Re: Wall Wart for a Gecko

Kelly,
You can't go wrong buying the Campbell board. It makes wiring and
trouble shooting much easier than hooking up straight to a parallel
port.

For all, Radio Shack also sells high quality, regulated wall warts
for pocket pc's that must have an accurate 5 vdc.

Good luck,
John Champlain

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "ksprayberry428" <kellys@m...> wrote:
> I apologize for the dumb question, yes I realize 6 is more than 5 I
> learned that in the second grade even though I am a hick. I learned
> Algebra in High School. I am a mechanical engineer by trade. I just
> have a total mental block when it comes to electrical stuff. I
> realize that the light socket bites when you stick something in it
> and that the electric fence will swell your lips up like a balloon
> when you spit on it. That is my extent of electrical knowledge. I
did
> manage to build my power supply and it does work. I even managed to
> build one of the optical Tachometer kits from Dan Mauch, but don't
> ask me to tell you why it works and what each component on the
board
> does. The reason I asked is that I have one of the cheapo power
> supplies at home the is 1000mA and is adjust able from 1.3 Volts to
> 12 Volts. The closest thing to 5 volts is 4.5 Volts. So I took a
> meter to it and checked the voltage at 4.5 Volt setting it still
said
> something like 12 Volts. I guess what I really need to ask is
should
> I try to use one of these wall warts or just break down and buy one
> of those break out boards that have the 5 volt on board. Like the
one
> that Doug Fortune or The Campbell guy sells.
> Thanks for your help and Berating
> Kelly Sprayberry
>