[Photo: Xoscillo] An oscilloscope is an instrument used by scientists and engineers to observe constantly varying electrical signal voltages. Oscilloscopes can be useful tools, but they can be ...

There’s no substitute for a proper oscilloscope on your electronics bench. But unfortunately we still don’t have one of our own. But we’ve got an Arduino board and paired with another IC it can sample ...

We won’t mention names, but we are always dismayed to see people twist knobs randomly on a scope until it shows a good picture. These days, there’s the dreaded auto button, too, which is nearly as bad ...

UK-based Pico Technology has introduced a USB scope that samples in real time at 5Gsample/s. Called the PicoScope 6404D, is offers up to 500MHz bandwidth (1.25Gsample/s) on four channels ...

The Raspberry Pi is all the rage for hobbyists in search of cheap, credit card-sized computers that can run a full PC operating system. Arduino boards have been around nearly a decade, meanwhile, ...