A function generator is a handy piece of test equipment to have on-site. [Kammenos] designed and built his own function generator, using the bench itself as the enclosure. You can see above that the ...

It’s probably not much of a stretch to say that many of us have taken on a project or two that were little more than thinly veiled excuses to add a new tool or piece of gear to our arsenal. There’s ...

Selecting a benchtop function generator for your everyday use is very important. You want to be sure it produces the signal types that you need for your tests without introducing unwanted jitters, ...

A former coworker friend sent me a Tektronix 3-slot mainframe and several plug-in modules (Fig. 1). The TM500-series mainframes are 1970s vintage, but like a lot of old test equipment, can still work ...

Austin, TX. NI announced this week the VB-8054 instrument, a new higher performance model of VirtualBench. VirtualBench, introduced in June 2014, plays a key role in reducing the cost and footprint of ...

You never know what will appear at a swapfest. Sometimes, there’s hardly any test equipment at all. Not this time. There was ...

Bring your electronics to Floor 3 of Sears think[box]. Once here, tell a member of our think[box] staff what you need for your project and we will help you set up the function generator. A range of ...

Most of my Blog posts involve short 3-4 hour projects/hacks that I just build up for learning and fun. I thought it was time to develop something a bit more involved and share my design process in a ...

Semiconductors are the essential component fueling the growth of industries such as automotive, renewable energy, communications, information technology, defense, and consumer electronics. The rise of ...