Questions tagged [equipment]
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How to debug a noisy oscilloscope
I've had an inexpensive handheld integrated digital oscilloscope for close to a year, and used it well on various projects. It's been on the shelf for 6 months, and the signal I get now is very noisy,...
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Can we sell 110V equipment without NRTL certification in a US market?
Only in some places.
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Which model of MBT desoldering station is this?
From Commodore 128 Complete Restoration and Board Repair @ 11:55, Raymond, the chap doing the desoldering, appears to be using one of these:
There is, however, no model number on the front.
From an ...
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What is this used for and what is it? (Wooden base, metal strip connecting two terminal blocks with finger nuts and small screws.)
This was handed to us and I have no idea what the device is, or what its usage is.
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Do electric gloves degrade in voltage protection over time?
I am looking to buy a pair of electric gloves for PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). However I just found out that their voltage protection doesn't stay constant.
Do these gloves need to be tested?
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Would a silicone mat (not anti-static) placed on a truly ESD anti-static mat become anti-static?
It's just like another component placed on the anti-static mat, right? This should work at providing an inexpensive heat-resistant and anti-static workbench area?
All the 'anti-static' heat resistant ...
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ESD protection during lightning storms
I'm new to electronics, and I'm currently building my electronics area. Let's say that I have an ESD bench mount drilled into my wooden workbench, and this ESD bench mount is then connected to the &...
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Heel strap vs wrist strap around ankle
I am a novice to electronics, and I am currently building a home workstation. In this question on ESD chairs, the user Sparky256 said the following in his answer:
If you are wearing BOTH a wrist and ...
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ESD chair for home workstation [closed]
As mentioned here, I am a novice to electronics, and I am currently building a wooden workbench. The workbench will have an ESD bench mount and ESD matting over the entire bench. Furthermore, the ...
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Cleaning procedure for electronic tools and equipment?
I recently had to work from an old building which was in poor repair in order to get access to three phase power.
I stripped down the room etc. so that there was a bare concrete floor but still after ...
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Why do we still use high voltage at home (on sockets) in the 21st century? [duplicate]
Just wondering, most of all equipment at home have components/circuitry inside to transform high voltage (AC) into lower voltage (mostly DC), also all modern LED lambs. Modern products become more and ...
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Rating between power cord and equipment
My country's power supply is AC 220 V. My equipment is rated 220 V 5 mA and linked to a power socket rated 250 V 15 mA.
Will my equipment be fine?
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Old equipment to identify
I volunteer at the Dauphin Railway Museum in Manitoba, where we recently received a donation of equipment collected by CNCP Telecommunications in the 1970s and earlier.
Most has been identified, ...
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Fast but affordable way to crimp dupont connectors
I'm currently doing a small production run of a board I designed. It features a few pin header type dupont connectors which are used to attach cables to the board.
Now, I can surely crimp this using ...
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Getting Agilent USB GBIP Adapter to work with NI-Visa or R&S GBIP over USB with Agilent Visa
This Visa/IVI jungle is pretty much a desaster. Not enough that each package contains GBs or data, they also cause problems when installed in parallel (one example: https://www.mathworks.com/support/...
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