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Review: Elektor SDR Hands-on Kit

Review: Elektor SDR Hands-on Kit

Harry Baggen | April 2, 2020
Software defined radio (SDR) allows receiving and decoding of radio signals using relatively simple hardware and a computer. The 'SDR Hands-on kit' from Elektor contains all the necessary parts to make a start with this modern form of radio reception. Here we give an impression of the features of this affordable kit and our initial experience with SDR.
Review: Joy-iT RD6006 Benchtop Power Supply Kit

Review: Joy-iT RD6006 Benchtop Power Supply Kit

Dr. Thomas Scherer | March 26, 2020
A heavy-duty benchtop power supply from Joy-iT uses switched-mode digital regulation to provide a DC output supply in a range from 0-60 V at 0-6 A. It's supplied in kit-form but all you need for assembly is a standard Phillips screwdriver. Is the kit any good?
Review: The GreatFET One Interface Board

Review: The GreatFET One Interface Board

Tam Hanna | March 19, 2020
In days of yore before all PCs came with USB ports we were busy toggling pins on the PC’s parallel port and communicating via RS-232. Nowadays we outsource that activity to a processor and talk to it via USB. The Great Scott GreatFET One board connects to the USB port and allows you to hack all sorts of intimate USB stuff via Python code.
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    You Have Been MouseJacked!

    You Have Been MouseJacked!

    Clemens Valens | April 1, 2020
    Wireless mice, especially the older ones, can turn well-protected computers into vulnerable systems. Cheap and readily available tools like Arduino boards and nRF24 modules together with open-source software allow hackers to inject keystrokes through the little receiver dongle and take control of the computer.
    Elektor Upholds Full-Swing Operations

    Elektor Upholds Full-Swing Operations

    Elektor Team | March 23, 2020
    In these uncertain times we would like to briefly update you on the way Elektor is handling the current corona virus related situation.
    GitHub for Dummies Part 2: How to Publish on GitHub

    GitHub for Dummies Part 2: How to Publish on GitHub

    Clemens Valens | March 18, 2020
    Sharing your work with the world is easy thanks to platforms like GitHub and Elektor Labs. Where the latter specialises in electronics projects, the first is intended for software developers. There is no need to be intimidated by obscure git commands entered in terminals as GitHub also provides a nice and easy drag-and-drop interface.
    Make a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Just One Opamp

    Make a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Just One Opamp

    Clemens Valens | March 12, 2020
    It is instructive, easy and even fun to play around with the free circuit simulator LTSpice every once in a while. In this video you will first learn how to analyse and understand a simple opamp-based square wave oscillator taken from an “old” datasheet before changing it into a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). Building the circuit on a breadboard shows that it really works. The simulations are of course available for downloading to get your own experiments up and running quickly.
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    Keysight Technologies Welcomes the University of Malaga to OpenTAP Project Community

    Keysight Technologies Welcomes the University of Malaga to OpenTAP Project Community

    Keysight Technologies | April 7, 2020
    This is a submission from Keysight Technologies on the OpenTAP project community. The University of Malaga and the MORSE research team have been using OpenTAP to automate its 4G/5G mobile testbed which is used in many different 2020 cooperative programs including Fed4Fire+, TRIANGLE and 5GENESIS.
    Delta Controls relies on Sensirion sensors

    Delta Controls relies on Sensirion sensors

    Sensirion AG | April 2, 2020
    This is a submission from Sensirion on their partnership with Delta Controls for using Sensirion’s environmental sensors in their thermostat and O3 Sensor Hub.
    Keysight Enhances UXR Oscilloscopes to Accelerate Development of Next Generation mmWave Communications and Applications

    Keysight Enhances UXR Oscilloscopes to Accelerate Development of Next Generation mmWave Communications and Applications

    Keysight Technologies | March 31, 2020
    This is a submission from Keysight Technologies on the latest edition to the company’s UXR-Series of oscilloscopes, the UXR0051AP Infiniium UXR-Series Oscilloscope. It offers a frequency range of 110 GHz and 5 GHz of standard analysis bandwidth, and provides fast, affordable and flexible analysis of wideband measurements.
    At Rutronik: Compact Recom Power Module with High Power Density

    At Rutronik: Compact Recom Power Module with High Power Density

    Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH | March 26, 2020
    This is a submission from Rutronik on the Recom RPX-2.5 power module with buck regulator. It provides high power density and optimized thermal management thanks to the integrated flip-chip technology. With its low profile QFN package and the integrated shielded inductor, it is ideal for space-constrained applications.