Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - October 2007 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Cheap DVD players are just that: cheap!
  4. Feature: DVD Players: How Good Are They For HiFi Audio? by Mauro Grassi
  5. Review: Agilent DS05054A 4GS/s 500MHz Digital Scope by Mauro Grassi
  6. Project: Oscar: Electronic Noughts & Crosses Game by Brian Healy
  7. Project: PICProbe: A Versatile Logic Probe by Ross Purdy
  8. Project: Rolling Code Security System; Pt.1 by John Clarke
  9. Project: Simple Data-Logging Weather Station; Pt.2 by Glenn Pure
  10. Project: AM Loop Antenna & Amplifier by Branko Justic & Ross Tester
  11. Vintage Radio: Nazi Germany’s Peoples’ Radio (Volksempfaenger) by Rodney Champness
  12. Book Store
  13. Advertising Index
  14. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Oscar: Electronic Noughts & Crosses Game":
  • PIC16F84A-04(I)/P programmed for Oscar (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC18F84 firmware and source code for Oscar (Software, Free)
  • Oscar PCB pattern (PDF download) [08110071] (Free)
  • Oscar front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
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  • Rolling Code Receiver PCB [01510071] (AUD $5.00)
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  • PIC16F628A-I/SO programmed for the Rolling Code Keyless Entry System transmitter unit [irxmroll.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC18F628A firmware and source code for the Infrared Rolling Code Transmitter [irxmroll.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • PIC18F88 firmware and source code for the Infrared Rolling Code Receiver [ircroll.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Rolling Code Keyless Entry System PCB patterns (PDF download) [01510071/2] (Free)
  • Rolling Code Keyless Entry System receiver front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Rolling Code Security System; Pt.1 (October 2007)
  • Rolling Code Security System; Pt.1 (October 2007)
  • Rolling Code Security System; Pt.2 (November 2007)
  • Rolling Code Security System; Pt.2 (November 2007)
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  • Simple Data-Logging Weather Station front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Simple Data-Logging Weather Station, Pt.1 (September 2007)
  • Simple Data-Logging Weather Station, Pt.1 (September 2007)
  • Simple Data-Logging Weather Station; Pt.2 (October 2007)
  • Simple Data-Logging Weather Station; Pt.2 (October 2007)

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