Electronics Forum / Electronics / May 2006

Someone gave me a Grundig FR-200 emergency radio and I used it happily
for a couple of months. One day, when I was turning the crank on the
side to generate electricity for it, I heard a sound inside the radio
and after that the gears inside failed to engage when I turned the crank.

So last Summer packed inside Kellogg's Cereal Boxes  was Electronic
Pedometers, complete with 2-3AG batteries, in the shapes of  Tony Tiger,
Snap Crackle and Pop...etc......
THIS SUMMER, its a Electronic Digital Bicycle Computer that Calculates

I need the cheap plastic barrelled version of these..ideally upto 20 to
tie me over until my regular supplier can get his shipment to me.
Not prepared to pay RADIOSHACK exorbitant prices - and anyway their
stores generally only stock very small quantites........and I found

I just purchased a new Toshiba DVD Video Player/video cassette recorder.
Model #SD-V394.
I also purchased a Toshiba Television.
I also purchased a Philips Univeral Replacement Remote Control.

Folks,
hopefully I've found a suitable newsgroup for my enquiry...Is there
anybody around who might be able to point me in the right direction for
locating datasheets for obselete ICs? The chip in question is an

Anyone have any pointers to decent price & quality AA NiMHs batts?
Previously I've bought Jaycar's "Powertech" 2000mAH for $4.25 which seem to
be quite decent, but Futurlec flog Sanyo 2100mAH for $3.16 and I'm under the
impression that Sanyo batts are pretty good. However I notice ...

I have a 4-20 ma pressure transducer. I want to measure compression pressure
in a diesel engine .
Is there any hardware and software I can use to do this?
The software must show pressure in Kg/cm2, bar or kpa.

Greetings group.
I read in the current Altronics catalog (page 234) that inverters
should only be used for stand alone use.
They should not be connected directly to the fixed wiring in a caravan.

Dan,
They are from the same power source but the Op Amps are powered thru a
12 v. regulator and ITL7660 and the A/D by a 7805 which gets its power
from the 12 v regulator.

Massive computer and electronics garage sale!
SATURDAY 3rd JUNE 9AM
22 Melrich Road, Bayswater, Victoria
No early callers, sale starts at 9am on Saturday,

Computer Solutions is now supplying the Embest range of ARM Development
tools.  These include UNetICE, a low-cost, high-speed JTAG emulator for ARM
processors, Debugging and Flash programming software to support it and a
wide range of ARM Evaluation Boards.

Is it worth getting rechargeable batteries for remote controls?  I'm
thinking alkalines might be more economical.
Thanx 4 looking.

I'm building a motor controller for an electric bike. The circuit I found
uses a microcontroller, a 4N35 Opto-isolator and N-channel Mosfets. I like
micros and want to do voltage and current monitoring.
The problem is microcontroller has to turn the 4N35 ON to turn the

TEKTRONIX - 485:  Portable Oscilloscope.
350 MHz at 5mV/div NSEC/div sweep rate
0 div/NSEC writing speed.
Alternate switching between intensified and delayed sweeps.

Hi, I am trying to source some images for Single Phase and 3 Phase cabling
and unable to find any. Can someone point me somewhere please?
Thanks in advance,
Steve.