Tools for the Electronics Hobbyist Part 2- LC200A L/C Meter
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Tools for the Electronics Hobbyist Part 2- LC200A L/C Meter

When I started to deal with Chinese electronics suppliers from websites like Alibaba, Aliexpress and Taobao, I discovered that there are huge amount of undiscovered tools from the Chinese market. They are not easily discovered, maybe due to the Chinese language barrier, especially when we...

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Short circuit tracer uses low power
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Short circuit tracer uses low power

Dan Meeks shares his design idea on edn.com: This Design Idea presents a low power short circuit finder that capitalizes on the ear’s sensitivity to changes in frequency. The heart of the circuit is a voltage-to-frequency converter (based on Linear Tech’s AN45, Figure 13, by Jim...

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A full-featured, portable weather data recorder
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A full-featured, portable weather data recorder

Do you wonder how to build a personal weather station with data logging capability? Well, Jesus Echavarria, a electronic engineer and DIY hardware maker from Spain, has shared the details of his design of a very professional-looking, full-featured, and portable weather data recorder...

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Circuit provides cold-junction compensation
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Circuit provides cold-junction compensation

Mark Maddox @ edn.com has a design idea on cold-junction compensation using AD7708. The accuracy of any circuit or system that uses a thermocouple to determine the temperature of a process is limited by the accuracy of the method used to perform cold-junction compensation. In a...

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Temperature-to-period circuit provides linearization of thermistor response
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Temperature-to-period circuit provides linearization of thermistor response

by S Kaliyugavaradan, Anna University, Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai, India; Edited by Brad Thompson and Fran Granville -November 10, 2005 Designers often use thermistors rather than other temperature sensors because thermistors offer high sensitivity, compactness, low...

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Ultrasonic Anemometer Project Progress
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Ultrasonic Anemometer Project Progress

Lukas Fässler discuss about his anemometer project progress and what tests he has performed so far. In the mean time I managed to do some rudimentary testing and now feel confident to take orders. These tests concern the hardware only. What I said last time about the state of the...

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Tools for the Electronics Hobbyist Part 1- Graphical Components Tester
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Tools for the Electronics Hobbyist Part 1- Graphical Components Tester

When I started to deal with Chinese electronics suppliers from websites like Alibaba, Aliexpress and Taobao, I discovered that there are huge amount of undiscovered tools from the Chinese market. They are not easily discovered, maybe due to the Chinese language barrier, especially...

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EspoTek Labrador – Oscilloscope, Signal generator, Power supply in one tiny board
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EspoTek Labrador – Oscilloscope, Signal generator, Power supply in one tiny board

EspoTek Labrador is a small, portable, USB-connected electronics lab-on-a-board that includes an oscilloscope, waveform generator, power supply, logic analyzer, and multimeter. The EspoTek Labrador plugs directly into a solderless breadboard and connects to any Windows, Mac, or Linux...

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