Electron boy, is the any chance you could get the electrical engineer to post here? It would be very irresponsible for us to help out with high voltage projects in this case - although I applaud your enthusiasm and I'm sure you'll go far. Many of us were in the same boat and very keen about...
Climatex, we're basically asking for some self-moderation when posting something that could be dangerous to others. There are lots of people reading this site that may be novices with electronics and aren't aware of some of the dangers involved.
For example, if someone isn't familiar with...
Welcome to EP, climatex! :)
Some interesting videos you've got there! I don't know much about HV electronics, but I like to see those sorts of experiments... from a distance ;)
I did some googling as I'd not heard of these and found a little bit more about them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_device#PAL
PAL:
GAL:
Apparently WinCUPL can be used to program them (link ...
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Welcome to the forums, nbw :)
I also enjoy pulling any old electical items to bits! When I was younger, my parents friends would send over anything broken so I could get some parts out of it. I I'm sure I've still got some little motors and LEDs to this day from those items!