Silicon ChipDIRECT BOOK SERVICE - November 2020 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Subscriptions: PE Subscription
  4. Subscriptions: PicoLog Cloud
  5. Back Issues: PICOLOG
  6. Publisher's Letter
  7. Feature: The Fox Report by Barry Fox
  8. Feature: Techno Talk by Mark Nelson
  9. Feature: Net Work by Alan Winstanley
  10. Project: The Christmas Tree that grows! by Tim Blythman
  11. Back Issues: LFSR Random Number Generator Using Logic ICs by Tim Blythman
  12. Project: USB Digital and SPI Interface Board by Tim Blythman
  13. Project: HIGH-POWER 45V/8A VARIABLE LINEAR SUPPLY by Tim Blythman
  14. Feature: P955H PIC Training Circuit by Peter Brunning
  15. Project: Five-way LCD Panel Meter / USB Display by Tim Blythman
  16. Feature: Pedal Power Station! by Julian Edgar
  17. Feature: Make it with Micromite by Phil Boyce
  18. Feature: Circuit Surgery by Ian Bell
  19. Feature: Practically Speaking by Jake Rothman
  20. Feature: Max’s Cool Beans by Max the Magnificent
  21. Feature: AUDIO OUT by Jake Rothman
  22. PCB Order Form: DIRECT BOOK SERVICE
  23. Advertising Index

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Articles in this series:
  • (November 2020)
  • Techno Talk (December 2020)
  • Techno Talk (January 2021)
  • Techno Talk (February 2021)
  • Techno Talk (March 2021)
  • Techno Talk (April 2021)
  • Techno Talk (May 2021)
  • Techno Talk (June 2021)
  • Techno Talk (July 2021)
  • Techno Talk (August 2021)
  • Techno Talk (September 2021)
  • Techno Talk (October 2021)
  • Techno Talk (November 2021)
  • Techno Talk (December 2021)
  • Communing with nature (January 2022)
  • Should we be worried? (February 2022)
  • How resilient is your lifeline? (March 2022)
  • Go eco, get ethical! (April 2022)
  • From nano to bio (May 2022)
  • Positivity follows the gloom (June 2022)
  • Mixed menu (July 2022)
  • Time for a total rethink? (August 2022)
  • What’s in a name? (September 2022)
  • Forget leaves on the line! (October 2022)
  • Giant Boost for Batteries (December 2022)
  • Raudive Voices Revisited (January 2023)
  • A thousand words (February 2023)
  • It’s handover time (March 2023)
  • AI, Robots, Horticulture and Agriculture (April 2023)
  • Prophecy can be perplexing (May 2023)
  • Technology comes in different shapes and sizes (June 2023)
  • AI and robots – what could possibly go wrong? (July 2023)
  • How long until we’re all out of work? (August 2023)
  • We both have truths, are mine the same as yours? (September 2023)
  • Holy Spheres, Batman! (October 2023)
  • Where’s my pneumatic car? (November 2023)
  • Good grief! (December 2023)
  • Cheeky chiplets (January 2024)
  • Cheeky chiplets (February 2024)
  • The Wibbly-Wobbly World of Quantum (March 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Wait! What? Really? (April 2024)
  • Techno Talk - One step closer to a dystopian abyss? (May 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Program that! (June 2024)
  • Techno Talk (July 2024)
  • Techno Talk - That makes so much sense! (August 2024)
  • Techno Talk - I don’t want to be a Norbert... (September 2024)
  • Techno Talk - Sticking the landing (October 2024)
  • Techno Talk (November 2024)
  • Techno Talk (December 2024)
  • Techno Talk (January 2025)
  • Techno Talk (February 2025)
  • Techno Talk (March 2025)
  • Techno Talk (April 2025)
  • Techno Talk (May 2025)
  • Techno Talk (June 2025)
Practical Electronics PCB SERVICE PROJECT NOVEMBER 2020 CODE PRICE LED Christmas Tree (1 off) ................................................ 16107181-1 £6.95 LED Christmas Tree (4 off) ................................................ 16107181-2 £14.95 LED Christmas Tree (12 off) .............................................. 16107181-3 £24.95 LED Christmas Tree (20 off) .............................................. 16107181-4 £34.95 USB/SPI Interface Board ................................................... 16107182 £5.95 45V/8A Power Supply PCB plus acrylic spacer ................. 18111181 £14.95 / o er upply front panel five ay display bezel .. 18111181-BZ £3.95 ive ay anel eter/ isplay ................................... 18111182 £7.95 OCTOBER 2020 igital udio illivoltmeter................................................. 04108191 recision ignal mplifier .................................................. 04107191 SEPTEMBER 2020 PE Theremin PSU ............................................................. AO-0920-01 PE Theremin PSU transformer .......................................... AO-0920-02 icromite plore ......................................................... 07108191 ltrabrite river ......................................................... 16109191 AUGUST 2020 icromite ac ac ............................................ 07106191 Steering Wheel Audio Button to Infrared Adaptor .............. 05105191 £8.95 £6.95 £5.95 £7.95 £5.95 £5.95 £7.95 £7.95 JULY 2020 / / W canning / ignal enerator ........ 04106191 £11.95 peech ynthesiser ith the aspberry i ero ............... 01106191 £5.95 ini organ ........................................................... AO-0720-01 £14.95 ini organ selected parts ............................................ AO-0720-02 £8.95 igh current olid state attery solator control ..... 05106191 £6.95 igh current olid state attery solator oz ... 05106192 £9.95 JUNE 2020 rduino brea out board . inch isplay ............... 24111181 i input udio elector main board ................................. 01110191 i input udio elector s itch panel board ..................... 01110192 £6.95 10.95 MAY 2020 ltra lo distortion reamplifier nput elector ......................... 01111112 ltra lo distortion reamplifier pushbutton nput elector ..... 01111113 niversal egulator .................................................................... 18103111 z Wireless ata epeater .............................................. 15004191 ridge mode daptor for mplifier ............................................. 01105191 i stic erminal ................................................................ 02103191 Analogue noise with tilt control ................................................... AO-0520-01 Audio Spectrum Analyser ........................................................... 11.25 7.95 8.50 7.95 4.95 7.95 . APRIL 2020 lip dot lip dot lip dot lip dot isplay blac coil board................................................. 19111181 isplay blac pi els ....................................................... 19111182 isplay blac frame ....................................................... 19111183 isplay green driver board ............................................ 19111184 MARCH 2020 iode urve lotter ........................................................... 04112181 team rain Whistle / iesel orn ound enerator ............... 09106181 niversal assive rossover one off ...................................... UPC0320 FEBRUARY 2020 otion ensing o er itch ................................... 05102191 eyboard / ouse daptor........................................ 24311181 ctive rossover ............................................ 01106191 ctive rossover ...................................... 01106192 ctive rossover ............................................ 01106193 ctive rossover o er/routing .............................. 01106194 ctive rossover ront panel .................................. 01106195 ctive rossover ............................................. 01106196 PROJECT JANUARY 2020 solated erial in ............................................................ 24107181 DECEMBER 2019 tremely ensitive agnetometer ................................... 04101011 our channel igh current an and ump ontroller ... 05108181 seless o ....................................................................... 08111181 NOVEMBER 2019 innitus innitus nsomnia iller nsomnia iller £5.95 £8.50 £29.95 £8.50 £16.75 £8.75 £11.50 £8.75 £8.75 rogrammable synced requency eference .......... 04107181 Digital Command Control Programmer for Decoders ........ 09107181 pto isolated ains elay main board ........................... 10107181 pto isolated ains elay terminal e tension board ...10107182 £11.50 £8.75 OCTOBER 2019 £11.50 AUGUST 2019 rain ave onitor ............................................................. 25108181 £12.90 uper igital ound ffects odule .................................. 01107181 £5.60 Watchdog Alarm ................................................................ 03107181 £8.00 heremin three boards pitch, volume, ............. PETX0819 £19.50 heremin component pac see p. , ugust ... PETY0819 £15.00 JULY 2019 ull ave niversal otor peed ontroller .............. 10102181 ecurring vent eminder ................................................ 19107181 emperature itch ................................................... 05105181 JUNE 2019 rduino based eter ................................................... 04106181 le itimer................................................................... 19106181 MAY 2019 attery alancer ................................................... 14106181 elu e requency itch .................................................. 05104181 USB Port Protector ............................................................ 07105181 APRIL 2019 eater ontroller ............................................................... 10104181 MARCH 2019 argraph ain oard ........................................... 04101181 +Processing Board ............................................. 04101182 FEBRUARY 2019 W nduction otor peed o z £8.00 £10.45 £5.60 £10.45 £5.60 £14.00 £11.25 £8.60 £35.00 eceiver .............................................. 06111171 £27.50 ouchscreen requency ounter .......................... 04110171 ains imers ................................................ 10108161 10108162 £12.88 NOVEMBER 2018 uper £12.90 £8.00 £10.45 ontroller........................... 10105122 adio OCTOBER 2018 £10.95 £8.50 £12.50 PRICE aycar case see te t ........... 01110181 ltronics case see te t ........ 01110182 . £14.95 CODE SEPTEMBER 2018 Way ctive rossover .................................................... 01108171 ltra lo voltage ini lasher ................................... 16110161 AUGUST 2018 niversal emperature larm ............................................ 03105161 o er upply or attery perated alve adios ........... 18108171 18108172 18108173 18108174 £12.88 £22.60 £5.60 £7.05 £27.50 PCBs for most recent PE/EPE constructional pro ects are available. rom the uly issue on ards, s ith eight digit codes have sil screen overlays and, here applicable, are double sided, have plated through holes, and solder mas . hey are similar to photos in the pro ect articles. arlier s are li ely to be more basic and may not include sil screen overlay, be single sided, lac plated through holes and solder mas . l ays chec price and availability in the latest issue or online. large number of older boards are listed for ordering on our ebsite. In most cases we do not supply kits or components for our projects. For older projects it is important to check the availability of all components before purchasing PCBs. ac issues of articles are available see ac ssues page for details. 66 Practical Electronics | November | 2020 Double-sided | plated-through holes | solder mask PROJECT JULY 2018 CODE Touchscreen Appliance Energy Meter – Part 1 ................. 04116061 utomotive ensor odifier .............................................. 05111161 JUNE 2018 High Performance 10-Octave Stereo Graphic Equaliser ... 01105171 MAY 2018 PRICE £17.75 £12.88 £15.30 High Performance RF Prescaler........................................ 04112162 Micromite BackPack V2..................................................... 07104171 Microbridge ........................................................................ 24104171 £10.45 £10.45 £5.60 Spring Reverberation Unit ................................................. 01104171 DDS Sig Gen Lid ............................................................... Black DDS Sig Gen Lid ............................................................... Blue DDS Sig Gen Lid ............................................................... Clear £15.30 £8.05 £7.05 £8.05 APRIL 2018 MARCH 2018 Stationmaster Main Board ................................................. 09103171 + Controller Board .............................................. 09103172 mplifier odule o er upply .......................... 01109111 FEBRUARY 2018 GPS-Synchronised Analogue Clock Driver ....................... 04202171 igh o er otor peed ontroller art + Control Board ................................................... 11112161 o er oard .................................................... 11112162 JANUARY 2018 igh o er uild the otor peed ontroller art .............. 11112161 mplifier odule ..................................... 01108161 DECEMBER 2017 Precision Voltage and Current Reference – Part 2............ 04110161 NOVEMBER 2017 50A Battery Charger Controller ......................................... 11111161 icropo er lasher mm ......................... 16109161 mm ......................... 16109162 Phono Input Converter ...................................................... 01111161 SEPTEMBER 2017 Compact 8-Digit Frequency Meter..................................... 04105161 AUGUST 2017 Micromite-Based Touch-screen Boat Computer GPS ....... 07102122 Fridge/Freezer Alarm ......................................................... 03104161 JULY 2017 Micromite-Based Super Clock ........................................... 07102122 ro nout rotector for nduction otors ........................... 10107161 JUNE 2017 Ultrasonic Garage Parking Assistant ................................. 07102122 Hotel Safe Alarm................................................................ 03106161 100dB Stereo LED Audio Level/VU Meter ......................... 01104161 MAY 2017 The Micromite LCD BackPack........................................... 07102122 Precision 230V/115V 50/60Hz Turntable Driver ................ 04104161 APRIL 2017 icro ave ea age etector ............................................ 04103161 Arduino Multifunctional 24-bit Measuring Shield ............... 04116011 + RF Head Board ................................................ 04116012 Battery Pack Cell Balancer ................................................ 11111151 £17.75 PROJECT MARCH 2017 CODE PRICE Speech Timer for Contests & Debates .............................. 19111151 FEBRUARY 2017 Solar MPPT Charger/Lighting Controller ........................... 16101161 Turntable LED Strobe ........................................................ 04101161 JANUARY 2017 igh performance tereo alve reamplifier .................... 01101161 High Visibility 6-Digit LED Clock ........................................ 19110151 DECEMBER 2016 Universal Loudspeaker Protector ...................................... 01110151 9-Channel Infrared Remote Control .................................. 15108151 Revised USB Charger ....................................................... 18107152 £16.42 £17.75 £7.60 £17.75 £16.42 £12.88 £16.42 £5.36 NOVEMBER 2016 Fingerprint Access Controller – Main Board ...................... 03109151 ingerprint ccess ontroller itch oard ................... 03108152 £12.88 £16.45 OCTOBER 2016 £12.88 For the many pre-2016 PCBs that we stock please see the PE website: www.electronpublishing.com £12.88 £15.30 £12.88 £12.88 £15.35 £12.88 £8.00 £5.60 £8.00 £12.88 £10.45 £8.00 £10.45 £12.90 Arduino-Based USB Electrocardiogram ............................ 07108151 W itchmode/ inear ench upply art ............. 18104141 £9.79 £20.83 PE/EPE PCB SERVICE Order Code Project Quantity Price ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... ......................................................... 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