Silicon ChipContents - August 2003 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Should we be part of Star Wars II?
  4. Order Form
  5. Feature: OLED Displays: Better Than Plasma Or LCD by Peter Smith
  6. Feature: Home Automation: It's Here by Ross Tester
  7. Project: PC Infrared Remote Receiver by Peter Smith
  8. Project: Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.1 by John Clarke
  9. Project: Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas by Rob Clarke
  10. Project: Fitting A Wireless Microphone To The PortaPAL by Ross Tester
  11. Project: Jazzy Heart Electronic Jewellery by Thomas Scarborough
  12. Product Showcase
  13. Project: The PICAXE, Pt.7: Get That Clever Code Purring by Stan Swan
  14. Weblink
  15. Project: A Digital Timer For Less Than $20 by Ross Tester & Jess Benning
  16. Vintage Radio: The HMV 42-71 migrant special by Rodney Champness
  17. Notes & Errata
  18. Book Store
  19. Back Issues
  20. Market Centre
  21. Advertising Index
  22. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "PC Infrared Remote Receiver":
  • AT90S2313 firmware for the PC Infrared Remote Receiver (Software, Free)
  • PC Infrared Remote Control Receiver PCB pattern (PDF download) [07108031] (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the PC Infrared Remote Receiver (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.1":
  • PIC16F84A-20(I)/P programmed for the Digital Instrument Display for Cars [INSTRUM.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • PIC16F84 firmware for the Digital Instrument Display for Cars [INSTRUM.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Digital Instrument Display for Cars PCB patterns (PDF download) [05108031/2] (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the Digital Instrument Display for Cars (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.1 (August 2003)
  • Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.2 (September 2003)
Items relevant to "Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas":
  • 2.4GHz Biquad WiFi Antenna PCB pattern (PDF download) [06108031] (Free)
Items relevant to "Fitting A Wireless Microphone To The PortaPAL":
  • PortaPAL PCB patterns (PDF download) (01103031-4) (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the PortaPAL (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • The PortaPAL Public Address System (February 2003)
  • 12V SLA Battery Float Charger (March 2003)
  • The PortaPAL Public Address System; Pt.2 (March 2003)
  • Fitting A Wireless Microphone To The PortaPAL (August 2003)
Items relevant to "Jazzy Heart Electronic Jewellery":
  • Jazzy Heart PCB pattern (PDF download) [08108031] (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • PICAXE: The New Millennium 555? (February 2003)
  • The PICAXE: Pt.2: A Shop Door Minder (March 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.3: Heartbeat Simulator (April 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.4: Motor Controller (May 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.5: A Chookhouse Door Controller (June 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.6: Data Communications (July 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.7: Get That Clever Code Purring (August 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.8: A Datalogger & Sending It To Sleep (September 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.8: The 18X Series (November 2003)
  • The PICAXE, Pt.9: Keyboards 101 (December 2003)

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Contents Vol.16, No.8; August 2003 www.siliconchip.com.au FEATURES 8 OLED Displays: Better Than Plasma Or LCD Organic LED (OLED) displays look set to take over from LCD & plasma displays in monitors & TV sets. Here’s how they work – by Peter Smith 12 Home Automation: It’s Here Think home automation has been too hard? The new Eon3 home automation kits make it dead simple – by Ross Tester 17 Review: Atlas LCR Passive Component Analyser Looking for a quick and easy way to measure resistors, capacitors and inductors? This little gem will do the trick – by Peter Smith PROJECTS TO BUILD 22 PC Infrared Remote Receiver Build this simple unit and play DVDs and MP3s on your PC via remote control – by Peter Smith PC Infrared Remote Receiver (Controls WinDVD, PowerDVD WinAmp & More) – Page 22. 34 Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.1 Fancy a digital readout to replace analog gauges? This unit works with a variety of automotive sensors and is dead easy to build – by John Clarke 42 Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas 2.4GHz wireless networking (WiFi) is on the rise. Here’s how to make two high-performance weatherproof WiFi antennas – by Rob Clarke 64 Fitting A Wireless Microphone To The PortaPAL Here’s how to fit a pro-quality wireless mic to the PortaPAL to make it truly portable – by Ross Tester 70 Jazzy Heart Electronic Jewellery Want to be the life of the party? Build the Jazzy Heart LED display! – by Thomas Scarborough Digital Instrument Display For Cars – Page 34. 77 The PICAXE Pt.7: Get That Clever Code Purring Program in some Morse Code and start communicating – by Stan Swan 84 A Digital Timer For Less Than $20 Just “nick” the timer from an old microwave oven and fit it into a case. The resulting timer has lots of uses – by Ross Tester & Jess Benning SPECIAL COLUMNS 57 Circuit Notebook (1) Low-Cost Dual Digital Dice; (2) Maximum/Minimum Voltage Indicator; (3) Halogen Lamp Dimmer With Soft Start; (4) Correction – 100V Line Connection For The SC480 Amplifier Home-Brew Weatherproof 2.4GHz WiFi Antennas – Page 42. 60 Serviceman’s Log The set without a chassis – by the TV Serviceman 88 Vintage Radio The HMV 42-71 migrant special – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 4 74 77 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Product Showcase Silicon Chip Weblink www.siliconchip.com.au 95 Ask Silicon Chip 102 Market Centre 104 Advertising Index A Digital Timer For Less Than $20 – Page 84. August 2003  1