<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial Baltic" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/21/2003 1:10:01 AM Central Standard Time, destrukto@gmx.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">...the project is not a synth but a a robot car with gps navigation.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Wow - thats cool! Will it work in my Chrysler Town & Country - I'm getting sick of driving!<BR>
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Actually, in regards to the more serious nature of your troubleshooting adventure - you may have inadvertantly pointed out a very common scenario - you spent 12 hours working on something that was, as it turned out, a really typical problem in DIY - prototyping, etc<BR>
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I mention this cause I've done the same thing - you go insane trying to 'think' of all the electronics theory you think you need, only to find that the problem is something as simple as: "a short or an open circuit".<BR>
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Valuable lesson! Wish I'd learned it about 10 years before I finally, actually did!<BR>
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Rog</FONT></HTML>