Silicon ChipWebLINK - 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)
Items relevant to "VHF Receiver For Weather Satellites":
  • VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites PCB [06112031] (AUD $15.00)
  • VHF Receiver for Weather Satellites PCB pattern (PDF download) [06112031] (Free)
  • 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)
Items relevant to "Linear Supply For Luxeon 1W Star LEDs":
  • 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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