Op amps problem Gain Calculation

[David Miller]

rswww.com do a tachometer counting device, it counts the once per rev pulse
and calculates the speed.


"R. Wink" <rwwink@evansville.net> wrote in message
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Weeellll...., you could do the same thing as the BIG car makers do. Add
magnets to the axle hubs
and use a prox switch as a pick up. Run the signals through a comparisons
circuit and apply the
brake on which ever one is the higher number of pulse count/second.
You'll have a "state of the
art" traction control system just like the big guys.
R. Wink

. On 24 Jun 2003 10:49:27 -0700, mlt3@lehigh.edu (miketinte) wrote:

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to build a traction control system for a small (but
rideable) hobby car. I've been looking for OEM bicycle tachometers,
but haven't been too successful. I was thinking about using small
hobby motors connected to the wheels so they'll spin at the same RPMs,
then just amp that signal and run through a comparator...? Would this
work well (or at all)? If not, does anyone know where I can get some
bike tachs without all the bells and whistles.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[petrus bitbyter]

"ah" <andrew@hanvey82.freeserve.co.uk> schreef in bericht
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Hi
Im beginning work on a project which I will need a RS422 to I2C Converter.
Has anyone ever done anything like this?

Andy


Andy,

I did. That's to say it was RS232 to I2C. I used a MAX232 and a PIC16F73.
For RS422 you will need differential drivers/receivers p.e. MC3487/86. For
the processor a PIC16F873 may be a better choice as it's newer. You will
need to check what protocol is used at the RS422 side. Is it asynchronous,
SDLC, HDLC or another one? You also need to look wether the I2C side has to
be master, slave or both. Unless you have a proper specification of the
protocol and the data format, you will run into a lot of problems.

pieter

 

[Niv]

I thought RS422 was an electrical protocol & I2C a data format protocol?
Niv.

"ah" <andrew@hanvey82.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi
Im beginning work on a project which I will need a RS422 to I2C Converter.
Has anyone ever done anything like this?

Andy

 

[Niv]

Yes , that's fine, but you need to know the TTL async protocol to before it
can be converted to I2C protocol. I asume it's a UART type message or
something, but one does need to know!
Niv.

"Gary Tait" <taitg@hurontel.on.ca> wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 19:48:54 +0100, "Niv" <niv@ntlworld.com> wrote:

I thought RS422 was an electrical protocol & I2C a data format protocol?
Niv.

It is, hence the need for a two staged process. 1: to convert RS422 to
TTL and the other way round. and 2: to convert the TTL Async to I2C,
in a manner you can access either any I2C device, or a particular one
over the serial link.
"ah" <andrew@hanvey82.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi
Im beginning work on a project which I will need a RS422 to I2C
Converter.
Has anyone ever done anything like this?

Andy

 

[Allan]

What a Champ!!!
he should have used FLASH instead, its quicker to load.
But what a cool site....
:>


"A Friend" <..> wrote in message news:3f029277$1@clear.net.nz...

Get a load of this guy!

http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/dandavies/index.htm

 

[Michael Munroe]

mlt,
If you are an electronics hobbyist then you could do something really cool.
You could get a $40 rotary optical encoder and mount it to a shaft, and with
some microcontroller work you could make a superb very high resolution
traction control system (and even an energy control system).

-mike

"miketinte" <mlt3@lehigh.edu> wrote in message
news:8a641345.0306240949.698927c0@posting.google.com...

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to build a traction control system for a small (but
rideable) hobby car. I've been looking for OEM bicycle tachometers,
but haven't been too successful. I was thinking about using small
hobby motors connected to the wheels so they'll spin at the same RPMs,
then just amp that signal and run through a comparator...? Would this
work well (or at all)? If not, does anyone know where I can get some
bike tachs without all the bells and whistles.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Michael Munroe]

Miketinte,

When you want to use an electric motor as a taco-meter are you wanting to
a) place the shaft of the electric motor so that its axis is parallel to the
axis of the tire, but the surface of the shaft touches the surface of the
wheel
b) use the motor that drives the wheel as its own tachometer?

-mike

 

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:07:58 UTC, Blake Patterson
<bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.

What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

You don't say how wide. If not very, look at using the self adhesive
foil used in burgalr alarm systems to stretch across windows...it's
conductive but breaks the circuit when the foil breaks.

--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70, PC/AT..

 

[Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler]

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.
:
: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home
center, it's usually used for sealing ductwork (as opposed to using ductape,
which is most definatley not good for sealing ductwork - the adhesive on
aluminum foil tape should last much longer).


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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[Steve Modica]

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.
:
: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home
center, it's usually used for sealing ductwork (as opposed to using ductape,
which is most definatley not good for sealing ductwork - the adhesive on
aluminum foil tape should last much longer).


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

yeah.. I discovered this myself. traditional duct tape doesn't stick to
ducts very well. The foil stuff sticks extremely well. (not sure if
the adhesive is conductive tho. If it's not, you'll have to be careful
to make sure your shielding is grounded somehow.

Steve

--
Steve Modica
"Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day, hit him with a fish and
he leaves you alone" - me

 

[Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler]

In article <behmn8$4sgcp$1@fido.engr.sgi.com>, Steve Modica <modica@sgi.com>
wrote:

: not sure if
: the adhesive is conductive tho. If it's not, you'll have to be careful
: to make sure your shielding is grounded somehow.

I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive
coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would partially
cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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[Gary Heston]

In article <nicoya-829137.11343209072003@news.pp.shawcable.net>,
Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote:

In article <bwpatter-4AF545.12075809072003@news.bellatlantic.net>,
Blake Patterson <bwpatter@bellatlantic.net> wrote:

: I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out
: with distilled water becuase it had been rained on from a leaking duct
: with mineralized water. I had to cut through some metal shielding tape
: that was used on some internal metal parts to get the screen out. I
: want to replace this with some new tape, but Radio Shack does not seem
: to carry this thin tape. It's like a strip of adhesive aluminum foil.

: What is this stuff actually called and where can I order some online?

Google to the rescue: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=aluminum+foil+tape

You should be able to get aluminum foil tape at any hardware store or home
center, [ ... ]

Or, you can go to most auto parts places and get exhaust pipe/muffler
repair tape, in nice shiny chrome.


Gary

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Wally: "Were we doing well?"
Dilbert, 5/23/3

 

[Michael Pender]

Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote in message
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I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive
coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would
partially cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.

I think the *opposite* is true because you would essentially form a huge
metal-oxide-metal (MOM) transistor, i.e.:

metal tape layer
---------------------------------------------
capacitive coupling through adheisive layer
---------------------------------------------
metal shielding layer

The RF energy radiated from sweeping the electon beam would be pumped
through the nonlinearity created by the tape "transistor" and re-radiated on
multiple frequencies. The effect is known as passive intermodulation or
PIM. Using non-conductive tape for EMI shielding is worse than leaving the
hole.

And of course there are also the safety issues created (read: huge electric
shock hazard) from using a high voltage electric field to capacitively
charge a piece of ungrounded metal...

- Mike

 

[Michael Pender]

Its called "conductive aluminum tape" (seriously). You can probably pick
some up at a local hardware store next to the duct tape.

I think 3M offers it for sale as an OEM, but I doubt you're interested in a
large quantity--I expect that you only need a few inches to repair the
shield. However, if you can't find what you want at a local hardware store
you can probably get free samples from 3M.

The word *conductive* is critical -- using non-conductive tape would create
a really large metal-oxide-metal transistor. Moreover, it could be unsafe
since the ungrounded metal tape is capacitively coupled to a high voltage
source.

- Mike

 

[Khalid Schofield]

yeh I've not heard of MOM transistors either. But as for metal tape I'd
use Aluminium tape. RS sell the stuff by the role. All good hardware
stores sell Aluminium tape too. I use it to cover pipe thermal insulation
on our cooling systems.

hope this is of some help

regards

-----------------------
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Department of Materials
University of Oxford
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Oxford OX1 3PH
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On 10 Jul 2003, Arno Wagner wrote:

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:
Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler <nicoya@apia.dhs.org> wrote in message
news:nicoya-67D955.15253109072003@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net...

I would think that even if the adhesive isn't conductive, the capacitive
coupling to the grounded parts of the shielding that the tape would
partially cover should be enough to handle most EMI concerns.

I think the *opposite* is true because you would essentially form a huge
metal-oxide-metal (MOM) transistor, i.e.:

metal tape layer
---------------------------------------------
capacitive coupling through adheisive layer
---------------------------------------------
metal shielding layer

This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

Should I be mistaken, please provide a reference for "MOM Transistors"

Regards,
Arno

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[Michael Pender]

Achim Hensel <achim.hensel@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote in message
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Hai, Folks..

I had to take apart my SGI 1600SW flatscreen monitor to clean it out

This is a flatscreen; no huge voltages, no electrobeams.

You're right -- my bad.

I think the *opposite* is true because you would essentially form a
huge metal-oxide-metal (MOM) transistor, i.e.:

This will work as a transistor, This is just a capacity. The
transistor would need an other/third contact to modify the electric
properties of the intermediate layer (I also do doubt if a
metal-insulator-metal structure with that insulator matter and
thickness can fuction as a transistor).

You can call it a transistor, or a diode, or a non-linear junction--the
effect is the same either way.

Indeed a non-linear device (non-linear reaction to voltage) can
transduce a signal to different frequencies. But a capacity is, in this
regard, just a linear device. It might react different to various
frequencies, but it's reaction is proportional to the voltage (and
signal), so no other frequencies can be produced.

The metals will oxidize over time (days or weeks, not months) creating an
oxide layer between the metal surfaces. The device formed is *not* a mere
capacitor.

Tape with a conductive layer should seal the flatscreen to electronic
immissions and emissions. I really doubt, if high voltages are produced,
so that should be no problem.

Since its just a flatscreen (and I'm expressly presuming an LCD or similar
this time, not a CRT with a relatively flat front) my concerns about the
electron beam sweep and high voltage were misplaced.

If you really need connecting the metal tape layer to the metal base use
[well, I don't know the english word for it; in german it's
"Leitsilber". It's a conducting liquid which will dry and then form an
electric connection; maybe it's called "conduction silver paint" or
"Colloidal silver"].

Do you know where I can get some? I've had a difficult time locating any
sources for it.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Michael Pender]

Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.

Okay, then think of as a a really large diode, where the oxidized metal
surfaces form the semiconductor material.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

Since this is apparently an LCD monitor (I thought it was like a Sony
Triniton flat-screen, not an LCD) the voltages are not likely to be high
enough for this to be an issue.

Should I be mistaken, please provide a reference for "MOM Transistors"

Regards,
Arno

The references I used are proprietary.

If you are seriously interested then I recommend:
- search Google for references on "passive intermodulation" or "PIM"
- pick up a copy of the conference report by the European Space Agency:

Multipactor, RF and DC Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF
Hardware", 4-6 September 2000, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

- Mike

 

[Arno Wagner]

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:

Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.
Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

Resistor for RF yes, transistor no. A transistor is an active
component, while a resitor or a capatitor is not.

I also have never heard of MOM stransistrs, only MOS.
Okay, then think of as a a really large diode, where the oxidized metal
surfaces form the semiconductor material.

Since when does oxydized metal have semiconductor-properties?
In fact in a MOS-FET, the metal oxyde froms the insulator, just like
the PN-junktion in a JFET.

The key to MOS transistors is a semi-conductor that has movable
electrons and can be made more or less conducting by applying an
external electric field.

[...]

The references I used are proprietary.

If you are seriously interested then I recommend:
- search Google for references on "passive intermodulation" or "PIM"
- pick up a copy of the conference report by the European Space Agency:
Multipactor, RF and DC Corona and Passive Intermodulation in Space RF
Hardware", 4-6 September 2000, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

Aha, now I know what you are talking about! (Roughly, as this RF
stuff is in part black magic in my eyes.) This is not about an
active element, but rather a passive mixer/modulator/resonator-effect.
Yes that could certainly happen with isolated strips of conducting
material.

Arno
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[Michael Pender]

Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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This has no transistor effect at all. If it had, every capacitor
would be a transistor.

Perhaps every *unsealed* capacitor would act like a resistor.

I can't believe that I typed 'resistor'!!

I'm using Outlook Express as a newsgroup reader. Can anyone tell me how to
disable the spell-checker in Outlook Express so it stops offering to 'fix'
my 'mistakes' for me?

Thanks in advance,

- Mike

 

[Bill Garber]

"Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Michael Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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...snip...
I'm using Outlook Express as a newsgroup reader. Can anyone tell me how
to
disable the spell-checker in Outlook Express so it stops offering to
'fix'
my 'mistakes' for me?

I figured out how to change Outlook Express so that the spell checking is
now optional. Hopefully my posts will make a little more sense now.

Can anyone recommend a better newreader than Outlook Express? Are there
any
news readers available for the Apple II?

Since this may be drifting too far off-topic, please respond by e-mail.

This whole damned thread is OFF-TOPIC!

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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