Circuits that techies need ?

[grunt]

I'm thinking of developing a product line of circuits that 'techies',
educators, science researchers, and some engineers could use.

I'm asking for your suggestions.

What I'm thinking of so far is simple analog circuit boards, populated
with SMT components, that are adjustable (can be tweaked over a wide
range). Basic op amp, comparator, instrumentation amps, filters,
differential versions, wideband versions, etc.
In two forms; Bareboard with trim pots, switches, and screw terminal
conection, and enclosed versions with standard controls and banana or
bnc/sma connections.

Of course, most 'techies' make their own circuits, but I could see
junior engineers and scientists enjoying the luxury of having a simple
'development' board they can try and tweak in their system rather than
spend too much money or time.
Those are my ideas.

It would be interesting, very interesting, to see what kind of circuits
you folks think might be viable. It doesn't have to be simple.

What do you think ?

 

[KoKlust]

Of course, most 'techies' make their own circuits, but I could see
junior engineers and scientists enjoying the luxury of having a simple
'development' board they can try and tweak in their system rather than
spend too much money or time.
Those are my ideas.

Hmm so your plan is basically to make some modules that can be tied together
in order to form a reconfigurable system. And the modules can be trimmed to
match the application.

I dare to doubt if it would be really interesting to work with 'black box'
modules. I think it is more interesting to tie together 'basic' resistors,
caps and transistors.
With special modules it will be hard to explain the blackboxes so well that
the user knows exactly what each potmeter/trimcap serves for. The knowledge
that you get about the box is not so useful as the knowledge about the real
resistors / capacitors / transistors / opamps / comparators.

Do you know the Philips 'experimental boxes'? Below was the one that made me
enthousiastic for electronics:
http://www.rrd.demon.nl/Philips%20experimenteerdozen/Electronic%20expert%20lab%20grundstufe%20c.htm

The only 'module' there was a robust opamp with decoupling and some
compensation circuitry, the rest was discrete wire components. A system with
special 'springs' enabled rather reliable connecting.

What I liked:
1) many nice applications possible, ranging from humidity sensor, bistable
and monostable multivibrators to 'beeping' devices and even a heterodyne AM
radio receiver.
2) good documentation so you can understand what you build
3) cheap components readily available for replacement or expansion.

 

[Frithiof Andreas Jensen]

"grunt" <geoffreygallo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm thinking of developing a product line of circuits that 'techies',
educators, science researchers, and some engineers could use.

A device that from a short distance can stimulate the pleasure centre in the
brain(?) of a Female thus making her belive that she is actually enjoing her
techie date enough to get her clothes off laterrrr.

Or a device that would hypnotise women to get their clothes off.

Or maybe a device that can be sold for enough money to get certain womens
clothes off - that saves engineering time too.

SIGH

Maybe settle for a device that can be exchanged for about 10 pints at the
local, which will make any slag look attractive and increase the odds of
scoring to 1 ..... ok, as long as one can get away before she turns
wherewolf in the morning.


;-)

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:23:26 +0200, "Frithiof Andreas Jensen"
<frithiof.jensen@die_spammer_die.ericsson.com> wrote:

"grunt" <geoffreygallo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm thinking of developing a product line of circuits that 'techies',
educators, science researchers, and some engineers could use.

A device that from a short distance can stimulate the pleasure centre in the
brain(?) of a Female thus making her belive that she is actually enjoing her
techie date enough to get her clothes off laterrrr.

Or a device that would hypnotise women to get their clothes off.

Or maybe a device that can be sold for enough money to get certain womens
clothes off - that saves engineering time too.

SIGH

Maybe settle for a device that can be exchanged for about 10 pints at the
local, which will make any slag look attractive and increase the odds of
scoring to 1 ..... ok, as long as one can get away before she turns
wherewolf in the morning.


;-)

Sno-o-o-o-ort! Must be tough to be young and pussy-hunting all the
time ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Frithiof Andreas Jensen]

"Jim Thompson" <thegreatone@example.com> wrote in message
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Sno-o-o-o-ort! Must be tough to be young and pussy-hunting all the
time ;-)

Young (!), Hehe: *any* personal problem can be turned into an advantage -
look at Hugh Heffner, a looser geek who made a magazine with pictures of
nekkid wimmyn so he could at least get to ogle the models while they took
the pictures ....

 

[Richard Henry]

"Frithiof Andreas Jensen" <frithiof.jensen@die_spammer_die.ericsson.com>
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"grunt" <geoffreygallo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm thinking of developing a product line of circuits that 'techies',
educators, science researchers, and some engineers could use.

A device that from a short distance can stimulate the pleasure centre in
the
brain(?) of a Female ...

Better keep it secret. If she gets her own, males will be obsolete.