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- Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Update with the TO-220 package
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1379
Update with the TO-220 package
Few weeks ago I posted a request to the forum asking for help in using the non-standard spacing of the TO-220 package for a National Instruments H-bridge: http://www.servomagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4853 The consensus of the forum was that as there were no adaptors, the best option would be t...
- Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help with TO-220 package
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4733
- Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help with TO-220 package
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4733
- Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help with TO-220 package
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4733
Help with TO-220 package
I want to experiment with an Integrated Circuit made by National that comes in a 11-lead TO-220 Power package. That is basically two rows of pins, each one separated 0.067 inches. I would like to use a typical breadboard, so obviously it does not work. Do you guys have any suggestions other than sol...
- Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Recommendations for SMD work
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2094
Recommendations for SMD work
Although I have done some SMD soldering, this has been only minor devices on a board with the majority of the components being DIP or similar. I would like to purchase a station for SMD work, mostly for hobbist projects.<p>After checking all the different websites, and reading as much as I could abo...
- Sun May 01, 2005 7:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Presence Detector
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5495
Re: Presence Detector
Philba: Thanks for the information and the links. The first schematic, the one based on the capacitive plate is similar to what I need.<p>However, I don't really understand how it works. The two inverters -on the left side- are configured as an oscillator that will produce a square wave. How does th...
- Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Presence Detector
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5495
Presence Detector
I am interested in developing a sort of a non-contact human presence indicator, a system that will produce a binary output only (presence/not present). <p>I have winding a wire to form a coil on a specific area and hoping that the presence of a person in that area will change the inductance. I belie...
- Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PIC Programming
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2687
PIC Programming
Not that many people care, but I just needed to share with y'all that last night I programmed by first PIC and ... it did work! This is more important to be because I have always been a hardcore analog guy. Granted, it was just a "test" program, but still...<p>What really matters to me is ...
- Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Getting started in Microcontrollers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4370
Re: Getting started in Microcontrollers
This book is currently available for free at the freescale website:<p> http://www.freescale.com/files/microcontrollers/doc/ref_manual/M68HC05TB.pdf <p>Albert<p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Engineer1138: Th...
- Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: electronics knowlege at BSEE level
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5600
Re: electronics knowlege at BSEE level
I teach both, Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology at a large university (that used to have a winning football team).<p>The BSEE program that we teach is highly theoretical with very abstract concepts, lots of high-level math and a minimum of hands on experience.<p>The BSEET ...