On the Drawing Board

adventures in electronic circuit design

Monday, December 28, 2009

When not to use a clamp meter

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Was just wondering whether my hardly-used Sanwa DCM 60L clamp meter would be able to measure the current draw of an incandescent lamp. I t...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Twinkle, twinkle little bulbs, how I wonder how you're powered

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Been meaning to find out the design of commercial Christmas lights control units. Obviously a microcontroller takes care of the various flas...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

ATX in AT's clothing

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I was going to use a very old AT power supply and convert it into a bench power supply, the reason being that it has a much larger case tha...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

It's the season ... to automate

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I don't celebrate Christmas but when there's an electronics design opportunity in it I don't complain. There are these Christmas...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Telephone signals

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Took the Rigol DS1102E scope and connected the probe to my home telephone line. I obtained the following readings. Click on the image to see...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Minuteman computer and the Tektronix 465B

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Jim Williams, electronics engineer and author of The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design .
Thursday, July 23, 2009

Online lectures on electronics

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Just stumbled on the following treasure. The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has hundreds of hours of recorded le...
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