Handheld Oscilloscope

Calendar May 1, 2010 | Posted by admin

Handheld Oscilloscope

An oscilloscope is used to show what is happening to a voltage as time passes. For example, in your house, you have outlets to a 110 Volt sine wave. What that means is the voltage is swinging from a positive value (about 130 Volts because the 110 is a RMS value) to a negative value. Consequently, a time dependent picture of this voltage would look like a sine wave. I should note, most oscilloscopes aren’t built to tolerate such large voltages, but this is a useful example because most people have wall outlets.

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Robotic Kit

Calendar May 1, 2010 | Posted by admin

Robotic Kit

The technological frontier is nearly dominated by electronics. In fact, this is clearly the electronics age, and most new products built in the United States and world for that matter have some sort of electrical component. If you are interested in what is inside your IPod or your Pentium IV processor, then you might benefit from learning a bit about electronics. A good way to start is with a robotic kit.

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Velleman Kit

Calendar May 1, 2010 | Posted by admin

Velleman Kit

For over 30 years, Velleman has been a major distributor of electronic components and consumer electronics. Their warehouse has over 18,000 different products and serves over 1,500 distributors. One very popular set of items that Velleman manufactures are robotic kits; however, they also distribute items as simple as a digital clock and as complex as a digital controlled pre-amp.

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