| Despite their mechanical simplicity, PCB pins are surprisingly difficult to mount and solder. Frequently encountered problems (admit it!) ar...
| Despite their mechanical simplicity, PCB pins are surprisingly difficult to mount and solder. Frequently encountered problems (admit it!) ar...
| Programs for schematic capture, board designs (PCBs) and simulation are now indispensable tools for anyone serious about electronics design....
| What do most electronics engineers enjoy a lot? Designing printed circuit boards, of course! In an irregular series of articles we would lik...
| In previous articles in this series we have described an A/D converter based on a counter. A ‘real’ A/D converter, however, converts a volta...
| In the previous instalment we measured capacitances and resistances. You may have wondered if this was all worth the effort, when accurate a...
| So far in this series we have used the PC only with digital signals: switching, monitoring and counting. Now we turn to the analogue domain:...
| So far we have studied the characteristics of the RS-232 outputs in detail. Now it is the turn of the inputs. The standard demands that an i...
| In this third part we look at the output signals of the RS-232 interface. In order to control devices with these output signals, it is neces...
| In this second part we concentrate on software. We take a closer look at the IOtest program presented in the first article and use simple pr...
| At one time or another many readers may have thought about controlling or monitoring equipment using their PC. Electronics projects using a...