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by steve001
Wed Jul 12, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Power Supply Monitoring Circuit
Replies: 7
Views: 1174

Re: Power Supply Monitoring Circuit

Hi Viktor What do you want it to do / measure ? The circuit works by comparing 2 x 2.5 volt signals. Vref from the voltage reference and the voltage divider network. If the non-inverting (+) input is greater than the inverting (-) input the output will be high. If the inverting input (-) is greater ...
by steve001
Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Power Supply Monitoring Circuit
Replies: 7
Views: 1174

Re: Power Supply Monitoring Circuit

Afternoon All, Done a few tests with various capacitors using A PIC16C710 monitoring a DC voltage and turns on or off some transistors to drive a relay (@12V) nothing too spectacular. This current was measured at 3.9mA with a fluke meter. = 0.0195 W. so using an electronic load in constant Power mod...
by steve001
Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:32 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Print a flowchart for publication purposes
Replies: 6
Views: 3393

Re: Print a flowchart for publication purposes

Hi Jan, For large images have you tried using Paint 3D to resize it ? Unfortunately microsoft removed it from windows 11 but you can still download it from microsoft web site. Autocad inventor outputs where 10000 x 10000 and it handled these with ease. The output can be changed to most image formats...
by steve001
Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TRS-80
Replies: 17
Views: 2198

Re: TRS-80

Hi All Can i add to this ... never buy non brand Lithium from cheap sources. If you have never seen one go kaboom never buy non brand components from cheap sources . At work we see quite a few MOV's and PTC's from "CE" :( go kaboom on customers PCB's for those that have never seen a lion battery exp...
by steve001
Wed Jun 21, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TRS-80
Replies: 17
Views: 2198

Re: TRS-80

chipfryer27 wrote:
Tue Jun 20, 2023 9:02 pm

You certainly sound like a very resourceful "kid" and that wobble board... genius....
I cannot take all the credit, my dad was a big inspiration
by steve001
Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TRS-80
Replies: 17
Views: 2198

Re: TRS-80

wow that post office relay :) Believe it or not they are still used in the substation industry - big is good :mrgreen: made a few PCB's with tape and acetate sheet in my time also - yes the transfer sheets with the lines curves and pads withe the plastic spatula thing to rub them down. Again from ta...
by steve001
Sun Jun 18, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TRS-80
Replies: 17
Views: 2198

Re: TRS-80

My Dad got me the kit form ZX81 as i was starting to get interested in electronics, i dont member how many chips it had might have been 6 definitely some 40 pins and some 14 / 16 pins loads of resistors, diode and a handful of capacitors the power supply brick was pre assembled. I do rember getting ...
by steve001
Sat Jun 17, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TRS-80
Replies: 17
Views: 2198

Re: TRS-80

Hi Iain Cooor that brings back some memories.. never had a TRS80 but had a ZX81(kit form) and a Beeb in later years. I can remember saving up from my paper rounds and milk round and buying a Tandy 4 colour Pen Printer and interfacing it to my Beeb, and my then mates ripping the aboulte, p~%s at the ...
by steve001
Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Projects - Embedded
Topic: Example Sought - W5500 TCP-IP
Replies: 2
Views: 3104

Re: Example Sought - W5500 TCP-IP

Hi Brendan If you go to MatrixTSL website and look in "learning" https://www.matrixtsl.com/learning/ There are some very useful courses, in there is an "Embedded Internet Communications" Course maybe this will help (about Half way Down) https://www.matrixtsl.com/resources/files/datasheets/CP4895-01%...
by steve001
Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:03 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to make stable reference voltage source?
Replies: 5
Views: 779

Re: How to make stable reference voltage source?

HI, The TL431L is a nice little programable reference I posted an example the uses it here (2.5 Volts) , Please see amendment further down the post with the red block around it When i drew that i hadn't had have enough coffee :mrgreen: https://www.flowcode.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1671 There...