Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - November 2006 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Do people really want a high-performance valve amplifier?
  4. Review: Sony Alpha A100 Digital SLR Camera by Barrie Smith
  5. Review: JVC KD-AVX2 Car Entertainment System by Julian Edgar
  6. Project: Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.1 by Jim Rowe
  7. Project: Build Your Own Compact Bass Reflex Loudspeakers by Aaron Waplington
  8. Project: Programmable Christmas Star by David Meiklejohn
  9. Review: Bitscope BS310 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope by Peter Smith
  10. Salvage It: Using the convex lenses from car headlights (bike light) by Julian Edgar
  11. Project: DC Relay Switch For High-Current Loads by John Clarke
  12. Project: LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.2 by John Clarke
  13. Project: PICAXE Net Server, Pt.3 by Clive Seager
  14. Vintage Radio: Radio Corporation’s WS108 military transceiver by Rodney Champness
  15. Book Store
  16. Advertising Index
  17. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Build A Radar Speed Gun, Pt.1":
  • 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 "DC Relay Switch For High-Current Loads":
  • PCB pattern for the DC Relay Switch (PDF download) [05211061] (Free)
Items relevant to "LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.2":
  • LED Tachometer Control PCB [05111061] (AUD $10.00)
  • LED Tachometer Display PCB [05111062] (AUD $5.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the LED Tachometer [ledtacho.hex] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the LED Tachometer [ledtacho.hex] (Software, Free)
  • PCB patterns for the LED Tachometer (PDF download) [05111061/2] (Free)
  • LED Tachometer display mask (PDF download) (Panel Artwork, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.1 (October 2006)
  • LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.1 (October 2006)
  • LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.2 (November 2006)
  • LED Tachometer With Dual Displays, Pt.2 (November 2006)
Items relevant to "PICAXE Net Server, Pt.3":
  • PICAXE-28X BASIC source code for the PICAXE Net Server (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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