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iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Just finished reading Steve Wozniak's new autobiography called iWoz. A great read, and I'm sure many electronics engine...
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posted by altzone
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by altzone

Energy Density of a Capacitor

How does a capacitor compare with, say, a lead acid battery, energy/weight? Bret Cahill
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posted by BretCahill
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by BretCahill

Adjustable voltage booster?

I have lucked up on a Ecotech high output emergency vehicle alternator for the boat project. This hyper expensive alter...
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posted by gashmore
14 comments posted 19yrs posted by gashmore

Portable Generator questions

Greetungs All, I have a small generator (700 watt, 850 surge) that I use to keep the fridge running when the power is o...
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posted by etpm
27 comments posted 19yrs posted by etpm

Question about circuit part of RMS detector

Hello again, I found this National Semiconductor brief on True RMS Detector: http://www.national.com/ms/LB/LB-25.pdf In...
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posted by mr.whatever
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Manchester encoding

Hello I am doing and RF application with PIC chip and using picbasic pro to write my code. My poblem is that I have a 8...
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posted by lerameur
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by lerameur

street lightening

some one tell me that it is possible to get the light from the transmission line using faraday's priciple of electromagn...
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posted by nilkanthgore
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by nilkanthgore

All Magnetic Self Centering Bearings

Is it possible to make a bearing out of a ring magnet and a smaller magnet held above above the center of the ring by N...
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posted by BretCahill
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by BretCahill

RF modules

Hello, I have been playing with the 433Mhz RF modules from rentron, They are very cheap RF module that works great with...
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posted by lerameur
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by lerameur

LED Question

The people here seem nice. I am building a tube amplifier. I have a 5VAC tap on my Power transformer that I wish to use...
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posted by XtrChessreal
19 comments posted 19yrs posted by XtrChessreal

Current output and FETs

Happy Holidays folks! It's good to relax for a couple of weeks, huh? I don't remember exactly what I read, but I recall...
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posted by mr.whatever
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by mr.whatever

IC datasheet

Hello...I am a final yr student looking out for the datasheet of the following ICs..It would be of great help if anybod...
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posted by arthivasu
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by arthivasu

help with temp unit for my Unimog

Hello everyone, Thanks in advance for anyone who might offer some help. I have a Unimog with a few heat sensitive areas...
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posted by 5joneses
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by 5joneses

Need book recommendation

I have a number of projects I'd like to undertake involving microcontrollers. The problem is that my hardware training...
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posted by dont
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by dont