Silicon ChipContents - September 2000 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Electrical licence to build a kit is ridiculous
  4. Feature: How They're Bringing You The Games by Ross Tester
  5. Project: Build A Swimming Pool Alarm by John Clarke
  6. Feature: Network Troubleshooting With Fluke's NetTool by Greg Swain
  7. Product Showcase
  8. Project: 8-Channel PC Relay Board by Ross Tester
  9. Product Showcase
  10. Order Form
  11. Project: Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.1 by John Clarke
  12. Feature: LA-CRO - A Must-Have For Students by Peter Radcliffe
  13. Project: Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.1 by Leo Simpson
  14. Project: Cybug - The Solar Fly by Ross Tester
  15. Vintage Radio: HMV's Nippergram: a classic 1950s portable radiogram by Rodney Champness
  16. Notes & Errata: PC Controlled VHF FM Receiver / 40V/1A Adjustable Power Supply / Loudspeaker Protector & Fan Controller
  17. Book Store
  18. Market Centre
  19. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Build A Swimming Pool Alarm":
  • Swimming Pool Alarm PCB pattern (PDF download) [03109001] (Free)
  • Swimming Pool Alarm panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "8-Channel PC Relay Board":
  • QBASIC source code for the LPT 8-Channel Relay Board (Software, Free)
Items relevant to "Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.1":
  • PIC16F84(A)-04/P programmed for the Fuel Mixture Display [AIRFUEL.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F84 firmware and source code for the Fuel Mixture Display [AIRFUEL.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Fuel Mixture Display PCB patterns (PDF download) [05109001/2] (Free)
  • Fuel Mixture Display panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.1 (September 2000)
  • Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.1 (September 2000)
  • Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.2 (October 2000)
  • Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.2 (October 2000)
Articles in this series:
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.1 (September 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.1 (September 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.2 (October 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.2 (October 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.3 (November 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.3 (November 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.4 (December 2000)
  • Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics, Pt.4 (December 2000)

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Contents Vol.13, No.9; September 2000 FEATURES 4 How They’re Bringing You The Games As you sit back and enjoy the Olympics, think of the massive effort that’s gone into bringing them to you – by Ross Tester 26 Network Troubleshooting With Fluke’s NetTool It’s a snack to drive and it works like magic when it comes to tracing network problems – by Greg Swain 62 LA-CRO – A Must-Have For Students It’s a CRO, signal generator, frequency analyser, logic analyser, chart recorder and more, all in one compact package – by Peter Radcliffe Build A Swimming Pool Alarm – Page 12. PROJECTS TO BUILD 12 Build A Swimming Pool Alarm Don’t wait until summer; build this effective alarm now. It could save a child’s life – by John Clarke 32 An 8-Channel PC Relay Board It plugs into your PC’s parallel port and lets you control up to eight external devices – by Ross Tester 54 Fuel Mixture Display For Cars, Pt.1 Has digital readout and bargraph displays. A PIC microcontroller makes it a snack to build – by John Clarke Eight-Channel PC Relay Board – Page 32. 69 Protoboards: The Easy Way Into Electronics Use a protoboard to build a light chaser – by Leo Simpson 78 Cybug – The Solar Fly This simple robot is a great first kit to build. It’s Cybug, the solar fly, and he’s a real attention-getter – by Ross Tester SPECIAL COLUMNS 38 Serviceman’s Log The repair that didn’t make sense – by the TV Serviceman 84 Vintage Radio Fuel Mixture Display For Cars – Page 54. HMV’s Nippergram: a classic 1950s portable radiogram – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 20 31 42 53 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Electronics Showcase Product Showcase Subscriptions Form 76 89 91 94 96 Circuit Notebook Ask Silicon Chip Notes & Errata Market Centre Advertising Index Cybug, The Solar Fly – Page 78. SEPTEMBER 2000  1