[Voltlog] often looks at interesting test equipment and in the video below he reviews something that isn’t very common in hobby labs: a differential oscilloscope probe. These are usually pretty expensive, but the Micsig probe in the video costs under $200. The question, of course, is what do you need with a differential probe? A […]
BUILD YOUR own HIGH-TEMP oven THERMOMETERBUILD YOUR own HIGH-TEMP oven THERMOMETER
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looking to keep an eye on the temperature inside his wood-fired pizza oven, [Giovanni Bernardo] decided to avoid the industrial offerings as well as develop his own high-temperature thermometer utilizing a type-K thermocouple. The end result is a no-nonsense handheld system with a surprisingly low part count that, at least in theory, can checked out […]
STENCIL VACUUM-ASSIST helps avoid THE HEARTBREAK OF SMEARED SOLDER PASTESTENCIL VACUUM-ASSIST helps avoid THE HEARTBREAK OF SMEARED SOLDER PASTE
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While using a stencil ought to make solder paste application onto PCBs a easy affair, there are a number of “gotchas” that make it much more art than science. Luckily, there are tools you can build, like this 3D-printed vacuum-assist stencil jig, that take a little of the finesse out of the process. For those […]
PEN PLOTTER FROM PCB PANELSPEN PLOTTER FROM PCB PANELS
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Hacker [12344321A] has developed a smart open-source pen plotter having a frame made of odd-shaped PCB panels (Chinese). It holds an normal drafting pen as well as draws on a little composing platform 8 x 8 cm square. This is barely sufficient area to draw a company card, depending upon which country you’re from. The […]