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by fripster
Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Will cars ever run on pressurized air?
Replies: 61
Views: 31206

be careful...

- the car weighs about 600 kgs
- 20 HP or so are enough (!)
- action radius about 100 kms in normal use

check this out : http://www.mdi.lu

and then comment back....

fripster
by fripster
Tue May 23, 2006 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: pos 12 volts to split 5 volts supply?
Replies: 18
Views: 8705

hi there, What you need is not a set of regulators, but a power-opamp. The output of this opamp will be your '0V' point and the others will be the +6 and -6 Volts. If you need precisely +5/0/-5 then regulate to 10V (one side!) before the opamp. Any power opamp will do that is stable for unity gain.....
by fripster
Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: optical analog tachometer
Replies: 37
Views: 13728

what about using a RC combination after the photocell? the voltagre across the C will reflect the speed...


just my two cents..

Da fripster
by fripster
Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mechanical equivalent of impedance matching?
Replies: 10
Views: 7361

Re: Mechanical equivalent of impedance matching?

hi there The word you are looking for is 'Inertial Matching'. This is a term from servotechnics describing the match between the Inertia of the load and the Inertia of the drive train. Inertial matching greatly influences the regulation capabilities of servosystems. Just do a Google lookup on the th...
by fripster
Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New scope time
Replies: 4
Views: 2529

Re: New scope time

hi there,

If you can read dutch: The elektuur magazine just did a test of 20+ DSO's . Its ready for download for a moderate fee (about 2$) at www.elektuur.nl

just my two cents..

Da fripster

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by fripster
Tue Nov 29, 2005 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interface with MMC
Replies: 7
Views: 3989

Re: Interface with MMC

i'm grinning like mad here ;-)
Americans trying to understand dutch whooooohooo!

Da fripster
by fripster
Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interface with MMC
Replies: 7
Views: 3989

Re: Interface with MMC

hi there, you should go to www.circuitsonline.nl it's a dutch site about electronics, just like this one and there are some guys there who have doen just that! maybe you can get their code cheers Da fripster <small>[ November 27, 2005, 11:01 AM: Message edited by: fripster ]</small>
by fripster
Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: debuging a simple distortion guitar effect
Replies: 6
Views: 3626

Re: debuging a simple distortion guitar effect

mmm check your R13 connections... did you mistakenly solder the wrong pins together?

Da fripster
by fripster
Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PIC-MCP-USB?
Replies: 4
Views: 2341

Re: PIC-MCP-USB?

hi,
I am using this one:
http://www.semis.demon.co.uk/Pics/PICmain.htm

works great and is simple to build

just my two cents,

Da fripster
by fripster
Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for a data sheet for old RCA chip
Replies: 11
Views: 5186

Re: Looking for a data sheet for old RCA chip

hi,

according to my quick search CD74HCT4518E is a BCD-Output Decade Up Counter.

check this out:
http://206.131.241.58/ubb/ultimatebb.ph ... 1;t=003331

hope this helps!

Da fripster