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When you first get started with a Raspberry Pi, there are a number of operating system images already available. The one most people start with is Raspbian, which is based on …

In this “Will It Blend?” Tom takes on neodymium magnet balls. This is a fun one to watch because the balls spark up while flying around. Some really good slow motion replay work …

Karl and Corey run The Spark Gap Podcast which is focused on embedded electronics. On Episode 25 they interview me about Capacitors. We covered all the major types of caps, plus …

When it comes to schematic capture and circuit simulation on a mobile device, iCircuit for iOS got it right from the start. iCloud integration, intuitive touch controls, and fast …

Active Probe Setup (via xellers) Back when I worked for an Oscilloscope company, we were pretty proud of our differential probes. Even the “low-bandwidth” probes were still around …

Images from http://www.dalton.ax/hpdisk/ Popular on eBay are old test equipment like Spectrum Analyzers, Oscilloscopes, and Multimeters. HPDisk by Gustafsson Anders creates a …

Go back to 1975. The idea of a computer at home was something that only happened in Science Fiction books. When the Altair 8800 was introduced, not only could you have a computer …

("Graphen" by AlexanderAlUS - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons) Every day a new application involving the seemingly miraculous material Graphene is …

Having good libraries in EAGLE is critical to making schematic capture and PCB design fast. Dave at element14 put together a top 10 library link, which includes the list below. …

Understanding what X2 or Y1 capacitors actually are and are not is important when designing them into an AC-mains connected power supply. Recently Electronic Products Magazine ran …