Electronics Forum / Electronics / September 2004

I'm hunting for a data sheet for preferably the 1468705G2S variant but others
would be interesting.  Google searches reveal nothing, and most listings in the
Moto AN series lead to dead-ends at onsemi, mot-sps or freescale websites.
Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm looking at making my own hand crank charger.
I do know that I can find "hand crank chargers", by doing that search
on Google.com, no problem.
But, I want very much to make my own, and would like some advice.

I have a laptop that needs a power brick at 11V 4.5A that I cannot get
hold of.
In desparation, I tried a different power brick at 15V 3.0A.  All
'seems' to work ok.  Can I continue using this power brick or am I

FInally, Fry's Electronics opens a store on the east coast, in the
Atlanta area, right on my commute route!..  
Amazing place, they even have scopes, and about 30 different DVM's.
$350 gone on the first weekend :-(..  

Just a quick question......
Would a DVD movie bought in Canada/USA play on a player in Aus?
I've noticed that Play Station games have the format printed on the
cover, but I can't seen to find this info on movies.

I have a volt meter which can reads DC current up to 0.250A
How do I make it able to read up to 25A
maybe just adding some resistors?
thanks

Just wondering...
Is it OK to leave the AC adapters used by many gadgets plugged in while it
isn't connected to anything? For example, AC->DC charger for a cellphone
left plugged under my desk with the end of the cord on the desk in a handy,

The Microwave Magnetron Tube
Structure and Operation
The heart of every microwave oven is the high voltage system . Its
purpose is to generate microwave energy. The high-voltage components

Does anyone know how to disassembl this unit?
What I want to do. Apparantly it is possible, is to interface to the
GPS reciever (before it gets to the LCD and controller circuit) and
output this to a port on the GPS unit and interface to my laptop via

TV no power, no lights, nothing.
After internal inspection I have resoldered quite a few bad spots on
this TV and on powering it up I notice it goes in standby. There is no
button to press to switch it on, therefore I presume it must need its

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If you don't believe me, read this article in Wired first:

Hey all, i've got problems and I can't for the life of me figure out
how to solve it.
I've got a Picaxe08 controller and board setup I use at school, it
works fine with the computers, they all have serial ports.

I am looking for a material that either glows or changes color in the
presence of RF energy. I have found nothing so far so any help at this
point would be appreciated.
Thanks,

My AE82 Corolla (1985) has an annoying problem with the speedo needle
vibrating (and making a ticking sound) at certain speeds.
I was curious if maybe there is a capacitor (used to smooth out some kind of
speed pulses) which has dried out?

I am a magician in need of some help.
I wish to make a device which I can carry, which could be used to deliver a
safe high-voltage/low-current electric shock from my finger when the device
is concealed elsewhere on my body.  The shock needs to be sufficient to make