Silicon ChipPartShop - March 2020 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Silicon Chip PDFs available soon! / Meet us at the Jaycar maker hub
  4. Feature: The Arduino: a retrospective by Tim Blythman
  5. Project: "True valve sound" Guitar Overdrive & Distortion Pedal by John Clarke
  6. Feature: Geographic Information Systems & Digital Cartography by Dr David Maddison
  7. Feature: What to do when you bend (or break!) your Arduino by Tim Blythman
  8. Serviceman's Log: The vacuum cleaner that didn't suck by Dave Thompson
  9. Project: Programmable Thermal Control with a Peltier by Tim Blythman
  10. PartShop
  11. Project: 1000:1 AC High Tension Ignition System Probe by Dr Hugo Holden
  12. Project: Building Subwoofers for our new “Bookshelf” Speakers by Phil Prosser
  13. Vintage Radio: Toshiba 7TH-425 Wall Radio by Ian Batty
  14. Market Centre
  15. Notes & Errata: AM/FM/CW Scanning HF/VHF RF Signal Generator
  16. Advertising Index
  17. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to ""True valve sound" Guitar Overdrive & Distortion Pedal":
  • Nutube Guitar Overdrive & Distortion Pedal PCB [01102201] (AUD $7.50)
  • Nutube Guitar Overdrive & Distortion Pedal PCB pattern (PDF download) [01102201] (Free)
  • Nutube Guitar Overdrive & Distortion Pedal panel artwork and drilling diagrams (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Programmable Thermal Control with a Peltier":
  • Thermal Regulator Interface PCB [21109181] (AUD $5.00)
  • Thermal Regulator Peltier Driver PCB [21109182] (AUD $5.00)
  • Hard-to-get parts for the Thermal Regulator Peltier Driver shield (Component, AUD $30.00)
  • Firmware (Arduino sketch and libraries) for the Thermal Regulator (Software, Free)
  • Thermal Regulator PCB patterns (PDF download) [21106181-2] (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Programmable Thermal Control with a Peltier (March 2020)
  • Programmable Temperature Control with a Peltier, Part 2 (April 2020)
Items relevant to "Building Subwoofers for our new “Bookshelf” Speakers":
  • Bookshelf Speaker Passive Crossover PCB [01101201] (AUD $10.00)
  • Bookshelf Speaker Subwoofer Active Crossover PCB [01101202] (AUD $7.50)
  • Bookshelf Speaker Passive and Active Crossover PCB patterns (PDF download) [01101201-2] (Free)
  • Bookshelf Speaker System timber and metal cutting diagrams (PDF download) (Panel Artwork, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • Easy-to-build Bookshelf Speaker System (January 2020)
  • Building the new “bookshelf” stereo speakers, Pt 2 (February 2020)
  • Building Subwoofers for our new “Bookshelf” Speakers (March 2020)

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