monitors & TV sets. Here’s how they work – by Peter Smith 12 Home Automation: It’s Here Think home automation has been too hard? The new Eon3 home automation kits make it dead simple – by Ross Tester 17 Review: Atlas LCR Passive Component Analyser Looking for a quick and easy way to measure resistors, capacitors and inductors? This little gem will do the trick – by Peter Smith PROJECTS TO BUILD 22 PC Infrared Remote Receiver Build this simple unit and play DVDs and MP3s on your PC via remote control – by Peter Smith PC Infrared Remote Receiver (Controls WinDVD, PowerDVD WinAmp & More) – Page 22. 34 Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.1 Fancy a digital readout to replace analog gauges? This unit works with a variety of automotive sensors and is dead easy to build – by John Clarke 42 Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas 2.4GHz wireless networking (WiFi) is on the rise. Here’s how to make two high-performance weatherproof WiFi antennas – by Rob Clarke 64 Fitting A Wireless Microphone To The PortaPAL Here’s how to fit a pro-quality wireless mic to the PortaPAL to make it truly portable – by Ross Tester 70 Jazzy Heart Electronic Jewellery Want to be the life of the party? Build the Jazzy Heart LED display! – by Thomas Scarborough Digital Instrument Display For Cars – Page 34. 77 The PICAXE Pt.7: Get That Clever Code Purring Program in some Morse Code and start communicating – by Stan Swan 84 A Digital Timer For Less Than $20 Just “nick” the timer from an old microwave oven and fit it into a case. The resulting timer has lots of uses – by Ross Tester & Jess Benning SPECIAL COLUMNS 57 Circuit Notebook (1) Low-Cost Dual Digital Dice; (2) Maximum/Minimum Voltage Indicator; (3) Halogen Lamp Dimmer With Soft Start; (4) Correction – 100V Line Connection For The SC480 Amplifier Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas – Page 42. 60 Serviceman’s Log The set without a chassis – by the TV Serviceman 88 Vintage Radio The HMV 42-71 migrant special – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 4 74 77 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Product Showcase Silicon Chip Weblink www.siliconchip.com.au 95 Ask Silicon Chip 102 Market Centre 104 Advertising Index A Digital Timer For Less Than $20 – Page 84. August 2003  1