Re: Re: [OTish] Free Electronics books

["Frank Mc Alinden" <armagh@xxxxxxx>]

Andy

They charge what they can get away with . It would appear they dont have
a
lot of competition . Not only have you saved a lot of money (to spend on
the
next project) you also gained something that money cant buy
"Experience".
        Ian didnt waste any time did he
?. Hes hard at it working on the
snap protocol. Good on him.

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "andy_powell_is" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:37 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OTish] Free Electronics books


> Frank,
>
> just out of interest I costed up the creating of this and worked
it
> out at about 14 gbp... that excludes a psu but most people have
them
> anyway, and if not they're only about 10 quid... so /including/
the
> purchase of the psu, the total /saving/ is going to be 53 gbp..
>
> ie
>
> Xantech Model 791-44 10 Way Infra-Red Block/Amplifier 77 gbp
>
> Diy jobbie 24 gbp
>
> amazing, not only that but I can make it a 20 way with the
addition
> of a few coponents costing pennies! How do they justify that
price..
> I really don't know...
>
> Andy
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Frank Mc Alinden" <armagh@b...>
wrote:
> > Hi Andy
>
>                
I Have  4 ir leds wired in series (2 0ff),and then
> the 2
> > groups are wired in parallel .
> >         When i built the
proto unit i installed  a removal link so
> i could
> > put my multimeter in series to measure the ir current being
> transmitted.
> >
> > Frank Mc
>
>
>
>
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