by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
Jim Williams in his lab at Linear Tech, with his beloved Tek scopes and assorted breadboards. I was saddened to learn last year of the passing of Jim Williams. He died on June 10, 2011 of a massive stroke. As a young, impressionable MIT undergraduate physics student,...
by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Inspiration, Life 201, What Works
I’ve been writing technical books, feature articles and columns for more than 40 years. Based on the old guideline, “An expert is someone who’s made all the mistakes possible,” I am well along my way to being an expert. Most of my writing has been for a general...
by Eric Bogatin | Mar 2, 2014 | Inspiration
Millions around the world counted down the “seven minutes of terror” as we all followed each step of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), named “Curiosity”, execute the final steps of its landing on Mars. The mission control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, part...
by Eric Bogatin | May 27, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
I’ve had this Keithley 196 6 1/2 digit multimeter for about 25 years and it works as great today as it did when I first got it. I usually use it on the voltage scale or the Ohms scale. On the 30 v scale, the least digit is 10 uV. When pushed to the limit, on the 300...
by Eric Bogatin | May 27, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
The Teledyne LeCroy WaveAce 2034 is a “gateway drug” into digital scopes. It has the front panel interface typical of traditional analog scopes, but with lots more buttons and features which enable us to tap into its powerful digital signal analysis features. As with...
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