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Does anyone know of anyone gives free samples on transistors as well? I am in need of some 2N3904/3906 or BC547/557, and buying them would cost me way too much, since the shops charges insane prices to ship it to me :'(

Hiya. There are two things i need some help with, and they both involve PCB 1. I am fixing an external souncard, where the USB-connector (female) has been torn off. The thing is that I wouldn't know how to go about replacing it. I've removed the old one, however, the place on the PCB where it used to be is so small that i dont know how to do this with the tool i have availible. The thing is that there are 4 wires that needs to connect to each separate points on an area of less than 1 square cm. Which tools should i use for this? Any tips/tricks i should know about? 2. For a different project i am currently working on, i need to build atleast two PCBs, since size and wight is critical. Anyhoo... i dont have a clue of how to do it; I've made the layout and such, so what im askin is: Where do i go from here, to turn the design into an actually (working) PCB? What do i need? What are the things that needs to be done? Does anyone know of a good guide out there? -Thanks

It looks nice, but im no good at serial data, so to use that one, i would need someone to explain how i convert 8 bits in series to 8 parallell bits.. thanks

Hi.. just for the hell of it, im building a small robot with an arm which will be placed on my office desk to allow me to do various tasks while im not there. Its mostly for fun, but since im often connected to my PC from home instead of going to the office, it would come in handy for things like changing the CD. The robot itself isn't a problem, but the thing is that i would preferr if there were no wires between the PC and the bot, so what i could use some suggestions on is how it should communicate with the PC? A parralell port would be fine, since I only need to control 8 bits, however.. no wires, please ;) Do you have suggestions on some sort of wireless communication that is both easy and cheap to implement on both the PC and the bot? Only one-way communication is needed. The transmitting range im talking about is 2 metres at max, and the bot is running on 9V.. Thanks

What do you recommend for transmitting? VHF?

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I have a webcamera which is connected to a 7.2V DC source, and i need to transmit the data from this camera to a PC. The range can be up to 1 kilometer away. What is the best way to do this? Does the communication have to be two-way, or is a transmitter by the camera enhough?

If i've understood your problem correctly, this can be solved easily by using the audio output combined with a rectifier and a capacitor. after that, feed it through a transistor to make sure that you get up to five volts (Collector-Emitter voltage can be pulled from the parallel port). To adjust the voltage, simply adjust the amplitude of the sound you are playing.

I'm looking for 'the best' software to use with electronic circuits. I currently use CircuitMaker, since it allows me to simulate electronics, but on the downside is that the simulation is very limited, and so is the list of components. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Why stock up before they only make without Pb? What makes soldering wire with pb better? (just wondering, if i should start stockpiling and hoarding myself ;) )

You could combine two ore more capacitors to get the desired value. If you put them in parallel, C = C1 + C2 + C3... If you put them in serial: 1

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Actually, the input is not a human voice, it will be from a signal generator to make sure the frequency is exactly the ones desired.

As a part of a project i need some sort of frequency detection. Input will be with a microphone, and output would be a digital signal based on the input frequency. For example, if input is 440Hz, a series of ICs would output the binary value 0001. How would one accomplish this? Is there a some sort IC that outputs the frequency in binary availible. If it is relevant, i am building a digital circuit that is supposed to react differently on different sine-wave sounds in the area of aprox 300 - 10000Hz. It does not have to be too acurate, as long as it makes the circuit react differently on atleast 10 different notes.