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Don't toss your dead cell phone

My Sony Ericsson Z520 developed a white display today. I thought it might have an issue with metal chips since I work i...
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posted by clutch
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Protecting my arduino against high voltage spikes?

Newbie, I'm afraid, though I'm not doing badly so far. I've built a digital speedo with an arduino and some LED display...
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posted by hathowiemdotnet
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Voltage conversion

Hi People, I'm an Aussie going to Korea to live for a year or two. I'm bringing some appliances with me. The Australian...
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posted by anonemail1
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60 cycle hum in a 8 mm projector

Guy at work that is into old movies on film asked me about hum in a movie projector and how to cure it. I'm assuming th...
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posted by clutch
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Potting compounds

What's the cement called that's used to pot wirewound resistors and heating elements into ceramic housings? Can you buy...
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posted by clint
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Special Deals Possible With Slotted Freeways

You are retired and own a diesel-electric RV. According to the weather channel there will be a big front coming through...
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posted by BretCahill
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IR LEDs

Lets say I have a bunch of unlabeled Infrared LED transmitters. How would I go about determining their properites? What...
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posted by uriahsky
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IR LED testing

I am testing some infrared LED transmitters and receivers and am not sure about a few things. Are all IR LED Transmitte...
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posted by uriahsky
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electronic project

i am a 2nd year ece student and i want to do an mini project. please suggest me some titles..
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posted by ksb2992
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Counter not decrementing to exact value to 0x00000

Hi all, I am using Decade counter of 16 - bit, and the value decades from 0x3FFFF to 0x00000 After calculating the numb...
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posted by sreenivas.jyothi
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AC motor wiring and capacitor use

Hello, I'm totally a newbie to this but I'd like to get my problem fixed. I have a chilling system made back in the '90...
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posted by trancemissionxxi
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op amp specs question

Hello, I need an op amp that can handle a 800mA current surge at it's output for a few mS.... it will be operating as a...
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posted by panfilero
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by panfilero

Counter verifiaction with requirements

Hi all i am presently doing verification and validation of my module, and i have these requirements for writing the tes...
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posted by sreenivas.jyothi
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New series of Acer GPS navigators

New series of Acer GPS navigators http://www.techietraits.co.cc/2009/04/new-series-of-acer-gps-navigators.html
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posted by jenneylist
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