Hobby Electronics Basics

Re: [OT] Play tic-tac-toe using e-Letters or i-Letters!

You should start in the corner, not the center. Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > >> .. junk ... > > How about playing a simpl...

19 comments posted 9yrs

posted by fizzbintuesday

19 comments posted 9yrs posted by fizzbintuesday

Impurities in isopropanol sold as electronics cleaner?

In the US, it's fairly easy to find 70% isopropanol sold for use as a topical antiseptic & such. In the UK, it's harder...

9 comments posted 9yrs

posted by a24061

9 comments posted 9yrs posted by a24061

Orange super-bright LEDs

Are they true orange LEDs? Is "orange" the same as "amber"

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posted by toylet.toylet

32 comments posted 9yrs posted by toylet.toylet

BLDC motor questions

Awright youse motor folks, I need info. I have, over the last couple years goofed around with BLDC motors made for RC h...

19 comments posted 9yrs

posted by etpm

19 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

Tubes in broken spotwelder & other questions

All, I know almost nothing about tubes(AKA valves). My son bought a capacitor discharge spotwelder that uses tubes. It...

31 comments posted 9yrs

posted by etpm

31 comments posted 9yrs posted by etpm

JFET mini-comparo--BFT862 not actually unique

I promised a bit of low-noise JFET comparison data. I looked at 4 BF862s from different reels, three ON Semi parts, the...

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posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless

2 comments posted 9yrs posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless

Transistor part number suffixes--215? 235? Whazzat?

So I bought a reel each of BF862-235 and BF862-215. Other parts seem to have the same suffixes, but a quick web search...

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posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless

11 comments posted 9yrs posted by pcdhSpamMeSenseless

Question on JFETs

Hi all, I can't find much info on JFETs in my books which don't seem to go into much depth. They go into much detail, h...

31 comments posted 9yrs

posted by cbx

31 comments posted 9yrs posted by cbx

What are the basics of electronics?

Let's return to related topics. :)

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posted by toylet.toylet

23 comments posted 9yrs posted by toylet.toylet

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES

ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPIES Very cute, social and lovely male and female Puppies are here! These puppie s make excellent co...

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posted by melleygarcia

0 comments posted 9yrs posted by melleygarcia

Battery drain question with an external car CD player

I have just bought a used Sony Discman player to use in my car because the built-in one started rejecting CDs (older GM...

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posted by super70s

4 comments posted 9yrs posted by super70s

EMP Won't Work On the Rooskies

They are using vacuum tubes at all their phased array radar installations. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/05...

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posted by bretcahill

9 comments posted 9yrs posted by bretcahill

Repeater Router Eliminates Messy Wire Connections?

If you don't want ethernet cable strung all over the house can't you just get a repeater router and plug the ethernet li...

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posted by bretcahill

8 comments posted 9yrs posted by bretcahill

a stupid question

I have one of those vehicle loop detectors installed on my property. Same kind that operate traffic lights. To test it...

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posted by default

17 comments posted 9yrs posted by default

Cable Modem Help

Looking at getting Spectrum cable but having spec difficulty. They will provide a router only, router with wifi or rout...

54 comments posted 9yrs

posted by OGI

54 comments posted 9yrs posted by OGI