The Harbor Freight MADDOX back-probe kit lets DIYers test automotive sensors safely. Just insert between wire and insulation, ...

High voltage is no joke, but you don’t need special electrical knowhow or skills to safely replace your light switch or ...

Over on YouTube our hacker [VIP Love Secretary] shows us how to make a simple MOSFET tester. This is a really neat, useful, elegant, and simple hack, but the video is kind of terrible. We found ...

The top end of the technology ladder is held by a scan tool. This car diagnostic tool plugs into the OBD-II port (“OBD” is an acronym for on-board diagnostics, and the “II” designates the second ...

Find out how a digital technique performs multiplication on two bitstreams and avoids the cost of the analog multiplier.

For Linux users, the Google Stressful Application Test (GSAT) is an excellent tool for diagnosing memory errors. Alternatively, you can run GSAT in Windows using the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

There you are at the surplus store, staring into the bin of faded orange, yellow, red, and black, boxes–a treasure trove of vintage vacuum tubes—dreaming about building a tube amp for your ...

Abstract: Editor’s notes: This article presents a machine-learning-based approach for generating indirect test patterns in analog and mixed-signal circuits. The method leverages a low-cost test ...

Abstract: Single-event frequency transients (SEFTs) in integrated complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) LC-tank voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and digitally-controlled oscillator (DCO), ...

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