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Meta Homework questions / "ask an engineer".

I think the bullet list in the current on-topic page is clearer and easier to understand. Admittedly, there are some "confrontal" bullets, but that's OK in my point of view. Sure, there are always...

posted 4y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 4y ago by coquelicot‭

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Meta Let's have a "Papers" category.

My biggest concern is that it will get too random and low quality. The worst that can happen is something similar to SO's failed "Documentation project" a couple of years ago, where users were to w...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Constant Current Load Circuit with Op Amp

Hi, I built a constant current load following the circuit from https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Constant-current-load/ But my op amp gets destroyed after a few minutes. The transistor or the op...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by timelyfiasco‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by coquelicot‭

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Meta How about a new section for code reviews?

Personally I wouldn't want another category (what you seem to mean by "section"). I also don't think this should be a code review site. However, asking for validation and advice on small and spec...

posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Why isn't voltage of electric chair higher?

I think your grandfathers story is, shall we say, apocryphal. You should know that electrocution kills by stopping the heart (or causing fibrillation), and the heart must be kept from beating long...

posted 4y ago by Elliot Alderson‭

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Q&A How building a follower satisfying rather extreme requirements.

What is your best suggestion for building a follower that would ideally satisfy the following spec: frequency: from 100 Hz (or lower) to 1 GHz input signal impedance: 1 Mohm input signal ampli...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A What is causing this massive discharge traveling down a power line?

What is causing this [ABC-news video via Twitter] spectacular power-line phenomenon? [image: still from ABC News]

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Pete W‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A 2 bit subtractor using full subtractor

Can we make a n-bit subtractor using full subtractors or if we want do subtract one binary from another we must use full adders and use the complement of the 2nd number to do the subtraction? I ha...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Choosing Y value in photoresistor graph

I have designed a graph of the current in a photoresistor related to the brightness of light which hits the photoresistor. Our professor told us that it is more correct to draw the Current/Brigh...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A During a Li-ion cell charge or discharge at 1C rate, are the electrode interfaces at thermodynamic equilibrium?

Please, have a look at this thesis, from P. 12 to the end. The bottom line is that the Buttler-Volmer equation, which is in fact equation (13) derived in P. 12 to 16 (called by the author the elec...

posted 3y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 3y ago by coquelicot‭

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Q&A pH Electrode Buffer - Offset when solution grounded

Problem pH electrode buffer offset appears when solution is grounded. Detail I have a pH electrode in some conductive solution (~1000uS). The output (measurement electrode) is buffered by an el...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by rherma‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Understanding induction motors

I have been watching this video and at 3:28 it says that a induction is inherently self-starting.Does this happen because of the energy stored and released in the windings of the statorFrom 3:41 u...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Volpina‭

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Meta How to request a mass-change in capitalization for tags?

In my effort to clean-up and organize tags on EE.CD I arrived at a point where there are a lot of old tags with wrong capitalization. How should I request the staff to change them? Should I post ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Can I make an AC inductor (reactor) rated 75mH 40A from a 3-phase induction motor?

For my test bench I need an inductor (aka "reactor") that meets the requirements below. I have tried to purchase it outright as a made-up item, or the parts to make it (core and windings), but have...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Fabio Barone‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by TonyStewart‭

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Q&A Opto-coupler, slow turn off

I have an opto-coupler circuit where is very slow turn off. I can't figure out what is the cause of this problem. It's for UART isolation, with speed 9600 baud. Datasheet: EL357NC Do I have som...

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by Chupacabras‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Chupacabras‭

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Q&A Why did the battery blow out?

I have a bed for which the headrest can be adjusted. There are 2 separate power inputs for each side like in the picture: In addition, there is a set of 9V batteries on each side, presumably for...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Elleanor Lopez‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by absurdus‭

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Q&A Who is familiar with PocketLink semiconductor and or Tesla Model 3 electronics

I got my hands on a Tesla Model 3 aftermarket module (Display/Cluster) The IC's are labled with the brand 'PocketLink' Id like to know more about what these parts are. Chip1: PocketLink B2 003...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Steven83‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Is there a mathematical process resembling the terms "digital"/"discrete" and "analog"/"continuous"?

I always had trouble understanding the terms "digital" and "analog"; Wikipedia and various Q&A sessions didn't contain explanations I found clear. I understood that these terms aren't well defi...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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Q&A Why is the resistance of water so high and still so dangerous?

I think your measurement instrument is fine. What is not is your understanding of resistance: there is nothing like this "resistance of water". In your case, the measured resistance depends on the...

posted 3y ago by coquelicot‭  ·  edited 3y ago by coquelicot‭

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Q&A Why are there more N type than P type MOSFETs?

One reason could be that N type MOSFET can switch loads that are in Drain, meaning that whatever the load voltage, you can turn it on/off directly with any microcontroller, provided that the MOSFET...

posted 3y ago by Kranulis‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Kranulis‭

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Q&A How to protect RF switches from ESD?

Currently there are $\boxed{\color{red}{\text{three}}}$ downvotes so maybe someone can explain why this has happened. Anyway, on to my downvoted answer: - You have "mentioned" the threat (the ESD ...

posted 3y ago by Andy aka‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Andy aka‭

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Meta Quality control of the site

Let's take a look at the state of affairs for the past few weeks on this forum. For the past two weeks, some users has been posting a lot of questions, a lot of them self-answered. This is not a p...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Mu3‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Q&A Find feedback of circuit

You are asking about feedback in this circuit, and how R3 fits into that: First, note that the circuit is an emitter follower, and has a voltage gain less than 1. Second, R3 bypasses the transi...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A A signal with one mode or with three or more modes

The term "Discrete" uses to describe a signal with two modes. Wrong. Discrete means it can only take some values , not all values. I suspect by 'modes' you mean # of possible outputs. If we h...

posted 3y ago by MissMulan‭  ·  edited 3y ago by MissMulan‭

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