Read more Test Ideas and Design Ideas here. As ICs increase in complexity and decrease in size, their pin counts drop or, at best, remain constant. The result: a need for pin-saving measures like ...
When working with hardware, whether a repair or a fresh build, it’s often necessary to test something. Depending on what you’re working with, this can be easy or a total pain if you can’t get the ...
DME (distance measuring equipment) provides a way for a civilian aircraft to measure its distance from a land-based transponder. DME is often paired with VOR (VHF omnidirectional radio) to determine ...
When working with hardware, whether a repair or a fresh build, it’s often necessary to test something. Depending on what you’re working with, this can be easy or a total pain if you can’t get the ...
The Geotest Model GP1612H Programmable Pulse Generator is representative of basic pulse generators and a direct replacement for the obsolete HP8112A Pulse Generator. In many cases, the cost of ...
A former coworker friend sent me a Tektronix 3-slot mainframe and several plug-in modules (Fig. 1). The TM500-series mainframes are 1970s vintage, but like a lot of old test equipment, can still work ...