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Hard Disk LED Connector

I am working on a custom built case for my computer and didn't know where else to turn. For the power led and other led...
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posted by scadreau
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Telephone socket: dangerous?

Where I live we have those telephone sockets that look like a "T". But new phone cords don't use the T so we have to bu...
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posted by nospam
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

Op Amps

This has got to be simple for someone who knows. I'm a beginner in all this but I've found Livewire software that allow...
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posted by Periproct
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by Periproct

FS:Replacement Caps 27000uf 30vdc

Hey i bought a bunch of these for replacements they work great and are close to original as you can get they are 27000u...
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posted by chips4sle
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Help finding a cap from Mouser

I am trying to find some 16V 4.7uf caps to use with a CD4060 timing circuit. I have looked at Mousers OL catalog and ca...
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posted by N
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New to ferrite beads

I'm using ferrite beads to produce a clean voltage supply. The ferrite bead i ordered looks like a hollow cylinder. How...
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posted by vcteo1
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oddball parts

somebody on another electronics discussion board (not a newsgroup) asked where to find pins like the ones you see solde...
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posted by kellrobinson
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by kellrobinson

QUCS - anyone using it/

I found a circuit simulator, QUCS. It looks very complete but I can't figure out how to make graphs with it. No matter...
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posted by nospam
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

Newbie needs help with basics

Hi, I'm trying to learn electronics, I'm right at the beginning, just learned Ohms law and Watts law. I understand both...
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posted by hdjim69
28 comments posted 20yrs posted by hdjim69

microprocessors

plz if any one has notes than send it to me
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posted by masood_1986
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by masood_1986

Car stereo wiring and L+ L- and GND

This question is part of a larger undertaking that currently has led me back to brush up on very basic electronics. To...
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posted by gonzalobriceno
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BJT - understanding its operation

I'm an electric engineering student. I'm getting into electronics and I can't figure out the bjt transistor. The fact t...
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posted by nospam
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by nospam

Comparison of Oscilloscope TDS2022 or DSO3202 ?

Hello, everyone , can anyone comment on which budget oscilloscope offers a better deal in terms of performance and pric...
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posted by REMOVE_NOSPAM_tpkcbq
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by REMOVE_NOSPAM_tpkcbq

pure water capacitor?!?

Is there such thing ??? Is it really much different from a normal electrolytic cap??? I was looking at some panasonic a...
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posted by aheyn
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by aheyn

Ipod charger safe?

Hello members, My son got this idea from Popular Science's March edition and asked me to help him build it. He's got an...
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posted by bborb
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by bborb