Silicon ChipExcellence In Education Technology Awards - January 2006 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Australia should build nuclear power stations
  4. Feature: Holden’s EFIJY Show Car by Jeff Brown
  5. Review: Tektronix Arbitrary/Function Generators by Peter Smith
  6. Project: Pocket TENS Unit For Pain Relief by John Clarke
  7. Feature: Excellence In Education Technology Awards by Silicon Chip
  8. Project: “Little Jim” AM Radio Transmitter by Jim Rowe
  9. Book Store
  10. Project: Universal High-Energy Ignition System; Pt.2 by John Clarke
  11. Project: Building The Ultimate Jukebox; Pt.2 by Ross Tester
  12. Project: Build A MIDI Drum Kit; Pt.3 by John Clarke
  13. Project: PICAXE-Based 433MHz Wireless Thermometer by Stan Swan
  14. Vintage Radio: The AWA B25/6 stereogram by Rodney Champness
  15. Salvage It: A human-powered LED torch for next to nothing by Julian Edgar
  16. Advertising Index

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Items relevant to "Pocket TENS Unit For Pain Relief":
  • Pocket TENS Unit PCB [11101061] (AUD $10.00)
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  • Universal High-Energy Ignition System; Pt.1 (December 2005)
  • Universal High-Energy Ignition System; Pt.2 (January 2006)
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  • Building The Ultimate Jukebox; Pt.2 (January 2006)
  • Building The Ultimate Jukebox; Pt.3 (February 2006)
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  • PCB patterns for the MIDI Drum Kit (PDF download) [01211051/2/3] (Free)
  • MIDI Drum Kit front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Build A MIDI Drum Kit (November 2005)
  • Build A MIDI Drum Kit; Pt.2 (December 2005)
  • Build A MIDI Drum Kit; Pt.3 (January 2006)
  • Build A MIDI Drum Kit; Pt.4 (February 2006)
Announcing the Inaugural 2006 SILICON CHIP Excellence in Education Technology Awards SILICON CHIP magazine aims to promote the education, development and application of electronic technology in all fields throughout Australia. As part of that aim, we are announcing the SILICON CHIP Excellence in Education Technology awards, with a prize pool of $10,000. The inaugural awards will be announced in the December 2006 issue of SILICON CHIP. Separate awards will be made to students of secondary schools throughout Australia and to students of universities and TAFE colleges throughout Australia. The secondary school awards will have three categories: (a) Best final year assignment of an individual student involving electronics technology (b) An award to the school sponsoring the winning individual student (c) Best school project involving electronics technology The university and TAFE college awards will have three categories: (a) Best project from a student as part completion of a degree, diploma or certificate in electronics or a related field (ie, mechatronics) (b) Best research project from a post-graduate student working in an area of applied electronics (c) An award to the university faculty or school sponsoring the best research project. Entries and judging The awards will be judged by the editorial staff of SILICON CHIP, convened as a judges panel. The decisions of the judges will be final. Entries for the 2006 awards will open 1st May 2006, with final submissions to be made by September 30th, 2006. All submissions will be confidential, until the winners are announced, in the December 2006 issue of SILICON CHIP. Each award will take the form of a cash prize and a commemorative plaque. All enquiries about these awards should be directed to the editor via email to: awards<at>siliconchip.com.au siliconchip.com.au January 2006  25