David Ashton (30)

1-05-2022 | In my article on component identification, I touched on the importance of component testing skills.[1] As a hobbyist, you usually just want...

1-03-2022 | Being able to identify the parts on a circuit board is primordial for repairing it. Developing your identification skills also enables you t...

1-03-2022 | In this issue, we tackle a really peculiar component. So much so, we’ve been unable to find out much about it except for its physical proper...

17-02-2022 | Being able to identify the parts on a circuit board is essential for repairing it. Developing your component identification skills also enab...

1-09-2021 | Sometimes there is simply no device on the market to do the job required. In such cases, small circuits are constructed that can be used lik...

1-05-2021 | Wait a minute. DIP switches — how can they be peculiar? After all, they’re just switches! Well, it turns out that there are some very peculi...

1-01-2018 | Our editor Jan’s reminiscences in the September & October 2016 edition of Elektor on the venerable MM5314 clock IC got me thinking about ano...

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13-01-2016 | Sometimes things are just meant to be. Our translator David Ashton from Australia was testing this old display. He wanted a breadboard to pu...

1-05-2015 | A Gyrator simulates an inductor. Recalling basic AC circuit theory, the currents in an inductor and a capacitor are in antiphase. The Gyrato...