Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - December 2006 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Cheap battery drills are very wasteful
  4. Feature: The Holden Lightship & Its 2321cm Video Screen by Ross Tester
  5. Feature: What’s Happened To Electronic Advances In Cars? by Julian Edgar
  6. Feature: Excellence In Education Technology Awards by Silicon Chip
  7. Feature: Bringing A Dead Cordless Drill Back To Life by Ross Tester
  8. Project: Cordless Power Tool Charger Controller by John Clarke
  9. Project: Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.2 by Jim Rowe
  10. Project: A Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper by Jim Rowe & Ross Tester
  11. Project: Super Speedo Corrector by John Clarke & Julian Edgar
  12. Project: 12/24V Auxiliary Battery Controller by Branko Justic & Ross Tester
  13. Project: PICAXE Net Server, Pt.4 by Clive Seager
  14. Salvage It: The good bits in microwave ovens by Julian Edgar
  15. Vintage Radio: The AWA 976A Hybrid Car Radio by Rodney Champness
  16. Book Store
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Cordless Power Tool Charger Controller":
  • Cordless Power Tool Charger Controller PCB [14112061] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the Cordless Power Tool Charge Controller [CHRGCONT.ASM] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the Cordless Power Tool Charge Controller [CHRGCONT.ASM] (Software, Free)
  • PCB pattern for the Cordless Power Tool Charge Controller (PDF download) [14112061] (Free)
  • Cordless Power Tool Charger Controller front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.2":
  • PCB patterns for the Radar Speed Gun (PDF download) [DOPPLR1A/DOPPLR1B] (Free)
  • Radar Speed Gun front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.1 (November 2006)
  • Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.1 (November 2006)
  • Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.2 (December 2006)
  • Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.2 (December 2006)
Items relevant to "A Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper":
  • CPR Trainer PCB [04112061] (AUD $5.00)
  • PIC16F628A-I/P programmed for the Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper [CPRTRAIN.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F628A firmware for the Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper [CPRTRAIN.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • PCB pattern for the Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper (PDF download) [04112061] (Free)
  • Heartbeat CPR Training Beeper front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Super Speedo Corrector":
  • PIC16F628A-I/P programmed for the Super Speedo Corrector [speedcor.hex] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F628A firmware for the Super Speedo Corrector [speedcor.hex] (Software, Free)
  • PCB pattern for the Super Speedo Corrector (PDF download) [05112061] (Free)
Items relevant to "PICAXE Net Server, Pt.4":
  • PICAXE-28X BASIC source code for the PICAXE Net Server temperature controller example (Software, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.1 (September 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.1 (September 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.2 (October 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.2 (October 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.3 (November 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.3 (November 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.4 (December 2006)
  • PICAXE Net Server, Pt.4 (December 2006)

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