Marhgil Macuha Launches a Small Contest

Marhgil Macuha launched a small contest on blog posting and the keyword is Marhgil Macuha, his own name.

I have an entry to the contest that I am promoting or giving a twist to see as an experiment whether ti will further go up the SERPS by morning and see if a trick such as this will have its effects.

The Tekken 6 Release

From Tekken 5 to Tekken 5 DR Now Comes Tekken 6

Back in 2004, the best of Tekken 5 video arcade was released to the waiting public and the electronics enthusiast on video games, arcades and gadgets fanatics by Namco. Then came the upgrade of the Tekken 5video game dubbed as the Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection which was released in 2005. Upon release of the said upgrade of the most popular arcade game of Tekken series, it immediately boosted amusement industry concerns regarding the availability in arcade games for amusement version release. When this happened, the amusement industry was anticipating for another upgrade which is a probable Tekken 6 upgrade.

The Release of Tekken 6 after 2 Years of Waiting

After two more years since the release of the upgrade of Tekken 5 which is Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection in 2005, finally, the long waiting is over. Tekken 6 will soon be released by Namco to the public. It is expected to come out at most in the yearend of 2007 which is very near.

YouTube Video of Tekken 6

According to a latest Youtube video release of the Tekken 6 arcade game by Namco, it will soon be out for Tekken arcade fanatics to grab the joystick and play against each other. Tekken 6 is now official! Slated to come out by the end of 2007, the latest installment will hit arcades boasting the biggest cast of characters the series has ever seen!
There will be more new additional characters that will be introduced aside from the two from DR (Zafina and Leo) and they are, Miguel, Bob, . The first is Leo and the second is Zafina in hopes to add more excitement to the latest upgrade of the said amusement game.

Extra Features of Tekken 6

While in the upgrade of Tekken 5 which is Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection, you can earn points and use them to buy stuff for upgrading the character that you have favorited in terms of appearance, clothes, weapons etc., in the Tekken 6 release, you can expect to the same elements to be slated therin plus additional features like total animation move change, some of the stages will also be filled with new stage features and daylight/nighttime transitions depending on the stage you reach, Tekken 6 will also have an online versus multiplayer mode which will provide interaction from multiple online users.

If the Tekken 5 DR customization features were enhanced from the original version Tekken 5, Tekken 6 will further enhance them with improved options and more items.

The Rage System of Tekken 6

Tekken 6 is said to have added a new feature they call as the "rage" system. This "rage" system will give a character extra power in a same way that charge techniques do, and gets automatically activated when the character's vitality gets low.

For more of the new upgrade about Tekken 6, you can try and visit the official website of Namco Bandai Games.

Multivibrator Circuits and Application

Multivibrator circuit - There are actually many types of multi-vibrator circuits available in the internet today but very few managed to have them used in their daily electronic enthusiast geek life. You can find different multi vibrator circuits below where you can choose from to use in your projects. If you do not have any clues as to how to determine the different applications where you can use the Multi- Vibrator circuit, then this is the time where you should learn about them because you will surely love to know that there are varieties of uses for the specific electronic circuit.



These are only a few types of multivibrator circuit that you can use for a project. At my current work in the amusement we were really surprised at how these cute little circuits may be used to drive lighting circuits and this is only one of the many applications that you can gladly use the multivibrator circuit.

Sources of the images above are in no particular order from the websites (www.tpub.com/ , www.uoguelph.ca , www.jcmiras.net)

MP3 Fever in the Philippines

The MP3 fever has gone mad over the Philippines and the Filipinos. This may be due to the fact that the import export system here is very loose in all terms. Mostly these MP3 players were coming in from the mainland China where the prices are very low compared to their original counterpart with brand names like the Apple. An example of the Aple iPod may be viewed in the side.

The picture is actually what the Apple iPod looks like. It is an 80GB black Apple iPod video.

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Cheats and Codes

Tekken 5 Play by Play at the Amusement

Many fanatics of the Tekken 5 Sony playstation 2 arcade game are always battling it out for three rounds of arcade fight to win over the other. Using different Tekken 5 characters will have its own downsides and upsides as the winner will always have the privilege to fight another player on the other side if he wins their match on the Tekken 5 arcade game. Tekken 5 has the upgraded version titled as the Tekken 5 Dark Ressurrection. This Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection fight features different characters that have unique Tekken 5 suits and Tekken 5 costumes that you haven't seen in the old version of the Tekken 5 played in Sony playstation 2 old game console. Also one of the best features of this new upgraded version of the Tekken 5 is the Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection cheats and codes that have more special uses for fighting your opponent.

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Cheats and Codes

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection is the upgraded version of the old game from Sony playstation 2 named as Tekken 5. This Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection version is actually a more beautiful version of the old Tekken 5 with its new and modified Tekken 5 Cheats and Codes. With two new characters to enjoy dressing up each time you get extra credits from winning battles against other characters by fighting the computer set-up you get points in the form of some token that you can see from one cornet of the screen. The two new characters are Eddie Gordo and a female which I forgot the name of. With the new version of the Tekken 5 (Dark Resurrection), you can have more choices to buy fancy stuff that are not just cool but also great as an extra weapon in fighting your opponent even without using Tekken 5 cheats and codes for an extra advantage over the opponent which is a computer generated fighter and chosen randomly through its own program. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection cheats and codes are very popular with regular players in the amusement. I have actually seen some of them battle it out for prestige and win over the opponent using other favorite characters.

Kumyoung Videoke Player Repair and Song Upgrade Services

Kumyoung Videoke Repair Services

It is an actual experience for me when we tried to look for Kumyoung videoke player repairs that we almost got lost in Raon street looking for the address to get repair services for our Kumyoung videoke player last week. The first we were able to reach said that the office transferred somewhere in Raon street but to where is the question. The second time, we were able to reach the office but it was later on learned that the office again moved out of the place. We couldn't really find the place where we were supposed to get the repairs on our Kumyoung videoke player. This was the actual story of the customer that I was able to talk to but now they decided to look for the office again and was lucky to fund it.

Kumyoung Videoke Player Song Upgrade Services

It is pretty hard for an amateur in electronics to handle this job as it is a very sensitive matter when it comes to both repairs and song upgrade services, If you would like your Kumyoung videoke player upgraded, you can contact me at my e-mail in my profiles of see the advertisement at the sidebar for details.

Kumyoung Videoke Player hard Disk Repair

Hard disk is a hardware that's very hard to repair especially if you don't have the right knowledge in electronics. This will even make your problem worse especially if what you are doing is what we call as blind troubleshooting. If you are not authorized to do it nor qualified to make the hard disk repair service, then do not attempt in the first place. This will only further damage the unit and it will be even more costly in terms of exopenditure of the parts of your Kumyoung videoke player repairs.

The Wonders of Voice Activated Switch

The Voice Activated Switch and its Uses

The voice activated switch is actually just a simple circuit where you can find basic electronic parts. Its uses could be wonder to many but to some professionals in the electronics industry, it's nothing new. The purpose of this blog post is to simplify things about the voice activated switch and make newbies in electronics understand that what ever use these gadgets have, they are one of the simplest stuff that you can use in so many things in the house alone and no need to understand that they are widely used in industries and technology, especially digital electronics.

Voice Activated Switch Basic Principle of Operation

The most basic principle of the voice activated switch is that it is a circuit that uses sound in general as the main source of signal that triggers an electronic relay switch. The input sound will come from a small transducer or a mini microphone that transmits the sound to the whole circuit by converting sound energy into some signal that can generate enough power to make the relay switch contact. So, basically thinking it simple in terms of electronics, the voice activated switch is a special electronic gadget that may be used as a switch to operate small to bigger machines and even the simplest bulbs by the use of a sound that it feeds to the circuit to enable the contact points of an electronic relay switch.

Various Uses of the Voice Activated Switch

Although in general, the voice activated switch is used literally as a switch, many would spend time thinking about how they can be used for a special purpose because they lack the familiarity regarding its basic uses. Firsthand, I would like to give special mention about the gadget and thanks to the amusement park where I work that I came to understand about it. So this is already an idea here. Yes! They can be used and is actually used in many amusement machines here in the Philippines and in many other parts of the world where there are amusement parks and amusement machines.

This is the part where most beginners in electronics would think that this specific gadget is actually a very complicated electronics circuit but is in fact just a simple switch made to become complicated because it is used in special purposes. Another use of the voice activated switch is in lights as I have mentioned earlier in this post. How? First you must understand that in order to function, you need to simulate any kind of sound for the circuit to function. You can actually use a finger tap in the wood or a metal sheet where you have to put the small microphone or transducer where the circuit will detect the sound signal coming from the finger tapping. You have to put it where it is most ideal and could be sensed by the receiving end. So you now have a short clue. Yes you can use it in a garage. You can actually put it behind some metal sheet, in this case, a roll up or some small metal enough to detect the sound when yo make a tap on it. Then tap the relay switch to the switch that activates the roll up so that whenever you make a move by tapping that metal sheet where you put the transducer, you will automatically open the roll up. Same principle applies to all other uses and gadgets in the house or at the office. You can use it in the television, radio, window blinds, air conditioning unit and pretty much anywhere you want as long as you know what type of parts specifications will match the gadget where you want to use it.

Of course there are many other uses and it will maybe take years for me just to enumerate them as we all know that switches are the most common that we see everywhere we go. It si actually just up to you to make some advance views and be optimistic and a little bit crafty to make the most of the special electronic gadget in the voice activated switch.

Pigtail Trouble With Speakers - How to Handle Them

The Speaker Pigtail

A pigtail is that part that connects the speaker voice coil to the terminal log where the speaker wires is located. The pigtail is what you see usually hanging from the terminals of the speaker going to the center of the speaker cones where the voice coil is located.

Diagnosing Speaker Problems With Pigtail

A pigtail problem with speakers have the same trouble occurrence as that of which you have a dead set or no sound in your speakers. Usually, if the pigtail is causing the trouble, you would most likely have no sound and sometimes an intermittent sound. you can only know if what's causing th intermittent trouble is th pigtail if you try and pull the pigtail a little bit to cause the corroded portion to make a little contact to the voice coil and the speakers sounds normal afterwards.

Corroded Pigtail can Cause a Dead Speaker

The corrosion in the pigtail is that which looks like some carbon deposit or coal like coating in the copper colored pigtail. If you see this in your speaker pigtails, then it is most likely that it is defective or if not yet, wait for a week or two and you'll see the effects of this in intermittent sound or on and off sound especially if the music is too loud. You can also try and push a little bit, the cones of your speaker and let it come back to its normal position while repeating the process and if the sound comes back and disappears again, then you have the pigtail trouble.

Pigtail Trouble Remedy

The only remedy to this type of trouble is to replace the pigtails with a new one. In replacing this part of the speaker, be sure to use a small cloth in holding the copper pigtail because any sweat from the hands or fingers will cause it to corrode in a shorter time possible than avoiding your hand from touching the copper pigtail. If this occurs be sure to wash the pigtails with a little lacquer thinner using a small cloth. Don't overdo it or it will cause the cones to deteriorate earlier than expected. After the repairs, be sure to put some white epoxy to the base of the pigtail to avoid it from corroding again and this will also serve as a stronghold for the speaker cones and also acts as a preventive to the carbonizing and lessening the defects in pigtail in the future.

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Array Resistors

resistor array displays in SIP package

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Array Resistors - Array resistors are specifically just a combination of resistors made and compacted into one package for the purpose of containing a single composition of series of resistors but of multiple uses and functions to add functionality to the circuit boards where you can use it on many purposes as intended. Sometimes the array resistors are called as array chips and sometimes chip resistors or its combination, the chip array resistors. Some manufacturers and suppliers have it labeled as the (BGA) or ball grid array. Common sources and manufacturers come from either China, Taiwan or India because of the low labor costs and cheap raw materials to use and adapt for the array resistor manufacturing. These array resistors also come in two different packages such as the SIP and DIP package. Each of this array resistor package serves its purpose and use depending upon the need of the circuit board design and component placement.

resistor array display in DIP package

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An article from wikipedia about the relevance of BGA's is discussed here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_grid_array

Advantages

High density

The BGA is a solution to the problem of producing a miniature package for an integrated circuit with many hundreds of pins. Pin grid arrays and dual-in-line surface mount (SOIC) packages were being produced with more and more pins, and with decreasing spacing between the pins, but this was causing difficulties for the soldering process. As package pins got closer together, the danger of accidentally bridging adjacent pins with solder grew. BGAs do not have this problem, because the solder is factory-applied to the package in exactly the right amount.

Heat Conduction

A further advantage of BGA packages over packages with discrete leads (i.e. packages with legs) is the lower thermal resistance between the package and the PCB. This allows heat generated by the integrated circuit inside the package to flow more easily to the PCB, preventing the chip from overheating.

Low Inductance leads

The shorter an electrical conductor, the lower its inductance, a property which causes unwanted distortion of signals in high-speed electronic circuits. BGAs, with their very short distance between the package and the PCB, have low inductances and therefore have far superior electrical performance to leaded devices.

BGAs find some use in security-sensitive applications, especially where it is impossible to prevent physical access to the chip. For instance, a ROM chip with a BGA configuration is considerably more difficult to access than one in a DIP or TSOP layout. Tracing circuit paths to the BGA chip is limited by the contact points being obscured by the chip itself.

Disadvantages

X-ray of BGA.

Non compliant leads

A disadvantage of BGAs, however, is that the solder balls cannot flex (non-compliant) in the way that longer leads can. Bending, due to a difference in Coefficient of thermal expansion between PCB substrate & BGA (thermal stress), or flexing & vibration (mechanical stress) can cause the solder joints to fracture. BGAs are therefore unpopular in certain fields, such as aerospace and military electronics. This problem can be overcome, at a cost, by matching the mechanical and thermal characteristics of the PCB to those of the BGA.

Expensive inspection

Another disadvantage of BGAs is that, once the package is soldered down, it is very difficult to look for soldering faults. X-ray machines and special microscopes have been developed to overcome this problem, but are expensive. If a BGA is found to be badly soldered, it can be removed in a rework station, which is a jig fitted with infrared lamp (or hot air), a thermocouple and a vacuum device for lifting the package. The BGA can be replaced with a new one, or can be refurbished or reballed. Packets of tiny ready-made solder balls are sold for this purpose.

Using Service Modes and Service Manuals

Most service manuals or service modes repair tips are very useful these days especially if you are very inclined to repair of the digital age electronics system. Almost all brands of electronics appliances and gadgets are equipped with service mode guides that the service technician can use for repairing troubles that are specified in the manual itself. In a revolutionary world or the repair industry in electronics, it is important that service technicians keep themselves up to date when matters of repair are on the table.

There different brands that you can delve yourself and update your knowledge upon ranging with different brand names like what I will be listing below.

• Sony Service Manual
• Sharp Service Manual
• Sanyo Service Manual
• Hitachi Service Manual
• TCL Service Manual
• Goldstar Service Manual
• Nipponstar Service Manual
• JVC Service Manual
• Samsung Service Manual
• Toshiba Service Manual
• Sears Service Manual
• Polytron Service Manual
• Promac Service Manual
• Philips Service Manual
• RCA Service Manual
• LG Service Manual
• Panasonic Service Manual
• Daewoo Service Manual
• Visio Service Manual

Each of this television brands have their own unique TV manuals as specified and I will be providing details later in my coming updates.

Basic PC Troubleshooting - Beeping Sound Trouble

Beeping Sound Troubleshooting:

When you encounter a beeping sound trouble in your PCs, first thing that comes into your mind is that you need to let an expert see what's wrong in your PC. Wrong choice i would say because if you are having troubles in your PC with the same instance as what i am describing in this post. Here are some basic but most often useful tips that i believe may help you out with what you have been experiencing.

1. Try first to open the case but make sure that the PC AC cord or plug is unplugged in the 220-volt line or if you are using a transformer, unplug your PC from there.
2. See if too much dust has accumulated in the mother board which is the only parts board i you can see inside. Remove the dust using a small paint brush but be sure to gently do it especially if you are to remove dust from the main board itself.
3. When you see clearly that the main board and the wires are cleared of dust, try to remove the memory card first and be sure to remember the correct place or slot of its original placement.
4. Re- place or put again the memory card after cleaning the contact point which is the copper side colored like a gold and try rubbing it with an ordinary eraser in its terminals.
5. Avoid touching the terminals after cleaning it or it may cause loose contacts and be sure to re- plug it tightly in its original position.
   

After doing the procedure stated above, try and plug the unit to the AC line (220 Volt) or transformer if you are using one. If what you have done did not cure the trouble, don't worry because we still have many more to important things to do aside from the above mentioned procedures.

Be sure to again remove the plug from the AC line (220 volts) or transformer if you are using one before we proceed to the next step.

The Power Supply Approach:

1. Next step to do is to remove the power supply plug from the terminal jack where it is plugged in the mother board and see for some dust that has accumulated for the years that you haven't been doing the regular maintenance of cleaning the mother board.
2. Remove the dust using again the small paint brush that you used in the first procedures above.
3. Re-plug the power supply and be sure that it fits well slots provided for it in the mother board power supply jacks.
   
4. Apply just enough force in plugging it back and see to it that the line in the power supply jacks meets with the line in the mother board jacks.
5. The power supply plugs have locks that should be well secured on the other end of the jacks in the mother board. Be sure that they fit well or it may cause even more trouble to your PC.

When all else fails using these procedures that i have provided you, i bet you really need a more professional approach to the problem that you are encountering. This may take either seeking the advice of a qualified PC serviceman or replacing the needed parts and buying a new replacement part for your PC. You can also try logging in or registering to some PC guides and troubleshooting forums.

The EPROM Basics, Tips and Facts

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EPROM - EPROM is the short term for erasable programmable read-only memory. EPROM is actually some sort of a memory chip that has the capabilities to retain data that you can input to it even when you put its power supply in switched off mode for a long time. A non-volatile material, it is usually called chips as a characteristic of a miniature of compacted parts put together. It is actually combinations of different and numerous floating gate transistors having each their own unique and individual programs done by an electronic device that supplies a much higher B+ or voltage that is not commonly used by other ordinary electronic circuits you can conventionally find and commonly see in your everyday lives as electronic masters.

Erasing The EPROM Data:

One way by which you can erase such program that you enter or is input in the EPROM is through exposing the chip to a strong ultraviolet light or sometimes called as UV rays. A UV light that commonly consists of a wavelength 235 nm that belongs to the UVC range of UV light is usually used to do the job.

Special Characteristic:

It is so easy to distinguish and differentiate an EPROM chip from an ordinary chip. Usually, it has a visible and easy to notice feature that is easy to recognize by its transparent quartz window on top of its package mostly near the center where you can also view and see clearly the silicon content of the chip.This quartz window where you can see the silicon inside is where UV is passed on to erase the program. So this explains why we can see through a clear quartz glass like window in most EPROM chips. It is clearly then not just some design to amaze electronic masters but to a special purpose it serves in programming and erasing programs at the same time. EPROM unlike the flash drives that exist these days are read only memory chips unlike the first where you can read, erase and reprogram datas.

The Google Update Took Effect

When the Google update took effect, i had one blog with a page rank of 1 which is seoptimizers. after 3 more days i recieved another Google update incentive which got my three other blogs int to PR. seoflea has a PR 2 right now, my glasskitchenseo also arrived at the end of the day at PR 2 and my Amusement Park site with another PR 1 ranking. Overall assessment has me jumping up for joy because the perseverance that i have been doing all the time had the best results that i have been longing for which is to achieve PR for my sites.

Although PR is not much of a must for me, i made it a point to be grateful at what has been the resulting factor of my hard work. I got what i have always been visualizing my sites to have because i have worked hard for them and i deserve it with all due respect.

After this positive development that has happened to my sites i am looking forward to seeing things go my way as in seeing myself studying some more html and a little of web designing and graphical aesthetics soon using photoshop. I am pretty sure that me given the right and time i could really see myself sitting at my own desk in front of a flat screen pc monitor with the highest capabilities of a pc possible to be owned by a webmaster like me.