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Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

Tutorial and Overview of Infineon’s 3D Magnetic 2Go Kit

The 3D Magnetic 2GO kit is a development kit for the TLV493D from Infineon that can detect magnetic field strength in x, y, and z directions.


The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

The Affordable LiDAR Movement—Researchers Aim to Drastically Reduce Sensor Costs

As of today, we are always looking to innovate our products as well as create new ones to make things more simplistic. Whether it be fully autonomous vehicles, agriculture, or marine surveying, companies are engineering a more efficient and cost-effective LiDAR systems to make these a reality.


News Sep 29, 2016 by Donald Krambeck
Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

Industrial Instrumentation and Control: An Introduction to the Basic Principles

In part one of this instrumentation and control (I & C) series, we'll go over the fundamental terminology and concepts used when working with industrial plants.


eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

eMMC Interfaces Compliance Test with an Oscilloscope

Embedded multi-media cards (eMMC) are widely used in the industry as the primary memory for portable devices.


Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Testing Conducted Emission in the R&D Lab with an Oscilloscope

Conducted emissions are electromagnetic disturbances caused by a device and conducted out by interconnects such as the power supply lines.


EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

EMI Debugging with an Oscilloscope

Meeting EMI and EMC requirements is critical to bringing electronic products to market. Compliance testing requires expensive equipment and test time at a compliance laboratory.


Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Power Integrity Test with an Oscilloscope

Today’s highly integrated electronic devices use smaller voltage levels and, as a result, require much smaller ripple levels on the power rails for reliable operation.


DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

DIY Tools—Build Your Own Logic Probe

Having a logic probe handy is always a must for an electronics workshop. But instead of buying one, why not build your own for a fraction of the cost and have it working in an hour?


Projects Sep 22, 2016 by Robin Mitchell
How to Read the I2C Bus on an Oscilloscope

How to Read the I2C Bus on an Oscilloscope

Part 2 of Mastering the Oscilloscope will introduce decoding for I²C circuits.


Teardown Tuesday: Digital Tape Measure

Teardown Tuesday: Digital Tape Measure

Some people have trouble reading tape measures. In an effort to make life easier, there are digital tape measures. What's inside of one?


News Sep 20, 2016 by Alex Udanis
Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Build an Arduino BLE-Enabled Indoor Air Quality Monitor

Use an Arduino/Genuino 101 with iAQ-Core air quality and HIH-6131 temperature/humidity sensors to make an Indoor Air Quality Monitor with Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity.


SpaceWire Triggering & Decoding with an Oscilloscope

SpaceWire Triggering & Decoding with an Oscilloscope

SpaceWire is a new serial bus standard for aircraft and areospace applications that supports bit rate up to 400 Mbps. The R&S option K65, SpaceWire trigger & decode, for RTE and RTO offers triggering and decoding of SpaceWire protocol communication.


Basic Waveform Analysis with an Oscilloscope

Basic Waveform Analysis with an Oscilloscope

In this first part of a multi-part series, we will use a Tek MDO Mixed Domain Oscilloscope to illustrate options to measure various circuit elements.


3D Printing Filaments: HT vs PLA Final Overview

3D Printing Filaments: HT vs PLA Final Overview

Results of testing the filament under both heat and shock, as well as a final overview of the tests.


News Sep 11, 2016 by Michael Greer
HT vs PLA Filament for High-Temperature 3D Printing

HT vs PLA Filament for High-Temperature 3D Printing

In this article, we compare the thermal and structural properties of high-temperature filament.


News Sep 10, 2016 by Michael Greer
Inspecting Electronic Circuits with an Audible Circuit Probe

Inspecting Electronic Circuits with an Audible Circuit Probe

When inspecting electronic circuits, most measurements are displayed visually. This tool provides audible feedback to augment your analyses.


Measuring Temperature with an NTC Thermistor

Measuring Temperature with an NTC Thermistor

For this article, we are only concerned with one type of sensor that can measure temperature. This sensor is called a thermistor.


Projects Aug 15, 2016 by Joseph Corleto
FarmBot Intends to Revolutionize Home Gardening

FarmBot Intends to Revolutionize Home Gardening

FarmBot introduces the first open-source CNC farming machine.


News Aug 13, 2016 by Dr. Steve Arar
Build a Wireless “Tipping Bucket” Rain Gauge, Part 1—Assembling the Bucket

Build a Wireless “Tipping Bucket” Rain Gauge, Part 1—Assembling the Bucket

A tipping bucket rain gauge, an RF transmitter and receiver, a PICAXE microcontroller, and an LCD can make a great addition to your weather station.


Tesla vs Google: Do LIDAR Sensors Belong in Autonomous Vehicles?

Tesla vs Google: Do LIDAR Sensors Belong in Autonomous Vehicles?

Elon Musk has made some bold comments about Google's self-driving car that uses LIDAR. However, Google is using LIDAR for different reasons than Tesla would in their Autopilot systems.


News Jul 24, 2016 by Donald Krambeck