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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Currie Technologies 6 pin Diaganostic throttle pin-out

Sunday, June 28, 2009

I purchased a surplus Currie Technologies “Diagnostic” throttle. (Which includes 3 LED’s labeled as 1/3, 2/3 and full charge indicators) It has a six pin (7 cable) connector with no pin-out diagram.
After opening it up, it appears that the blue, black, and red wires are connected to the throttle sensor itself, while the other four [...]

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Electric Scooter Power Usage Details

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I purchased a used Navajo Turbo Z 24volt electric scooter. The person I bought it from had installed two brand new 12V 7.0Ah batteries, similar to the battery in this data sheet. Note that because the scooter will discharge the batteries in less than an hour, the pack’s usable capacity is closer to 4Ah. [...]

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US GSM Bands (T-Mobile, AT&T)

Monday, June 15, 2009

AT&T and T-Mobile are the two main providers (in the USA) who provide GSM service. Below are the main cellular bands they use.
AT&T:
GSM: 850 and 1900
3G: 850 and 1900
T-Mobile:
GSM 1900
3G: 1700 (AWS) and 2100MHz
GSM bands not supported in the USA, but active in other countries: 900 and 1800.
Internationally, you may need the 900 [...]

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Different channels on different tuners (MythTV)

Friday, June 12, 2009

My SiliconDust HD HomeRun has a relatively good HD tuner, but it’s not quite as good as the built in tuner on my TV at picking up stations that are extremely strong and have multi-path reception problems. Although the signal My MythTV box reception of Fox TV would intermittently cut out as the SNR would [...]

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