zebonaut

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Electronics hacker since the age of 5. Electrical Engineer (Communications Techonogy). Hacking analog and power electronics for industrial robots as a job. Designed AC-to-DC switch-mode power supplies at a previous company. Total Nerd, but does have non-tech hobbies.

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169 Answers

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18	Ground ring — good or bad?
16	When is it an instrumentation amplifier (In-Amp) and not an operational amplifier (Op-Amp)?
16	Prevent high-side BJT saturation
16	Why shouldn't electrolytic capacitors be short-circuited?
15	What is the purpose of an IO shield on a computer case?

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+40	How to etch finely-packed SMD boards?
+25	Disposal of the used acid/hydrogen peroxide etchant?
+40	Why is the circuit board abreviation for transistor “Q”?
+10	Why pull base of BJT switch?

5 Questions

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11	Electronic Drivers for Fluorescent Lamps: How is the DC-to-AC Conversion done?
6	What's the difference between small signal bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) marketed as switches vs. amplifiers?
3	Testing an Audio Power Amp with Paralleled Transistors
2	Analog Audio Tape Equalization: Why a Time Constant instead of a Corner Frequency?
1	Modify an AM/FM radio to an airband receiver: What, if any, changes to the demodulation circuit?

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56 capacitor × 13	32 bjt × 5
50 power-supply × 15	31 transformer × 5
42 pcb × 12	29 components × 4
35 power × 11	25 resonant-converter × 4
33 transistors × 12	24 compact-fluorescent-lamp × 3