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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Dick Smith Electronics opens new Powerhouse retail store Dick Smith Electronics has opened a vast new electronics retail store in Bankstown, Sydney. It is six to eight times larger than the average DSE store, with a floor space of 2000 square metres. Since it represents a new concept for Dick Smith Electronics, it has been named the "PowerHouse". It has been designed to focus on the convergence of electronics technology. Not only does the new store devote a much larger area to conventional electronics parts and semiconductors, the PowerHouse new store has a much wider range of products than ever before. As well as a large area devoted to computers and software, printers, multimedia sound systems and other peripherals, it has a large display of TV sets, a car radio and amplifier display and a range of camcorders, each working with a standard monitor. This camcorder display alone is better than virtually any electronics retailer in Australia. There is also an amateur radio shack, a hifi sound lounge, a theatre surround sound lounge, and a Telstra kiosk selling mobile phones and other services such as Easycall and Foxtel. You can have mobile hands-free kits and car radios fitted at the store as well. For those curious about the Internet and the World Wide Web, there is an Internet bar with several machines permanently connected. And if you are upgrading your computer with memory, drives or new cards, there is an on-site technical service centre where this can be done while you wait. The PowerHouse will also have regular clinics for electronics enthusiasts and this will demonstrate the building of current kits and also trouble-shoot kits which have been built by customers. This could be a great service to constructors. A really impressive aspect of the PowerHouse is the large number of working product displays. For example, they have a large selection of multimedia sound systems, all of which can be demonstrated and selected by a touch screen. Anything else? Well, they have a large range of audio CDs in stock, a big BassBox ® Design low frequency loudspeaker enclos­ures fast and accurately with BassBox® software. Uses both Thiele-Small and Electro-Mechanical parameters with equal ease. Includes X. Over 2.03 passive cross­over design program. $299.00 Plus $6.00 postage. Pay by cheque, Bankcard, Mastercard, Visacard. EARTHQUAKE AUDIO PH: (02) 9948 3771 FAX: (02) 9948 8040 PO BOX 226 BALGOWLAH NSW 2093 October 1996  79 STEPDOWN TRANSFORMERS 60VA to 3KVA encased toroids Harbuch Electronics Pty Ltd 9/40 Leighton Pl. HORNSBY 2077 Ph (02) 9476-5854 Fx (02) 9476-3231 range of printer consumables such as paper and ribbons. We visited the PowerHouse just after it had opened and it was difficult to comprehend the range and scale of products on display. It is certain to establish a benchmark for all electronics retailing in Australia. Dick Smith Electronics' PowerHouse is located at the Christies Home KITS-R-US RF Products FMTX1 Kit $49 Single transistor 2.5 Watt Tx free running 12v-24V DC. FM band 88-108MHz. 500mV RMS audio sensitivity. FMTX2A Kit $49 A digital stereo coder using discrete components. XTAL locked subcarrier. Compatible with all our transmitters. FMTX2B Kit $49 3 stage XTAL locked 100MHz FM band 30mW output. Aust pre-emphasis. Quality specs. Optional 50mW upgrade $5. FMTX5 Kit $98 Both a FMTX2A & FMTX2B on 1 PCB. Pwt & audio routed. FME500 Kit $499 Broadcast specs. PLL 0.5 to 1 watt output narrowcast TX kit. Frequency set with Dip Switch. 220 Linear Amp Kit $499 2-15 watt output linear amp for FM band 50mW input. Simple design uses hybrid. SG1 Kit $399 Broadcast quality FM stereo coder. Uses op amps with selectable pre-emphasis. Other linear amps and kits available for broadcasters. 80  Silicon Chip Centre, Cnr Chapel Street & Canterbury Road, Bankstown, NSW 2200. It is open seven days a week. Meters for light & colour measurements 800V Mosfets have low on-resistance Emona Instruments have available the Tektronix LumaColor photometers. Two photometers and their eight interchangeable heads form the TekLumaColor family. Each head transforms the handheld into a different precision photometer, radiometer or colourimeter. Each combination automatically displays the appropriate units on a large, backlit LCD screen. Designed for on site as well as production use, the TekLumaColors are manufactured with a rugged exterior to protect from shock and vibration. They can operate for 30 hours on a 9V battery or connect to an optional AC power supply. An RS-232 port allows the user to automate testing and data recording. The J18 TekLumaColor II is designed primarily for testing, calibrating and adjusting colour displays. With Its J1810 chromaticity head, the TekLumaColor II updates colour and comparison readings twice each second. The unit stores ten reference settings IXYS Corporation have expanded their line of power Mosfets with the introduction of five new high voltage devices. They have a minimum blocking voltage (BVdss) of 800V and are fabricated using the company's HiPerFET process. This process guarantees a high avalanche energy rating and a faster switching intrinsic rectifier, providing higher reliability while reducing component cost in power switching circuits. The new devices range in current from 8A to 27A and offer some of the industry's lowest on-resistance (Rds(on)) and highest current ratings in their respective packages. For example, the 15A IXFH15N80 offers the industry's lowest Rds(on) in a TO-247 package at 0.6#. For further information, contact GEC Electronics Division, Unit 1, 38 South Street, Rydalmere NSW 2116. Phone (02) 9638 1888; fax (02) 9638 1798. PO Box 314 Blackwood SA 5051 Ph 0414 323099 Fax 088 270 3175 AWA FM721 FM-Tx board $19 Modify them as a 1 watt op Narrowcast Tx. Lots of good RF bits on PCB. AWA FM721 FM-Rx board $10 The complementary receiver for the above Tx. Full circuits provided for Rx or Tx. Xtals have been disabled. MAX Kit for PCs $169 Talk to the real world from a PC. 7 relays, ADC, DAC 8 TTL inputs & stepper driver with sample basic programs. ETI 1623 kit for PCs $69 24 lines as inputs or outputs DS-PTH-PCB and all parts. Easy to build, low cost. ETI DIGI-200 Watt Amp Kit $39 200W/2 125W/4 70W/8 from ±33 volt supply. 27,000 built since 1987. Easy to build. ROLA Digital Audio Software Call for full information about our range of digital cart players & multitrack recorders. ALL POSTAGE $6.80 Per Order FREE Steam Boat For every order over $100 re­ceive FREE a PUTT-PUTT steam boat kit. Available separately for $19.95, this is one of the greatest educational toys ever sold. Portable data acquisition system National Instruments has announced a high-resolution, portable data acquisition box that communicates through the parallel port with PC compatible computers. The DAQPad-MIO16XE-50 features a 16-bit ADC with a 20ks/s sampling rate, 16 single-ended or eight differential inputs and enhanced timing and triggering capabilities, programmable gain up to 100, two 12-bit DACs with voltage outputs, one constant current source for powering resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), eight lines of TTL-compatible I/O and two 24-bit up/down counter/ timers for timing I/O. It is compatible with the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) standard defined by IEEE 1284 as well as the original Centronics or standard parallel ports (SPP). As well, it has a second parallel port connector for a pass-through connection to a printer. It can be powered from an AC plugpack, an optional BP-1 rechargeable battery pack or any 9-42VDC source. For more information, contact National Instruments Australia, PO Box 466, Ringwood Vic 3134. Phone (03) 9879 5166; fax (03) 9879 6277. and is calibrated at D6500 for accurate white light readings. It offers RS-232 control, analog output capabilities and RGB bar graphs for easy calibration. For applications where real-time colour isn't critical, the J17 TekLumaColor is a unit that shares many of the family's features, including auto-range, auto-zero, hold, colour coordinate conversions and US to Metric conversions. The family of eight heads provides measurements for luminance, illuminance, chromaticity, irradiance, luminous intensity and radiant intensity. Measurement applications range through CRT displays, flat panel and projection displays, photographic equipment, infrared LEDs and lasers and coloured LEDs. For more information, contact Emona Instruments on (02) 9519 3933 or fax on (02) 9550 1378. PC board touch-up pen Now available is a range of marker pens intended for touching up PCBs before they are etched. Available in blue or red, the ink resists etchants such as ferric chloride and ammoniated alkali (eg, ammonium persulphate). Ink marks can be erased with a cloth or Q-tip moistened with napthas or chlorinated solvents. For further information, contact Australian Warehouse Solutions Pty Ltd, PO Box 146, Roseville 2069. Phone (02) 9417 7550; fax (02) 9417 7953. If you are seeing a blank page here, it is more than likely that it contained advertising which is now out of date and the advertiser has requested that the page be removed to prevent misunderstandings. Please feel free to visit the advertiser’s website: www.emona.com.au/ Stop and direction arrow kits for cars Oatley Electronics has two simple kits for cars. One is a Stop sign while the other is a direction arrow, both made using an array of high intensity LEDs on a PC board. These are connected in parallel with the brake and direction indicator lamps of your car and would normally be mounted inside the rear window, on the parcel shelf. The complete Stop sign kit is $30 while the direction arrow kits are $15 each. For further information, contact Oatley Electronics, PO Box 89, Oatley, NSW 2223. Phone (02) 9579 4985; fax (02) 9570 7910. October 1996  81