Thinking of tackling electrical repairs but don’t know where to start? With just a little knowledge–and less than $100 worth ...

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An office breathing test typically means you blow into a machine that measures how much air your lungs can take in and how quickly and forcefully you can blow it out. These numbers tell your doctor if ...

Electricity doesn’t just flow freely in every direction—it needs control. That control comes from a tiny but powerful component: the diode. In this video, you’ll learn how diodes work, why they allow ...

Dhananjay Gadre] happened across a useful little trick the other day. Take any old 1N4148 or 1N914 glass-package signal diode ...

Here is a close look at the common- versus differential-mode voltage and instrumentation amplifier (IA) topologies.

Equal resistors R added in series with both emitters will develop voltages Vr = I1*R and I2*R that will be equal if the ...

For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into ...

But, it turns out, a thermometer has been part of photonic chips all along.

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...

Take tape measures, once a palm-sized object that housed a metal ribbon that could snap back enthusiastically -- has been transformed into a palm-sized device with with a laser inside. Yup, the ...