Silicon ChipContents - December 2001 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Copyright is the lifeblood of a magazine
  4. Feature: Is There A Hybrid Car In Your Future? by Ross Tester
  5. Feature: Windows XP: What's In It For You? by Greg Swain
  6. Project: Build A PC Infrared Transceiver by Peter Smith
  7. Project: Telephone Call Logger by Frank Crivelli & Peter Crowcroft
  8. Order Form
  9. Project: 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2 by Greg Swain & Leo Simpson
  10. Project: Pardy Lights: An Intriguing Colour Display by Ross Tester
  11. Weblink
  12. Product Showcase
  13. Project: PIC Fun And Games by Ross Tester
  14. Vintage Radio: Test instruments for vintage radio restoration; Pt.2 by Rodney Champness
  15. Book Store
  16. Notes & Errata
  17. Market Centre
  18. Advertising Index
  19. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Build A PC Infrared Transceiver":
  • PC Infrared Transceiver PCB pattern (PDF download) [07112011] (Free)
Items relevant to "100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2":
  • Ultra-LD 100W RMS Stereo Amplifier PCB patterns (PDF download) [01112011-5] (Free)
  • Ultra-LD 100W Stereo Amplifier PCB patterns (PDF download) [01105001-2] (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the Ultra-LD 100W RMS Stereo Amplifier (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Ultra-LD 100W Stereo Amplifier; Pt.1 (March 2000)
  • Ultra-LD 100W Stereo Amplifier; Pt.1 (March 2000)
  • Building The Ultra-LD 100W Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2 (May 2000)
  • Building The Ultra-LD 100W Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2 (May 2000)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.1 (November 2001)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.1 (November 2001)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2 (December 2001)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.2 (December 2001)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.3 (January 2002)
  • 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier; Pt.3 (January 2002)
  • Remote Volume Control For Stereo Amplifiers (June 2002)
  • Remote Volume Control For Stereo Amplifiers (June 2002)
  • Remote Volume Control For The Ultra-LD Amplifier (July 2002)
  • Remote Volume Control For The Ultra-LD Amplifier (July 2002)
Articles in this series:
  • Test instruments for vintage radio restoration; Pt.1 (November 2001)
  • Test instruments for vintage radio restoration; Pt.1 (November 2001)
  • Test instruments for vintage radio restoration; Pt.2 (December 2001)
  • Test instruments for vintage radio restoration; Pt.2 (December 2001)
Contents Vol.14, No.12; December 2001 www.siliconchip.com.au FEATURES 6 Is There A Hybrid Car In Your Future? Toyota’s Prius and Honda’s Insight hybrid petrol/electric cars are here now. We drove the Prius and came away impressed – by Ross Tester 14 Windows XP: What’s In It For You? Say goodbye to Win98/Me system crashes. Microsoft has released a unified operating system that’s based on the Windows NT/2000 core and includes full multimedia support – by Greg Swain Is There A Hybrid Car In Your Future? – Page 6. PROJECTS TO BUILD 26 Build A PC Infrared Transceiver Add infrared capability to your PC for peanuts – by Peter Smith 36 Telephone Call Logger It logs all outgoing calls and can download the data via your PC’s serial port to an Excel spreadsheet – by Frank Crivelli & Peter Crowcroft 54 100W RMS/Channel Stereo Amplifier, Pt.2 Building the preamplifier, RCA input and power amplifier modules, plus all the performance details – by Greg Swain & Leo Simpson Build A PC Infrared Transceiver – Page 26. 66 Pardy Lights: An Intriguing Colour Display OK, so they’re really “party” lights. They’re easy to build and produce random colour patterns to the bass beat from your music – by Ross Tester 78 PIC Fun And Games Want to get into microcontrollers? Here’s an easy, low-cost way – by Ross Tester SPECIAL COLUMNS 32 Serviceman’s Log A Panasonic kind of month – by the TV Serviceman Building The 100W/Ch Stereo Amplifier – Page 54. 83 Vintage Radio Test instruments for vintage radio restoration, Pt.2 – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 3 30 53 74 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Circuit Notebook Subscriptions Form Products Showcase www.siliconchip.com.au 90 93 94 96 Ask Silicon Chip Notes & Errata Market Centre Advertising Index PIC Fun And Games: Learning About Microcontrollers – Page 78. December 2001  1