IBM 701 Plug-in Unitfigure 1.The 701's vacuum tubes were collected into "pluggable units", a concept introduced with IBM's 604. The 701 was developed in 1952 in the Poughkeepsie Laboratory. The 701 known as the Defense Calcula...
element14 Community AwardsThe polls are closing soon! Your vote is your voice! Morning all! Just a quick reminder that the polls close tomorrow in the 2015 element14 Community Awards, so time's running out if you haven't yet performed your ...
I've purchased a 1977 vintage tape deck yesterday. It was a bit of a wild purchase, because I couldn't test it.It turns out that it's performing well. It's not a top model. 30Hz - 20kHz on low speed, 28 kHz on high speed. Documentation is availa...
In the mid 1960's Seymour Cray moved back to the Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin area (his home town) with his family to continue his research and development of the worlds first super computer the Cray One. As a young man I was friends with a couple o...
There's nothing like a beloved piece of childhood technology hitting a milestone anniversary to make you feel old. The 16-bit gaming warhorse, the Sega Mega Drive (the Genesis, to our transatlantic cousins) is celebrating its 25th birthday. 25! ...
As many of you know -- since you've worked hard for the last couple of months to get yourself the badge -- we have five copies of The BeagleBone Cookbook, signed by author and eminent electronics luminary Jason Kridner, to give away. And today w...
We'd like you to join us in a round of digital applause as we congratulate Mark Beckett ( mcb1) on becoming element14's first ever Level 9 member! As many of you know, Mark's been with us for a long time, but more importantly he's contributed a lot t...
The ONR has developed a pair of AR goggles that helps Marines in training - one in operation. (via ONR Navy)Virtual reality is the next step forward when it comes to gaming, thanks to devices like the Oculus Rift, but the technology can also be used ...
MCM Electronics Tent SaleMCM Electronics is gearing up for our second annual tent sale. We will have thousands of items specially marked and plenty of product experts on hand to help you with your questions...plus a few special surprises!Dates:Friday...
Could a student really solve this NASA issue? A new competition challenges students to design systems for NASA. (via NASA)College and university students, NASA needs your help. No, this isn't a hoax. NASA is actually giving students a chance to t...
Hello Members, As most of you know we are planning to upgrade to Jive 8 in late Fall/Autumn. As part of the last upgrade, Jive changed Private Messages to Direct Messages. We provided a way to access these messages in the “Archived Personal Mes...
Jason Kridner, as you probably know, is a founding member of the BeagleBone Foundation, which, obviously, brought us the magical range of single board computers in the BeagleBone range. These are massively popular both here on the element14 community...
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#ImAnEngineer element14 branded products competition Terms and Conditions 1. This prize draw is run by Premier Farnell plc (Premier Farnell or we (including our or us) on the following terms and conditions. An...
The next two weeks are busy ones for us here at element14. We've a stream of campaigns, prizes and challenges all coming to a climactic conclusion, with a host of great prizes and giveaways going out to community members around the world. It's n...
Following on from earlier discussions I thought I'd take a look at how easy (or not) it is to use a big MOSFET in a simple set up to switch a 5A load to test power supply transient response: I used an STW60N10 MOSFET, a 3.3R load resistor, 4...
Hi element14 Community Members! We're excited to introduce you to the next series of new badges to be made available on element14 Community! This new set of badges is centered around you and the amazing expertise you share with each ...
When the dust settled there was a Champion: Raspberry Pi 2! The Raspberry Pi 2 single board computer bested its opponents in four straight matches to claim the title of Champion of MCM Electronics Maker Madness 2015! After all of the votes ...
The first eight face offs have happened and the winners from Round One have been chosen to move on while the others fell. while they are all great product there can only be one! Read the results of round one below and then vote for your favorites in ...
A few pictures from weekend of fun: Sorry about the orientation. I could not figure why it rotated from my pictures? There were many kids oriented activities: Squishy circuits made of Play Doh (home-made ...
Welcome to MCM Maker Madness! All the top maker products from the MCM Electronics online catalog have come to do battle. The top four candidates will duke it out from regions including "Single Board Computers", "Wearable Microcont...
