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Help identifying a component
Hello all, On my microwave oven there is a rotary encoder with an hollow shaft that is used as input for durations. Lately, this encoder has started "skipping" steps and sometime sends backwards...
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Recovery in Arctic ice looks like good news for polar bears
And Al Gore's laughing all the way to the bank. Mike
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Cheap, but good 2A/30V NPN ?
Cheap, but good 2A/30V NPN ? ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson | mens | | Analog Innovations | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | San Tan Valley, AZ 85142 Skype:...
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PC or Mac for at- home engineering?
Some day I might actually get to semi- retire, and would like to continue t o do explorations on my own dime. I do a lot of signal- processing work wit h Matlab, but also do analog and digital design...
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MCP6441 looks kind of limited in use?
I was probing around the other day looking for low quiescent op-amps to use in a power limited circuit and stumbled on this I noticed the GBWP is only 9Khz? It does occur to me that this limits the...
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What do you think of this?
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Electronic fuse
Not like it hasn't been done before, but I decided it's about time I have some on hand. 'Dem printed boards sure look nice for a change. Features: - Unidirectional - 8A current carrying capacity (on...
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pick-and-place
In our previous episode, The Brat was dragging 8000 pound pallets of pick-and-place machine around with her Jeep. Well, we finally got it installed and working. This is the line: solder stencil, pnp,...
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High frequency counterparts of 2N2222A, 2N2907A
Could some electronics guru please help ? I am trying out some SPICE simulations, and would like to know high frequency (e.g., 500 - 600 MHz) counterparts of the popular 2N2222A and 2N2907A (NPN, PNP)...
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Weird EMC circuit
I'm doing some EMC work right now, and created something weird. Has anyone seen it before? Description: Suppose you have a shielded cable being terminated to a header. So, you tie the shield to a pin,...
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energy savings
Seems to me that a higher-power kettle will use less energy to bring a volume of water to a boil. But who listens to engineers? Banning those kilowatt smart phones will definitely save the planet.
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Raspberry Pi Sound card problem electret condenser microphones
I want to process the signals of five electret condenser microphones with raspberry pi and i since the RPI has no audio inputs im thinking of using a sound card. Im looking for a sound card with five...
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Current mode control
Current mode control is the fastest control method for switching mode power supply since it has to feedback loops. Read more:
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High Voltage PCB Design
Hi I have an application with a TG150 rated PCB board We are running mains voltage of 480Vac on two adjecent layers on the PCB with 1mm distance between the layers However, I would like to know what...
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OT: Big Brother IS Watching.
Big Brother IS Watching... Made a cash (
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