Silicon ChipContents - July 2008 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Now is the time for Australia to build nuclear power stations
  4. Feature: House Wiring: Looking At Light Switches by Ross Tester
  5. Review: Agilent MSO7034A Mixed Signal Oscilloscope by Mauro Grassi
  6. Project: DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.2 by Mauro Grassi
  7. Feature: Drumroll – Yet Another PICAXE by Stan Swan
  8. Project: A PIC-Based Musical Tuning Aid by Jim Rowe
  9. Project: Balanced Mic Preamp For PCs & MP3 Players by John Clarke
  10. Project: Bridge Adaptor For Stereo Power Amplifiers by Leo Simpson
  11. Vintage Radio: The Astor KM 4-Valve Reflexed Receiver by Rodney Champness
  12. Advertising Index
  13. Book Store
  14. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show (June 2008)
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show (June 2008)
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.2 (July 2008)
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.2 (July 2008)
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.3 (August 2008)
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  • DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.4 (September 2008)
  • DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.4 (September 2008)
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Contents Vol.21, No.7; July 2008 SILICON CHIP www.siliconchip.com.au Features 11 House Wiring: Looking At Light Switches How standard and 2-way light switch circuits are wired – by Ross Tester 18 Review: Agilent MSO7034A Mixed Signal Oscilloscope It features four analog inputs, 16 digital inputs, an analog bandwidth of DC350MHz and a 12.1-inch LCD. We liked it so much, we bought it! – by Mauro Grassi Building The DSP Musicolour Light Show – Page 24. 40 Drumroll – Yet Another Picaxe You can never have too many I/O channels and the new Picaxe-20M has lots more – by Stan Swan Pro jects To Build 24 DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.2 Second article has the full assembly and test details – by Mauro Grassi 58 A PIC-Based Musical Tuning Aid Compact device can produce any note on the tempered musical scale in any of the eight most commonly used octaves & makes tuning musical instruments easy – by Jim Rowe PIC-Based Musical Tuning Aid – Page 58. 68 Balanced Mic Preamp For PCs & MP3 Players Easy-to-build circuit lets you connect a pro-quality balanced microphone to the line input of a PC soundcard or MP3 player, for high-quality voice recordings – by John Clarke 82 Bridge Adaptor For Stereo Power Amplifiers Want to connect two power amplifier modules in “bridge mode” to get four times the power from a single module into a single loudspeaker system? This simple adaptor is the answer – by Leo Simpson Special Columns 35 Circuit Notebook (1) Capacitance Meter; (2) Mobile Phones Can Power Picaxe Circuits; (3) Simple Door Guard Alarm; (4) Programming Remote Control Codes For The CD-ROM Playback Adaptor; (5) 12V CDI For Motorbikes; (6) Universal DingDong Chime Driver; (7) Picaxe 21 Game; (8) Expanded Scale Voltmeter Balanced Mic Preamp For PC Soundcards & MP3 Players – Page 68. 44 Serviceman’s Log My love-hate relationship – by the TV Serviceman 86 Vintage Radio The Astor KM 4-Valve Reflexed Receiver – by Rodney Champness Departments   2   3 23 57 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Order Form Products Showcase siliconchip.com.au 93 Book Review 96 Ask Silicon Chip 34, 100 Notes & Errata 101 Market Centre Bridge Adaptor For Stereo Power Amplifiers – Page 82. July 2008  1