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Pogo pin test board for ADB-USB Wombat
A pogo pin tester for the ADB-USB Wombat board from Big Mess o’ Wires: Here’s a test rig for the ADB-USB Wombat board: my first-ever project whose sole purpose is to facilitate testing of another...
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Build your own testing/programming jig
Sjaak has published a new build: Inspired by an old article from sparkfun and some tests I conducted myself I came up with a PCB that holds the pogopinholders and an lasercut acrylic fixture for the...
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Simulating 3-phase AC for energy monitor testing
Tisham Dhar blogged about his 3-phase synthesizer: Finding 3-phase is difficult, convincing the owner of the said supply to test some home made hardware is even more so. After building a 3-phase...
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Testing the TPS61092 boost converter
Testing the TPS61092 boost converter from LuckyResistor: For my current project I searched for a good boost power converter which is able to deliver continuous 400mA power for various sensors. There...
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ESP32 and the CWTD ‘Test gadget’
DuWayne published a new build: I have been following a series of podcasts from ‘Chatting with the Designers’ CWTD.ORG that cover building simple Arduino based test equipment. I decided that this...
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DC voltmeter test gadget
DuWayne posted an update on his test gadget project we covered previously: The picture shows the completed DCVM test gadget in 4 channel mode measuring the 3 voltages present on the headers used to...
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SI5351 signal generator test gadget
DuWayne published a new build: I have been spending way too much time playing with the new 3D printer, so have to get back to some electronics. Since the next CWTD.ORG episode is coming up, I decided...
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Experiments with a Hydrogen Thyratron
Kerry Wong did some experiments with a TGI1-50/5 hydrogen thyratron: The one I picked up is a TGI1-50/5 hydrogen thyratron. As the name suggests, it uses ionized hydrogen gas as the switching medium....
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Pogo pins + laser cutter = test fixture
Eric Gunnerson made this DIY pogo-pin test jig: I decided to build a pogo-pin test jig, and since the approach I came up with was different than the other approaches I’ve seen I thought it would be...
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Non-destructive testing of fuses
Kerry Wong discussed how to accurately determine a fuse’s current capacity non-destructively: A fuse is a sacrificial device for the protection the rest of the circuit in an over-current situation....
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