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You can now easily build a low-cost microscope that uses off the shelf parts and is as powerful as commercial microscopes costing thousands of times more. Meet the brilliant modular UC2 microscope system.

This is definitely one of the coolest things we’ve ever seen. A open source microscope that uses a modular design letting you build a low-cost microscope using off-the-shelf parts and a 3D printer – and it’s as powerful as microscopes costing thousands of times more!

Advantech DPX-E145 all-in-one casino gaming system

Gone are the days of mechanical slots, replaced by flashy, screaming electronic games. Virtually every game in Las Vegas and Atlantic City are electronic – but little is known about their inner workings. So it came as a surprise to me to learn that a lot of the games use generic all-in-one platforms to power…

In concept, a mobile phone jammer is pretty simple. It transmits signals on the same frequency as a cell phone which disrupts the radiowaves. I’ve had the circuit below in my collection of electronics schematics for quite some time.

A mobile phone jammer circuit usable with GSM1900 and an effective frequency range of 1930 MHz through 1990 MHz. The GSM1900 network is used in Canada, South America, and the United States (T-Mobile and AT&T).

Integrated circuit packages, the form an IC is manufactured in, are as wide and varied as a Donald Trump “alternative truth”. Below is the big list of integrated circuit (IC) package types including the package name, package full (official) name, remarks and notes, and a picture of diagram of the electronic package.