Silicon ChipProduct Showcase - May 2015 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Solar panel installations could have future costly implications
  4. Feature: The Australian International Airshow 2015 by Dr David Maddison
  5. Review: The Navman MiVue Drive GPS Unit by Leo Simpson
  6. Project: Appliance Earth Leakage Tester by John Clarke
  7. PartShop
  8. Feature: Home Solar Panel Electricity: Is It Worth It? by Alan Wilson
  9. Project: WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.3 by Armindo Caneira & Trevor Robinson
  10. Product Showcase
  11. Project: Balanced Input Attenuator For Audio Analysers & Scopes by Jim Rowe
  12. Subscriptions
  13. Project: 4-Output Universal Voltage Regulator by Jim Rowe & Nicholas Vinen
  14. Vintage Radio: The Radiola 523-M: the last vibrator-powered radio by Rodney Champness
  15. Market Centre
  16. Notes & Errata
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Outer Back Cover

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Articles in this series:
  • The Avalon 2013 Air Show (May 2013)
  • The Australian International Airshow 2015 (May 2015)
  • Avalon Airshow: from killer drones to spacecraft! (May 2019)
  • Avalon Airshow 2023 (May 2023)
Items relevant to "Appliance Earth Leakage Tester":
  • Appliance Earth Leakage Tester PCBs [04203151/2] (AUD $15.00)
  • Talema AC1015 Current Transformer (Component, AUD $20.00)
  • Appliance Earth Leakage Tester front panel [04203153] (PCB, AUD $15.00)
  • Appliance Earth Leakage Tester PCB pattern (PDF download) [04203151/2] (Free)
  • Appliance Earth Leakage Tester panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Home Solar Panel Electricity: Is It Worth It? (May 2015)
  • Solar Power with Batteries (January 2022)
Articles in this series:
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.1 (March 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.2 (April 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.3 (May 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.4 (June 2015)
Items relevant to "Balanced Input Attenuator For Audio Analysers & Scopes":
  • Balanced Attenuator PCB [04105151] (AUD $15.00)
  • 4-Output Universal Regulator PCB [18105151] (AUD $5.00)
  • Hard-to-get parts for the Balanced Input Attenuator (Component, AUD $80.00)
  • Balanced Input Attenuator front and rear panels [04105152/3] (PCB, AUD $20.00)
  • Balanced Attenuator PCB pattern (PDF download) [04105151] (Free)
  • 4-Output Universal Regulator PCB pattern (PDF download) [18105151] (Free)
  • Balanced Attenuator front and rear panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "4-Output Universal Voltage Regulator":
  • 4-Output Universal Regulator PCB [18105151] (AUD $5.00)
  • MCP1700 3.3V LDO (TO-92) (Component, AUD $2.00)
  • 4-Output Universal Regulator PCB pattern (PDF download) [18105151] (Free)

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PRODUCT SHOWCASE New Tektronix RF Vector Signal Generators Italian FIAM batteries now available from RS components Te k t r o n i x claim their new TSG4100A series are “simply the best vector signal generators on the market.” With mid-range performance and entry-level RF signal generator price, they feature true DC to 2, 4 or 6GHz range with analog and basic digital/vector generation. Software upgradable, their advanced vector modulation standards cover GSM, EDGE, W-CDMA, APCO-25, TETRA and more. Amplitude accuracy is ±0.3dB and frequency resolution is 1µHz! The 5.6kg unit is 2U high and half standard rack width and supports GPIB, LAN, USB and RS-232 interaces. With a three-year warranty, the Tektro- Contact: nix TSG4100A2, A4 Vicom Australia Pty Ltd and A6 are available 1064 Centre Rd, Oakleigh Sth, Vic 3167 through Vicom Aus- Tel: (03) 9575 0118 Fax: (03) 9579 7255 Website: www.vicom.com.au tralia. RS Components now has available a range of attractively-priced Italian FIAMM lead-acid batteries, having established a new direct agreement with the manufacturer. The FIAMM range in stock now at RS comprises 23 models offering customers a selection of 6V and 12V batteries, in a range of sizes and with capacity from 1.2Ah to 70Ah, optimised for a Contact: discharge profile of 15 RS Components Pty Ltd minutes to 20 hours, 25 Pavesi St, Smithfield NSW 2164 for emergency lightTel: 1300 656 636 ing, security alarms Website: www.au.rs-online.com or UPS. Tiny RF signal generator/RF power detector/scalar network analyser The Windfreak SynthNV is a 34.4MHz to 4.4GHz softwaretunable RF signal generator controlled and powered by a Windows PC via its USB port.  It includes an on-board 70dB RF power detector which can be used with the sweep function as a scalar RF Network Analyser. RF power is settable in 1/2dB steps up to +17dBm, adjustable over a 60dB range. It is extremely small in size, offers high performance and low price. The SynthNV has unique amplitude, sweep and pulse modulation capability that has made it very popular with military and police EW applications. But it is equally at home used as a high quality local oscillator driving a mixer in a microwave communication system or test signal generation in your ATE setup. It will pulse modulate the output – ideal for testing to the MIL-STD-461 and DO-160 standards. There is no need to stay tethered to the computer. The SynthNV has non-volatile on-board memory so it can be programmed to fire up by itself on any frequency, power or modulation Contact: setting. This makes for a Clarke & Severn Electronics highly mobile, low power 4/8A Kookaburra Rd, Hornsby NSW 2077 and light weight RF signal Tel: (02) 9482 1944 Fax: (02) 9482 1309 generation solution. Website: www.clarke.com.au siliconchip.com.au May 2015  57