Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - June 2010 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Unflued gas heaters are a health hazard / Problems with our VOIP phone system
  4. Feature: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Australian Perspective by Bob Young
  5. Feature: Breakthrough Aussie Innovation: Making 3D Movies by Barrie Smith
  6. Project: Air-Quality Meter For Checking CO & CO₂ Levels by John Clarke
  7. Review: LeCroy WaveAce 112 Digital Storage Oscilloscope by Nicholas Vinen
  8. Project: Dual-Tracking ±19V Power Supply, Pt.1 by Nicholas Vinen
  9. Project: Build a Digital Insulation Meter by Jim Rowe
  10. Vintage Radio: How AGC works and why it’s necessary, Pt.2 by Rodney Champness
  11. Project: A Solar-Powered Lighting System, Pt.2 by John Clarke
  12. Advertising Index
  13. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • Radio Control (November 1996)
  • Radio Control (February 1997)
  • Radio Control (March 1997)
  • Radio Control (May 1997)
  • Radio Control (June 1997)
  • Radio Control (July 1997)
  • Radio Control (November 1997)
  • Radio Control (December 1997)
  • Autopilots For Radio-Controlled Model Aircraft (April 1999)
  • Model Plane Flies The Atlantic (May 1999)
  • Tiny, Tiny Spy Planes (July 1999)
  • 2.4GHz DSS Radio Control Systems (February 2009)
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: An Australian Perspective (June 2010)
  • RPAs: Designing, Building & Using Them For Business (August 2012)
  • Multi-Rotor Helicopters (August 2012)
  • Flying The Parrot AR Drone 2 Quadcopter (August 2012)
  • Electric Remotely Piloted Aircraft . . . With Wings (October 2012)
Items relevant to "Air-Quality Meter For Checking CO & CO₂ Levels":
  • Air Quality Monitor PCB [04306101] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the Air Quality Monitor [0430610A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the CO/CO₂ Air Quality Meter [0430610A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Air Quality Monitor for CO & CO₂ PCB pattern (PDF download) [04306101] (Free)
  • Air Quality Monitor for CO & CO₂ lid panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Dual-Tracking ±19V Power Supply, Pt.1":
  • Dual Tracking ±0-19V Power Supply PCB [04206101] (AUD $15.00)
  • Dual Tracking ±0-19V Power Supply front panel PCB [04206102] (AUD $5.00)
  • Dual Tracking ±0-19V Bench Supply PCB patterns (PDF download) [04206101/2/3] (Free)
  • Dual Tracking ±0-19V Supply panel artwork/drilling templates (mains-powered) (PDF download) (Free)
  • Dual Tracking ±0-19V Supply panel artwork/drilling templates (plugpack-powered) (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Dual-Tracking ±19V Power Supply, Pt.1 (June 2010)
  • Dual-Tracking ±19V Power Supply, Pt.2 (July 2010)
Items relevant to "Build a Digital Insulation Meter":
  • Digital Insulation Meter PCB [04106101] (AUD $15.00)
  • Digital Insulation Meter Power Supply PCB [04106102] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the Digital Insulation Meter [0410610A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the Digital Insulation Meter [0410610A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Digital Insulation Meter PCB patterns (PDF download) [04106101/2] (Free)
  • Digital Insulation Meter front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • How AGC works and why it’s necessary (May 2010)
  • How AGC works and why it’s necessary, Pt.2 (June 2010)
Items relevant to "A Solar-Powered Lighting System, Pt.2":
  • Solar-powered Lighting System PCB [16105101] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the Solar Powered Lighting Controller [1610510A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the Solar Powered Lighting Controller [0610510A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Solar-Powered Lighting System PCB pattern (PDF download) [16105101] (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • A Solar-Powered Lighting System (May 2010)
  • A Solar-Powered Lighting System, Pt.2 (June 2010)

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