Electronics Forum / Electronics / February 2005

I'm making a hot wire cutter for polystyrene foam. Thw cutting wire will be
Nichrome.
Does anyonw know of a formula that will give me the means to calculate
possible voltage and amperage combinations to put through it (so I don't

New pace-maker jamming device being marketed by North Korea --- has the
ability to jam a pacemaker remotely, from a distance of a quarter mile.
More reliable than previous models.
Cost is $300 USD.

I'm in the market for a new top loader on a budget, so I can't really
afford fancy european makes nor decent front loaders. Anyway, I'm
tossing between these two, both can be had for under $600:
1) Fisher-Paykel MW512 (5.5 kg)

I've got a small 5" colour monitor that I'm using a test monitor. It
came with a small degaussing coil but no associated electronics.
This monitor will be moved around a lot and I don't want to have to
degauss it with a degauss wand every time it gets a bit magnitised. So

I am wanting to buy a Palm but I don't know which. If somebody can help
myself, I thank.
I need Palm that allows programming in Basic and maybe in Pascal,
photographic camera and great autonomy of batteries. It will be used for

Dose anyone know of an AEI Distributor (www.aei-hongkong.com) in
Australia or someone that stocks their products?
TIA

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I need a single CA3098E chip to fix the control board on my furnace. I've
located suppliers but they all have $200 to $500 minimum orders. It's either
this or buy a new control board for $80.
Anybody know where I can get one?

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(Some  items are not in original boxes, some are ex-demo  stock  sold as is)
Some are re-pack's, most are new.
Sony 'one' point stereo walkman type microphone, 3.5mm st plug

Anyone know the transmit power of cell v. cordless phones?
I'm curious as to which one has the more powerful transmitter and at what
frequencies they transmit.
I'm guessing that cordless phones have to have more transmit power because

Hey Guys,
Was wondering if anyone knows where I could find a potentiometer with an
integrated SPST switch?
Specs are:

My client needs some electronics done for a project I've been working
on.  Quick turnaround required.  Need someone who can do some PIC
processor programming and power circuitry design.  Those familiar with
self contained devices especially needed.  Battery types

I'm looking to incorporate a CDROM drive in a fully customized product.
But I'm having a lot of difficulty finding sources for just a bare
cdrom drive. That is, one that is not productized already in an
enclosure, with a tray and other associated parts.

         Does anyone know where I might find data sheets and or pinouts for
TV picture tubes , specifically the tube in question is a Philips
A68ESF002X111 made in France probably about 4 years old , Philips Aust.
while helpful were unable to come up with much. There does not ...

I was hoping to teach a 12 year old some basics of programming and computer
interfacing. Is there a basic board out there that lets me hook up a pc to a
circuit/bread board?