I tried that a few weeks ago and the eventual message back was "Nothing to download" so don't rely on it to save something you desperately need. Terry VK5TM

Yahoo Groups is going away. If you need any files, photo's or other data from any group you are member of, get it now, by the end of December it will all be gone. Terry VK5TM

And the "Type 1" "Type 2" designation is just someone's arbitrary designation, not an "official" one you will find on any of the sites selling the modules.

The prototype versions of the boards arrived yesterday. I'm sending a couple out to two members here and will post some more info once they have been built and debugged.

Iain, private message sent to your bigpond address. Terry VK5TM

Hi Bill. My problem is, because I am supposedly in the most remote of locations according to them (lets see them deliver to Birdsville), they doubled the shipping cost then added a remote fee on top o

When the Pocket Money Fairy deigns to leave a few shekels under the pillow, I will do a run of 10 pcb's to check that there are no errors. Probably take in the region of 4 weeks by the time the pcb's

Hi Bill. Same experience here, I got samples once from the Australian agent after jumping through multiple hoops. That was for a commercial project that ended up crashing anyway. Would be nice if it h

Depending on how many you need, you may be able to get free samples out of Analog themselves (I haven't had any samples out of Analog for some time, so not sure of their current policy on samples). No

Steve, Same package and pinout as the LP2985, so a straight drop-in. Quick look at the datasheet shows not much difference between the two other than 1A verses 150mA

Henning, There are two decoupling caps right at the chip on the underside of the pcb, I can't get them any closer without cutting the top off and mounting them on the die :) <-smiley face Another one

Updated pics with the 3.3v reg underneath the Xtal osc. I have moved some things around to shorten the length of tracks between IC output, transformer and pin at the edge of the pcb. Will leave this a

I've seen at least three different options for using 3.3v oscillator modules on 5V boards, namely: a couple of series diodes a 47 ohm resistor a proper 3.3v regulator. The first two options work, but

I think if the oscillator module has to be replaced, it should be replaced with a TCXO. It is surprising how much change in frequency there is with just a light draft across the oscillator, even just

Here is a preliminary 3 pics of the pcb, combined top and bottom layers, top only and bottom only. Nothing is set in concrete, so changes can be made. The other style module version could also be done

Type 1 or 2? I have one (single row of pins each side) without the filter components on board 3/4 done which I mentioned in an email to Jim a little while ago. Give me a day or so and I will post it i

Just a word of caution. Certain settings of that pot can add garbage to the sine signal. Best to remove the resistor coupling the sine output to the comparator if not using it. Terry VK5TM

Just to add my 2c worth on the op-amp question:- Being of the, shall we say, economic minded type, I modded my powermeter board to use the Lm358 as in the original powermeter. (Mind you, I had bought

In all my work with those modules, i have always had the reset line permanently grounded without problems. The one thing i do in my software is to send a zero frequency data stream to the modules twic

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