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Posts by Lundin‭

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Meta Internal server error 500 while searching for tags

Searching for a tag name using a string that doesn't exist in any tag causes internal server error 500. Reproduce this way: Click Tags in the menu In the search box, type something that doesn'...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 12d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A What are these mystery components (one of wire coil, another labeled "100-10L A9")?

The black one is a tantalum capacitor. There are various weird ways to mark these (because typing out 100u instead of 100- would be too easy...). If I'm correct in this case, I believe: 100 stan...

posted 9mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Most reliable galvanic isolation technology for extreme EMI environments?

I'm working on another project with extreme EMC requirements as per various notorious military EMC standards. Civilian product but for military use, and as such subject to the toughest levels of co...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Are questions about proper cable repair on-topic?

I just realized that the on-topic page https://electrical.codidact.com/help/topics doesn't address electronics assembly. This was always ok on "the old site", so I think it should definitely be ok ...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Name of this current limiting device

It is some manner of BJT or MOSFET LED driver similar to for example this: NCR402T (just a random example, this one was PNP). They are literally called "SOT23 LED driver" (Mouser calls them "SOT23...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Why do DC/DC switching controllers seem to favour the buck-boost topology over similar ones like Cuk, SEPIC and Zeta?

I'm not sure there's a technical reason, except usually the offered parts are multi-topology and then they could be listed as buck-boost while they at the same time could as well be used as flyback...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Is English translation of technical terms on-topic?

Quite often, I find myself knowing the technical term of an electronic component in my native language, but not the proper English term. For example when translating a manual or other technical doc...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Are we there yet?

Hi there! The on-topic page https://electrical.codidact.com/help/topics might need a bit of tweaking and discussion. I think it is important that such a page attempts to be as specific as possible ...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How to protect RF switches from ESD?

Assume that I have some generic antenna connector, followed by a pi-filter/50ohm impedance matching components, then a DC blocking cap (as per the RF switch recommendations) and then a RF switch fo...

4 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Nick Alexeev‭

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Q&A Most correct term for radio switching noise?

I'm wondering what's the most correct term (if any) to use for "switching noise" of a radio transceiver? By that I mean the spikes that originate from turning the power amp on/off while switching b...

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

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Q&A Do hobbyist slabtop Wi-Fi modifications need to consult FCC regulations?

During FCC (or any other EMC) testing, the manufacturer will use some antenna(s) and only those antennas will be the ones approved. If you modify the antenna or use one which wasn't used in the tes...

posted 4mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Lundin‭

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Papers How to introduce or port my microcontroller project to MISRA C?

posted 11mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Will shorting a lithium ion battery cause an explosion?

It depends on how you define "battery". I guess the definition is different depending on if you are a chemist, an engineer or a consumer. When electrical engineers speak of batteries, they typicall...

posted 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Power amplifier for remote controller

#1 before anything else is to do your homework. The Nordic semi web site says: "nRF24 Series Not recommended for new designs". That means forget about using this part! They are phasing it out of pr...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Oscilloscope potentially ESD striked

The usual culprits would rather be the ground clip itself or accidentally shorting something with it, more so than ESD. And if something has actually broken on the scope, I'd suspect the probe to b...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Code formatting appears to be broken

I posted a post containing C code in the Papers category here, using the ```c formatting which works elsewhere on Codidact. The code does not get formatted with color coding, though it gets fixed ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Asynchronous connection question

Assuming you speak of UART, then the receiver must be told in advance the number of data bits, the number of parity bits and the number of stop bits. The start bit is a logic zero (low) and the sto...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Canina‭

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Meta React feature guidelines?

Example of answers that should be classified as Dangerous: "Do it yourself" Q&A where someone is fiddling around with 230VAC electronics or other such potentially lethal power sources withou...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta React feature guidelines?

I think we should try to come up with some consensus regarding how to use the new reactions feature, more specifically the "outdated" and "dangerous" options. Which kind of posts should these be us...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Select resistor for a diode

You start by checking the forward voltage and rated current for the LED. 20mA is the usual industry standard for regular LEDs and the forward voltage will be specified for that rated current. In t...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A Is there a tool or trick for bending TO220 leads

There's lots of specialized tools for various through-hole components overall, all of them generally called "lead benders". For TO-220 it appears that the term is lead bending/forming pliers. And t...

posted 3y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Are questions about electronics market trends on-topic?

I'm curious about the market trend of certain kind of components (specifically, 0603 ceramic capacitors) and if I should start worrying about these getting phased out. I started to write a question...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Q&A Why is the ACK (acknowledge bit) in the CAN bus frames dominant? What could have been the rationale behind that design decision?

You are forgetting that the transmitter plays part of it too. ACK is dominant simply because the transmitter sends ACK as recessive and any receiver must be able to override the recessive state of ...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Can I ask a question to which I have a possible answer?

The key to writing good self-answered Q&A is to try to write the question just as if you didn't know the answer. That is, it has to fulfil the usual quality criteria for normal questions. This ...

posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Lundin‭

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Meta Are BOM cost optimization questions on-topic?

Are BOM/PCB assembly cost cost optimization questions on-topic here? I can see how chasing down specific parts, prices and vendors ought to be off-topic, so I don't mean outright shopping/second so...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭