Electronics Forum / Equipment / December 2004

I am planning a job where I need to manually solder surface mount ICs.  Some
of these ICs have pins that are only 0.5mm apart!  I'm worried that this
will be impossible to solder manually.
I've looked on the web - people tell me it is possible to solder SMDs but

Hi to all,
I'm looking for the following information about this scope :
- function & position of the internal adjustments,
- list of GPIB commands.

Do not buy from digitalgear on Ebay!
I bought a Sharp Aquos 32" (LC-32G4U) from them over the phone (not on
EBay directly) and the TV turned out to be defected. It's simply not
working and has a little dent on the right speaker. However, they

I have a Fluke 8060A handheld DVM, but no user's manual, and no
"wall-wart" power supply.  Nowhere on the case does it indicate the
voltage or current needed for the external power input... it doesn't
even indicate if it's AC or DC, nor what the polarity should be in the

I have been looking for a portable data acquisition device that is
relatively low cost without any success.
If you needed one, what would you buy?
I have also looked for data acquisition accessories for PDAs, pocket

Looking for an Operation/Service manual for a Fluke 382A DC Voltage/Current
Standard.  Of course, I've looked at the usual manual suppliers web sites
(ManualsPlus, Manual Merchant, ManualMan, Gootee, BAMA, Tannenbaum, WJFord,
etc.) but to no avail.

Sometimes my habit of messing with things electronics becomes useful..
When I got in my 41-hour-parked car, I was greeted with very dim
interior lights and no starter action at all.  
I connected my old battery charger:

Nice Used Commercial 50" Pioneer Plasma Display FA, 2 days left. PDP-502MX
Really nice plasma display panel for auction on ebay.  Please refer to the
auction for further information.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5739464336&ssPageName=ST
RK:MESE:IT

Ebay item # 3862918369

Here's my original posting
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I have a very large and complex rack-mounted box which contains a 14-slot
ISA bus passive backplane [physically divided into 2 separate PC segments]

Sorry if this is wrong group. I'm looking for a group that can give me some
advise about a cd recorder. Any suggestions appreciated and if in wrong
group, please accept my apologies.

I have two sets of Koss Pro 4AA Earphones that I purchased around 1965.  I
use them for television programs, especially the good movies.  I like these
particular sets because the bass is not so prominent and the buzz that is
inherent in the tv does not seem so prominent in these ...

I am very sorry if this question is too "ignorant" for this group - if
so, please let me know.
I just picked up a surplus HP 5221a "Electronic Counter" (I assume it
is a frequency counter).  I bought it mostly because the nixie tubes

The damned French tested a nuclear weapon, again.f.ck Paris!

I would like to build the Lorenz Attractor circuit
http://frank.harvard.edu/~paulh/misc/lorenz.htm mentioned in the recent
"Neato chaotic equations for analog computers" thread, but my HP1740A 'scope
has no external-X horizontal input.