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Contents
Vol.21, No.7; July 2008
SILICON
CHIP
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Features
11 House Wiring: Looking At Light Switches
How standard and 2-way light switch circuits are wired – by Ross Tester
18 Review: Agilent MSO7034A Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
It features four analog inputs, 16 digital inputs, an analog bandwidth of DC350MHz and a 12.1-inch LCD. We liked it so much, we bought it! – by Mauro
Grassi
Building The
DSP Musicolour Light
Show – Page 24.
40 Drumroll – Yet Another Picaxe
You can never have too many I/O channels and the new Picaxe-20M has lots
more – by Stan Swan
Pro jects To Build
24 DSP Musicolour Light Show; Pt.2
Second article has the full assembly and test details – by Mauro Grassi
58 A PIC-Based Musical Tuning Aid
Compact device can produce any note on the tempered musical scale in any
of the eight most commonly used octaves & makes tuning musical instruments
easy – by Jim Rowe
PIC-Based Musical
Tuning Aid – Page 58.
68 Balanced Mic Preamp For PCs & MP3 Players
Easy-to-build circuit lets you connect a pro-quality balanced microphone to the
line input of a PC soundcard or MP3 player, for high-quality voice recordings –
by John Clarke
82 Bridge Adaptor For Stereo Power Amplifiers
Want to connect two power amplifier modules in “bridge mode” to get four
times the power from a single module into a single loudspeaker system? This
simple adaptor is the answer – by Leo Simpson
Special Columns
35 Circuit Notebook
(1) Capacitance Meter; (2) Mobile Phones Can Power Picaxe Circuits; (3)
Simple Door Guard Alarm; (4) Programming Remote Control Codes For The
CD-ROM Playback Adaptor; (5) 12V CDI For Motorbikes; (6) Universal DingDong Chime Driver; (7) Picaxe 21 Game; (8) Expanded Scale Voltmeter
Balanced Mic Preamp
For PC Soundcards & MP3
Players – Page 68.
44 Serviceman’s Log
My love-hate relationship – by the TV Serviceman
86 Vintage Radio
The Astor KM 4-Valve Reflexed Receiver – by Rodney Champness
Departments
2
3
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57
Publisher’s Letter
Mailbag
Order Form
Products Showcase
siliconchip.com.au
93 Book Review
96 Ask Silicon Chip
34, 100 Notes & Errata
101 Market Centre
Bridge Adaptor For Stereo Power
Amplifiers – Page 82.
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