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The Danger of Thermocouples from Dodgy Sources

shabaz

Due to the current shortages of parts, and the escalating costs, I decided to skimp a little and buy a bunch of thermocouples from AliExpress, because I needed quite a few for testing a couple of projects. Unfortunately, they will all need to be car...
- 18 Aug 2022
Organize your workbench contest - addendum

wolfgangfriedrich

Along time ago on a workbench far away... I was a lucky winner of the 'Organize your workbench contest'! A late but big thanks to E14 again and again for giving away free stuff, that is actually useful. I received one of the Duratool storage ...
- 13 Aug 2022
EasyTempProbe: A Bluetooth (BLE) Dual Thermocouple Temperature Probe

shabaz

Table of Contents Introduction Building the BLE EasyTempProbe Programming the EasyTempProbe Using the EasyTempProbe Summary Introduction This blog post discusses a really simple dual-thermocouple measuring device designed with very low cost...
- 9 Aug 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - Summary

ralphjy

Previous Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Development Blog 5: ESP32 Measurements Blog 6...
- 22 Jul 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - CYW43 Measurements

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 18 Jul 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - nRF52 Measurements

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 16 Jul 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - ESP32 Measurements

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 8 Jul 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - Test Development

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 30 Jun 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - BLE Development Boards

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 20 Jun 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 - Getting Started

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 13 Jun 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Calculate Acceleration Energy, to drive Maintenance Decisions

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi. In this post: calculate the acceleration energy - a mayor signal for wear issues and a p...
- 13 Jun 2022
Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500

ralphjy

Previous Next Table of Contents Blog 1: Bluetooth LE Transmit Testing with the FPC1500 Blog 2: Getting Started Blog 3: BLE Development Boards Blog 4: Test Devel...
- 8 Jun 2022
AI could soon reach human intelligence levels

Catwell

A DeepMind researcher says AI is close to reaching human levels. (Image Credit: geralt/pixabay) According to a lead researcher at Google’s DeepMind AI division, artificial intelligence is very close to reaching human levels. This artificial ge...
- 26 May 2022
Mains Voltage Supply Monitoring

shabaz

Table of Contents Introduction Circuit Diagram Construction Using it with a Multimeter or Oscilloscope Capturing using an ADC Processing using Wave Miner Summary Introduction Sometimes there's a need or even curiosity to explore what the m...
- 24 May 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Piezo Electric Accelerometer PCB 603C01

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi. In this post: the Piezo Acceleration Sensor PCB Piezotronics 603C01. ...
- 21 May 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Instrument Network Service for LabVIEW Pt10: example with FFT

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.The next series of posts are going to be a subplot. I'll make software to remotely control the...
- 10 May 2022
Organize your bench! Duratool 30-drawer organizer

aspork42

Big thanks to the E14 crew and dychen - I was selected as a winner for the Organize your Workbench post and got a nice Duratool 30-drawer organizer. It seems much sturdier than the other drawer systems I've used. I placed it on my desk. Then I...
- 10 May 2022
Received Duratool Cabinet Organizer Giveaway prize

misaz

Hello everyone. I was selected as a one of winners of Organize Your Workbench Wishlist and Giveaway and I received Duratool storage cabinet 2 days ago. It is Duratool SPC11296. It has 30 equal sized cabinets. From the back there are holes at all fou...
- 7 May 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Frequency Band analysis of the test jig - can I make it linear?

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.In this post I try to introduce linearity in the test gig by compensating peaks and valle...
- 1 May 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Frequency Band analysis of the test jig - is it linear?

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.In this post I qualify the frequency behaviour and linearity of the test gig. The test dev...
- 30 Apr 2022
Field Trip to Enrico and the Ingegno Maker Space

Jan Cumps

Today I visited balearicdynamics in Drongen's maker space to work on the vibration test jig.I traveled with a bag of goods and some loose ideas. Two hours later we had a working vibration tester. I'm sharing a few photos of the constru...
- 30 Apr 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: First Demo of the test jig

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.Time to demonstrate the first setup of the Automated Vibration Test Jig.In this video, the flow le...
- 26 Apr 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Automation Flow for Vibration Test Jig

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.This post reviews the automation process for the vibration test jig. A LabVIEV flow that ...
- 26 Apr 2022
Sound and Vibration Measurement: Instrument Network Service for LabVIEW Pt9: Write a Custom LabVIEW flow: data logging to disk

Jan Cumps

For the Sound and Vibration Measurement Hat for Raspberry Pi road test, I'm reviewing Measurement Computing's IEPE Measurement DAQ HAT for Raspberry Pi.The next series of posts are going to be a subplot. I'll make software to remotely control the...
- 24 Apr 2022
NanoVNA - Antenna testing

ralphjy

I'm starting a project involving BLE Transmitter testing and I needed something to help me select some antennas to use. I've wanted to get a NanoVNA for a while. I just haven't had a compelling reason to get one until now.&nbs...
- 24 Apr 2022