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What electronics MAGAZINES are good?

I used to collect Popular Electronics which is no longer published. What magazines are available now? Which ones would y...
27 comments posted 19yrs
posted by AINTME
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by AINTME

leds

I need a circuit that flashs an led once quickly and then goes out. I have a circuit using a 2222 transistor and a phot...
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posted by ronald-blythe
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Long range wireless router?

I need to use a router in order to save 50 bucks a month for an extra DSL line. The problem is that the router will be...
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posted by etpm
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by etpm

AVX Tantalum Capacitor?

Hello everyone! Is this capacitor bipolar or polarized? http://www.avxcorp.com/docs/Catalogs/tps.pdf Thanks!
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mr.whatever
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by mr.whatever

pll error in rf signal generator

What I;m doing now is doing test of a rf signal generator. My professor might buy it via e-bay. When I turned it on, it...
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posted by sperelat
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by sperelat

Any recommendation for good Lead testing kit?

Hi, Prop 65 max limit for lead is 200 ppm. I wonder if there is any good testing kit that can detect lead on surface aro...
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posted by okbran
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by okbran

Creating a voltage-controlled resistance

I'm testing rechargeable batteries and would like a voltage-controlled resistance so I can easily adjust the load with a...
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posted by davidd31415
23 comments posted 19yrs posted by davidd31415

inverse filtering

I do time-domain simulation of signal that passed electronic filters. Now, my task is reconstructing original signal wi...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by sperelat
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by sperelat

DMM Software design - Help appreciated

Heya! I'm new to this group and I hope I'm directing this to the right peoples. I'm a great programmer but I'm unfortun...
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posted by feedback
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by feedback

Does anyone know anything about Gould OS4100?

I just picked up my first scope, it's a Gould OS4100 digital oscilloscope, I'm not quite sure if it's working correctly...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bipton101
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by bipton101

Serial Wireless Transmission

This is a bit of a n00b question but here goes: I need to transmit a signal (via radio signals) a reasonable distance 5...
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posted by lewiseason
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by lewiseason

What are good professions for an EE?

I am a relatively new EE grad and I love a challenge but I don't exactly want to be stuck in a cubicle, but I hate pape...
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posted by stacyr29
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by stacyr29