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5.0V 0.1% reference
Looking for a 5.0V 0.1% voltage reference in a SOT-23 package, that can operate from +10 volts or more. I checked AoE III, Table 9.8, page 678. There's the LM4120A-5.0 that almost fills the bill, but...
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7W IC amplifier
Hi everyone I have a 7W IC amplifier,in its instruction it says DC voltage should be 12-16 the Audio source to IN and G and connect 7W speaker to 'SPK'. I am supposed to use only lab equipment and no...
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Breathing new life into the old technology of "books".
Hello, If all information on todays computers would have to be printed it's safe to say we would be short on earths full of trees ;) However books might have one adventage: the information retention...
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SMT Nut, need to guessestimate the max torque
Hi I have a project where I need very high current from a wire on a PCB, and a connector wont cut it So, I have looked into SMT nut designs/SMT fasteners: The nut is reflow or wave soldered to the...
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OT: Config.sys problem
I get an "XMS init error" message _only_ when i try for a driver; NONE of the other drivers ( or present that problem. Naturally, none of them can find my SATA CD/DVD drive. I have fiddled with my...
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Widget manufacturing
So I have a widget designed that I've been thinking about getting manufactured. The original goal was to have the layout done by the end of August for a convention, but it looks like that may not...
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Of Course, The left Coast
Huntington Park became the first city in California to appoint two undocumented immigrants as commissioners on city advisory boards, a lawmaker confirms. Mikek
 
White laser?
I'd love to hear Phil Hobbs thoughts on this. Also a discussion on new application ideas. Clifford Heath.
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Energy Saving Vacuum Tubes
I like these new "Energy Saving Vacuum Tubes". They've replaced the old power wasting filaments with orange LEDs. The tubes look identical. Better yet, you can connect a potentiometer to control the...
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Current Flow in Coaxial Transmission Lines
In a discussion in another group, someone is saying that in a coax, because the energy is carried in the EM field and so there is only an "insignificant" current flow in the conductors. He also says...
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Time to Upgrade ?:-}
I think it's time I upgraded my 'Spice' machine... my present machine is as follows... no laughter please... I've successfully done at least at least 20 chip designs on this machine. What modern...
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Need help with LTspice Quantizer
AOA,Hi and greetings :) I am relatively new to SPICE environment ( never used it except in a recent course LAB). Now, we are given a Final year Project on making and simulati ng a model of Multi-bit...
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Futurelec.com (Low prices but how?)
I've order from futurlec before and was able to get some componets at a very good price but the deal is that it took like almost two months to get the stuff. Today while looking around for Set screw...
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Lithium ion battery charge controller recommendation
Hi all, Need a controller chip suitable/configurable for 3.7V cells. Any suggestions? thanks.
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OT: Dealing with random laptop lockups
I have an Acer Aspire E15 laptop that I use for running LTSpice and doing various business-related tasks. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks or so it's started to randomly lock up completely on a...
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