Hobby Electronics Basics

What's the point of a gain of 1 amp?

I ordered the headphone amp from Oatley Electronics and it arrived yesterday. Reading the instructions and the explanat...

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smps with a fixed duty cycle?

The classic linear power supply (transformer, bridge rectifier, cap) relies on AC at a fixed frequency of 60 Hz (50 Hz...

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smps: AC or pulsed DC fed into transformer?

It seems to me that flyback SMPSes use pulsed DC instead of AC. Is this true? For example, here, the transistor simply...

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Is anybody posting here?

Subject says it all. I have seen no posts recently and am wondering if maybe I goofed up and somehow got Agent to filter...

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OT: Ted Scuz Campaign

The Ted Scuz Campaign has now impugned Trump's wife... (1) Posed Nude (2) Foreign Born (first this century... to avoid...

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SMPS for powering headphone amp?

I orderd the K272c headphone amp kit from Oatley Electronics. See link: http://secure.oatleyelectronics.com//product_in...

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OT: Vacuum Sealing Food

As my newest assignment is now chief cook and bottle-washer I note a problem... We don't eat all that much, so, for exa...

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daily quiz

What is the dynamic range of a 3-bit A/D converter? I predict no one will get this. Which makes it a good job interview...

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OT: Skype Whiteboard / IDroo

A client wants to use Skype Whiteboard / IDroo. Looks gruesome to do sketches with a mouse :-( Years ago I remember a t...

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Anyone made their own LED lamp?

Anyone made their own LED lamp? Remember this post... Well it just croaked and I bought an adapter to get a conventiona...

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Current Sources

Hi all, Under what circumstances would you use a current source in a spice simulation as opposed to a voltage source? th...

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OT: DVD/CD Mfg Identifier

I used to have a tool on an old PC that could ID the manufacturer of DVD's and CD's I can't track it down. Anyone have...

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Resistor ratios

Hi all, I'm making this current output in fixed ratio's... 1,2,4... etc. I'm using 0.1% RG series from susumu. There ar...

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posted by gherold

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AN: Debounce Switches

I have made a compilation of the various Debounce circuits and posted it to Debounce_Switches.pdf on the S.E.D/Schemati...

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DTL (diode AND gate)

Hi all, Another digital question. I'm doing this pulse thing. Pulse widths were, 1,2,4,8,16.. simple set by a rotary sw...

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