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Olin Lathrop
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Electrical engineering consultant specializing in microcontrollers and the circuitry around them. Master of engineering in EE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1980.

We are certified Microchip design partners, and have been in the top catagory consistantly since around 2000. Various free downloads related to developing PIC firmware and other things are available at http://www.embedinc.com/pic/dload.htm.

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What causes ballpoint pens to write intermittently?
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On a hot day, when it's cooler outside than in; is it better to put a fan in an open window pointing inwards or outwards?
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Material that untangles itself when a current is applied?
May 28, 2018
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Explanation for this type of (magic-trick) suspension?
Aug 20, 2014
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Why would the lack of air in a mine in an asteroid prevent you from flooding it?
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How can the rest-frame spectrum of redshifted light be determined?
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Why does a full moon seem uniformly bright from earth, shouldn't it be dimmer at the "border"?
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Why myopic people see this picture differently?
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Why is concrete dry around cracks?
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How is possible for current to flow so fast when charge flows so slow?
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