Electronics Forum / Electronics / February 2005

I have a high speed USB v2 widget which is a distance from my PC. I also run
different O/S (i.e. Linux) which don't like to see my widget and can cause
crashes. So I have to constantly plug/unplug my widget depending on what I'm
doing. I am concerned about the constant ...

What is the best (not expensive) microcontroller development environment
with C/C++ compiler support for a freshman mechatronic student?

I'm presently in the process of constructing a robot as a hobby project, and
I want to use switching regulators in order to maximize battery life and
stabilize some voltages for things (I have a CCD camera I want to put on it
that uses +12V). I'm aware of the LM2577 series of ...

Hi I bought one of those AV Wireless Senders from Jcars.
Ok I have Foxtel Digital, when I looked at the back of the Set-top box, I
had a scart plug with my Av leads going into my Video Player.
When I connected the Jcar av Sender unit I got no picture.

I have a middle to low end audio system and I noticed something strange and
annoying with the volume control.  I was hoping that someone could explain
it for me ...
Say that it is set at a volume that is comfortable (or a bit loud)  As I

I am looking for a compatible thermistor to replace a damaged thermistor
in the fuser assembly of my laser printer. The laser printer is black
and white and it was last made by Apple in 1998. It is the Apple
Laserwriter 8500 - an excellent laserprinter except that after 5 years

Okay, this is a homework problem, but I'm middle-aged and already have
my B.A., and just returning to school to pick up a little more
knowledge.  Besides, you can clearly see (below) that I'm giving this
my best shot.  So, someone please help me out here.  For a basic

Hello,
I volunteer at a small radio station in Western Colorado.  My general
field of expertise is UNIX and Linux servers, though oftentimes
nessecity forces me outside of that niche.

Ok, so I've seen all Leo Simpson's designs and his articles on
designing audio power amps, and I understand the principles
of reactive loads etc. Problem is, I can't find an algebraic
derivation of the power curves he plots, and though I have

I know that electronic bits at DSE ain't the best usually.  But I went to
two stores in my travels this weekend (Bankstown and Moore park superstores,
NSW) the 'electronics' section of these two stores seemed to be about 3/4
the size of what the once were and microwave ovens and ...

ANyone know of a source for the nintendo gameboy advance screens? I have
many broken gameboys advance that simply need new lcd's.. Not sure if it is
a cost effective fix but can't even find a source?

Is there anyway to utilize the electricity that comes in your phone line? How
effective and how many watts could you draw from the phone line?

was given a dead hitachi vcr and after getting everything up and running
there is no picture on video playback. It has sound and all other inputs and
outputs work ok. Any ideas ???
Have thoroughly cleaned the heads

What is the correct way to feed a monaural output from one piece of
audio equipment into another unit that is designed with two inputs for
stereo output? I am attempting to convert my home videos to DVD using a
stereo analogue to digital converter and a monaural VCR.

Interfacing via ISA bus is very easy but slow and it is getting difficult to
find ISA based PCs.
USB bus easy to use but its packet stucture and therefore the latency is an
issue for some real-time applications.