Silicon ChipOuter Back Cover - September 2012 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: We need the NBN; pity it's so expensive
  4. Feature: Electronex: The Latest Smart Electronics by Ross Tester
  5. Review: Virtins Technology Multi-Instrument 3.2 by Jim Rowe
  6. Project: Colour MaxiMite Microcomputer, Pt.1 by Geoff Graham
  7. Project: Barking Dog Blaster: Shut That Annoying Mutt Up! by John Clarke
  8. Project: USB Test Instrument Interface For PCs by Jim Rowe
  9. Feature: The HRSA’s 30th Birthday by Kevin Poulter
  10. Project: Digital Sound Effects Generator by Nicholas Vinen
  11. Subscriptions
  12. Review: iModela 3-Axis CNC Router/Mill by Nicholas Vinen
  13. Vintage Radio: A "vintage" radio from just a front panel by Associate Professor Graham Parslow
  14. PartShop
  15. Order Form
  16. Advertising Index
  17. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Colour MaxiMite Microcomputer, Pt.1":
  • Colour Maximite PCB [07109121] (AUD $17.50)
  • Colour MaxiMite Firmware, Documentation and Demo software (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Colour MaxiMite Microcomputer, Pt.1 (September 2012)
  • Colour MaxiMite Microcomputer, Pt.2 (October 2012)
Items relevant to "Barking Dog Blaster: Shut That Annoying Mutt Up!":
  • Pair of CSD18534KCS logic-level Mosfets (Component, AUD $6.50)
  • ETD29 transformer components (AUD $15.00)
  • Barking Dog Blaster PCB [25108121] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC12F675-I/P programmed for the Barking Dog Blaster [2510812A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $10.00)
  • Barking Dog Blaster Firmware and source code (HEX/ASM) [2510812B.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Barking Dog Blaster PCB pattern (PDF download) [25108121] (Free)
  • Barking Dog Blaster panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Barking Dog Blaster: Shut That Annoying Mutt Up! (September 2012)
  • Wireless Remote Control For The Barking Dog Blaster (October 2012)
Items relevant to "USB Test Instrument Interface For PCs":
  • USB Virtual Instrument Interface PCB [24109121] (AUD $25.00)
  • USB Virtual Instrument Interface front panel [24109122] (PCB, AUD $25.00)
  • USB Virtual Test Instrument Interface PCB pattern (PDF download) [24109121] (Free)
  • USB Virtual Test Instrument Interface front panel artwork (PNG download) [24109122] (Free)
Items relevant to "Digital Sound Effects Generator":
  • Sound Effects Generator PCB [09109121] (AUD $10.00)
  • PIC18F27J53-I/SO programmed for the Digital Sound Effects Generator [0910912A] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $20.00)
  • Firmware and C source code for the Digital Sound Effects Generator [0910912A] (Software, Free)
  • Digital Sound Effects Generator PCB pattern (PDF download) [09109121] (Free)

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