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14th September 2019, 13:17betwixt replied to a thread Dimming the MP2489 right down to zero (Buck LED driver) in Power ElectronicsIf I understand the data sheet, the input is always analog but the voltage range is limited to the internal Vref. It gives you the option of...1 replies | 131 view(s)
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14th September 2019, 09:22I think that should win a prize for the most convoluted and un-commented code ever written to do a simple task. When writing a program like that you...3 replies | 147 view(s)
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13th September 2019, 08:51We have no idea what size the pressure gauge is but if we assume it is a standard rotary type with a moving pointer, my approach would be to remove...3 replies | 207 view(s)
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12th September 2019, 22:02The data sheet for the 2N4401 says it should typically drop 0.75V between collector and emitter pins when passing 500mA but you need to give it 50mA...2 replies | 320 view(s)
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12th September 2019, 20:23betwixt replied to a thread Operating four Tx-Rx pairs in close proximity in Hobby Circuits and Small Projects ProblemsI use sequential addressable transmitters with active time of only a few mS, faster than a HT12 can send a single code. Given their close...7 replies | 236 view(s)
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11th September 2019, 09:02I cannot use Proteus but looking at the code it seems you overflow the receive buffer after a few characters have arrived fro the USART. You usechar...2 replies | 252 view(s)
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11th September 2019, 08:47Almost certainly yes. However, if you use the "lsblk -fs" instead it will also tell you which type of filing system is on the partitions. The...3 replies | 327 view(s)
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10th September 2019, 21:04Windows probably won't help you but if you open a terminal window in Linux try one of these: lsblk -a -fs sudo fdisk -l (lower case 'L') You can...3 replies | 327 view(s)
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9th September 2019, 21:51betwixt replied to a thread Change colors of liquid crystal display in Hobby Circuits and Small Projects ProblemsIt isn't impossible to what you want but it isn't as easy as you imagine. Light falling on the face of the LCD (such as Sunlight) passes through TWO...3 replies | 327 view(s)
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9th September 2019, 21:43A rather vague question. If you fed the top waveform into a low pass filter AND it had the right cut-off characteristics AND it had an appropriate...6 replies | 288 view(s)
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8th September 2019, 14:25If anything I would expect it conduct most of the time. R2/C1 are a phase shift network to delay the trigger voltage reaching threshold and hence...5 replies | 416 view(s)
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8th September 2019, 14:20betwixt replied to a thread Lamp Test Circuit with some other indications. in Service Manuals, Requests, Repair TipsI agree FvM but I couldn't think of any other path that would allow only a small current to flow. The series diodes, assuming they are normal Si...15 replies | 729 view(s)
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8th September 2019, 09:14betwixt replied to a thread Lamp Test Circuit with some other indications. in Service Manuals, Requests, Repair TipsLooks like a device for killing LEDs to me. I assume they all have series resistors. Maybe you are seeing leakage through reverse-biased LEDs...15 replies | 729 view(s)
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8th September 2019, 09:05Sorry about the typo - it is indeed 4,320,000 cycles per day. I (in the UK) have never come across a regulator device in the mains supply, the...7 replies | 448 view(s)
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7th September 2019, 21:43I think it is on a much bigger scale. In my area they switch whole power stations on and off to keep the mains steady. We have a 50MW hydro...7 replies | 448 view(s)
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7th September 2019, 13:11Fans draw ("take") as much current as they need. In your case they draw 0.39A each so the total is 1.56A and the 2A adapter should work fine. The 2A...1 replies | 158 view(s)
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5th September 2019, 15:19I have no idea what your schematic and setup is but that isn't what you originally asked for and you didn't do as I suggested. Firstly, please...8 replies | 440 view(s)
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5th September 2019, 08:24betwixt replied to a thread Astable Multivibrator not switching in Hobby Circuits and Small Projects ProblemsSilly values. R5 and R6 serve no purpose but to reduce the available current to the transistor bases. Remove them from in series with the bases...8 replies | 399 view(s)
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4th September 2019, 08:52betwixt replied to a thread LED headlight pcb reverse engineering in Hobby Circuits and Small Projects ProblemsThe schematic doesn't make sense so there must be errors in it I'm afraid. It looks to be a low power headlight, maybe 3W at most so it can't be...1 replies | 212 view(s)
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4th September 2019, 08:41betwixt replied to a thread Recommendation needed for gain of antenna for a 2.4 GHz wifi extender in RF, Microwave, Antennas and OpticsFirst establish whether the rain problem is due to atmospheric conditions or the change in wall material absorbing the signal. If it is the latter...9 replies | 542 view(s)
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3rd September 2019, 19:28betwixt replied to a thread Digital Storage Oscilloscope - newbie questions in Elementary Electronic QuestionsI think what you are seeing is not one trace but several similar traces appearing to overlap. There is only one trace at a time but it is repeating...15 replies | 534 view(s)
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3rd September 2019, 09:18If you directly apply a voltage below Vf, the LED will not light up. If you directly apply a voltage above Vf, the LED will burn out. You MUST use...12 replies | 735 view(s)
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3rd September 2019, 09:10Firstly, you cannot calculate the light output purely on the DC input power to an LED. The missing factor is its efficiency which varies greatly...3 replies | 573 view(s)
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3rd September 2019, 08:58betwixt replied to a thread Antenna and microwave business website in RF, Microwave, Antennas and OpticsMaybe in your country but more generally there is a huge demand for information relating to radio communications, including how to get signals from...4 replies | 399 view(s)
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2nd September 2019, 09:11betwixt replied to a thread USB to PS/2 adapter, how does this work? in PC Programming and InterfacingMouse protocol and keyboard protocols are slightly different. When a computer starts up it sends some characters to the mouse and keyboard to check...12 replies | 1680 view(s)
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2nd September 2019, 08:50betwixt replied to a thread How does one learn to read a schematic? (Marshall tube guitar amp) in Tubes and RetroI think I'm right (as in correct, not the direction!). Marshall seem to have used the wire colors to correspond with the electrodes in the tubes....12 replies | 1984 view(s)
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2nd September 2019, 08:31I'm not familiar with that particular device but the data sheet says: which implies you cannot convert 4 channels simultaneously, the best you can...9 replies | 618 view(s)
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1st September 2019, 22:31betwixt replied to a thread How does one learn to read a schematic? (Marshall tube guitar amp) in Tubes and RetroThe 'gotcha' is knowing which is V2a and which is V2b as they are identical and electrically interchangeable. The schematic doesn't say which is...12 replies | 1984 view(s)
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