Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Testing Generators with a Portable Load Bank

As covered in my previous blog post, all diesel-powered generators should be loaded to at least 30% of their standby nameplate rating when exercised during their monthly test. If the connected load ...
Electronic Design

Pattern Generators Pass the Digital Test

Testing digital designs usually requires one or more digital signals, some of which can be very difficult to generate. Pattern generators are specifically designed to address this problem. Whatever ...
Electronic Design

Explore The Benefits Of High-Output Signal Generators In Your RF Test Setup

The addition of a high-output RF signal generator not only simplifies your RF test setup, it also can overcome some of the issues associated with lossy cables and components. In RF testing, an ...
Hackaday

Pocket-sized Test Pattern Generator Helps Check Those CRTs

Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made, palm-sized tool that uses an ESP32-based ...
Elektor Magazine

CRT Test Pattern Generator Fits in Your Pocket

CRT test pattern generator built on M5StickC PLUS2 outputs PAL/NTSC composite patterns, making quick on-site CRT checks easy ...
EDN

Test Ideas: Pulse generator aids IC testing

Read more Test Ideas and Design Ideas here. As ICs increase in complexity and decrease in size, their pin counts drop or, at best, remain constant. The result: a need for pin-saving measures like ...