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12V-24V High-Current Motor Speed Controller
01 April 2008
Last month, we described the circuit and software features of our new High-Current DC Motor Speed Controller. This month, we show you how to build and test it.
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How To Get Into Digital TV, Pt.2
01 April 2008
Last month, we introduced the topic of Digital TV and strongly advocated the purchase of a High-Definition Set-Top Box or Personal Video Recorder. In this second part, we discuss the antenna installation and what you need to do to ensure the most reliable and interference-free reception.
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Charge controller for 12V lead-acid or SLA batteries
01 April 2008
Upgrade your standard 12V lead-acid battery charger or solar cell booster to a complete 2 or 3-step charger using this Charge Controller. It includes temperature compensation and LED indication. All parameters are adjustable for charging lead-acid or Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries.
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Two-Way Stereo Headphone Adaptor
01 April 2008
Do you have a stereo amplifier without a headphone socket but want to listen to your music via headphones? If so, this versatile Stereo Headphone Adaptor will do the job. It connects between your amplifier and loudspeakers, has several operating modes and features two output sockets with individual volume controls.
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A Safe Flash Trigger For Your Digital SLR Camera
01 April 2008
Many of today's digital SLR cameras risk serious damage if used with an external electronic flash, whether that is a portable type or a large studio "strobe". We found this was the case here at SILICON CHIP so we have produced a flash trigger to ensure the camera's safety. You can do likewise - but beware of the JISP!
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How To Get Into Digital TV
01 March 2008
Perhaps you are blissfully unaware of it -
but the Australian Government plans to progressively switch off all analog TV transmitters, starting in less than two years time. And High Definition digital TV programs are now being shown on "free to air" commercial, ABC and SBS TV. Those programs are not available via Standard Definition digital tuners or set-top boxes. So what do you need to do?
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Review: Tevion TEV8200 HD Set-Top Box
01 March 2008
If you currently have an analog TV set or a digital
projector and don't want to change it, you will need a high definition set top box to watch HD TV broadcasts - now and more importantly in the future.
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A Low-Cost PC-to-I2C Interface For Debugging
01 March 2008
Tracking down problems in circuits which are programmed via an I2C bus can be tricky and time-consuming, unless you take advantage of a debugging program running on a PC. Here's a low-cost, easy-to-build printer port to I2C interface designed to work with the Philips/NXP debugging program URD312.exe.
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