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1-05-2006 | Commercial PCB exposure light boxes usually employ gas discharge tubes as an ultraviolet (UV) light source, these devices are however bulky,...

1-05-2006 | Despite their mechanical simplicity, PCB pins are surprisingly difficult to mount and solder. Frequently encountered problems (admit it!) ar...

1-04-2006 | According to many people, halogen lighting is a very stylish way to illuminate a room. The lights are usually not that expensive and can be...

1-01-2006 | Now and again something goes amiss in a circuit: one or more components overheat, and the circuit board becomes partly charred or burnt. Suc...

1-11-2005 | Programs for schematic capture, board designs (PCBs) and simulation are now indispensable tools for anyone serious about electronics design....

1-10-2005 | This system was designed to eradicate the anarchy that reigned on a school’s computers. Conventional password protection could not be utiliz...

1-10-2005 | It’s great that PCs are becoming faster all the time but on the downside they’re also producing more heat and noise. Several solutions have...

1-07-2005 | Many PC motherboards (perhaps most of them, in fact) are fitted with a connector for an infrared communication port. That connector is gener...

1-07-2005 | Many new PCs now come equipped with one or more PCI Express slots on the motherboard. Eventually, PCI Express will make the old PCI standard...

1-06-2005 | Last month we familiarised ourselves with a few topics that are essential for our project, which we conclude this month: a PC oscilloscope t...