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Contents Vol.15, No.10; October 2002 www.siliconchip.com.au FEATURES 4 3D TV In Your Own Home You can watch 3D pictures via your computer or TV set but you’re still going to need special glasses – by Barrie Smith 30 Electronics In Schools: The Class Of 2002 You won’t believe some of the electronics projects the kids are making in school these days – by Ross Tester 32 6+ Megapixel SLR Cameras How close do the new SLR digital cameras come to “film” quality? Canon’s EOS D60 comes pretty close – by Ross Tester 65 Honda Fuel-Cell Vehicle Released In USA Speed Controller For Universal Motors – Page 14. No mass market plans yet but it’s the first fuel-cell vehicle to receive government certification and hit the road PROJECTS TO BUILD 14 Speed Controller For Universal Motors Use it to control the speed of circular saws, routers, jig saws, electric drills and lawn edgers rated up to 1200W – by John Clarke 39 PC Parallel Port Wizard This simple gizmo can test your PC’s parallel port. It can also teach you a lot about the way parallel ports operate – by Trent Jackson 53 “Whistle & Point” Cable Tracer PC Parallel Port Wizard – Page 39. Connect it to one end of a cable conductor and listen for the whistle at the other end and your wiring tracing problems are solved – by Jim Rowe 72 Build An AVR ISP Serial Programmer It allows you to reprogram your AVR micro in a flash, without even removing it from the application circuit – by Stephen Davies & Peter Smith SPECIAL COLUMNS 26 Circuit Notebook (1) DC Automotive Tester With Current Probe; (2) Winter Charge Booster For 12V Car Batteries; (3) Triple-LED Version Of Torch; (4) One-Of-Nine Sequencer; (5) Simple AM Transmitter; (6) Battery Status Indicator; (7) Smoke Alarm Battery Life Extender 60 Serviceman’s Log Big TV sets can be a nightmare – by the TV Serviceman “Whistle & Point” Cable Tracer – Page 53. 80 Vintage Radio Radio Corporation WS122 army transceiver – by Rodney Champness DEPARTMENTS 2 10 59 69 79 Publisher’s Letter Mailbag Book Review Product Showcase Silicon Chip Weblink www.siliconchip.com.au 88 91 94 96 Ask Silicon Chip Notes & Errata Market Centre Advertising Index Build An AVR ISP Serial Programmer – Page 72. October 2002  1