On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:07:34 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Jim Thompson wrote:

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:27:23 -0500, "Tom Del Rosso"
? wrote:

?
?Jim Thompson wrote:
?? From sheer boredom between an ending project and the next not starting
?? until mid-January... AND to avoid the cluck-cluck-cluck crap from the
?? white trash element lurkers perpetually interjecting themselves into
?? technical discussions, I offer the following:
??
?? Send your circuit problem directly to me (via the E-mail symbol on my
?? website).
??
?? If I can solve your problem in a few hours or less, I'll do it for
?? FREE, and send the results _only_to_you_.
??
?? Limited time offer... valid only until the 2nd week in January.
??
?? Let 'er rip!
?
?I was thinking the other day about an early-warning monitor for failing PC
?power supplies. If the caps start to go, the output will have increased
?ripple. Lots of critical systems could benefit from this, and I personally
?would build a few to meet my own needs.
?
?A small module could plug into the end of a power cable.
?
?A small board could monitor the voltages on the PCI bus.
?
?Reaching test points for the CPU supply is harder. Not sure if the PCI bus
?could be used to monitor that.

Perhaps like this...

http://www.analog-innovations.com/SE...leDetector.pdf


It detects cheap wine? Only you would design something like that!
;-)

It doesn't trigger on Thunderbird ;-)

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