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  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Yet another threat to surfing the net
  4. Feature: Turning your garbage into useful electricity by Ross Tester
  5. Project: A Water Tank Level Meter with WiFi and More! by Nicholas Vinen
  6. Review: Navman’s DriveDuo – Satnav and Dashcam by Leo Simpson
  7. Project: 6-Element VHF TV Yagi to kill UHF 4G interference by Leo Simpson
  8. Feature: El Cheapo Modules 13: sensing motion and moisture by Jim Rowe
  9. Serviceman's Log: Smart TVs can be pretty dumb sometimes by Dave Thompson
  10. Product Showcase
  11. Project: Highly versatile & accurate dot/bar 10-LED Bargraph by John Clarke
  12. Project: The Arduino Mega Box Music Player revisited by Bao Smith
  13. Vintage Radio: A more detailed look at the 1919/20 Grebe Synchrophase by Ian Batty
  14. PartShop
  15. Subscriptions
  16. Market Centre
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Notes & Errata: UV Light Box & Timer / Micromite BackPack Touchscreen DDS Signal Generator / Deluxe Touchscreen eFuse / Kelvin the Cricket
  19. Outer Back Cover: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse

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Items relevant to "A Water Tank Level Meter with WiFi and More!":
  • WiFi Water Tank Level Meter shield PCB with stackable headers [21110171] (AUD $7.50)
  • IPP80P03P4L04 high-current P-channel Mosfet (Component, AUD $4.00)
  • Small 2A boost step-up regulator module (MT3608) (Component, AUD $2.00)
  • 5dBi 2.4GHz WiFi antenna with U.FL/IPX adaptor cable (Component, AUD $12.50)
  • 2dBi omnidirectional 2.4GHz WiFi antenna with U.FL/IPX adaptor cable (Component, AUD $10.00)
  • 5m water level sensor (4-20mA) with 5-6m lead (Component, AUD $95.00)
  • WeMos D1 R2 Arduino-compatible ARM processor board with WiFi (Component, AUD $15.00)
  • 5V 0.8W 160mA solar panel (Component, AUD $4.00)
  • Elecrow 1A/500mA Li-ion/LiPo charger board with USB power pass-through (Component, AUD $15.00)
  • GY-68 Barometric Pressure/Altitude/Temperature I²C Sensor breakout board (Component, AUD $5.00)
  • DHT22/AM2302 Temperature and Humidity sensor module (Component, AUD $7.50)
  • Arduino sketch (.ino) file and libraries for the WiFi Water Tank Level Meter (Software, AUD $3.00)
  • WiFi Water Tank Level Meter shield PCB pattern (PDF download) [21110171] (AUD $3.00)
Items relevant to "El Cheapo Modules 13: sensing motion and moisture":
  • Arduino and BASIC source code for El Cheapo Modules 13 (Software, AUD $3.00)
Articles in this series:
  • El Cheapo Modules From Asia - Part 1 (October 2016)
  • El Cheapo Modules From Asia - Part 2 (December 2016)
  • El Cheapo Modules From Asia - Part 3 (January 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules from Asia - Part 4 (February 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 5: LCD module with I²C (March 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 6: Direct Digital Synthesiser (April 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules, Part 7: LED Matix displays (June 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules: Li-ion & LiPo Chargers (August 2017)
  • El Cheapo modules Part 9: AD9850 DDS module (September 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules Part 10: GPS receivers (October 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules 11: Pressure/Temperature Sensors (December 2017)
  • El Cheapo Modules 12: 2.4GHz Wireless Data Modules (January 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 13: sensing motion and moisture (February 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 14: Logarithmic RF Detector (March 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 16: 35-4400MHz frequency generator (May 2018)
  • El Cheapo Modules 17: 4GHz digital attenuator (June 2018)
Items relevant to "Highly versatile & accurate dot/bar 10-LED Bargraph":
  • 10-LED Bargraph PCB [04101181] (AUD $7.50)
  • 10-LED Bargraph Signal Processing PCB [04101182] (AUD $5.00)
  • 10-LED Bargraph PCB patterns (PDF download) [04101181/2] (AUD $3.00)
Items relevant to "The Arduino Mega Box Music Player revisited":
  • Geeetech VS1053B MP3/audio shield for Arduino (Component, AUD $20.00)
  • Arduino Mega Box Music Player software (AUD $3.00)
  • Firmware (Arduino sketch) for the LC Meter (Mega Box) (Software, Free)
  • Firmware (Arduino sketch) for the VS1053 Music Player (Mega Box) (Software, Free)
Articles in this series:
  • The Arduino MegaBox from Altronics (December 2017)
  • Arduino LC Meter Shield Kit (January 2018)
  • The Arduino Mega Box Music Player revisited (February 2018)

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FEBRUARY 2018 ISSN 1030-2662 02 9 771030 266001 The BEST DIY Projects! $9 95* PP255003/01272 INC GST Call it up from ANYWHERE! Home & Farm Water Tank Level Meter with inbuilt , inbuilt weather reporting and it’s solar powered! NZ $ 12 90 INC GST Avoid 4G phone interference: 6-Element VHF TV YAGI Easy to build – High performance We review: NAVMAN’S DRIVEDUO Much more than a satnav Much more than a dashcam! REALLY FLEXIBLE TEN LED DOT/BARGRAPH DISPLAY ] Linear ] Log ] VU ] PPM ] And more! siliconchip.com.au Celebrating 30 Years FEATURE: Tu rning rubbish into electricit February 2018  1 y!