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!! Misc. * [Testing An Electronic Circuit - Making A Circuit Board|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwvkkcOlmg] ** Static checks before live checks. ** Check +V ** Check all ground locations ** That's all (it's a short video. Notable bonus is the way the text twiddles in at the start. Obskur4tionz Styl3.) !! WA2KWL (Jonathan Gordon), who is the man: [User Page|http://www.youtube.com/user/wa2kwl] [Digital RFI|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vDyeLKSAkY] * AM Radio detects RFI * Square wave is fundamental + odd harmonics (the faster the rise/falls, the more the harmonics) * 166 MHz (6'), 1 GHz (1'), will find 1/4-wave, 1/2-wave and full-wave wires/traces to use as antennas * [Spread-spectrum clocking|http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1995] (enabled in BIOS) reduces RFI output. * TRIAC dimmers/speed controllers clip AC sine wave to change duty cycle. The chops create sharp edges (aka, harmonics) == Divide by triangle wave? [Tips for troubleshooting a complicated analog circuit on a solderless breadboard|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIU8CeT-xBk] * Run wires as short and parallel to each other as possible. * Color-code wires * Keep component leads far enough apart that they don't short * Try to avoid going over the top of ICs * Be aware of adjacent rows' stray capacitance * Diagnose in stages (!) Either one at a time in sequence, or [BinaryChop Debugging|http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BinaryChop] [Test for Electrical Circuit Continuity|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSb7KMzHde0] * Doesn't like mini phono plugs (because they can short during insertion), does like barrel plugs (which don't) * Set MM to continuity, place one lead on plug and the other on the opposite wire termination, then hold them and move the wires around at different angles to test for intermittent connection * To find ground, connect one lead on the shielding of a serial port terminal, then probe using other lead. Anywhere on the circuit you get a beep is a ground connection. * Also, continuity testing fuses (out of or in-circuit) [AC Adapters|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykq4GJMgpf8] * AC-to-AC Unregulated: Just a transformer; measures higher without load than with. * AC-to-DC Unregulated: Transformer, bridge rectifier; measures higher without load than with. * AC-to-DC Regulated: Transformer, rectifier, filter caps, voltage regulator. * AC-to-DC Switcher: Bridge rectifier, HV filter cap., stepdown transformer, pulse width modulator, switching transistor, rectifier diode; Probably lighter than the transformer version. [LED Semiconductor Physics Made Easy|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voRzyXi4CGg] * Valence shell <-> Band Gap <-> Conduction band * Energy required to move from valence to conduction band defines insulation/conduction. Home run hit vs. Cannon vs. Thump. * Silicon doping: ** Silicon has 4 valence electrons, creates strongly bound electrons ** Boron, aluminum, gallium = 3 valence electrons; dope with these and you have one electron "missing", hence P-type ** Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Arsenic = 5 valence electrons; opposite: N-type * Electrons going from N-type to P-type gives off energy: different wavelengths for different band gaps * Doping with other substrates gives different band gaps, e.g., Gallium Arsenic, Aluminum Gallium Arsenide (=Red: 620-780nm), Aluminum Gallium Phosphorous (=Green: 490-570nm) * Wikipedia elaborates (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap) ** Gap is measured in Volts. ** The reverse: "the band gap determines what portion of the solar spectrum a photovoltaic cell absorbs." !! Repair: * [LCD TV repair made simple|http://www.youtube.com/user/GrantsPassTVRepairs] * [Watertown TV Repair|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=watertown+tv+repair&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=] !! Ellsworth: * [Debugging Bus Contention - Electronics Repair Techniques|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-s3pLClmE] !! Just interesting (as in, not necessarily useful): * [Commodore 64 Laptop Demo|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AwfyBzeidk] * [Best of the SpaceLab|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyZvXCQaqPA] !! Totally Irrelevant: * [Search by Image|http://www.tineye.com/] * [Villager TSBs|http://www.allworldauto.com/tsbs/1999_MERCURY_VILLAGER_technical_service_bulletins_101-573-1999-1.html]
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