Electronics Down Under

Measuring current draw from modern LED lights.

Greetings. Getting to the point - is there anything about modern LED grow lights that could cause inaccurate amperage m...

7 comments posted 6yrs

posted by j

7 comments posted 6yrs posted by j

Buying Bulk New/Used Micro SD Cards

Later this year I'm likely to be looking to buy 50 or more Micro SD cards with capacity of 128MB (yes, MB not GB) or mo...

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posted by not

18 comments posted 6yrs posted by not

Free 8255 chips

I have a large number of unused 8255 programmable peripheral interface ICs that will be binned if I can't find anyone w...

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posted by pjetson

8 comments posted 6yrs posted by pjetson

Whjat a good fritzng we've just experienced.

It was only a short black out (brown out?) that most of the computers didnt notice. First clue that something was wrong...

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posted by news18

3 comments posted 6yrs posted by news18

Phil Allison Silent for over a month

I haven't seen a post from Phil Allison since 11-28-2019. Anyone have news about him?

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posted by nojunk

14 comments posted 6yrs posted by nojunk

NBN phones

Does it matter that one of my phones is connected via an ADSL line filter?

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posted by LuciferMorningstar

2 comments posted 6yrs posted by LuciferMorningstar

Feedbro ? and how to turn ON option to add feeds in a page?

LSS;Does anyone know how to do this? Feedbro is an extensain for firefox and others that allows you to aggregate RSS fe...

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posted by news18

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by news18

Re: thank God for TRANSITOR RADIOS

> poor buggers listening to ABC AM as the ash clouds circle in the SE > coastline.... does AM still exist? I thought it...

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posted by news18

8 comments posted 6yrs posted by news18

On line source for projects?

Stumbled upon this site today. No idea how useful for info or projects. Enjoy. https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/Electroni...

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posted by news18

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by news18

Unwinding of power extension cords

Firstly, apologies for the electrical question in an electronic group. I always thought the reason for having to unwind...

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posted by bob

10 comments posted 6yrs posted by bob

Oatley Electronics Q

Hi, anyone got a schem for the Oatley Electronics " Glo Plug Driver " published in Silicon Chip in March 2000 ? Bugger...

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posted by pallison49

3 comments posted 6yrs posted by pallison49

OT: What's this type of bracket called?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4b15o0hgno2ldu/bracket.jpg?dl=0 The perspective is a bit off - the angles at the end are abo...

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posted by sylvia

132 comments posted 6yrs posted by sylvia

NBN wrong time ?

Hi, I have a "caller ID" display unit and phone connected to the line that comes with the NBN - installed here a month...

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posted by pallison49

3 comments posted 6yrs posted by pallison49

Silicon Chip removing old RTV&H and EA magazines and books from American-Radio-History site

Was saddened and angry to read that Nicholas Vinen, the editor of Silicon Chip Magazine has ordered the removal of the...

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posted by graeme.zimmer

8 comments posted 6yrs posted by graeme.zimmer

Re: What could possibly go wrong... ;)

> > >>Kinda depends on what software they're operating. Our banks, govt depts, >>shops, supermarkets, travel operators,...

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posted by news18

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by news18