How To Reverse Engineer, Featuring the Rigol DS1054Z article and videos in it show what is inside a four-channel digital scope. With four channels of input, Dave Jones was wondering how the engineers at Rigol managed to stuff two additional front ends into the scope while still meeting the magic price point of $400, it →
http://m.slashdot.org/story/208915 Maybe publicity on this issue made manufacturer to change plans… They understood that intentionally breaking USB-serial hardware owned by somebody else is not a good idea (bad PR and could be illegal). Posted from WordPress for Android →
USB to serial port adapters are gadgets that we have a love/hate relationship. We love that we can add serial port to a new PC, but we hate that many of those adapters do not feel reliable in use. Counterfeit copies of USB to serial ICs have caused headaches for users and manufacurers. And it →
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wind-power-blows-away-coal-and-gas-in-nordic-countries/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20141021/ARTICLES/141029923?p=1 Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/yourcommunity/2014/10/taylor-swift-accidentally-releases-8-seconds-of-white-noise-tops-canadian-itunes-chart.html What does this tell about state of pop-music industry? When a track containing nothing but eight seconds of white noise was accidentally released under the album’s name on Tuesday morning, it shot to the top of Canada’s iTunes chart almost immediately. It’s likely that many fans downloaded the song without listening to it first. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/thousands-of-control-systems-connected-to-the-internet Posted from WordPress for Android →
A current transformer (CT) is used for measurement of alternating electric currents. The most common design of CT consists of a length of wire wrapped many times around a silicon steel ring passed ‘around’ the circuit being measured. Current transformers are used extensively for measuring current and monitoring the operation of the power grid. The →
“Amazibelius”, an interactive audiovisual install…: http://youtu.be/xOpcwxSpzqo Nice looking audiovisual installation that projects computer genetated graphics inside famous Finnish art museum. I know the coder… Posted from WordPress for Android →
A fluorescent lamp or a fluorescent tube is a low pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. A fluorescent lamps are widely used because they convert electrical energy into useful light much more efficiently than incandescent lamps (The luminous efficacy can exceed 100 lumens per watt). They are widely used in →