Silicon ChipContents - December 2003 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Australian power stations should be solar or gas-fired
  4. Feature: What You Need To Receiver Weather Satellite Images by Jim Rowe
  5. Feature: A Self-Diagnostics Plug For Your Car by Julian Edgar
  6. Project: VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites by Jim Rowe
  7. Order Form
  8. Project: Linear Supply For Luxeon 1W Star LEDs by Peter Smith
  9. Product Showcase
  10. Weblink
  11. Feature: PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.3 by David L. Jones
  12. Feature: SPLat Controls microPLCs by Peter Smith
  13. Project: MiniCal 5V Meter Calibration Standard by Barry Hubble
  14. Project: PIC-Based Car Battery Monitor by Alan Bonnard
  15. Project: The PICAXE, Pt.9: Keyboards 101 by Stan Swan
  16. Vintage Radio: The AWA PF car radio & the Ferrite Tranimate by Rodney Champness
  17. Book Store
  18. Back Issues
  19. Notes & Errata
  20. Market Centre
  21. Advertising Index
  22. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "What You Need To Receiver Weather Satellite Images":
  • VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites PCB [06112031] (AUD $15.00)
Articles in this series:
  • VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites (December 2003)
  • What You Need To Receiver Weather Satellite Images (December 2003)
  • Antenna & RF Preamp For Weather Satellites (January 2004)
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  • VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites PCB [06112031] (AUD $15.00)
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  • Panel artwork for the VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites (December 2003)
  • What You Need To Receiver Weather Satellite Images (December 2003)
  • Antenna & RF Preamp For Weather Satellites (January 2004)
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  • Luxeon 1W Linear Power Supply PCB pattern (PDF download) [11112031/2] (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.1 (October 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.2 (November 2003)
  • PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.3 (December 2003)
Items relevant to "MiniCal 5V Meter Calibration Standard":
  • MiniCal PCB pattern (PDF download) [04112031] (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.12; December 2003 www.siliconchip.com.au FEATURES 8 What You Need To Receive Weather Satellite Images Interested in receiving weather satellite pictures? It’s now easier than ever, provided you have a receiver and a PC fitted with a sound card – by Jim Rowe 14 A Self-Diagnostics Plug For Your Car Many cars can tell you what’s wrong with them. All you have to do is ask but first, you need a plug – by Julian Edgar 60 PC Board Design Tutorial, Pt.3 Final article looks at multi-layer boards and describes how to lay out a board that can be manufactured – by David L. Jones 68 SPLat Controls microPLCs Looking for an embedded control module for your product? Take a look at the range of “microPLCs” from Splat Controls– by Peter Smith VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites – Page 18. PROJECTS TO BUILD 18 VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites Build this compact 2-channel VHF FM receiver and pull in your own weather satellite pictures – by Jim Rowe 34 Linear Supply For Luxeon 1W Star LEDs Simple circuit lets you run one or more Luxeon 1W Star LEDs from a 12V DC supply. It uses low-cost parts and allows for dimming as well – by Peter Smith 70 MiniCal 5V Meter Calibration Standard Check your DMMs accuracy and then calibrate it using this low-cost, easy-tobuild voltage reference – by Barry Hubble Linear Power Supply For Luxeon 1W Star LEDs – Page 34. 74 PIC-Based Car Battery Monitor Don’t get caught with a flat battery. This simple circuit allows you to monitor battery condition and will warn you when it’s about to die – by Alan Bonnard 76 The PICAXE, Pt.9: Keyboards 101 Build a PS2 to RS-232 converter and send data from a keyboard to a remote terminal or LCD display via a 2-wire interface – by Stan Swan SPECIAL COLUMNS 40 Serviceman’s Log Turn it upside down to fix it – by the TV Serviceman 56 Circuit Notebook MiniCal 5V Meter Calibration Standard – Page 70. (1) Simple 6-Input Alarm Circuit; (2) Courtesy Light Extender; (3) Battery Replacement Power Supply; (4) Automatic Headlight Reminder; (5) Speed Alarm For Cars 80 Vintage Radio The AWA PF car radio & the Ferris Tranimate – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 4 29 53 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Order Form Product Showcase www.siliconchip.com.au 55 90 92 94 Silicon Chip Weblink Ask Silicon Chip Notes & Errata Market Centre/Ad Index PIC-Based Car Battery Monitor – Page 74. December 2003  1