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| After last month's introductory instalment on the main features of the AF analyser system, which consists of a pe soundcard and some d...

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| Many circuits intended for measuring capacitance depend on an often difficult to obtain and expensive reference capacitor of precisely known...

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| More than twenty years ago, IBM designed a computer system for small office appiications. No one at that time could have foreseen the revo...

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| Use this handy instrument to check out the resonance frequency of those unknown or home-brew inductor / capacitor combinations, or as a si...

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| The mains voltage level is dangerous, and possibly lethal to touch, so that extreme caution is required whenever you work on wiring or com...

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| Since measuring liquids with a direct voltage quickly leads to catalysis effects and corrosion, the gauge uses a rectangular voltage. The...

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| Since measuring alternating voltages and currents is not a straightforward matter, it is not to be wondered at that errors occur frequentl...

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| The audio-video processor is constructed on four printed circuit boards: potmeter board, measuring 314.5x159.5 mm, mother board, measurin...

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| Measuring a current without affecting the circuit in which that current is flowing is an ideal test method. Current-sense power MOSFETs are...

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| Most capacitance meters have no facility for measuring large electrolytic capacitors. The circuit described here makes it possible for s...