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staticstical fluctuations

Quote: " As the number of electrons N decreases, the statistical fluctualtions in the number becomes an increasing frac...
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posted by patrick.zou
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by patrick.zou

4017 driving multiple LEDs

I need a circuit which lights 4 LEDs upon 4 pulses on input. 4017 CMOS counter/decoder seems the obvious choice here, a...
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posted by pstnly
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by pstnly

Two questions on voltage regulators

If have a circuit that needs 5V, and I have a battery that generates 9V, I can wire a couple of resisters into a voltag...
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posted by jdege
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by jdege

Making three-way audio switch

Hello all, This is my first post in this group. I want to make an audio input switch for my stero system at home. My so...
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posted by dg
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by dg

Surface mount OK for amateurs?

Is SMT a practical proposition for the occasional kit builder? Seems like a fair bit of investment - special tools and...
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posted by jwprincic
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by jwprincic

speaker Control Pod very hot

https://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/store/category.cgi?category=spk_multimedia&item=l1il3500 If you're familiar with Cr...
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posted by jdoe
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by jdoe

most appropriate high speed interface

Hello community, I am a student of electrical engineering and in the course of a laboratory I am currently designing a...
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posted by quinn_the_esquimo
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by quinn_the_esquimo

Infrared RC oscillator

So many of the xmtr circuits I've seen for infrared remote control use a crystal or ceramic resonator in a cmos oscilla...
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posted by newszz10
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by newszz10

cell (mobile) phone scrambler jammer

Can anyone offer some tips on building a cell phone jammer. There are apparently no laws about this (yet) in the countr...
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posted by dlwebb
21 comments posted 20yrs posted by dlwebb

What does isolation actually mean?

Just about every time I see the word transformer I see the work "electrical isolation" but I really have no idea what i...
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posted by Abstract.Dissonance.hotmail.co
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by Abstract.Dissonance.hotmail.co

ultrasound transducer interface circuit

Hello, I am wondering how ultrasound transducers are interfaced to electronic circuit in a ultrasound imaging system. W...
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posted by ma
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by ma

voltage regulator for very old motorbikes

I join my two hobbies, electronics and antique motor vehicles, by doing electronic retrofits and upgrades on old vehicl...
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posted by kellrobinson
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by kellrobinson

Basic Wiring Question

I'm trying my first DIY electronics project. Here it is: http://www.venturelighting.com/images/Wiring_X1_big.gif I don'...
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posted by Smapple
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by Smapple