Electronics Forum / Electronics / September 2004

does anyone know how to fix them
schematics

I have just come across this page that describes the progressive
wiring technique.
http://elm-chan.org/docs/wire/wiring_e.html
The author managed to build an MP3 player using a normal prototype

Just purchasing a GPS receiver in chip form with aerial. I will need to put
it into some sort of weather resistant enclosure. (its going in/on the car)
The PCB measures 2inches x 3inches.
I was thinking of an old computer mouse case, sealed with epoxy resin.

1 x Diamond Multimedia PCI Video Capture card with Philips Colur camera
Crunch it 1001 $70
3 x 256mb ram PC133 Nova brand $40 each
1 x DVD-Rom drive DSR-520H region free $25

I have a Hameg HM203-5 oscilloscope which seems to be 8% off in frequency.
Anyone knows if there is a way to calibrate it ? I can't put my hands on the manual right now.

I am an experienced Electronics Technician with an education in Electronics Engineering
(as a technician).
Currently I am seeking a new employer in the Toronto ON Canada area.  I'm hoping I can
find a bench position somewhere local to me, I've been searching Monster.ca for a

I am building an EMF generator that will entrain brainwaves to alter
ones brainwaves and bring on a desired state of consciousness, such
as: meditation (that would noramlly take years of practise to master),
OOBE's, lucid dreams, sleep etc.

A whisp of smoke came from this receiver on the weekend and I am nervous to
use it now. It used to take a second and there would be a click, then it
would power up. Now the click is not there, but it still seems to work fine,
but static comes over the speakers on power up. The ...

Has anyone build David Taits PIC16C5X programmer.
(http://www.nexuscomputing.com/picarchive/upp.html)
On the schematic, whats PL3 and PL4 used for?

I just saw something on TV that made me sick.  It was a slick
advertisement for these people:
http://www.inventorshelpline.com/
These people are almost certainly scammers and conmen.  The central

Sorry to bother you again, but was wondering if anyone knows of or has a
cheap 40-pin programmer for the PIC Micro devices. Seems to be hard to find
a serial/parallel one these days. Preferably with ZIF socket.
If you have one you don't want and are willing to sell it to me please ...

I have a Yamaha RX-V450 amplifier and it's plugged into what is supposed to
be a good quality surge protection power-board (a Belkin brand board with 10
sockets - the first 4 of the outlets are protected the remaining 6 are not,
but I made sure I plugged the amplifier into one of ...

I was about to make a power supply for a little project of mine, (I'm a
retired Engineer), it was simply to drive a 12V fan @ 500mA,  I was about to
throw away an old Epson stylus color 600 when I thought I might use the
power supply, so I had the board out before it went to the ...

I am making a 1kw microprocessor controlled lamp dimmer that uses two
back to back scr's. I am having trouble finding a way to trigger them,
especially the one that switches the negative half of the ac sinusoid.
I have to use dual scr's in this design.

I have a Zenith 27" SR2568S, just recently the screen has started to
display a reddish tint. It worsened and now does not show any green
color.  Please help me...Putting the color aside...the TV works fine
so I am trying to avoid purchasing a new TV. Please tell me how to fix