[floppybootstomp]

In truth, it's only in college that a fault finding solution get's looked at in detail.

When I started work fixing stuff (I don't do it anymore) the instructions were: 'Replace all the obvious components, all semiconductors and IC's, if that don't work, replace the board.' It's cheaper to do that than spend hours proving and rectifying a complex fault. Fact is, time costs more than electronic components.

However, if you have the time, it can be a very interesting process, dicovering what's exactly wrong. Won't earn you much money though

[Ian]

Good point there actually

[kristel]

I got my hair caught in the CPU fan and got a shock off my MB while trying to add a fan to my graphics card........ I turned the power on after fitting it but before I was fully out of the case and it hurt... alot! No damage done though

Do I count as an electronics guru yet? :crazy:

[floppybootstomp]

I'd say so.

Your certificate is in the post

[petesmc]

Hey Ian,

I should be learning how to program PICs in about 4 or 5 months. I'm sure we can talk then, when i make my very own Compunurse / Digidoc!

-Pete

[Ian]

A custom build DigiDoc would be great! I've been playing around with PICs a little more, and I'm really starting to see how useful they are! I'm using the basic 16F627s in Assembler, and driving an LCD to display things from the PC / Digital inputs at the mo

[petesmc]

Very cool....well I've for AS i'm doing a temperature probe basically which will require PICS and then the addition of fan speed monitoring and turning fans on and off will be added for A2. Going to be difficult, but if i can do this, it'll save me buying a digidoc.

-Pete

[eein]

If youz want something more than just a pic/avr, I can supply anyone who wants it with full circuit diagrams for the Motorola Coldfire 68000 processor.

http://www.eein.co.uk/images/stuff/processor_top.jpg

There are other forums that specialise in this processor and will tell you how to load linux onto it and connect a lcd screen and stuff.

Iain