Silicon ChipSubscriptions - December 2025 SILICON CHIP
  1. Contents
  2. Publisher's Letter: The lost art of backward compatibility
  3. Feature: Teach-In 2026 by Mike Tooley
  4. Subscriptions
  5. Project: Variable Speed Drive Mk2 for Induction Motors, Part 1 by Andrew Levido
  6. Feature: Audio Out by Jake Rothman
  7. Feature: Techno Talk by Max the Magnificent
  8. Feature: Max’s Cool Beans by Max the Magnificent
  9. Feature: The Fox Report by Barry Fox
  10. Feature: Circuit Surgery by Ian Bell
  11. Project: Digital Capacitance Meter by Stephen Denholm
  12. Feature: Net Work by Alan Winstanley
  13. Back Issues
  14. Project: Battery-Powered Model Train by Les Kerr
  15. PartShop
  16. Market Centre
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Back Issues

This is only a preview of the December 2025 issue of Practical Electronics.

You can view 0 of the 80 pages in the full issue.

Articles in this series:
  • Teach-In 12.1 (November 2025)
  • Teach-In 2026 (December 2025)
  • Teach-In 2026 (January 2026)
  • Teach-In 2026 (February 2026)
Items relevant to "Variable Speed Drive Mk2 for Induction Motors, Part 1":
  • Mk2 VSD PCB [11111241 or 9048-02] (AUD $15.00)
  • STM32G030K6T6 programmed for the VSD Mk2 [1111124A] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • Firmware for the VSD Mk2 (Software, Free)
  • VSD Mk2 PCB pattern (PDF download) [11111241] (Free)
  • Mk2 VSD drilling & cutting diagrams (Panel Artwork, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Variable Speed Drive Mk2, Part 1 (November 2024)
  • Variable Speed Drive Mk2, Part 2 (December 2024)
  • Variable Speed Drive Mk2 for Induction Motors, Part 1 (December 2025)
  • Variable Speed Drive Mk2 For Induction Motors, Part 2 (January 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • Audio Out (January 2024)
  • Audio Out (February 2024)
  • AUDIO OUT (April 2024)
  • Audio Out (May 2024)
  • Audio Out (June 2024)
  • Audio Out (July 2024)
  • Audio Out (August 2024)
  • Audio Out (September 2024)
  • Audio Out (October 2024)
  • Audio Out (March 2025)
  • Audio Out (April 2025)
  • Audio Out (May 2025)
  • Audio Out (June 2025)
  • Audio Out (July 2025)
  • Audio Out (August 2025)
  • Audio Out (September 2025)
  • Audio Out (October 2025)
  • Audio Out (November 2025)
  • Audio Out (December 2025)
  • Audio Out (January 2026)
  • Audio Out (February 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • Techno Talk (February 2020)
  • Techno Talk (March 2020)
  • (April 2020)
  • Techno Talk (May 2020)
  • Techno Talk (June 2020)
  • Techno Talk (July 2020)
  • Techno Talk (August 2020)
  • Techno Talk (September 2020)
  • Techno Talk (October 2020)
  • (November 2020)
  • Techno Talk (December 2020)
  • Techno Talk (January 2021)
  • Techno Talk (February 2021)
  • Techno Talk (March 2021)
  • Techno Talk (April 2021)
  • Techno Talk (May 2021)
  • Techno Talk (June 2021)
  • Techno Talk (July 2021)
  • Techno Talk (August 2021)
  • Techno Talk (September 2021)
  • Techno Talk (October 2021)
  • Techno Talk (November 2021)
  • Techno Talk (December 2021)
  • Communing with nature (January 2022)
  • Should we be worried? (February 2022)
  • How resilient is your lifeline? (March 2022)
  • Go eco, get ethical! (April 2022)
  • From nano to bio (May 2022)
  • Positivity follows the gloom (June 2022)
  • Mixed menu (July 2022)
  • Time for a total rethink? (August 2022)
  • What’s in a name? (September 2022)
  • Forget leaves on the line! (October 2022)
  • Giant Boost for Batteries (December 2022)
  • Raudive Voices Revisited (January 2023)
  • A thousand words (February 2023)
  • It’s handover time (March 2023)
  • AI, Robots, Horticulture and Agriculture (April 2023)
  • Prophecy can be perplexing (May 2023)
  • Technology comes in different shapes and sizes (June 2023)
  • AI and robots – what could possibly go wrong? (July 2023)
  • How long until we’re all out of work? (August 2023)
  • We both have truths, are mine the same as yours? (September 2023)
  • Holy Spheres, Batman! (October 2023)
  • Where’s my pneumatic car? (November 2023)
  • Good grief! (December 2023)
  • Cheeky chiplets (January 2024)
  • Cheeky chiplets (February 2024)
  • The Wibbly-Wobbly World of Quantum (March 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Wait! What? Really? (April 2024)
  • Techno Talk - One step closer to a dystopian abyss? (May 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Program that! (June 2024)
  • Techno Talk (July 2024)
  • Techno Talk - That makes so much sense! (August 2024)
  • Techno Talk - I don’t want to be a Norbert... (September 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Sticking the landing (October 2024)
  • Techno Talk (November 2024)
  • Techno Talk (December 2024)
  • Techno Talk (January 2025)
  • Techno Talk (February 2025)
  • Techno Talk (March 2025)
  • Techno Talk (April 2025)
  • Techno Talk (May 2025)
  • Techno Talk (June 2025)
  • Techno Talk (July 2025)
  • Techno Talk (August 2025)
  • Techno Talk (October 2025)
  • Techno Talk (November 2025)
  • Techno Talk (December 2025)
  • Techno Talk (January 2026)
  • Techno Talk (February 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • Max’s Cool Beans (January 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (February 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (March 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (April 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (May 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (June 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (July 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (August 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (September 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans: Weird & Wonderful Arduino Projects (October 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (November 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (December 2025)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (January 2026)
  • Max’s Cool Beans (February 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • The Fox Report (July 2024)
  • The Fox Report (September 2024)
  • The Fox Report (October 2024)
  • The Fox Report (November 2024)
  • The Fox Report (December 2024)
  • The Fox Report (January 2025)
  • The Fox Report (February 2025)
  • The Fox Report (March 2025)
  • The Fox Report (April 2025)
  • The Fox Report (May 2025)
  • The Fox Report (July 2025)
  • The Fox Report (August 2025)
  • The Fox Report (September 2025)
  • The Fox Report (October 2025)
  • The Fox Report (October 2025)
  • The Fox Report (December 2025)
  • The Fox Report (January 2026)
  • The Fox Report (February 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • STEWART OF READING (April 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (April 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (May 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (June 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (July 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (August 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (September 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (October 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (November 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (December 2024)
  • Circuit Surgery (January 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (February 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (March 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (April 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (May 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (June 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (July 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (August 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (September 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (October 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (November 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (December 2025)
  • Circuit Surgery (January 2026)
  • Circuit Surgery (February 2026)
Articles in this series:
  • Win a Microchip Explorer 8 Development Kit (April 2024)
  • Net Work (May 2024)
  • Net Work (June 2024)
  • Net Work (July 2024)
  • Net Work (August 2024)
  • Net Work (September 2024)
  • Net Work (October 2024)
  • Net Work (November 2024)
  • Net Work (December 2024)
  • Net Work (January 2025)
  • Net Work (February 2025)
  • Net Work (March 2025)
  • Net Work (April 2025)
  • Net Work (September 2025)
  • Net Work (November 2025)
  • Net Work (December 2025)
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