MM-9M 10″ portable 800-line vintage B&W CRT monitor
I love B&W CRT displays, for they bring back old memories of the long-lost past, of the first time I
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Oscilloscope
Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B and Hantek DSO4084C digital oscilloscopes
Over a period of five years I have bought myself three low-end modern digital oscilloscopes, the Rigol DS1054Z, GW-INSTEK GDS1054B
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Vintage oscilloscopes to the test: Hitachi VC-6025, GW-INSTEK GOS-6103 and Kenwood CS-5275
After having fun with the VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator on my Rigol and Hantek oscilloscopes, I decided to do
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VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator based on ATMEGA 8A and ADF4351
To replace my aging and bulky National Panasonic VP-8177A function generator, I bought the VFO4351A 140MHz~4.4GHz RF signal generator module from
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Tektronix 1230 Logic Analyzer
Made in the 1980s, the Tektronix 1230 is a general purpose logic analyzer that supports a maximum of 64 channels
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Capturing data from a Tektronix 1230 logic analyzer by emulating a parallel port printer
UPDATE: Refer to my latest article for a full review of the Tektronix 1230 logic analyzer. As a fan of
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Calibration and acquisition problems on Tektronix TDS 340 oscilloscope
During one of my experiments with the TDS 340 oscilloscope made by Tektronix, I suddenly noticed that the AUTOSET button
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Programming the Tektronix TDS 340 100MHz digital storage oscilloscope
In my previous article I provided some information on the Tektronix TDS 340 100 MHz digital storage oscilloscope and instructions
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Exploring Tektronix TDS 340 100MHz digital storage oscilloscope
Out of curiosity, I purchased a Tektronix TDS 340 100 MHz 2-channel digital storage oscilloscope from eBay. It passes self-test
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Rebuilding the Olevia LT19W 19-inch LCD TV Remote Control Unit
I have here in my room an Olevia LT19W 19″ LCD television that has no remote control unit. The buttons
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VGA output with PIC Microcontroller
I tried to use the instructions from here to make a PIC16F84A display some test patterns on my monitor. The
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