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PRODUCT SHOWCASE 5MHz Personal LCD Handheld Oscilloscope The 5MHz Velleman Personal Oscilloscope has high sensitivity and extended scope functions, making it suitable for measuring audio equipment, digital signals, mains voltage applications and car hifi just to name a few. It gives users a high contrast LCD with a wide viewing angle, full automatic setup for volt/div & time/div, true RMS and dB measurements, screen hold function, low battery detection and auto power off. The scope is housed in a durable ABS plastic case which includes a tilting bail and tactile-style rubber switches. A handy neoprene/nylon zip-up carry case and a standard test lead are also included. The scope also has a handy optional feature that allows you to select different display aids such as a Grid that divides the screen into reference points. With a recommended retail price of $319.00, the Velleman Personal Oscilloscope (Cat no. QC1906) is available through all Jaycar Electronics stores. More information is also available on the company’s website. Contact: Jaycar Electronics PO Box 6424, Silverwater NSW 1811 Ph: (02) 9741 8555 Fax: (02) 9741 8500 Website: www.jaycar.com.au Reach for the stars – or at least look at ’em! Here’s a great gift for the budding astronomer at your place: a 60mm refracting telescope, complete with a 60mm objective lens and 1.5x erecting lens. A variety of eyepieces are included including F10mm, F15mm H and F25mm K, along with a right-angle adaptor, a 5x24 “finderscope” and a 3x Barlow lens. It has a standard mount and includes the wooden tripod (shown). Recommended retail price of the telescope is $148. It is available through all Dick Smith Electronics stores and DSE PowerHouse stores, most dealers and via mail orders. Anyone really into computer games? If you (or anyone else in the family!) like really getting into PC games, Oatley Electronics has a bargain for you. These brand new “Thrustmaster” steering wheel/pedal sets can be used with any PC (full instructions and drivers on CD are included) and the wheel clamps on to any table. It has four on-wheel buttons and two paddles for gear changes, etc. Price is just $69.00 each. Oatley also have some great game bargains to go with them: Eidos Formula 1, Eidos Daikatana and Eidos Deathtrap for $18 each, or all three games and the Thrustmaster for $100 (a saving of $23). Note stock is limited! Contact: Contact: Dick Smith Electronics Ph: (02) 9642 9100 Fax: (02) 9642 9153 Website: www.dse.com.au Oatley Electronics PO Box 89, Oatley NSW 2223 Ph: (02) 9584 3563 Fax: (02) 9584 3561 Website: www.oatleyelectronics.com New Wiltronics and Rockby catalogs released It’s catalog season. Recently the Altronics and Jaycar Catalogs have appeared (SILICON CHIP readers received a complimentary copy) and now the Wiltronics Research and Rockby Electronics 2002 catalogs are available. The Wiltronics catalog is a conventional (paper) A4size with 100 pages, while the Rockby catalog is on CD-ROM. More information from their respective websites. Psst! Your Dick Smith Electronics 2002 catalog will be in June SC! Contact: Contact: Ph: (03) 5334 2513 Fax: (03) 5334 1845 Ph: (03) 9562 8559 Fax: (03) 9562 8772 Wiltronics Research Pty Ltd Website: www.wiltronics.com.au www.siliconchip.com.au Rockby Electronics Pty Ltd Website: www.rockby.com.au May 2002  71 Jaycar’s new Chipkartenleser Huh? OK, just in case you don’t speak German (we think!) Jaycar has just released a new product: a handy Sim Card Reader. The Reader allows you to download Sim Card data to your computer. It can then be stored, managed, shared, or simply used to print the data stored in the Sim Card of any mobile phone. Once the information is down-loaded it is then possible to update it and write it back to the card. The reader can change the phone’s PIN and will even create backups of SMS data and phonebook. This is especially useful if one is changing phone companies or sharing a common phone book on several broadcast quality phones. The reader attaches to the computer via the serial port and will accept both full-sized and miniature SIM Cards. Recommended retail price is $39.95. Contact: Jaycar Electronics PO Box 6424, Silverwater NSW 1811 Ph: (02) 9741 8555 Fax: (02) 9741 8500 Website: www.jaycar.com.au 16MB “Go Anywhere” storage drive It’s about the size of a highlighter pen and clips onto a shirt pocket or key ring – and can store up to 16MB of information to take wherever you go. The Targus “Go Anywhere” StorageDrive is fully plug-and-play in operation, with no driver, power supply or battery required. It plugs into any USB port on Windows (98/2000/ ME/XP), Mac (OS9 +) or Linux-based (2.4.0) system. The host computer immediately detects it, recognising it as a supplementary removable disk and assigning it a drive letter. The KeySafe security application ensures confidentiality of data by 9/40 Leighton Pl. HORNSBY 2077 Ph (02) 9476-5854 Fx (02) 9476-3231 Register your business with Austrade Contact: Targus Australia Pty Ltd 117-119 Bowden St, Meadowbank, NSW 2001 Ph: (02) 9807 1222 Fax: (02) 9807 3555 Website: www.targus.com.au than 0.07%THD at all levels, the Descent is unquestionably one of the lowest distortion subwoofers on the market. It is equally at home in both 2-channel and multi-channel Home Theatre systems. Frequency response is from 200-150Hz ±3dB with switchable crossover points at 40 and 70Hz. Inputs are RCA line levels and XLR LFE. Contact: Denon GPO Box 2301, Sydney NSW 2001 Ph: (02) 9560 6266 email: sales<at>kedcorp.com.au 72  Silicon Chip Manufactured in Australia Harbuch Electronics Pty Ltd means of user-defined password and           internally-secured access verification. The Targus “Go Anywhere” drive is available wherever computers are sold for around $129. New receiver, active sub from Denon New from Denon are the 50 watt/ channel DRA-295 receiver (rrp $599) and Martin Logan Descent, an active 400 watt subwoofer system with an rrp of $7,950.00 In the remote-controlled amplifier, the power supply, power amp, tuner and preamp stages are all kept separate. The Martin Logan Descent is an active 400 watt subwoofer system that employs three 10-inch drivers in parallel utilising an advanced servo monitor and control. With less AUDIO MODULES Businesses wanting international exposure are being invited to register on Austrade’s Australian Suppliers Database. The Australian Suppliers Database is a comprehensive, searchable directory of Australian companies accessible by potential buyers anywhere in the world. Run by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), the database already lists around 7000 Australian suppliers. It allows companies to touch base with buyers overseas. The database is widely promoted through Austrade’s 90 offices located throughout Australia and the world. Listing on the database is a free service that will include your products and services, your company message and your contact details. Contact: Austrade GPO Box 2301, Sydney NSW 2001 Ph: (02) 9390 2077 Fax: (02) 9390 2341 Website: www.austrade.gov.au www.siliconchip.com.au