A young colleague was trying to make a measurement using an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) and convert this measurement into a voltage to be d ...
PCB layout designers used to work from schematics that were usually drawn in a meaningful way so as to show circuit functionality and to be readabl ...
A friend of mine works for a company that builds small radio-controlled boats used for fishing. They are called "bait boats." He took me to their c ...
The concept of time is simple yet complex. In its simplest form, it's the counting of a regular, repeating pattern. On the opposite end, we would h ...
Over time, I have developed a horror of replaceable, single-use batteries. I'm not particularly a greenie, but it just seems to be an incredible wa ...
Life is now much easier for the open hardware hacker and hobbyist. Ten years ago, electronic industry professionals could have only dreamed of deve ...
One of the EE Times editor, the illustrious Max Maxfield, is currently on a quest to learn the Arduino. In one of his recent blogs, Max said the fo ...