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Bitcoins algorithms
With all you geniuses around here, we must be able to invent a better Bitcoin. :) ISTM a problem with the Bitcoin is there weren't enough of them They got bid up too high, as a floating currency. BUT...
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SURPRISE, Lois Lerner's Emails lost
This is a total surprise! :-0 "Washington, DC ? Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement regarding the Internal Revenue Service informing the Committee...
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They are here again
At times there are whole swarms of these butterflies: Note the bumbelbee feeding:
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RF - VHF and UHF amplifier handbook
Hi all, I am looking for a book that covers amplifiers and radio reception in the VHF and UHF range in a practical manner. I am learning on this subject so if I have some circuits/projects which I can...
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How to repair this cellphone? Where is it?
Hi guys, was getting too many spam mail on my cellphone, and decided to fix it. So opened it and removed the battery, and then the plastic foil with those black shields. Threw that away, always treat...
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Power Line Modem Carrier Frequency
Does anyone know what carrier frequency these devices use to muliplex data over the power line? or at least what the range of same might be. Is it standard, or does it vary between manufacturers? Are...
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PCB transmission line transformer
We've used transmission-line transformers to drive mosfet gates. We've wound them from micro-coax on ferrite toroids, with the shield being the primary and the inner conductor the secondary. Sub-ns...
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electricity in the UK
-- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
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Re: simplified converter needed for duty cycle to voltage (SEB)
Somewhat outside the box thinking... Generate a master ramp synchronized to the input frequency, but amplitude "AGC'd" to be 1V peak by a controlled current source. Replication of this same current...
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OKI solder station
Anyone have a pointer to a circuit diagram for the base unit RF station?
 
Non Lead Soldering?
I want to solder some IC tabs (non PCB now) with 96-4 Sn:Ag solder. I am assuming thats the only non-lead deal out there. What is the best flux, temperature? I am toying with a SnCl4 flux, as I can...
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Presentation quality graphs
Hi, all:- What's a good way to generate the kind of graphs that will look good in a datasheet (not infographics or other silly stuff), and can be made to conform to a consistent and customizable)...
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SCR Module Ixys vs Semikron
I am looking at using a dual thyristor module and could use either Ixys MCC56-12 or Semikron SKKT57B12 both have similar specs 1200V 50+A and fusing I2t 8000+A2s. Not cheap but the Ixys is less than...
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Calibrated Microphone
Anyone familiar with these, and how they are used to measure freq response of speakers ? I am about to get into this. Once I have the mic, I figure I got a Wavetek 111 which is good enough for now. I...
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How do you test a 24Bit ADC
Can anyone recommend a way to test the resolution and a accuracy of a 24bit converter? Does this require expensive, calibrated, super precision equipment, or is there a simpler (cheaper) way to do...
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