Category: Tools

Saulius made a DIY PCB inspection microscope and wrote a post on his blog about it: Despite how good microscope you have, stand is still very important part of final assembly. And while there are many commercial ones made of cast iron, they might cost more than a microscope head...

Recycle Plastic Materials like a few meter leftover 3D Printer material or even Plastic Bottles into Pellets to create new Objects. Do you own a 3D printer like most Maker and DIY'ler?  almost run out of filament? ... Again? What to do with the last few meters? well... Make...

If you want to buy a digital multi-meter for under $50 then this article is for you. It compares 8 models fitting the certain criteria. With the current DIY/Maker movement in full swing, one thing that almost all of us need is a good Multi-meter. When shopping for one, it was decided...

Able to fit in the palm of your hand and provided with several changeable tips, the 3DSimo Mini allows you to 3D print using one of close to a dozen different materials as well as solder, burn, and cut foam. “We created the 3DSimo Mini to be the ultimate creator’s tool,” says...

by Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com The Chinese company Seeed Studio offers a lot of interesting things for electronics enthusiasts. Along with selling products from various manufacturers, Seeed develops and produces their own products, many of which are very innovative. For...

PinJig™ is a time saving tool for rapidly assembling electronics that makes soldering easy. It is a tool for makers that can clamp every single thru-hole component in one easy sequence. Who is this product for - PinJig™ can be used by fellow makers, low volume manufacturers,...

Harry Baggen @ elektormagazine.com reviews the ScanaQuad, a new series of tiny 4 channel logic analyzers. The ScanaQuad series consists of four modules (SQ25, SQ50, SQ100 and SQ200), which mainly differ in the sampling rate. The French company Ikalogic has been making logic analyzers...

A pair of former engineers from Agilent Technologies are working on a wireless oscilloscope that will connect to an iOS device for its user interface: The Aeroscope will be a one-channel device where the electronics are in a "pen" form factor. An SMA connector will let you attach...