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  • Mitsubishi creates new GPS system for indoor navigation

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Mitsubishi's idea of how the new technology will work. The car company uses WLAN and acoustic ranging for new indoor GPS technology. (via Mitsubishi) There's seems to be no excuse to get lost since GPS is easily accessible. If it's not in your c...
    • 27 Feb 2016
  • Cheero’s Sleepion helps promote a more restful sleep using a trio of senses

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Cheero’s Sleepion helps promote and maintain a restful sleep using sound, light and pleasant aromas. (via Kickstarter) For some like me, getting a restful sleep involves a nightly ritual of downing melatonin or valerian root pills, turning on a ...
    • 4 Feb 2016
  • Building and Testing Audio Cables

    shabaz
    shabaz
     IntroductionHaving needed an audio cable recently for the lab, I was saddened to see the poor quality of some off-the-shelf pre-assembled cables. I didn’t realize poor audio cables were still a phenomenon in the 21st century. It got me wonderin...
    • 3 Jan 2016
  • Companies and other private entities often turn to hackers for hire to get select information

    Catwell
    Catwell
    ViSalus Sciences was caught using hackers to get insider information on rival company Ocean Avenue. (via ViSalus)Information is a hot commodity in today’s faced-paced world and almost any information on anything and anyone can be had- for a price. Su...
    • 23 Dec 2015
  • Action Video Games May Be Good for Your Brain!

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Your mom always told you video games would rot your brain, but recent research disagrees. Players of action video games (AVGs) in particular have been found to have enhanced attentional and sensorimotor function, exhibiting better visual selective at...
    • 28 Oct 2015
  • Getting Started with the LDC1000 - Small Metal Detection!

    shabaz
    shabaz
    The LDC1000LDC1000 is a relatively recent device introduced by Texas Instruments about a year or two ago – it is designed to measure inductance to a high resolution (24-bit!) in an extremely convenient single-integrated-circuit solution. Metal o...
    • 30 Sep 2015
  • Review of Keithley 182-M sensitive voltmeter (nanovoltmeter)

    tin_xdevs
    tin_xdevs
    Intro One of main Keithley Instruments expertise are low-level signal measurements. Since very beginning company had instruments as null-detectors, microvolt voltmeters, electrometers. As of today, current nanovoltmeter is Model 2182A, which fea...
    • 24 Sep 2015
  • Electronic Load Part 2

    waelect
    waelect
    Hi Everyone, I am really quite busy with a lot of setting up of the lab area. I hope to place a video of my changes in the lab work layout and my equipment shelf builds. I have taken a small time out to place a video on my attempt at SPICE ...
    • 1 Sep 2015
  • How to Select the Right Microscope or Video Inspection System

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Choosing the right inspection system for your application can be a daunting task. For industrial applications 3 types of inspection systems are generally used. This blog describes these systems, their common applications along with pros &am...
    • 25 Aug 2015
  • Humble LAB equipment: METEX MS-9150 4-in-1 Test Setup

    Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps
    Real estate is at a premium in the lab. I don't have much bench space for test gear.That's why I purchased a Metex test system.It's a DMM, 3 power supplies, a function generator and a counter in one box.  I bought it second hand...
    • 24 Aug 2015
  • Portable Power Supply Project: Demo and Discussion.

    ipv1
    ipv1
    Dave Jone's Of The EEVBLOG did some posts on a DIY PSU around a year back. This project is a spin off of that and I made some changes according to my liking and finally made a PCB that I can use. There are still some things that need to be done.I mad...
    • 21 Aug 2015
  • Modification and tricks for Fluke 5x-II series thermometers

    tin_xdevs
    tin_xdevs
    I hope this post would not cause complete and total exclusion of myself from Roadtest thing, but posting it here anyway, for fellow engineers enjoyment In this prompt we will take a look on Fluke 51-II and try some ideas how to improve it by modifica...
    • 20 Aug 2015
  • Complete Analogue DC Load (0-5A, 0 - 60V) but not 300W :)

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
     I have been slowly working through a series of projects and tutorials to share and teach how to use various components and how these can be applied to a Home / Lab power supply, DC Load and the likes. In order to have our first complete to...
    • 31 Jul 2015
  • Electronic Load Project Part 1

    waelect
    waelect
    Hi Everyone, This is a project that most people including myself have been wanting to do for a while. I would firstly like to thank peteroakes for the inspiration to actually get off my ass and start the project. As I am slowly delving into...
    • 27 Jul 2015
  • Raspberry PI 2.0, Windows 10 and Diagnosing issues with the SPI bus when writing software for the DAC8734.

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    The video leading up to this one can be found here Raspberry PI 2.0, Windows 10 and how to drive the DAC8734 from TI (AKA the DAC8734EVM Road test Board),This is the third Raspberry PI 2.0, Windows 10 and how to drive the DAC8734 from TI - Software r...
    • 26 Jul 2015
  • Shop Tips – PCB Circuit Board Holders and Stands

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Inspired by the Shop Tips series by jw0752 , I thought it was worthwhile to show some home-made circuit board holders I have recently been using. The aim was to support the circuit boards in an angled position, to make it easier to work them.The solu...
    • 13 Jul 2015
  • Electronic DC Load - Performance Improvements

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    Back to the Primary Blog Post for the Modular Bench Power System The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike... I recieved a few notes regarding the rather poor response times my DC load wa...
    • 9 Jun 2015
  • Electronic DC Load - Design and Build to test PSU Project

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    Back tot he Main Modular Bench power System Project The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike... I keep promising myself I will build an Electronic DC Load and have kept defering it, well...
    • 2 Jun 2015
  • The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, testing it all on the bench with the BreadBoard

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    Back to the Main post The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike... Ok, so based on the last two or three videos an posts it is time to test everything out on the bench with a breadboard a...
    • 28 May 2015
  • The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, Integration theory and practical

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    Back to the Main post The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike... So now we will look at how to use integration to control the power stage of a High Power MOSFET and how the response tim...
    • 28 May 2015
  • The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, Differential Sensing and summing junctions

    Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes
    Back to the Main post The Modular Bench Power Supply ++, The Essential DIY Build for Every EE Student and Old Timer alike... It has been a few months since my last post on the Power supply Project so here are a few in quick sucession Up fir...
    • 28 May 2015
  • O&G Presentation at the Ultrasonic Industry Association

    piezotech
    piezotech
    Our PhD Project Manager, Eric Molz, did a fantastic job this morning delivering his presentation at the Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium: "Acoustics and Ultrasonics for Downhole Oil and Gas Logging".  A comprehensive synopsis ...
    • 21 Apr 2015
  • U1461A used to measure MOV clamp voltage

    waelect
    waelect
    Hi All, As part of the Element14 Road-test I have done a series of tests to create a review. Although I have completed the primary tests I found another use for the U1461A in measuring MOV's Created a quick video blogging what I did to meas...
    • 15 Apr 2015
  • Fun with Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
     Using the courseware feature as a photoframe  
    • 14 Apr 2015
  • Analysing Signals from SHT1X Software Module

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Analysing Signals from SHT1X Software Module Recently I wrote a software module to allow the Espruino development board send commands and receive data from the Sensirion SHT11 temperature and relative humidity sensor. The SHT11 sensor uses ...
    • 10 Apr 2015
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