Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - March 2009 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Carbon trading may not be needed in Australia after all
  4. Feature: Reviving Old Laptops With Puppy Linux by Warrick Smith
  5. Feature: Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.2 by Alan Hughes
  6. Project: A GPS-Synchronised Clock by Geoff Graham
  7. Project: New, Improved Theremin Mk.2 by John Clarke
  8. Project: Build A Digital Audio Millivoltmeter by Jim Rowe
  9. Project: Microcontrollers Can Be A Snap by Stan Swan
  10. Vintage Radio: The deadly and the difficult: when to say "no" by Rodney Champness
  11. Book Store
  12. Advertising Index
  13. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.1 (February 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.2 (March 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.3 (April 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.4 (June 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.5 (August 2009)
Items relevant to "A GPS-Synchronised Clock":
  • VK2828U7G5LF TTL GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO module with antenna and cable (Component, AUD $25.00)
  • GPS-Synchronised Clock PCB pattern (PDF download) [04203091] (Free)
  • PIC16LF88-I/P programmed for the GPS Synchronised Clock for stepping hands [0420309A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • VK2828U7G5LF TTL GPS/GLONASS/GALILEO module with antenna and cable (Component, AUD $25.00)
  • PIC18LF88 firmware and C source code for the GPS-Synchronised Clock with stepping hands [0420309A.HEX] (Software, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • A GPS-Synchronised Clock (March 2009)
  • GPS Synchronisation For Clocks With Sweep Hands (November 2009)
Items relevant to "New, Improved Theremin Mk.2":
  • Theremin Mk.2 PCB [01203091] (AUD $15.00)
  • Improved Theremin Mk.2 PCB pattern (PDF download) [01203091] (Free)
  • Improved Theremin Mk.2 front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Build A Digital Audio Millivoltmeter":
  • Digital Audio Millivoltmeter Input Attenuator front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
  • Input Attenuator PCB for Digital Audio Millivoltmeter [04205091] (AUD $7.50)
  • Digital Audio Millivoltmeter PCB [04103091] (AUD $20.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the Digital Audio Millivoltmeter [0410309A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the Digital Audio Millivoltmeter [0410309A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Digital Audio Millivoltmeter PCB pattern (PDF download) [04103091] (Free)
  • Digital Audio Millivoltmeter front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Build A Digital Audio Millivoltmeter (March 2009)
  • Input Attenuator For The Digital Audio Millivoltmeter (May 2009)

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