One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have been either very expensive or unobtainable back in the 1970s.

When the size of a sample seems to be large, in a risky or high-temperature setting, or for any reason, it is hard to bring to a spectrometer, a probe offers the perfect solution for obtaining ...

When combined with today's high-bandwidth scopes, active test probes can make a world of difference in capturing serial data streams. This Engineering Essentials article covers the basics of active ...