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Weird Electrolytic Capacitor

Last post by jknightandkarr « Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:44 pm
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by Savage///Circuits » Sat Oct 21, 2023 1:26 pm

Not too long ago, I was working on a P/S board that had a strange capacitor on it. I've never seen anything like this before. I replaced it with a...

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Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:44 pm
LED Matrixing

Last post by Savage///Circuits « Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:32 am
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by jknightandkarr » Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:44 pm

I've moved on to another part of my electronics project for my Knight Dash. I'm going to start working on 4 panels all have either 12 or 24 led...
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Tue Jul 04, 2023 2:32 am
Did you know...

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by Savage///Circuits » Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:11 pm

...you can buy electronics components on Walmart.com?!? I actually bought a tube of LM3914 ICs pretty cheap!

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Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:11 pm
Protoboard question

Last post by jknightandkarr « Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:46 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:04 am

I have a question. Has anyone ever used place like JLCPCB or PCBWAY and order their own protoboards? Reason is, for my led matrixing on 4 boards of...

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Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:46 pm
Transistor issues??

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by jknightandkarr » Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:13 pm

Working with PN2907 & 2N3906 PNP transistors, See link here for information about the project details, , but I have 5V dc on the Emitters,...
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Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:06 am
Decoding DTMF Tones

Last post by jknightandkarr « Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:14 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Sat Apr 17, 2021 3:29 pm

I am in need to decode DTMF tones from an audio sample and wondered whats the best option to do this? I found this website
and saw a decoder...

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Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:14 pm
PIR Triggered Relay Circuits

Last post by Savage///Circuits « Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:55 am

by Savage///Circuits » Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:55 am

Does anyone happen to have a copy of this project? Preferably the original ZIP? It's one of many things I lost. All I can find online is the original...

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Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:55 am
LED question

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by jknightandkarr » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:53 pm

I gotta kinda silly question. I am in need of .4" blue alphanumeric led displays, but there aren't any available that I can afford, do I had a...

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Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:53 pm
Making an led brighter

Last post by Granz « Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:05 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:47 pm

I replaced the power and hdd leds on my desktop, and noticed that the hdd led is really dim. I was thinking of maybe making a power boosting circuit...

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Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:05 pm
Fixing my PDB-3 bad buttons

Last post by jknightandkarr « Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:09 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Wed Oct 19, 2016 1:34 pm

Well for quite a while I needed to replace buttons on my Pro Dev Board. It had 3 of 8 buttons have the button come off, I couldn't because I didn't...

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Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:09 pm
Working with SMT devices

Last post by jknightandkarr « Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:58 pm

by jknightandkarr » Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:58 pm

Well as the title suggests I am looking for information on working with SMT devices. I have some info on soldering, but not all, but i am looking for...

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Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:58 pm
WS2812B Vs 55w driving lamp bulb

Last post by jknightandkarr « Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:53 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Sat Sep 17, 2016 3:04 pm

As the title suggests I wish to compare the WS2812B leds vs 55w driving lamp bulbs. Now first off the bulbs I am trying to replace are in my knight...

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Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:53 pm
Component selection help

Last post by jknightandkarr « Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:37 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:51 pm

Looking at various stuff for a project n need advice. Its for a relay board. Should. I just use relays, solid state relays, a big transistor, mosfet...

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Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:37 pm
Wanted a check of my work.

Last post by jknightandkarr « Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:07 pm
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by jknightandkarr » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:50 pm

I am using DipTrace to create a couple of PCB's and wanted someone to check my work. If anyone could do that for me I'd appreciate it. Besides...

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Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:07 pm
Organizing Project Parts

Last post by MrBi11 « Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:42 pm
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by Savage///Circuits » Thu May 14, 2015 10:02 pm

(Originally posted on the Savage///Circuits Forums September 23rd, 2014, 05:02 PM by Chris Savage)

Organizing Project Parts

One thing I used to...

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Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:42 pm
Organizing Electronics Parts

Last post by jknightandkarr « Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:09 pm
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by Savage///Circuits » Thu May 14, 2015 9:23 pm

(Originally posted on the Savage///Circuits Forums September 23rd, 2014, 02:45 PM by Chris Savage)

Organizing Electronics Parts

When I first got...

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Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:09 pm
Info: Relay Driver Circuits

Last post by Savage///Circuits « Thu May 14, 2015 10:22 pm

by Savage///Circuits » Thu May 14, 2015 10:22 pm

(Originally posted on the Savage///Circuits Forums March 28th, 2014, 12:15 AM by Chris Savage)

Relay Driver Circuits

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows...

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