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    LDR used as an amplifier

    This circuit looks as though its from the 1930s, when amplifying was difficult and expensive, can't see the point now. Frank
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    TDA7294 problem low sound

    Choice of two problems:- 1 there is a wiring fault, 2 bad layout or decoupling causing high frequency oscillations. So if you have a scope put it on the output see if you can see any wave form with no input. If its oscillating then the wave form is normally huge like+- Vcc p-p. in this case the...
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    Transformers for circuit designs

    I go with Warpspeed's solution for a one off. Frank
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    Series inductors in filter

    If you can align them end to end with the turns in the same direction then you will get additional mutual inductance, This is not weird, its free inductance! Frank
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    How to test this crystal oscillator?

    You can calculate the frequency stability, but its meaning less as the rest of the circuit will be less stable then the crystal. Unless you actually build your clock or have a rubidium controlled counter, its difficult even to measure the accuracy. Unless you are just using it as a basis for...
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    Power supply build query

    Correct battery := https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X+black%26decker+hpb18+battery.TRS0&_nkw=+black%26decker+hpb18+battery&_sacat=0 £13 ~16$ Frank
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    Controlling voltage spikes for dc fan

    I have found that the small DC fans with their internal IC drivers require a very low impedance source for them to work. From this I would guess that at the end of commutation, the driver IC will return the fan's stored back emf into the main supply line. Saves the power having to be...
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    I need your help in one SMPS problem

    Seconds? Eh, not a catastrophic voltage over load then? Some sneak leakage/discharge path? does anything get warm/ hot? Frank
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    Frequency converter oscillator question

    Its late at night but have you not done a (8 -3.6) followed by another -3.6, which I think is close to (8-7.2?). So why not 8 - 2 X 3.6? Oscillator frequency is ever so importent with respect to IF images and "birdies" (fixed hetrodynes within the pass band). The whole IF/Osc. systems are...
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    What is meant by cavity backed antenna, what is the need for it?

    Re: What is meant by cavity backed antennas,what is the need for it . A cavity is just a tuned circuit. Its main advantage is that you you a very wide choice of frequency responses and impedances to play with. It should be made from copper or some other low resistance material, otherwise its...
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    What is the best antenna for these RF remote modules?

    Re: What is best antenna for these RF remote modules First off all deepest apologies to OP, range varies as aerial size. Despite trying to loggon for days to correct my stupid typo, Browser + site + Google Chrome have stopped me. Removing Chrome has opened the site up again. Is not software...
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    Practical current source with standard power supply

    A current source has an internal impedance much higher then the external load . Opposite to a convention voltage source. So a 1mA current generator might have an output impedance of 1M ohm to drive a 1mA into a 1K load. The ratio of the internal impedence and load, will give you a "goodness"...
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    What is the best antenna for these RF remote modules?

    Re: What is best antenna for these RF remote modules Having fiddled about with these sort of things for years, the basic expression is range varies as the reciprocal of size. The smallest I might have seen would be 100mm long time 3mm diam coil- range 20 m. Size 2m wide times 4m long (flat...
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    Why two types of input impedance in laboratory instruments?

    The high impedance is so the instrument can be bridged across high impedance tuned circuits. Frank
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    Help in understanding PNP Transistor as a switch.

    With 3.3V from your micro on the base the emitter can only be 3.3+- .8 or so, i.e. 2.5 or 4.1V or you will destroy the transistor. If you want your emitter to switch , say +12V/0V then the first stage is to amplify the 3.3V. When its delivering current the output voltage will be less then 12V...

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