Silicon ChipWeblink - October 2003 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: CD prices bound to drop
  4. Project: The JV80 Loudspeaker System by Design by Phil Routley, words by Leo Simpson & assembled by Michelle Oneile
  5. Feature: Canon's 10D & Fuji's S2 Pro 35mm Digital Cameras by Ross Tester
  6. Review: The Centa-A-Meter Electritic Monitor by Leo Simpson
  7. Project: A Dirt-Cheap, High-Current Power Supply by Col Hodgson
  8. Feature: PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.1 by David L. Jones
  9. Product Showcase
  10. Weblink
  11. Project: A Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter by John Clarke
  12. Order Form
  13. Project: Long-Range 16-Channel Remote Control System by Jeff Monegal
  14. Vintage Radio: Vibrators, the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.2 by Rodney Champness
  15. Back Issues
  16. Market Centre
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Book Store
  19. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.1 (October 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.1 (October 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.2 (November 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.2 (November 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.3 (December 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.3 (December 2003)
Items relevant to "A Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter":
  • PIC16F84(A)-04/P programmed for the Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter [FREQENCY.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F84 firmware for the Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter [FREQENCY.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter PCB patterns (PDF download) [04110031/2/3] (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the Low-Cost 50MHz Frequency Meter (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Vibrators: the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.1 (September 2003)
  • Vibrators: the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.1 (September 2003)
  • Vibrators, the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.2 (October 2003)
  • Vibrators, the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.2 (October 2003)

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