PLCs have a long and storied history, with Allen-Bradley itself coining the term “programmable logic controller” in 1971 when it introduced its version of what was then called the “programmable controller.” For anyone who cut their teeth on ladder logic can testify, PLCs at the time were an elegantly simple solution to an age-old problem: →
Here are some “teardowns” and tech pictures from Legoland. Trains seem to be battery powered, charged on station. Cars seem to be battery powered charged with wires on ground at charging stops. Inside car cases built of Legos there seems to be normal RC servos and other RC car stuff. How they follow their programmed →
Lock picking is the craft of unlocking a lock by analyzing and manipulating the components of the lock device without the original key. It has been done to many mechanical locks if you know what to do, but what about electronic locks? Are they safe from lock picking? Teardown: An Electronic Master Lock article presents →
Here is a peek what is inside one gaming device Posted from WordPress for Android →
An LED Filament light bulb is an electric light bulb which produces light with a LED that is shaped as a filament. Compared to other LED lights, LED Filament lights are omni-directional and have look similar to old fashioned light bulbs. So how exactly those bulbs are built? Hackaday article [Mike] Illuminates us on LED →
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What is inside a modern oscilloscope?I have show what is inside Tektronix 220 scope. But what about some more modern digital oscilloscopes? Here are some interesting tear-downs I found from Internet. You might find interesting to see them also: First I have found Rigol DS4014 100 MHz Digital Oscilloscope teardown video Rigol DS4014 Teardown. (for →
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This was a broken scope considered beyond worth to repair by service, but I got it working again… (white tape that holds jumper wire going to display connector). Thank you for service manuals in Internet. Google search and YouTube are repair hacker’s friend. Posted from WordPress for Android →