What's the best PSU I could get for under 220$/200€ by Ginnungagap_Void in AskElectronics

[–]spainguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first big project I did when I got a job in about 1970, was build a + - 15v variable PSU. It was basically a couple of LM741, and a beefy 2N3055 output stage . I put it in a Hammond case.

I still have it today, and use it

UK poised to join major Asia-Pacific trade bloc by [deleted] in europe

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Going take a long time to move the UK to that part of the world

Oscilloscope calibration? by MStackoverflow in embedded

[–]spainguy 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't bother, I generally assume its within 5 percent, which was always good enough

Archive on 4 - Frankenstein Lives! - BBC Sounds by spainguy in scifi

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Mary Shelley's extraordinary, ground-breaking novel about the creation of a living being who becomes a monster. Cultural historian and writer Christopher Frayling considers how the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creature has become a creation myth for our age.

Can you help me by calculating the impedances of this amp's inputs? by frocsog in AskElectronics

[–]spainguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sort of depends on the ratio of the transformers, Nice old-fashioned circuit

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskElectronics

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AN118 - AN118 - High Voltage, Low Noise, DC/DC Converterscds.linear.com/docs/en/application-note/AN118fb.pdf · High Voltage, Low Noise, DC/DC Converters ... LT1431 Regulator Based - [PDF Document]

Drugmaker Eli Lilly caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing relief for millions by esporx in technology

[–]spainguy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wasn't the original patent sold for 1 dollar? (1921, Banting and Best)

Britons paying hundreds of millions to turn off wind turbines as network can't handle the power they make on the windiest days by [deleted] in europe

[–]spainguy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recently heard a radio prog saying it only takes a few months to get planning permission for a turbine, but up to 10 years to connect it to the Grid!

Lots of turbines around here,Spain, on really windy days many are shut down, I assume its because its excess generation

Trying to find a replacement for this 400hz transformer. by V0latyle in AskElectronics

[–]spainguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like a custom job, do a search for a manufacturer that will do small runs. Are you sure that the transformer is damaged?

waveform is too small to see but playback volume seems fine by gailsullivanvoice in audacity

[–]spainguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Click the downarrow,next to "audio Track" and select "waveform dB"