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Does you soldering iron glow ?

** Hi to all, " Does your chewing gum loose its flavour on the bed post overnight " was THE burning question on everyon...
35 comments posted 18yrs
posted by philallison
35 comments posted 18yrs posted by philallison

High side driving N-channel Mosfet with PWM

So I would have thought that this would be a simple problem but the more information I get the more I get confused........
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posted by reply
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Phone charger

Hi all. My Nokia phone charger has died. It's rated 5V. I have another older Nokia charger but it's rated 5.7V, is this...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by nrgreenNOT
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by nrgreenNOT

Re: Future of UHF CB etc

>Jas>>> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:27:19 +1000d, Jason James Blathered on >>> in48139e32$0$23382$ snipped-for-privacy@pit-r...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by c900
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by c900

OT (but not really): Ironman

I just saw Ironman at the movies - awesome stuff. Oodles of leading edge technology gadgets in it, some plausible, othe...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by altzone
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OT (but not really): Ironman

I just saw Ironman at the movies - awesome stuff. Oodles of leading edge technology gadgets in it, some plausible, othe...
9 comments posted 18yrs
posted by altzone
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by altzone

Re: Side Question Re: AC/AC Converter

"MousePad" > If I was to wire the AC adapter directly to the tracks, ignoring for the > moment any modifications requir...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by philallison
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by philallison

Re: AC/AC Converter

On Fri, 02 May 2008 08:16:15 GMT, MousePad put finger to keyboard and composed: >> The one that I am looking at is a 12...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by fzabkar
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by fzabkar

Agilent Oscilloscope - ripoff or rebadge?

I just stumbled across these: http://www.welec.de/english/05_products/products_01_overview.htm German "Welec" brand. Lo...
37 comments posted 18yrs
posted by altzone
37 comments posted 18yrs posted by altzone

The Hunt for the Kill Switch

http://spectrum.ieee.org/may08/6171 Pentagon realizes that it no longer controls who manufactures the components that g...
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posted by pleae
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by pleae

Cheap DSE oscilloscope

Heads up for those interested, the 10MHz DSE scope is on sale again: http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/481999...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by altzone
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by altzone

Re: Who owns a GPS?

>> Trevor Wils>> >>> > Also, these phones aren't cheap and their plans less so. The N95 for >>> > example, requires a s...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by c900
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by c900

What fuse wire?

Hi to all, common glass tube fuses like 3AG and 20x5mm types are made with a variety of wires inside - mostly it is tin...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by philallison
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by philallison

Re: Electrical Power in Australia and NZ

>I live in the US, where we have 120V 60 cycle electrical power. What >is used in Australia and NZ? Is it 240V 50, as i...
10 comments posted 18yrs
posted by craigd
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by craigd

Re: Future of UHF CB etc

>Mot Adv wrote... >> 400Mhz, future of UHF CB et al >Didn't think that CBs were used much these days. do truckies still...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by c900
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by c900