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This week, MCI wants to celebrate the granting of a very important patent – the patent for RAM (coincident current magnetic core memory). As you all know, no one would be able to use a computer or even read this post without this invention. The inventor was Jay Forrester. His…
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MCI wants to remind everyone that it’s a leap year’s day on the 29th February. Not only does a leap year mean lots of sporting excitement with the Olympics (this year to be held in Paris) but lots of leap year day traditions around the world. In the UK, the…
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MCI received an ECU for a well known German vehicle. Once our engineers had cleaned the circuit board up, we were able to diagnose and replace a faulty inductor coil. Another happy customer. If you are having electrical or electronic problems with your vehicles, give MCI a call on 01324…
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This week, MCI wants to celebrate Mary Anderson, the inventor of the windscreen wiper. She was born this week in 1866 in America. She was truly a woman of action – a real estate developer, rancher and viticulturist. Before 1903, if it was raining whilst you were driving your car,…
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MCI got an interesting repair in recently. The boom operation from a Horizon crane (that any self respecting child would want in their toy truck collection) had broken down. Our engineers did some fault finding and discovered some faults on the components in the main control panel. The components were…
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MCI wants to wish all its customers and friends a happy Lunar New Year! This year is the year of the Wood Dragon, the only mythical animal in the Chinese zodiac. This year will be a prosperous one, filled with good fortune. We are told that it is a great…
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MCI Electronics provided sponsorship to Eddie Hughes, an avid marathon runner and Falkirk resident actively fundraising for children’s charities. The money raised will benefit both Breast Cancer Now and the Children Tumour Foundation. Eddie has made supporting children’s health causes his personal passion. He ran numerous marathons over the past…
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After the recent storms and rain in Scotland, MCI are dreaming of sunnier times. With that in mind, it is a coincidence that this week in 1904, the ice cream waffle cone was invented. Ice cream itself has an incredibly long history and it is suspected to have come from…
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MCI was called in by another new customer with a faulty control panel. The machine was out of action and, as a result, food production had halted. No product means no income, so (of course) it was critical to the customer. MCI removed a faulty HMI panel and diagnosed major…
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MCI received some troubadours (stage spotlights) from a new customer. We were told that they had stopped working after having an electrical spike. Upon examination, we found that the main control board for the troubadours was blown and they were beyond economical repair. We managed to source replacement parts from…
