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Dashcam "component"
Any idea what these "components" are for, above and below the dashcam lens? I have removed the upper one from the circuit board; both are held to the board by double-sided sticky foam, and have...
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Using PCBCart for machine assembly?
Has anybody used PCBCart for assembly? How'd it go? Did you have them purchase the parts?
 
looking for GOOD stun gun plans??
I would like to build a stun gun. All over the web are various plans and plenty of videos. Many of these seem to use a so called 200-400 KV high voltage module available on eBay and various other...
 
Soon the earth will (possibly) be hit by comets / asteroids.
English (Google-assisted translation): This is perhaps the most important message I have ever written / will write in my life. Not long ago / a few days ago I saw a broadcast on television, on...
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Bluetooth connections
Just how many separate connections are supported by BT these days? I use a BT mouse with my laptop and am thinking getting also an external BT keyboard for it. Would that work? What about adding a BT...
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HDMI in US and in EU
On my recent move to Europe I also shipped an older Samsung LCD monitor that I've been using as an external display with my laptop, using HDMI connection. I also used it as a TV display via another...
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cool power supply
$94 from Amazon, free shipping.
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Electric Cars Require Fewer Jobs to Build
Key Points Some 48,000 unionized GM workers are on strike. The shift to electric vehicles could cost the UAW 35,000 jobs in the next several years according to their own study. Electric cars require...
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Thermocouple and RTD linearisation question
I am building a board with an ADC on it which is to measure these two sensor types. The tricky bit is the linearisation. All the equations I can find come in multiple parts. coefficients below 0C and...
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Regarding amplifier efficiency
Could some electronics guru here please clarify this a bit ? I have been experimenting SPICE RF amplifier designs in my spare time,and I am getting confused by the differences between textbook...
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'standard' NDA
John (Larkin), You offered to send me a 'standard' NDA. I wanted to take you up on that. Maybe on dropbox? Or my email (now) is Thanks George H.
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When to toss unused old electrolytic capacitors
I'm tidying up my home lab and getting back into it after a lapse of several years. I have unused electrolytic capacitors going back anywhere from 10 to 30 years, stored in air conditioning. I...
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app notes and competence
About 20 years ago I had three interviews at Altera and came so close to de signing development boards which the rest of the world would have looked at for inspiration and guidance. I was 31 and trust...
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OT: Starship
Musk has claimed crew of 100 to Mars in 80 days, or at least that's the quote the LYING MEDIA tosses around. Smells pretty musk-y, to me. What I mean is it's a big buncha bullshit!!!
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better mouse bites
I'm using mouse bites to mount one PC board on another PC board. First pass on this little board, I centered the contact pads on the board edge and routed them in half. I found those to be a bit hard...
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