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DC Battery backup for 12 and 24 VDC UPS

PLC's Programmable Logic Controllers. Toshiba's automation - You know the name (yes, it is the right choice!)

Design Services Hire our consultant - Let us solve your problems - We make things work!

Digital Process control Panel meters, Voltage, True RMS, thermal-couple, RTD, 4-20 mA, pulse, compatible. Relay and 4-20mA outputs complete the control loop

Power supplies

Heater burn out detector - current detector - Stalled motor detector - also works with 3phase!

Self powered Current Sensors

Transient Protection - Lightining Protection - ESD Consultant call for details

Radio tower lighting monitoring equipment. Attention radio tower owners: keep thee FCC out of your life!

Test equipment EPROM, Emulators, and more

Pocket EPROM programmer- it's the deal

Pocket Programer FAQ page -- Software Downloads

D_ERASE - UV EPROM eraser

Pocket ROMulator- EPROM Emulator for Developers and EFI hackers

Pocket Romulator FAQ page -- Software Downloads

EFI ECU FAQ page

Capacitor Wizard Test capacitors in circuit


Odds and Ends and Flooby-Dust

OptiVISOR For those of us over 40 (or if you work on the very small) take a close up look.

Surplus electronic inventory Electronic components and gadgets. Everything from little speakers to remote controls

We use what we sell! Overseas inquiries welcome
Resource Central --- Primers and Hand Books
Transtronics Wiki More Resources
Resistor Picker Software
Find the BEST values for resistor dividers
Mass Flow By Square root extraction How to use a differential pressure transducer to measure rate of flow.
Books A selection of books we use and like
How EPROMs work A memory guide with lots of details about EPROMs
Capacitors and ESR An interesting look at how capacitors work and ESR by Dr. Micky Fahrad
Capacitor color codes Learn how to read those strange codes on capacitors with this in depth explanation
Resistorcodes A great reference on how to read resistercodes including color codes
Pressure Transducer Primer A great resource whether you are a novice or expert with pressure transducers
Pressure Conversion table A pretty complete table for converting pressure units.
Fluorescent Tube and Switching Ballast notes A rather informal collection of notes about fluorescentlamps and electronic ballasts.
Viscosity A short piece to provide a feel for the centiPoise; the standard unit of viscosity
Battery back-up hand book A how to and what to look for when providing battery back up for 12 Volt systems
Lightning Failures in Transducers How to prevent damage to transducers. A must read for anyone designing installing or maintaining Transducers, PLCs or instrumentation
Jack and Jill Just what did Jack and Jill 'do' up on that hill?
How to spell Ockham Ockham, Ocham, Occam, or Ocham?
ESD A how-to for handing electronics and preventing ESD damage
Intro to ladder logic How does ladder logic differ from other programming languages
PLC computer link function using Linux Let your computer talk to a PLC - an example using a Linux system
Optic goodies Optical equations with lasers in mind - in progress
Energy density Volumetric and Gravimetric of some common fuels and phase changes
Expands on freezing Materials that expand on freezing.
Shower Board as a white Board White Shower boards provide an economical alternative to white boards but have a couple of problems - here is a solution.
Reinforcing Bar sizes Standard ASTM Reinforcing Bar sizes in metric and legacy units
Tina Notes Tina, A SPICE Circuit Simulator - notes
Dead-band or Hysteresis A quick explanation of dead-band as used in control loops.
Wire Gauge - Ampacity A quick ref on wire sizing and the amperage capacity of wire.
Baush & Lomb Sereo Zoom 4 How to adjust to keep zoom in focus.
Product Ideas Some product ideas
Thermostat signals and wiring Color codes, signal names and wire colors for common thermostats.
Genetic differences and information theory How should we measure understand genetic differences in a meaningful way?
PC Hardware
ATX Pinout A Table and illustration of the ATX power supply connector.
Making Your Own 10/100baseT Cables A good reference about TELCO color codes as well as basic construction of LAN cables.
How Memory Works A handy guide for the PC enthusiast or technician for understanding PC memory problems
Computer Component Standard Standard selection of computer components for reliable PC operation. Testing.
RS232 db9 pinout RS232 DB9 Pinout and null modem adapter wiring.
Software
MySQL on Debian How to edit MySQL tables as a spread sheet and other notes.
RPM 2 apt /dpkg / wajig Moving from Redhat to Debian means a new packaging system - here is the rosetta stone!
The Best of the Linux Desktop So many apps -- which ones to start with? What are the best apps found in Linux?
Exim files Tidbits for supporting Exim the best choice for an MTA (replaces sendmail)
Programming language Rosetta stone Tables showing what the same instruction is in several software languages
How to Code:Pascal Clarity in programming style is a neglected topic at our universities. Here is a missing lesson by Lupus C. Kody
Subnet masks What doses that /24 mean at the end of 192.168.1.256/24?
D865PERL SATA drives How to get SATA drives working with RedHat on an Intel D865PERL motherboard
SATA-RAID on Debain How to get a SATA RAID drive working with Debian on an Intel D865PERL motherboard
Print to a PDF file via a Debian server A step by step How-to that lets you print from a win box to a Debian server
Debian-sound
How to get sound working on Debian
nvidia on Debian Linux
Cloning DVI and 15pin Outputs
Debian-print2fax Print to fax using the cups printing system and hylafax.
lm-sensors configuration files A collection of lm-sensor configurations by mother board make and model
Kicad EE cad system Kicad cad system is the future to PCB CAD - it is GPL!

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