Electronics Forum / Electronics / July 2009

Internet, now 20 years in Australia
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Cheers Don...

I wanted to ask a question about something that has lightly perplexed
me for a while.
Sometimes we read about some person building e.g. a wind turbine (or
something else) and connecting the electricity derived from this to

I would be grateful if someone can suggest a (single) suitable web site that
has application notes and basic circuits for the more popular CMOS digital
IC range.
I want to do some basic experimenting to raise my level of knowledge in the

I have noticed that many of their stores have stopped ordering in
various components from crystals to resistors and capacitors.

Could a satellite dish used for FTA and pay-TV also be used for
satellite-internet or would an extra dish be required?

Dont buy LG DVD drives.
They now have AD-Ware built into the firmware. LG drives now come with
a ad ware type program called "bluebird" built into the firmware that
creates a virtual drive that auto installs a burning program to your

An interesting question was posted on another forum:
"can you get (ceramic) SMD caps (1206,0805 etc) with the values printed on
them?".
My first response was that I've very rarely seen this (like maybe once), and

I am looking for connectors for small gauge wire.  Similar to servo
connectors but for single wires.  Locking would be nice.
Hoping someone can point me in the right direction here.

Could anybody tell me what make this surround sound amp is? It has
Deccasound DAS5163 Home-cinema but I can't find any info on this. I've
Googled it, Is it Decca or Decca for another make?
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I've bought a Jaycar 2U metal rack enclosure for an amplifier project I'm
building. What's the best way to cut nice clean holes in it for the
switches and sockets that are going on it? Also I need to cut some
ventilation slots front and rear, any suggestions? Thanks,

Awww ... so sorry ... Bill and Melinda ... but thanks for Vista ...
oh, and IE ...
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I am in need of some info on a digital to analogue converter.
I am using a picaxe microcontroller to controll a stepper motor via a
stepper motor pulse generater and microstep driver as bought from ocean
controls.

Any ideas how to record faint background noises?  All the mikes I tested you have to speak into.
Herc

hi, I need to pulse a coil to create a permanent magnet.  how can I do
this with a car battery but making sure the car battery doesn't blow the
hell up?
Its like I'm shorting it I guess.  I thought about using an old UPS

I got my new FM radio and it picked up the FM bug brilliantly.
I had the bug on the other side of the room and could hear myself
breathing on the radio.  Tap your fingers together and you hear it,
hear your steps as you walk, very sensitive.  I could hear a car