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lessons taught
I think older people neturally want to teach. That's a tribal, selfish-gene survival thing. When something in a new circuit doesn't work, people are sometimes inclined to replace a "bad part." Most...
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USB Serial Adapters from eBay
I have bought a number of serial port adapters from eBay over the years and many claim to use Prolific or other name brand chips when in fact they are counterfeit. I bought one batch after...
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8 years ago
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PWM generator for half Hbridge
Hi everyone, we are facing a stupid issue with our current signal generator (Agilent 33500B). We are generating, via GPIB, a complementary PWM signal [1] with time delay insertion in order to drive an...
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8 years ago
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Diode and capacitor on mains input
I'm fixing a B & O amplifier, a pleasure due to the clear schematics supplied with it but do not understand one little area. In series with the mains input there is an electrolytic and a pair of back...
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faster Firefox
Do this in about:config It reduces the number of 3rd party downloads on a web page. Also, make Flash loads optional.
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fabulous book
This is by the guy who wrote "Chaos" and "Genius" A good companion book is which has a few of the same characters, Claude Shannon in particular. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of...
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Op amp recommendation
Can anyone recommend a low quiescent power, low cost, CMOS op amp suitable for use from a single supply, that can really pump out current when required (50 - 100 mA)? GBW and slew rate requirements...
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8 years ago
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Serial To USB Adapters
I'd like to take this opportunity to display my ignorance. I know that serial to USB adapters exist, but there are some that require drivers and some that don't. I also know that many, if not most,...
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RF immunity standard
Does anyone have IEC 61000-4-6:2008 (RF) that they could share?
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Long ingrained neural pathways
I picked this up on another newsgroup. It's about riding a bike with reverse geared steering. I know you've seen one before, but there is some analysis about how long it took this engineer to learn to...
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8 years ago
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MPPT using an inverting boost converter
Hi all I am thinking about this options for MPPT I have different options for my input, and this can convert up and down, so it fits me well. Also, a panel can be used over a larger scale. Does anyone...
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8 years ago
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lightning
There's a big thunderbumper moving in, and we just had a lightning strike somewhere nearby. My computers were fine, but my LG monitor crashed and reset. Weird.
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SATA interface for EIDE drive?
I've got an old WD hard drive whose original EIDE PCB got bad and I could not get an exact PCB replacement for it. A supposed expert on hard drives suggested that I might try to attach a SATA PCB to...
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Generating sparks with certain characteristics
Once upon a time, sparkfun sold this device: It took 5V 3A DC in, and out the other end came a loud, bright series of sp arks at maybe 30-50Hz. The spark gap could be up to a half inch wide, so I' m...
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"Small" (physical size) thumb drives
Hi, Recommendations for physically small, modest size (~16G), "fast" thumb drives? I've recently been using more "traditional" sized SanDisk drives and have been disappointed with their performance...
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