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quicksilver wrote ...
What & from where does the TL494 come from? Google turned up little material.
The TL494 is a classic and very popular SMPS controller chip. Even on this forum lots of people have used it in their projects. You should be able to find information easily.
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Cage of death? How can I possibly say no to that? Count me in! Any idea on the dates of the thon yet?
Fortunately, I grew up in the high desert of southern California, so I'm fairly used to the heat. I'm actually looking forward to not having to dig the barbecue out of the snow every time I feel like ribs in January. Noelle, though, is a little worried.
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Dr. Spark: That is not a tube...its an absolute sculpture, love the glass envelope. Can't wait to see what you do with it. :D Do you have any specs? Some tube datasheets are quite hard to come by...looks like an absolute XXkW beast though.
On a side note, I have been without a decent soldering iron/station for a while now. (don't ask :/) Everyone who has had to use a plug-in soldering pen after a decent station will know the pain I was in for the past months...
Well today I was visiting a friend when I noticed a nice Weller station on a bench. Asked him, if he was using it, turned out it was gathering dust. At the same time a nice PC monitor he was eyeing was gathering dust at my place. 15 minutes later, the trade was complete. Don't you just love trades? :D
Works great! Much better than my old "new" station...
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brtaman wrote ...
On a side note, I have been without a decent soldering iron/station for a while now. (don't ask :/) Everyone who has had to use a plug-in soldering pen after a decent station will the pain I was in for the past months...
Well today I was visiting a friend when I noticed a nice Weller station on a bench. Asked him, if he was using it, turned out it was gathering dust. At the same time a nice PC monitor he was eyeing was gathering dust at my place. 15 minutes later, the trade was complete. Don't you just love trades? :D
Works great! Much better than my old "new" station...
Whats the difference? Im too cheap to get a proper soldering station, but i seem to do fine enough with my regular inexpensive pen. What exactly makes it worth the investment?
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It shure is a big tube 
