General Electronics

WTD: suggestion for sulking 16F877

I've successfully used 16F627's in the past and was doing a similar project with a 16F877, a couple of switches and a b...

14 comments posted 22yrs

posted by dont

14 comments posted 22yrs posted by dont

Huge Auction on Planettest

Planettest is hosting an auction of excess equipment of a major manufacturer. It is closing this afternoon. Most of thi...

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posted by DuanneH

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by DuanneH

Mains failure gennie switching

I am looking for advice on the easiest way to wire up a modified electrical distribution panel here at home, to allow a...

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posted by chris

2 comments posted 22yrs posted by chris

Size of 60 kWhr Capacitor

Some well intentioned daydreamer wants to store energy in motor vehicles with capacitors. Does anyone know the size of...

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posted by bretcahill

17 comments posted 22yrs posted by bretcahill

Motorola To Spin Off Remaining Semiconductor Operations

I don't know if you've seen this on your news channels/papers: Motorola To Spin Off Remaining Semiconductor Operations...

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posted by invalid

12 comments posted 22yrs posted by invalid

Japanese Manufacturers

Are there any Japanese companies that still manufacture televisions in Japan? Seems to me like quality might have suffe...

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posted by jj120e

1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jj120e

atapi cdrom

What's the difference betw. ide & atapi cdrom drives? How can you tell if a cdrom is atapi? thx, -ph

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posted by paulh96636

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by paulh96636

Why does it get hot?

I have a Hardrive that get's very hot and locks up after a time. It works ok in another machine but not in mine. The 2...

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posted by Ftang

19 comments posted 22yrs posted by Ftang

Tag Names

Here's ANOTHER pet peeve: tag names. For example, judges named "Wisdom" or "Justice" or "Law" even though they may be p...

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posted by bretcahill

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by bretcahill

Re: Q. Light sensor to turn on a bright light or flash.

> Now, given the above, how would I begin to go about this project ? > > Thanks, > Jim First, realize that in doing thi...

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posted by g.ryan

6 comments posted 22yrs posted by g.ryan

wireless keyboard

hi i am an student studying electronics engineering;I want to make my wired keyboard a wireless one,could you please sug...

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posted by dinosaurabh

5 comments posted 22yrs posted by dinosaurabh

Help

This might be off topic, but if you can help I would be grateful. My neighbours have their TV on until about 3am and th...

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posted by boo

10 comments posted 22yrs posted by boo

8-Track Player Input?

How can I input a signal from a portable cd player into a car 8-track player? I've done this with a tape deck by puttin...

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posted by thejball

6 comments posted 22yrs posted by thejball

Intelligent buildings

I'm interested in toying with intelligent building stuff to take a a case study for a demo, and real hardware tends to...

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posted by markc

7 comments posted 22yrs posted by markc

Can 2 phone lines be hooked to 1 Caller ID

Can 2 phone lines be hooked to 1 Caller ID? Perhaps with some diodes to isolate them? Any info would be greatly apprecia...

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posted by r3jar

2 comments posted 22yrs posted by r3jar