TwinTeeth Plus Build Log - Part 1

      I want a PCB and I want it NOW!       Have you ever had a burning need to design, layout then etch a 2 sided prototype PCB, at home, before you send it out to a PCB fab, to make sure everything is OK? Well, so have I.       I came across a PCB "design bundle" that I really want to try out and  build.  This will be  the first in a line of blog entries, detailing my...

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EF Johnson 242-5876 2-Way Radio Teardown

        Well, this teardown has been in the making for some time now. I'm not particularly big on RF stuff, but I had a hunch that this thing would be nicely engineered and built on the inside. I was expecting a lot of analog goodness mixed with some digital control. And what do you know.....I was right.                                  ...

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Picoscope 3000 Series Review....or maybe not

  First off, let me start by saying that this is not really  a full review, but more accurately a first impression after I got to play around with one of these things.  And because it's a PC scope, the impressions are not so much about the physical aspect of the scope as it is about it's user interface. And, boy, do I have some comments to make here... "High Performance USB Bla bla bla...."   The culprit....sorry, I mean...

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