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Contents Vol.29, No.9; September 2016 SILICON CHIP www.siliconchip.com.au Features 18 LUCAS: Bringing The Dead Back To Life There are people amongst us who owe their lives to LUCAS, a machine that renders CPR to a person in cardiac arrest. It does it more effectively than humans can and it can continue for as long as needed – by Ross Tester 22 A Look At Military Robots Robots are increasingly being used in military applications, both to minimise the risks taken by soldiers and to do jobs that are impossible for humans to do, such as shooting down an incoming supersonic missile – by Dr David Maddison 42 Electronex: Electronics Design & Assembly Expo Electronex returns to Sydney on 14-15 September at Australian Technology Park, with around 100 exhibitors, a technical conference and free seminars featuring leading international and local industry experts. Military Robots Past & Present – Page 22. 61 Taiwan’s Booming Electronics Industry As a prelude to this year’s Taipei Electronics Show to be held in October, Leo Simpson visited Taiwan for a number of electronics plant tours. Pro jects To Build 32 Two 230VAC Mains Timers Do you have a pump or compressor which runs cyclically? You don’t want it to keep running if a pipe bursts, do you? Or do you have an appliance which you want to run only for a set time? Our new 230VAC Cyclic Pump Timer & 230VAC Period Timer projects will take care of these situations – by John Clarke Two 230VAC Mains Timers – Page 32. 72 4-Input Automotive Fault Detector Got an intermittent bug or gremlin in your car’s electrical system? This 4-Input Automotive Fault Detector is just the shot for tracking down an elusive fault that’s missed by the on-board diagnostics – by Dr Hugo Holden & Greg Swain 76 Micromite Plus Explore 100 With Touchscreen, Pt.1 It’s got more I/O pins than the Explore 64, has slots for mikroBUS Click boards, boasts an RTC, USB-to-serial adaptor and PS/2 keyboard socket, and mounts on the back of a 5-inch LCD touchscreen – by Geoff Graham 88 Touchscreen Appliance Energy Meter, Pt.2 Our new Appliance Energy Meter uses a 2.8-inch LCD touchscreen to display energy usage data. Pt.2 this month gives the full assembly details and describes some of the interesting features of the software – by Jim Rowe & Nicholas Vinen 4-Input Automotive Fault Detector – Page 72. Special Columns 66 Serviceman’s Log The unfit Fitbit that was made fit – by Dave Thompson 96 Circuit Notebook (1) PICAXE-Based Bipolar Transistor Tester; (2) Improvements to SILICON CHIP dsPIC/PIC Programmer; (3) Ultra-Low-Power, Long-Range Arduino Communications 102 Vintage Radio Astor’s M5/M6 5-transistor mantel sets – by Ian Batty Departments   2 Publisher’s Letter siliconchip.com.au   4 Mailbag 100 SC Online Shop The Powerful Micromite Plus Explore 100 Module – Page 76. 107 Ask Silicon Chip 111 Market Centre 112 Advertising Index September 2016  1