Silicon ChipMarket Centre - April 2015 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: We live in a time of plenty and we should all be optimistic
  4. Feature: Airborne Weather Radar: Keeping Aircraft Safe by Dr David Maddison
  5. Review: National Instruments VirtualBench by Nicholas Vinen
  6. Project: Appliance Insulation Tester by John Clarke
  7. Project: A Really Bright 12/24V LED Oyster Light by Ross Tester
  8. Project: Build A Low-Frequency Distortion Analyser by Nicholas Vinen
  9. Product Showcase
  10. Project: WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.2 by Armindo Caneira & Trevor Robinson
  11. Vintage Radio: The AWA 897P: Australia’s first transistor radio by Ian Batty
  12. Review: Keysight MSO-X 3104T Oscilloscope by Nicholas Vinen
  13. Market Centre
  14. Notes & Errata
  15. Advertising Index
  16. Outer Back Cover

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Items relevant to "Appliance Insulation Tester":
  • Appliance Insulation Tester PCB [04103151] (AUD $10.00)
  • Hard-to-get parts for the Appliance Insulation Tester (Component, AUD $15.00)
  • Appliance Insulation Tester front panel [04103152] (PCB, AUD $10.00)
  • Appliance Insulation Tester PCB pattern (PDF download) [04103151] (Free)
  • Appliance Insulation Tester panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Items relevant to "Build A Low-Frequency Distortion Analyser":
  • Bad Vibes Infrasound Snooper / Low Frequency Distortion Analyser PCB [04104151] (AUD $5.00)
  • PIC32MX170F256B-I/SP programmed for the Low Frequency Distortion Analyser [0410415B.HEX] (Programmed Microcontroller, AUD $15.00)
  • Firmware (HEX) file and C source code for the Low Frequency Distortion Analyser [0410415B.HEX] (Software, Free)
  • Low Frequency Distortion Analyser / Infrasonic Snooper PCB pattern (PDF download) [04104151] (Free)
  • Low Frequency Distortion Analyser panel artwork (PDF download) (Free)
Articles in this series:
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.1 (March 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.2 (April 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.3 (May 2015)
  • WeatherDuino Pro2 Wireless Weather Station, Pt.4 (June 2015)

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