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What are the brass contacts inside domestic AC power plugs and sockets called?
I've been hunting high and low across the internet, but I haven't had any luck so far.
What I need:
Brass terminals/contacts that can be soldered on a PCB and will receive electrical plugs. I want ...
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AC current terminals
I have a question that has really been eating up my mind since High School on Ac current and voltages,
If its really true and i know it is that Ac current terminals keep alternating at a rate of 50 Hz ...
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What's the reason for wiring a relay this way?
I came across the following automotive wiring diagram:
One thing I don't quite understand is the way they wired the relay. I've got two main questions.
It appears to me that they used the exact ...
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Most ideal wire termination for round screw terminals
My '60 Volkswagen Beetle uses a number of electrical components that are equipped with round screw terminals, like you can see in the picture below:
What is the most ideal wire termination for ...
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What is the difference between a 2 and a 3 solder terminals socket (coaxial jack dc)
I'm not pro with electronics and electricity and I want to replace my notebook socket so I'm looking for a coaxial jack dc socket but, as I only have two cables (a positive and a negative one) to ...
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AVR USART wait for AVR's reponse to continue text stream
AVR USART wait for AVR's reponse to continue protocol
I am doing a senior project, and I need to send a large text file line by line to an AVR (atmega32) which will control a piano using ~36 ...
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RS485 half duplex communication issue
I have a London MR400s taximeter and I wanted to communicate with it so I have connected it with my PC using RS485 half duplex cable. I am using termite terminal for polling and receiving the data. ...
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PC side of SPP Bluetooth Profile [closed]
I have a Bluegiga WT12 module, I want it to connect to a PC with SPP profile.
How will I handle the PC side?
How will I detect the Bluetooth connection on my PC and get it emulated like a serial ...
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Coiled wire around connector terminal, what do I call this, and how do you do it?
Please consider the following image:
I randomly wandered into the telecom room at work a while ago, and I noticed these strange looking terminals. How do you terminate a wire like this? Is there a ...
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Phone jack schematic and datasheet meaning
I am making an Eagle Cad library for this part, and I want to make sure I am making my part correctly. On this datasheet, http://www.switchcraft.com/Drawings/35rapc2av_cd.pdf, I am assuming that:
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Serial Port Terminal transmitting at 300 baudrate
I have been using Hercules SerialPort Terminal for a while now and its pretty cool. But now, I need to send data's at 300Baud, but Hercules stops at 9600baud.
I find TeraTerm which looks okay as ...
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Is there a terminal-on-chip?
What I want is a chip that can be connected to an MCU over an UART which outputs textit receives over VGA or composite in text mode to a display in monochrome or color and optionally accepts VT100 ...
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What PCB wire termination should I use for high-vibration environments?
I'm designing a system for a high-vibration application. I need to land wires on circuit boards. Someone suggested that I use a Wago cage clamp, and that there might be similar things from other ...
