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1N5817 schottky
Hello, I'm about to make a wideband rf sniffer using an op amp and a simple detector front end feeding a capacitor and one of the inputs to the op amp. I could bias the diode near conduction if it...
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Converting from 30V to 5V or less
I'm using a computer to gather data using LPT1 port. The input pins of the lpt accept 0-5V. I want to know when three utility motors using 30V start and when they end. When a motor starts it gets 30V....
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Open Instrumentation Project: Newsletter 8
This is Newsletter #8 of the Open Instrumentation Project. The OIP makes open-source software and economical high-technology instrumentation hardware for students, hobbiests, engineers and scientists....
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Controlling Resistance Digitally - what kinds of components can be used?
Hello All, I've recently posted on another topic, and thanks for the varied replies, which gave me the information I needed. I've another question regarding digital control of resistance. I have an...
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Part Search for an oscillator
Hi, anybody know of an oscillator or multivibrator than I can crontrol both frequency and duty cycle. I tried to find a chip like the CD4047 but with variable duty cycle. My output needs to be about...
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Increasing PWM output voltage
Hello, I need to boost a PWM signal at 5KHz and 450mV to 5V at 5KHz and 100mA max. Could someone please give me a list of the components I need and a schematic to do this. A suggested idea was this......
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Anybody used the TC4432 (30v buffer)
Hi, I am trying to use the TC4432. I am doing the exact circuit of page 7 below. My Vdd is at 1v, and my input is coming from a pic chip running at 10khz 60% duty cycle. 7 of microchip What I am...
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Power Supply for a LM317
I have a 16 Volt, 4 amp wall I wart to use with a LM317 variable power supply. The LM317 can only handle 1.5 amps, but the circuits that I will be testing are rated at less than .5 amps. Will the 4...
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Call For Papers (The 9th ICCCS 2008)
CALL FOR PAPERS The 9th International Conference on Computers, Communications and Systems Daegu University Korea, November 7, 2008...
 
Potentiometer for CMoy Headphone Amp
I'm building a headphone amp based on the simple CMoy design. I want to add a variable gain and the design shows adding a dual gang pot on the inputs as a potential divider. The design notes say to...
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Adjusting frequency NE556
Hi, The following is a PDF of a motor control kit... Currently it is designed to run at around 410Hz. I assume that too will be the frequency for the PWM output but I need 5KHz from the PWM. I looked...
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Driving LCD 7-seg passive displays with PIC
I have a passive LCD with 8 7-seg digits plus point and some other symbol. It has 23 connections. I wish to drive it with a PIC that has LCD module built-in but I have seen that all PICs capable to...
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Help finding phase angle
I'd appreciate some help with this equation... I've been looking at it for a few days now... Here's the equation: I'm trying to understand how the formula for the phase angle is determined. Thanks for...
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value of Lab-Volt power supply
I have an ac/dc power supply with a DC and a VOM meter. It's fairly large with 3 units stacked together. I couldn't find any model #. Any idea as to it's value?
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LED Matrix Questions
Hiya folks. I got into electronics mostly as a result of messing with digital components, so unfortunately I still find myself confused when it comes to various analog aspects of circuitry. So I was...
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