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Category Archives: Technology
Hands On with the FLIR One for Android
Several months ago I ordered a FLIR One for Android, a small attachment which adds infrared thermal vision capabilities to most Android smartphones and tablets. After the backlog of pre-orders finally cleared out, I got my hands on mine today! … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Technology, Test Equipment
Tagged android, camera, FLIR, FLIR One, infrared, night vision, Thermal Imaging, thermal sensor
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New Toy: HP 143 Wide-Screen Oscilloscope Mainframe Restoration – [Part 1]
At the risk of becoming a test equipment collector, I am picking up a few pieces of vintage test equipment that need some work, but will be very useful pieces of shop gear as well as interesting pieces of history … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Electronics, Hardware, Projects, Test Equipment, Toys, Vintage
Tagged 1402a, 1423a, 143a, 143a mainframe, compactron, dual-trace amplifier, HP, hp 143a, mainframe, nuvistor, oscilloscope, oscilloscope mainframe, plug-in mainframe, plug-in oscilloscope, scope mainframe, timebase, toy, toys, transistor, tube, vintage, vintage oscilloscope
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For Sale: The KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR for HF Rev. 5!
I’m happy to announce that Rev 5 of the KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR for HF is now available for sale in its 5th iteration – now featuring Direct Sampling, while still keeping the familiar wide-band pre-amplifier! On account of the … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Radio
Tagged direct sampling, easy-kits, ham radio, hf, kf7lze, KN0CK, RTL-SDR, RTLSDR, shortwave, up-converter, Upconverter
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Coming Soon: KN0CK and KF7LZE RTLSDR Receiver Rev. 5!
Edited 6/10/2014: Now for sale directly at KF7LZE.net! I’m proud to announce that in just a few days, Easy-Kits.com in cooperation with KN0CK will be releasing Rev. 5 of the popular RTLSDR Integrated Upconverter with a brand new design and … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Gadgets, Hardware, Radio
Tagged hf converter, hf up-converter, hf upconverter, kf7lze, KN0CK, rev 4, rev 5, RTLSDR, up-converter, Upconverter
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KN0CK HF Converter Rev. 4 is Released!
The complete Rev 3 KN0CK HF Converter has sold out and been discontinued. That’s okay, though, because it’s been replaced with the KN0CK RTLSDR for HF Revision 4! This model incorporates a lot of the feedback from the community about the … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, Electronics, Gadgets, Radio, Technology
Tagged 6 meters, 6m, ham radio, hf converter, hf up-converter, hf upconverter, kf7lze, KN0CK, radio, RTLSDR, SDR#, shortwave, up-converter, Upconverter
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Bad Capacitors Strike Again
I’m working on another Bose 901 Series 1 equalizer. It looks to be the same manufacturing run as the first one I wrote up last July, uses the same components, and those components look like they’ve had the same failure … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Hardware
Tagged Bose 901, capacitor, cost engineering, Equalizer, fried electronics, repair, restoration, Series 1
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A neat discovery to add more storage to a laptop.
I acquired a few HP ProBook 4415s laptops which had been scrapped, and decided to rebuild them into working machines. I’ve been needing a new personal/media laptop for a bit, and these are capable little machines with an HDMI output … Continue reading
Spotty GPS is Interesting
I’ve just returned from Whistler, BC for the season-ending weekend on the downhill mountain bike park, and wanted to track my progress using Google’s free My Tracks application which records your GPS position on the map for review later. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Nature, Software
Tagged canada, downhill, error, gps, map, mountain biking, my tracks, space shuttle, whistler
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Shortwave Radio Reception with the RTL-SDR Dongle
Need your own upconverter? Click here! I bought and did a quick setup on my RTLSDR dongle using SDR# a few weeks ago, where I used it to listen to FM radio stations around my area and a few public … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Hardware, Projects, Radio
Tagged converter, funcube, hf, loop antenna, projects, radio, RTLSDR, shortwave, up-converter
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Hands On with the new Acer Chromebook 13
I was recently in the market for a new laptop to replace my aging ProBook 4415S. It was a middle of the road HP business laptop from 2009, and over the years I’d upgraded the RAM to 4GB and installed … Continue reading →