Electronics Design

Aussies Love EVs ?

Hi, well, no they don't - there are hardly any here. Hybrids are popular, with taxis and fleet vehicles. But this guy i...

42 comments posted 5yrs

posted by pallison49

42 comments posted 5yrs posted by pallison49

GPS as NTP reference clock?

My internal network is not routed. I run my own NTP server. But, without access to a reference clock, there is inevitab...

86 comments posted 5yrs

posted by blockedofcourse

86 comments posted 5yrs posted by blockedofcourse

OCP8195 LED CC driver chip, mains in/bridge rectifier/cap etc

It's an LED CC driver chip, mains in/bridge rectifier/cap etc. Can anyone find a data sheet? I've tried but no luck...

2 comments posted 5yrs

posted by kraken.sankey

2 comments posted 5yrs posted by kraken.sankey

LTSpice XVII keeps looking in the wrong folder

I have a schematic in a folder with model files that was on the desktop, which I then moved to a sub-folder on the C dr...

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posted by user

5 comments posted 5yrs posted by user

OT Australia's famous " Dish " to get busy

Hi, made famous for conveying video of the US moon landings in 1969 - the Parkes Radio Telescope is back in business......

6 comments posted 5yrs

posted by pallison49

6 comments posted 5yrs posted by pallison49

Interesting/promising measurements at CERN

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56491033 Looks like they have some interesting results, a disparity betwee...

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posted by dp

185 comments posted 5yrs posted by dp

Ping Dr Hobbs

IIRC you gave a link to your Web site concerning a paper on tracking the sun. I cannot find that link. Would you be so k...

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posted by Sophi.2

4 comments posted 5yrs posted by Sophi.2

Panelized art

Doing my first panelized board and using either pcbway or jlc. There are 2 small boards with different designs. Going t...

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posted by mikerbgr

9 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikerbgr

laser blasting chips

We sometimes glob epoxy on chips on boards, to make the products a bit harder to copy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ku5onz...

12 comments posted 5yrs

posted by jlarkin

12 comments posted 5yrs posted by jlarkin

Gull wing SMD LITEON optocoupler do I center the pads to match the dip hole centers?

There's a LITEON optocoupler that I want to use and it just says "SMD" as package. I found out it was gull wing, so whe...

10 comments posted 5yrs

posted by mikerbgr

10 comments posted 5yrs posted by mikerbgr

Firefox Users Down to 4%!

Searching for components on the interweb is no small part of my job. I have been having trouble with various web sites...

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posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit

20 comments posted 5yrs posted by gnuarm.deletethisbit

The Future of Music (Software synthesizer focused or extended operating system)

The Future of Music (Software synthesizer focused operating system) The vision for the future of music will be somethin...

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posted by skybuck2000

21 comments posted 5yrs posted by skybuck2000

Looking for data on MA1032-929

Hi, Long ago I built a digital clock using a National module (not chip) called MA1032-929, from instructions on a magaz...

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posted by robin_listas

2 comments posted 5yrs posted by robin_listas

Obsolete 8051 Dev equipment

I have some 8051 ICE equipment back from my initial employment in the 80s Nohau Emul51 Hardware (2 x Full length ISA ca...

42 comments posted 5yrs

posted by chris.863

42 comments posted 5yrs posted by chris.863

"antennae" distribution

I've run a fair bit of RG6U throughout the house. It's intended for use handling "antenna" and CATV feeds. I have a num...

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posted by blockedofcourse

20 comments posted 5yrs posted by blockedofcourse