Hackaday (unofficial) November 23, 2024 10:00pm Close Shave for an Old Oscilloscope Saved with a Sticky Note #repairhacks #attenuator #oscilloscope #repair #tek #tektronix #tinwhiskers #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Close Shave For An Old Oscilloscope Saved With A Sticky Note When you tear into an old piece of test equipment, you’re probably going to come up against some surprises. That’s especially true of high-precision gear like oscilloscopes from the tim…
Hackaday (unofficial) March 15, 2024 9:00am A Look Inside a 70-GHz Electromechanical Attenuator #radiohacks #attenuator #electromechanical #microwave #pipad #rf #rohdeschwarz #solenoid #stripline #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Look Inside A 70-GHz Electromechanical Attenuator It might not count as “DC to daylight,” but an electromechanical attenuator that covers up to 70 GHz is pretty close, and getting a guided tour of its insides is quite a treat. Perhaps …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 27, 2023 12:00pm Retrotechtacular: Crash Testing Truck Attenuators, for Science #retrotechtacular #attenuator #caltrans #crash #crashtest #honeycomb #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Retrotechtacular: Crash Testing Truck Attenuators, For Science There are those among us who might bristle at something from the early 1980s qualifying for “Retrotechtacular” coverage, but it’s been more than 40 years since the California Depa…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 8, 2023 12:00pm Wien Bridge Oscillator Drives Distortion Into the Floor #toolhacks #agc #attenuator #audiofrequency #distortion #notchfilter #thd #wienbridge #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Wien Bridge Oscillator Drives Distortion Into The Floor It’s not often that a single photo can tell you pretty much everything you need to know about a project, but the spectrum analyzer screenshot nearby is the perfect summary of this over-the-to…