Silicon ChipSubscriptions - August 2009 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Tasers can be lethal
  4. Subscriptions
  5. Feature: What Ship Is That? by Stan Swan
  6. Project: Converting a Uniden Scanner To Pick Up AIS Signals by Stan Swan
  7. Feature: Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.5 by Alan Hughes
  8. Project: An SD Card Music & Speech Recorder/Player by Mauro Grassi
  9. Review: JTAGMaster Boundary Scan Tester by Mauro Grassi
  10. Project: Lead-Acid/SLA Battery Condition Checker by Jim Rowe
  11. Project: A 3-Channel UHF Rolling-Code Remote Control, Pt.1 by John Clarke
  12. Vintage Radio: The unnamed console; an orphan from the 1930s by Rodney Champness
  13. Book Store
  14. Advertising Index
  15. Outer Back Cover

This is only a preview of the August 2009 issue of Silicon Chip.

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Articles in this series:
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.1 (February 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.2 (March 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.3 (April 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.4 (June 2009)
  • Digital Radio Is Coming, Pt.5 (August 2009)
Items relevant to "An SD Card Music & Speech Recorder/Player":
  • dsPIC33FJ64GP802-I/SP programmed for the SD Card Music & Speech Recorder/Player [0110809A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $25.00)
  • dsPIC33FJ64GP802-I/SP programmed for the SD Card Music & Speech Recorder/Player [0110809J.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $25.00)
  • dsPIC33 firmware and source code for the SD Card Music & Speed Recorder/Player [0110809A.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • SD Card Music & Speech Recorder/Player PCB pattern (PDF download) [01108092] (Free)
Items relevant to "Lead-Acid/SLA Battery Condition Checker":
  • Improved Lead-Acid Battery Condition Checker PCB [04108091] (AUD $15.00)
  • Lead-Acid Battery Condition Checker PCB pattern (PDF download) [04108091] (Free)
  • Lead-Acid Battery Condition Checker front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "A 3-Channel UHF Rolling-Code Remote Control, Pt.1":
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the 3-Channel Rolling Code UHF Remote Control Transmitter [1500809A.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88-I/P programmed for the 3-Channel Rolling Code UHF Remote Control Receiver [1500809B.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • PIC16F88 firmware and source code for the 3-Channel UHF Rolling Code Remote Control [1500809A/B.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • 3-Channel UHF Rolling Code Remote Control Transmitter PCB pattern (PDF download) [15008091] (Free)
  • 3-Channel UHF Rolling Code Remote Control Receiver PCB pattern (PDF download) [15008092] (Free)
  • 3-Channel UHF Rolling Code Remote Control Receiver front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
  • 3-Channel UHF Rolling Code Remote Control Transmitter front panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • A 3-Channel UHF Rolling-Code Remote Control, Pt.1 (August 2009)
  • 3-Channel UHF Rolling-Code Remote Control, Pt.2 (September 2009)

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