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the fable of the diode

Once upon a time, there was a village called Diode. The inhabitants were an excitable lot, who tended to get charged ea...
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posted by r_delaney2001
0 comments posted 4yrs posted by r_delaney2001

DC relay coil

I have a DC relay with the coil connections marked "+" & "-". Does it matter? The relay operates with either polarity s...
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posted by BobEngelhardt
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

Semiconductor manufacturing locations

Hello, In light of the cargo ship debacle in the Pacific, I am trying to determine which companies still manufacture se...
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posted by mrdarrett
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by mrdarrett

anti-music "remote control"

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg8wnb/square-dancing-noise-china Residents who are fed up with the noise from China's...
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posted by *
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by *

DC motor supply

I have a 24v DC motor that I'm using with a PWM controller supplied by a 24v SMPS. I want to be able to briefly switch...
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posted by BobEngelhardt
4 comments posted 5yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

Confirmation needed

I'm going to make a 12v DC power supply with a linear reg. I will half-wave rectify 12v AC and have a smoothing cap. Th...
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posted by BobEngelhardt
5 comments posted 5yrs posted by BobEngelhardt

transformer core material

AIUI you use iron cores for low frequency and ferrite for high frequency because ferrite doesn't get magnetized, so why...
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posted by fizzbintuesday
29 comments posted 5yrs posted by fizzbintuesday

Solar charger

I have a solar charging I am using with my car battery. The current voltage of the battery is 12.7 volts. And the charg...
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posted by scientist77017
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by scientist77017

1.8mm Pitch Connectors

2.54mm connectors are easy to find. Is there anything off the shelf for 1.8mm?
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posted by bretcahill
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by bretcahill

Audio Attenuator

Hi guys, I have an old vintage HP audio osciallator which I want to use for some experimentation to get more practice i...
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posted by cw9877
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by cw9877

Word for making a bad connection?

What's the word for connecting something live and causing the connection to make and break several times rapidly, possib...
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posted by CK1
11 comments posted 5yrs posted by CK1

It May Be Time For A Coure In Basic Electroics

Yup, I have seen them teach things wrong for decades. The students don't grasp the ideas the way they do it. Who agrees...
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posted by jurb6006
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Automated Power Cycle

Hey all, Has anyone used or installed a 120volt power relay that would allow for a 23 hour 59 minute on time and a 1 mi...
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posted by somewhere
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by somewhere