Silicon ChipOrder Form - March 2008 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: High-definition TV in limbo until the Olympics
  4. Feature: How To Get Into Digital TV by Alan Hughes
  5. Review: Tevion TEV8200 HD Set-Top Box by Leo Simpson
  6. Feature: How To Solder Surface Mount Devices by Jim Rowe
  7. Project: 12V-24V High-Current DC Motor Speed Controller, Pt.1 by Mauro Grassi
  8. Feature: PICAXE VSM: It’s Time to Play; Pt.3 by Clive Seager
  9. Project: A Digital VFO with LCD Graphics Display by Andrew Woodfield, ZL2PD
  10. Feature: The I²C Bus: A Quick Primer by Jim Rowe
  11. Project: A Low-Cost PC-to-I²C Interface For Debugging by Jim Rowe
  12. Feature: Electric Flight by Ross Tester
  13. Vintage Radio: The batteries used to power vintage radios by Rodney Champness
  14. Project: One-Pulse-Per Second Driver For Quartz Clocks by Jim Rowe
  15. Book Store
  16. Advertising Index
  17. Order Form

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Articles in this series:
  • How To Get Into Digital TV (March 2008)
  • How To Get Into Digital TV, Pt.2 (April 2008)
Items relevant to "12V-24V High-Current DC Motor Speed Controller, Pt.1":
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the DC Motor Speed Controller [0910308A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the 12-24V High Current Motor Speed Controller [0910308A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • 12-24V High-Current Motor Speed Controller main PCB pattern (PDF download) [09103081] (Free)
  • 12-24V High-Current Motor Speed Controller display PCB pattern (PDF download) [09103082] (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • 12V-24V High-Current DC Motor Speed Controller, Pt.1 (March 2008)
  • 12V-24V High-Current DC Motor Speed Controller, Pt.2 (April 2008)
Articles in this series:
  • PICAXE VSM: The PICAXE Circuit Simulator! (January 2008)
  • PICAXE VSM: The PICAXE Circuit Simulator, Pt.2 (February 2008)
  • PICAXE VSM: It’s Time to Play; Pt.3 (March 2008)
Items relevant to "A Digital VFO with LCD Graphics Display":
  • AT89C4051 firmware and source code for the Digital VFO with LCD Graphics Display [DDSFINAL.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • DDS VFO PCB pattern (PDF download) [06103082] (Free)
  • DDS VFO front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "A Low-Cost PC-to-I²C Interface For Debugging":
  • Philips Universal Register Debugger software for the Low-Cost PC-to-I²C Debugging Interface (Free)
  • Low-Cost PC-to-I²C Interface for Debugging PCB pattern (PDF download) [04203081] (Free)
Items relevant to "One-Pulse-Per Second Driver For Quartz Clocks":
  • One Pulse Per Second Driver for Quartz Clocks PCB [04103081] (AUD $2.50)
  • 1pps Quartz Clock Driver PCB pattern (PDF download) [04103081] (Free)

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