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(...) It doesn't matter. DMM's are not good at measuring pulsed signals. (unless you have one of the more expensive true-RMS meters which can calculate the average of a non-sinusoidal waveform. You really need an oscilloscope for this. (...) It will (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Even though I was warned by Calum..... Even though all the stuff I have ever read in my electronics magazines says don't bother.... Even against that little voice in my head that said DON'T....... I thought I'd try to repair that monitor flicker. So (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) cool. Thanks Trevyn. now if only I had an O-scope and knew what Th, T1, and Tt meant?? ;) Chris (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) someone (calum) should call Swiss Chalet and ask if they have been inundated with calls asking about "when those lego guys meet?" Chris (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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It is indeed PWM. I got out my oscilliscope and checked it, and here are the results I got: At setting 1 (closest to off): Th: 1ms Tl: 2ms Tt: 3ms 9Vpp At setting 2: Th: 2ms Tl: 1ms Tt: 3ms 9Vpp And at full on, it's just 9v DC. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3E0F1D89.A7DF72...ers.com... (...) I'm sure Swiss Chalet would love it if we started driving R/C cars all over the floor. :) Iain (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ya, that's what I thought you meant. Sure, remind me and I'll bring the cool bits. I have no intention of building the model. but I will bring the transmitter and receiver and other special bits. -- Chris (22 years ago, 29-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 From: "Chris Magno snip Subject: Re: Fw: 8475 seemed to be lacking..... snip (...) You know. Like when someone get a new cell phone, laptop, or other toy, everyone checks it out. In this case, you could (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 10 hour drive just too much.... You could always come live in Canada. Swear an oath to the Queen, and never worry about medical insurance again. Plus Lego is Cheaper here. rtlToronto, doing our little part to reverse the "brain drain" (URL) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) IF you get stuck in a corner, then your opponent comes up behind ya and WACKS ya. -- Chris (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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