Electronics Design

Power line time base

Turbine generators turn at a regulated frequency, and even 100+ years ago they must have kept it somewhat close to opti...

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posted by fizzbintuesday

14 comments posted 3yrs posted by fizzbintuesday

Toyota Solid State Battery

It supposedly will give a vehicle 900 mile range someday. No details.

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posted by deanh6929

9 comments posted 3yrs posted by deanh6929

another air flow sensor circuit

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zppy7en9noljcfdo0qyv6/Darl_Flow_Sensor_1.jpg?dl=0&rlkey=v7jk899m8l1jxz91r05lj6byx (I hop...

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posted by jlarkin

3 comments posted 3yrs posted by jlarkin

Rise time of standard FR4 vs low loss laminates

Hi I am working on a design where we have a fast rise time of a signal, below 1ns and above 50V. We want that fast rise...

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posted by klauskvik

6 comments posted 3yrs posted by klauskvik

Explain the output of the old TV flyback transformers.

I'm backing off of the neon sign transformer 12kV power supply. For the reasons I was told, the low frequency requires...

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posted by amdx62

22 comments posted 3yrs posted by amdx62

Is a Gray code counter more energy efficient?

In binary ripple counters, many bits change on a clock tick (lowest bit changes every time, bit#2 changes half the time...

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posted by whit3rd

76 comments posted 3yrs posted by whit3rd

How do I post a spreadsheet?

I can't seem to recall how to post a spreadsheet. Any ide?

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posted by neo5...

6 comments posted 3yrs posted by neo5...

Triac EMI during commutation and keeping it on to solve the problem

Hi So there's been some nice discussion about Triacs. I have an application where an opto diac is controlling a Triac t...

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posted by klauskvik

24 comments posted 3yrs posted by klauskvik

Diac Testing

Gentlemen, I have a large assortment of diodes of all descriptions in my copious parts inventory. However, there are so...

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posted by cd

13 comments posted 3yrs posted by cd

worker-guy rant

https://amgreatness.com/2023/06/05/mike-rowe-is-on-a-mission-to-reverse-the-unspeakable-stupidity-of-devaluing-work/ He...

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posted by jlarkin

24 comments posted 3yrs posted by jlarkin

OT: Trmp is not looking so happy these days

"In my administration I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information," Trump said du...

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posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit

14 comments posted 3yrs posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit

There really is no limit now is there?

Raspberry Pi Storybook Writes Stories On Demand Using ChatGPT: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-ai-storybo...

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posted by pNaonStpealmtje

0 comments posted 3yrs posted by pNaonStpealmtje

O/T: Wall Street and AI chips

Is somebody going to make a ton shorting Nvidia stock? PS AI as stock picker: AIEQ is a fund powered by IBM's Watson; +...

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posted by r_delaney2001

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Triac Efficiency

Greetings, gentlemen, As we all know, to get maximum efficiency out of a MOSFET, it needs to be driven hard and fast an...

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posted by cd

91 comments posted 3yrs posted by cd

EV tire wear

A rarely discussed topic with EVs is their tire wear. Most people are unaware of how heavy EVs are, and the longer thei...

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posted by soar2morrow

6 comments posted 3yrs posted by soar2morrow