Despite the pressure for system engineers to simulate every design, a simulation of a high-speed, high-performance analog circuit cannot substitute for a quality prototype. A review of prototyping ...

There’s a new player in the low-cost, ARM-based, mini-computer space. The BeagleBone Black is a $45 device which can run Linux or Android software and which can be used as a barebones computer or as ...

Microsoft next week plans to unveil a prototype PC that would function as a central communications console. Developed with Hewlett-Packard, the new "Athens" prototype is intended to be the hub for ...

There you are at the surplus store, staring into the bin of faded orange, yellow, red, and black, boxes–a treasure trove of vintage vacuum tubes—dreaming about building a tube amp for your guitar or a ...

Back in 2010, Bob Pease sent me a couple pictures of some prototype printed circuit boards (PCBs) he had made in the early 1960s. Pease got to be a great analog engineer because he would hack away at ...

These are tough times for American hackers, and rife with uncertainty. Trade wars are on, off, on again– who can keep track? If you’re used to getting everything from China, that can really cramp your ...

LPKF's ProtoMat S62 desktop milling machine exceeds designers' expectations with its mini learning curve coupled with low cost and fast turnaround. The desktop S62 is a 3D milling machine designed to ...

Richard Saville known for his Raspberry Pi accessories such as the ProtoCam the Raspberry Pi camera module prototyping board and ProtoCam+ that built on the technology from the first. Has this week ...