Pete W
Mechanical engineer originally, did microfluidics for a while (and still am), wrote code the whole time, and somehow got roped into cheesy little electronics things that find their way into inappropriately priced science gear.
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Real life example. The machine shop of the company where I work has HAAS VF2 milling centers. At 3.5 tons, you'd figure a big enough to warrant some care and respect. The favored method of data tr...
posted 2y ago by Pete W
I recently realized something blindingly obvious that I'd overlooked for a few years - that I can generate a servicable PWM triangle wave from a micro by using two PWM outputs with timers set to sl...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by Pete W · last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop
Simple thing that I realized I should know but do not -- when is an MOV preferable to a TVS diode (with some associated network to really make it work, in both cases)? Is it even something to routi...
2 answers · posted 2y ago by Pete W · last activity 2y ago by coquelicot
My question is trying to understand if there is an effect on the switching time, on both turn-on and turn-off, between the following configurations. A mirror set up to switch a current, and there ...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by Pete W · last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop
Background: I have several microcontroller based projects with custom PCB that have been in very-low-volume production, but the quantities are starting to go up. (batch sizes now ~100 and threateni...
1 answer · posted 2y ago by Pete W · last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop
I'm wondering if there are particular aspects of an oscilloscope probe's performance that tend to suffer, or failure points to look out for, if/when buying lower-end makes of oscilloscope probes (l...
1 answer · posted 1y ago by Pete W · last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop
What is causing this [ABC-news video via Twitter] spectacular power-line phenomenon? [image: still from ABC News]
1 answer · posted 2y ago by Pete W · last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop

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