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    CFL Inverter transformer insulation problem

    I have an inverter project for emergency lighting with two 110W CFLs. The circuit uses bipolar transistors powered from 12VDC in a self-oscillating push-pull topology. Both lamps must be insulated from each other, which requires to have isolated secondary windings. Lamps are connected through...
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    PCB design - Orcad or Protel

    You didn’t mentioned your budget. I use OrCad, also EdWin that’s very powerful for just 150 bucks!.
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    Switching power supplies

    SMPSs deserve special consideration in circuit engineering. They require a deep knowledge of electromagnetism besides electronic circuits and components. Magnetic materials and inductor and transformers manufacturing and testing is essential when you design an SMPS for commercial purposes. I...
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    communication

    Yeah!. let's go back to the germanium era.
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    gps & Rfid interface

    I faced a similar problem some years ago regarding the distribution fleet of a bottler company. Three main, and independent, issues were considered: Security outside the facilities (“road navigation”), access control and displacement inside the facilities. In that case, the operating...
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    gps & Rfid interface

    Good point VE1BLL, still, my question remains.
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    Help with a timer circuit...

    BKSwindell, There are some errors in your schematic. The '555 is not intended to work with a floating ground (pin 1) as seen in the schematic. This is tricky and its behavior can be unexpected. The pin 2 is permanently grounded making R6k8 useless. Why the use of a SCR? . Once triggered, there...
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    gps & Rfid interface

    gstq54, let me know if I understood correctly the problem. You have two id systems: One RFID (buried loop antennas I assume, i.e., the tag readers) and a GPS, which you want to combine. The vehicles move among several sites. Do the rfid tags come from an access control system? . Are the location...
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    kalman filter text

    Hi, 2dye4. Do you have a specific application in mind, all-pass, SSB, VSB, digital or analog data filtering, etc.?
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    Was Nyquist right?

    As communication engineers, we are accustomed to dealing with signal processing as a “signal recovery" process. Data transmission and audio/video compression are common examples of sampling and modulation methods primary oriented to error-free demodulation and efficient use of the frequency...
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    Z80 Microprocessor w/ Floppy drive

    In my opinion and experience, software does not help to learn computers. Electronics does.
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    T-Type flip flop from NAND gates

    To be more precisely, the base is a master-slave FF. This is accomplished from two S-R FFs (two NANDs) and associated logic. Then, connect Q output to K (inverting) input and /Q (inverted output) to J (non-inverting input). A T type FF is also a one stage divide-by-2 register. try...
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    Crystals vs. Ceramic Resonators

    Certainly, your issue is mass production. Try also the Microchip Community Forums and manufacturers’ advice regarding parallel oscillators at that frequency range.
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    Crystals vs. Ceramic Resonators

    In my experience with PICs, there is no difference in using both oscillator alternatives. I’m currently driving a design with RC, ceramic and crystal oscillators, at 4MHz (RC and XTAL resonator) and 16 MHz (XTAL + caps). An important issue is the start up conditions -I mean power supply’s rise...
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    protect 3 ph motor from loss of 1 phase

    buzzp's comment “_before they start_” is exactly that of a friend of mine, asking to advice him in the matter herein. That's right. A voltage measuring relay cannot DETECT phase loss because of voltage regeneration at the lost phase terminal. However, a [good] undervoltage relay can PROTECT...
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