Teaching the young.

A few years ago I used to visit boy scott meetings and introduce them to basic concepts of computer programming using Pascal and basic electronics.

I still remember one little boy asking me if I could explain how a "Reverberating Diode" worked! I tried like hell not to laugh but I knew that his father or some one in the family must of been some Electronics/Electrician tech and set me up!

Jamie

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Dunno. He could have been referring to a mechanical rectifier.

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--Winston

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Winston

Yep. The old vibrator packs in car radio power supplies. ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
| Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
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Jim Thompson

Huh some set me up long ago and I still have to be careful of geranium diodes !!

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Rheilly Phoull

Like this, in Figure 4:

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Most vibrator power supplies featured an electronic (rather than mechanical) rectifier, as shown in figure 3, though:

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--Winston

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Winston

Check out the reverb feedback optocoupling on (typically) Fender amps.

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who where

I pity any 'boy scott' that ever had to meet you.

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Michael A. Terrell

Funny, I was just musing today, that my last days in Boy Scouts was in an Explorer Troop sponsored by the local police department.

So I was trained in the use of the riot stick... bring on OWS ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson, CTO                            |    mens     |
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Jim Thompson

Mine was sponsored by the local volunteer fire department.

Since the O-I crowd wants everything for free, we should send them to stay with Sheriff Joe.

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