When I view YouTube and other videos of engineers and technicians using a scope probe with a normal ground strap to make high-frequency measurements, I cringe as the results speak for themselves with the scope display showing far worse than expected ...

Often times, it's necessary to solve simultaneous equations and this can be for optimizing a voltage divider using two outer resistors and a center adjustment pot, or or countless other purposes in electronics, physics, and science. Using just a ...

I recently bought an Analog Discovery II, from Digilent. This was designed in part by Analog Devices Inc and National Instruments. For about $399 new or about $300 used, you get a bargain in my opinion. This unit combines the following in one, small ...

Introduction to the World of Oscilloscopes             For a person like me who is interested in electronics, Oscilloscope serves as almost a gateway to heaven which can unravel the deepest secre...

The participant imagined writing each alphabetic letter, which was transcribed and displayed on a screen. (Image Credit: Frank Willett) A brain implant, developed as part of BrainGate research collaboration, allowed a man paralyzed from the neck...

Introduction Previous Magnifiers Coil 8277 ATMax Coilcraft Free Magnifier Edmund Optics 35359 10x Magnifier and BelOMO Triplet Donegan OptiVISOR Carson MG-88 MagniGrip 4.5x Magnifier with LED and Tweezers Carson 2.5X CrystalView Aspher...

PORTL’s CEO demonstrates its holoportal systems. (Image Credit: PORTL Inc.) ARHT Media and PORTL Inc. started shipping out each of their portable plug-and-play, cabinet-based holoportal systems. These systems allow a user in the studio to appear...

This project demonstrates how to use the Analog Discovery Pro in Linux mode to run the automated test on Digilent PmodAD5, an SPI-enabled analog to digital converter (ADC). The test is utilized Digilent WaveForms Software Development Kit (SDK) to mea...

One microphone is located on the rover's chassis while the other sits on the mast. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) This is so mesmerizing to me. The perfect noise machine. They should stream all the time. With two microphones mounted o...

A scanning tunneling microscope image reveals the Wigner crystal that formed within a layered structure underneath. (Image Credit: H. Li et al./Nature) Favorable conditions for electrons within a material cause them to arrange into a honeycomb-l...

The Baby Robot prototype needs to be exposed since it constantly undergoes modifications. (Image Credit: Cañas et al.) Researchers at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona developed a robotic toy called Baby Robot that can improve a ...

I recently saw shabaz's blog on the Quick 191AD soldering iron tip thermometer and I decided that I should also have one for quick testing and comparison of various soldering irons/tips.I bought one from an Indian online store for Rs.213 ~ 2.85 U...

This project will show you how to stream data and control the Digilent Analog Discovery ProDigilent Analog Discovery Pro (ADP3450/ADP3250) remotely. There are 2 ways to establish the connection, using Standard Mode and Linux Mode, to communicate with...

The small brain implant is slid deep into the folds of the brain and is used to gradually restore muscle control and sensation functionality for paralyzed patients. (Image credit: Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research)  Scientists from the F...

The new telescope will explore 17 forming planetary systems and measure spectra to identify molecules in the inner regions of protoplanetary discs. (Image credit: NASA)  NASA is furthering its exploration mission with the upcoming launch of the...

I recently bought a QUICK 191AD soldering iron thermometer, here's a 3-minute review : )www.youtube.com/watch This instrument costs about £100 in the UK (a couple of resellers in the UK stock it). It comes with a pack of ten sensors, there i...

The clock uses lasers to cool strontium atoms to billionths of a degree above absolute zero and traps them in optical lattices. (Image credit: Pixabay)  Hidetoshi Yatori (University of Tokyo/RIKEN) and Jun Ye (UC Boulder/NIST) have won the 2022 ...

This ultra-short blog post is just a quick follow-up to the measurement amplifier project Viewing Noise with a Measurement Amplifier  which basically describes a X100 or X200 gain amplifier for working with sensors or measuring noise on power ra...

Introduction What's a VNA, and What's "Calibration" in this Context? What can the DIY tool do, and what can't it do? RF Switching Unit OSL Board Assembling the Boards Using the Device Example Scenario #1: Inductor...

Researchers developed a camera that captures images at a trillion frames per second using a streak camera and a laser that generates light pulses. (Image Credit: M. Scott Brauer/MIT) In 2011, MIT scientists developed a camera capable of capturin...

Introduction 1. Save the Data 2. Transfer the Data to the PC 3. Export the Data in CSV Format 4. Convert to .s1p Touchstone Format Example: Viewing using Python scikit-rf Summary  IntroductionWhen working with the FPC1500 in Vector...

The Oncomagnetic Device shrunk the 53-year-old’s glioblastoma brain tumor by 31% during his month-long treatment. (Image Credit: Houston Methodist Neurological Institute) This seemed almost unreal. After researching it since the announcement, it...

University of Copenhagen researchers developed a new technique that detects the presence of nearby animals by collecting DNA samples in the air. (Image Credit: Nick Karvounis/Unsplash) Evaluating an animals’ home to determine conservation needs ...

When creating electronics projects, you might have wondered what the difference is between the two most used transistor types: bipolar junction transistors (BJT) and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) and what to choose for y...

Artificial Intelligence came up with new solutions to quantum experiments. (Image Credit: Pixabay) Mario Krenn, a Quantum physicist, developed a machine-learning algorithm named MELVIN, purposed to discover new solutions to quantum experiments w...