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CHIP
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Publisher/Editor
Nicholas Vinen
Technical Editor
John Clarke, B.E.(Elec.)
Technical Staff
Jim Rowe, B.A., B.Sc
Bao Smith, B.Sc
Tim Blythman, B.E., B.Sc
Technical Contributor
Duraid Madina, B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD
Art Director & Production Manager
Ross Tester
Reader Services
Ann Morris
Advertising Enquiries
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David Maddison B.App.Sc. (Hons 1),
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Geoff Graham
Associate Professor Graham Parslow
Ian Batty
Cartoonist
Brendan Akhurst
Founding Editor (retired)
Leo Simpson, B.Bus., FAICD
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SILICON CHIP PDFs available soon!
We’ve been working hard to produce electronic versions of our SILICON CHIP back issues for many years
now, and we’ve – finally – almost finished.
It has been a mammoth task reproducing all 390 issues – the total number of pages is close to 40,000 and
growing every month!
The issues are all complete, except for some ads
which appeared between August 1993 and August
2012. We decided that it isn’t worth increasing the file size of these issues to
include scans of the out-of-date ads.
For most issues from August 1993 onwards, we have also fixed any errors
that we are aware of that appeared in the original magazines.
These issues will be available as high-resolution PDFs on high-quality metal
USB3.0 flash drives labelled with the SILICON CHIP logo. You’ll get either a
32GB or 64GB drive, depending on how many blocks of issues you order. You
can print diagrams or instructions from these files, if you need hard copies.
See page 95 of this issue or visit siliconchip.com.au/shop/digital pdfs for
more details.
Purchasers will also receive perpetual online access to those same issues,
so you won’t even have to carry the files around with you. You’ll be able to
access them at any time by logging onto our website.
I think this will be a very attractive offer to anyone looking to ‘downsize’.
Perhaps you’re moving into a smaller home, and you won’t have anywhere to
keep many years of SILICON CHIP issues arranged in binders. You can replace
those with these PDFs, which take up virtually no space, and still have access to the content when you need it.
These are also an excellent option for anyone who’s discovered SILICON CHIP
in the last few years, as you will be able to get the issues you’ve missed. You
might be surprised how interesting some of the older issues are, and many of
our past projects are still perfectly valid today.
We’re also planning to make PDF downloads available to online subscribers
via our website soon. These will be made available to anyone who has already
purchased online issues or online subscriptions. We may have to roll out the
PDF downloads gradually, so our servers aren’t overloaded. This should happen within the next few months.
Meet us at the Jaycar maker hub
SILICON CHIP will be celebrating Arduino day, Saturday 21st March, at the
Jaycar maker hub at Central Park Mall on Broadway, Sydney (near Central
Station). You can come and ask us questions, get help with an Arduino project or attend a workshop. We’ll also be helping people to try to fix broken
Arduino boards (see the article on page 61), and there are special offers from
Jaycar to purchase Arduino-based kits (we can even help you build them!).
Due to its location, the maker hub is very accessible from just about anywhere in Sydney. Just hop on a train or a bus going to Central, and it’s a short
walk from there to the Central Park Mall.
You may have seen our article on the Jaycar maker hub in the August 2019
issue. This concept store is well worth a visit, designed for the hobbyist
“maker” market but just as applicable if you’re involved with electronics at
any level. Apart from its great views(!) this “full range” store is also set up for
workshops, demonstrations and other tinkering. If you haven’t been there before, March 21 would be a good time to see the Jaycar maker hub for yourself!
For more details, see page 37 in this issue.
Nicholas Vinen
24-26 Lilian Fowler Pl, Marrickville 2204
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