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Frequently Asked Questions

by

Harvey
Twyman
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My FAQs are divided into various topics:-


PCB Related

QUESTION:

How can I create and assemble double-sided PCBs and be able to solder Surface Mount Devices by hand, but without the investment of costly Plated-Through-Hole and Surface Mount Equipment?

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QUESTION:

Various FAQs regarding the techniques used in my PCB Assembly Techniques E-Mail Course discribed above.

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QUESTION:

What is Solder Paste an how is it used?

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QUESTION:

How can you keep a soldering iron tip clean?

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Microprocessor Interfacing

QUESTION:

How do you interface a PIC to the PC and how do I test it?

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Hardware Related

QUESTION:

Why do PICs seem to have such short Program/Erase Life Cycles?

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QUESTION:

How can I Recover Data from a serial stream WITHOUT resorting to Messy analogue based Phase Locked Loop circuits?

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QUESTION:

How can I design FPGA based RISC Microprocessors?

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Software Related

QUESTION:

How do I control the circuit timing of a design using a Programmable Logic device?

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QUESTION:

How can I use software algorithms to simulate the action of Op-Amps for amplifying, attenuating and inverting signals?

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Information

QUESTION:

What's the best way of finding technical information?

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