Electronics Forum / Electronics / November 2007

Which Sony or Panasonic TV model  has a  S-video socket?
Thanks
G.

I am famous, hear my roar,
I am so very easy,  to ignore.
My CV/resume is www.alanmollick.com
I've been writing to some people lately.  But, only one person even

I'm looking for a very low power AC/DC converter (240VAC to 12VDC or
24VDC). It only needs to switch a relay, so it seems silly to use a
transformer+regulator and I would prefer a small PCB mount component.
After fairly extensive web searching I've found two candidates: Recom

I'm trying to find a detailed 8250 data sheet online. So far, the best
I've found is
http://www.cast-inc.com/cores/h8250/cast_h8250.pdf
which is pretty skimpy on details. Where can I find a better one?

Does anyone know where I can find a tutorial on how to program one of those
dot matrix lcd displays? I'm not talking about those 2 or 4 line displays
where write in the letters, I'm refering to those 128x64 displays or
similar.

I have a Digicrystal SDT-9000PVR (Personal Video Recorder) and I
rather like the menu structure it has. It has a built-in WD 80G hard
drive for record/playback.
So, I was less than pleased when this unit went belly up and refused

We've a weird problem with our Toshiba LCD TV that I wonder if anyone has
had experience with. When we program the channels, we select those that we
want from the automatically found ones, and delete the others. All works OK
until a few random days later the deleted ones come ...

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Engineering Circuit Analysis 6Ed - Hayt Solutions Manual
Norbury - Solutions manual for mechanics and thermodynamics
Physics For Scientists And Engineers - Solution Manual

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   I received the following e-mail the other day. No-one I've asked has
the space to store this collection. If anyone here's interested in
giving all these mags a good home, please e-mail me at

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We have a standard incandescent post light. We like the shape, height etc.
of it as it stands now.  It was wired to 110 v a/c and the power line was
cut between the house and the post.
Rather than replacing it...( it was constantly blowing bulbs and not working

Can someone explain to me how this fan uses a heat differential to
generate its own electricity?
http://www.magma.ca/~barkhm5/ecofan.htm
Thanks!

Hi people it's been a long while since I posted in here.
I am after a little advice, I need a circuit to amplify a 1V pk 1KHz
Sine wave to 26VRMS.
10Watts is more than enough.

Any know what the original Dust Bug antistatic fluid actually was made from?
Brian G

I have just bought a couple of colour
51" TV's at auction for $1 each.
They look similar to the TV's at TAB outlets.
The on/off switch and volume slides have been