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Contents Vol.23, No.7; July 2010 SILICON CHIP www.siliconchip.com.au Features 11 Electronics Goes Boating The recent Sanctuary Cove (Qld) boat show featured some jaw-dropping craft. But what really stood out was the advanced electronics now included in just about every one of those boats – by Kevin Poulter 18 3DTV: From Stadium To Living Room Some impressive technology is involved in 3DTV production. Here’s a look at what’s involved in getting 3DTV live from the sports field to your home – by Nicholas Vinen 26 Programming PIC Microcontrollers: How It’s Done Ever wondered how to program a PIC microcontroller chip if you’re not buying a kit or if you want to upgrade the firmware to a later version? Here’s a stepby-step guide to doing it yourself – by Mauro Grassi Programming PIC Microcontrollers: How It’s Done – Page 26. 26. Pro jects To Build 30 An Intelligent 12V Fan Controller Does your PC make more noise than it should? It’s probably mostly fan noise! Slowing the fans down will reduce the noise but if you go too far, you could fry the CPU! This intelligent fan controller is the answer – by Geoff Graham 58 PICAXE Project Development System Featuring a USB interface and a ZIF (zero insertion force) socket, this low-cost board will allow hardware/software development & debugging for over 90% of the chips in the PICAXE range – by Jeff Monegal 65 Lab-Standard 16-Bit Digital Potentiometer Intelligent 12V Fan Controller – Page 30. Here’s a digital programmable voltage divider that’s easy to build. You can use it to provide an accurate adjustable output from a precision voltage reference for meter calibration and other tasks – by Jim Rowe 80 Dual-Tracking ±19V Power Supply, Pt.2 Final article on our new 0V to ±19V dual-tracking supply has all the assembly and check-out details – by Nicholas Vinen Special Columns 40 Circuit Notebook (1) Using 12V LED Replacement Lamps In Cars; (2) UHF Link For Remote Control Extender; (3) Modifying The Flexitimer For Short Intervals; (4) SoundTrigger For A Canon 350D Camera PICAXE Project Development System – Page 58. 44 Serviceman’s Log Procrastination is the thief of time – by the Serviceman 94 Vintage Radio Reflex receivers: why they were necessary – by Rodney Champness Departments   2   4 39 57 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Order Form Product Showcase siliconchip.com.au 99 Ask Silicon Chip 101 Notes & Errata 102 Market Centre Lab-Standard 16-Bit Digital Potentiometer – Page 65. July 2010  1