Electronics Design

A lot to be said for modern technology - even if it's Chinese!

The Chinese have certainly come on quality-wise from the crap they used to churn out a couple of decades ago. I didn't...

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posted by cd

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Still a lot to be said for old technology (HP 432A RF power meter)

It's probably just my ignorance on this subject, but I find it remarkable how fast this HP thermistor is able to respon...

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posted by cd

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Favourite Test Equipment

Hi all, I'm starting to get a bit fed up with having my test equipment blow up just when it's needed. This is the drawb...

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posted by cd

50 comments posted 2yrs posted by cd

OT: An Electric Vehicle Owner Speaks Out

This EV owner has appealed for his unfortunate experience to be a warning to others contemplating buying an electric ca...

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posted by cd

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silicone grease

Give a nice flat mosfet package and a flat heat sink, I wonder how much benefit accrues from adding silicone grease. It...

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posted by jl

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State of the Art engineering

A friend brought me a laptop that is beeping, annoyingly (like set volume to max). Continuously. Google tells me this m...

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posted by blockedofcourse

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Politicaly correct?

This is from an rss feed today. On Wednesday, the IEEE Computer Society announced to members that, after April 1, it wo...

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posted by mr.spock

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Warning for Python Users: PyPi supply chain attack

Warning for those who use Python. pypi halted new users and projects while it fended off supply chain attack...

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posted by Wanderer<dont

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webcam viewer?

In ancient times, Windows would open a webcam and show you what's going on . I'm unfortunately running Win11 now. Can a...

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posted by jl

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Full video of ship hitting and destroying the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore

The main news channels show only the last ten seconds, which omits anything useful for deducing cause. There is talk of...

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posted by joegwinn

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Microcontroller (AVR) programming from smartphone

Hi Friends! Briefly: considering ways of uploading code to microcontroller (particularly some Atmel's AtMega - same as...

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posted by rodion_gork

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China: Government Starts Phasing Out American Processors, Operating

https://dailystormer.in/china-government-starts-phasing-out-american-processors-operating-systems-on-government-compute...

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posted by news

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OT: Natural recycling at the origin of life

Natural recycling at the origin of life https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240322145524.htm Source: Ludwig-M...

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posted by alien

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$400 keyboard

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F51G16

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posted by jjlarkin

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+48 precharge

We have a board that tends to blow up. It has a couple of isolated dc/dc converters, gate driver chips and big mosfet f...

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posted by jjlarkin

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