soxinbox
November 15th 05, 03:01 AM
Last post on wrong thread. DOH!
"soxinbox" > wrote in message news:...
> You can buy a cheap multimeter at radio shack for about 10 bucks. Put it
> on continuity and you are good to go. I know it is not as fun as building
> it yourself. Just think of it as a kit with one part.
>
> "TaxSrv" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Dave" wrote:
>>> Yup... more info.. tech here says there is a timing circuit
>> that
>>> gets initialized when switched is closed. I can hear the switch
>>> "click" off when released.. He suspects the IC or something
>>> associated with it...
>>>
>>
>> The bummer about that the King VLSI chip is absolutely nothing in
>> function like the 3 gigahertz Pentium CPU in our now cheapie damn
>> computer, enormous heat sink now and all that. The service manuals
>> always say to suspect the big IC last. Disheartening, when you see
>> King's pricing on a 20-cent, common transistor. I was in an
>> avionics shop once, and spotted a bin of them common transistors.
>> Does FAA actually allow them to use those? And do they like just
>> bill $$ that way per invoice? Oh, the joys of owning airplanes
>> when it comes to genuine proprietary parts, the VLSI, in avionics
>> boxes we think are all that complicated, but to a good tech guy
>> really ain't.
>>
>> Fred F.
>>
>
>
"soxinbox" > wrote in message news:...
> You can buy a cheap multimeter at radio shack for about 10 bucks. Put it
> on continuity and you are good to go. I know it is not as fun as building
> it yourself. Just think of it as a kit with one part.
>
> "TaxSrv" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Dave" wrote:
>>> Yup... more info.. tech here says there is a timing circuit
>> that
>>> gets initialized when switched is closed. I can hear the switch
>>> "click" off when released.. He suspects the IC or something
>>> associated with it...
>>>
>>
>> The bummer about that the King VLSI chip is absolutely nothing in
>> function like the 3 gigahertz Pentium CPU in our now cheapie damn
>> computer, enormous heat sink now and all that. The service manuals
>> always say to suspect the big IC last. Disheartening, when you see
>> King's pricing on a 20-cent, common transistor. I was in an
>> avionics shop once, and spotted a bin of them common transistors.
>> Does FAA actually allow them to use those? And do they like just
>> bill $$ that way per invoice? Oh, the joys of owning airplanes
>> when it comes to genuine proprietary parts, the VLSI, in avionics
>> boxes we think are all that complicated, but to a good tech guy
>> really ain't.
>>
>> Fred F.
>>
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