Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - June 2006 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Mobile phone users have increased risk of brain damage
  4. Feature: GM Allison’s Hybrid Drive Bus by Julian Edgar
  5. Feature: New 6-Chip Ultra-Bright LED by Silicon Chip
  6. Feature: Television: The Elusive Goal; Pt.1 by Kevin Poulter
  7. Project: Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator by Mick Gergos
  8. Project: Two-Way SPDIF/Toslink Digital Audio Converter by Jim Rowe
  9. Salvage It: A High-Current Car Battery Charger For Almost Nothing by Julian Edgar
  10. Feature: Electric-Powered Model Aircraft; Pt.2 by Bob Young
  11. Project: Build A 2.4GHz Wireless A/V Link by Ross Tester
  12. Project: Starship “Enterprise” Door Sounder by Jim Rowe
  13. Vintage Radio: The Kriesler 41-29 "Trans-Mantel" by Rodney Champness
  14. Book Store
  15. Advertising Index
  16. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • Television: The Elusive Goal; Pt.1 (June 2006)
  • Television: The Elusive Goal; Pt.1 (June 2006)
  • Television: The Elusive Goal; Pt.2 (July 2006)
  • Television: The Elusive Goal; Pt.2 (July 2006)
  • Television – The Elusive Goal; Pt.3 (August 2006)
  • Television – The Elusive Goal; Pt.3 (August 2006)
Items relevant to "Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator":
  • Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator PCB [PAVTSG] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F84A-20(I)/P programmed for the Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F84A firmware and source code for the Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator (Software, Free)
  • Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator PCB pattern (PDF download) (Free)
  • Pocket A/V Test Pattern Generator front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Two-Way SPDIF/Toslink Digital Audio Converter":
  • PCB pattern for the 2-Way S/PDIF-TOSLINK Digital Audio Converter (PDF download) [01106061] (Free)
  • Two-Way S/PDIF-TOSLINK Digital Audio Converter front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Electric-Powered Model Aircraft (February 2006)
  • Electric-Powered Model Aircraft (February 2006)
  • Electric-Powered Model Aircraft; Pt.2 (June 2006)
  • Electric-Powered Model Aircraft; Pt.2 (June 2006)

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