Silicon ChipWeblink - September 2003 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Internet newsgroups can be a mixed blessing
  4. Weblink
  5. Feature: Robots Wars: The Tech Sport Of The New Millenium by Brett Paulin
  6. Project: Very Bright., Very Cheap Krypton Bike Light by Julian Edgar
  7. Project: Portable PIC Programmer by Peter Smith
  8. Project: Current Clamp Meter Adaptor For DMMs by John Clarke
  9. Project: The PICAXE, Pt.8: A Datalogger & Sending It To Sleep by Stan Swan
  10. Feature: New Technologies In Automotive Lighting by Julian Edgar
  11. Product Showcase
  12. Project: Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.2 by John Clarke
  13. Vintage Radio: Vibrators: the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.1 by Rodney Champness
  14. Back Issues
  15. Notes & Errata
  16. Market Centre
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Book Store
  19. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Portable PIC Programmer":
  • Portable PIC Programmer PCB pattern (PDF download) [07109031] (Free)
Items relevant to "Current Clamp Meter Adaptor For DMMs":
  • Current Clamp Meter Adaptor PCB pattern (PDF download) [04109031] (Free)
  • Panel artwork for the Current Clamp Meter Adaptor (PDF download) (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)
Items relevant to "Digital Instrument Display For Cars, Pt.2":
  • 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)
Articles in this series:
  • Vibrators: the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.1 (September 2003)
  • Vibrators, the death knell of expensive dry batteries; Pt.2 (October 2003)

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