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7-05-2025 | How good is a cheap multimeter? We try to answer that question in this test of the PeakTech P1073, a so-called smart multimeter with a price...

5-05-2025 | Explore how the integration of a standard ultrasonic sensor, a vibration motor, and one or two microcontrollers resulted in a functional enh...

1-05-2025 | The Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C) protocol is an addressable serial bus that was innovated by Philips in 1982. It’s designed for the seamle...

1-05-2025 | When it comes to searching for, or even sorting, the various quartz crystals at one’s disposal, it sometimes turns out that their markings a...

1-05-2025 | Precision, high-performance A/D converters, unlike the most common ones, require some extra technical considerations for interfacing and sig...

1-05-2025 | Detecting a magnetic field is a relatively easy task, but measuring its intensity is far more complex! The author of this article describes...

1-05-2025 | The major limitations of an inexpensive frequency counter are the poor medium- to long-term stability and the lack of an internal reference...

1-05-2025 | There are several situations where you may need to measure low resistance values, down to the milliohm range. One example is locating a shor...

1-05-2025 | Off-grid solar power systems provide electricity in places without mains power, like clubhouses or garden sheds, using a battery for storage...

1-05-2025 | When was the last time you saw an analog meter in a piece of equipment? Everything these days has digital displays, and while these can be v...