Visited: ElectroneX Electronics Design & Assembly Expo (5-6th April 2022)

From goughlui.com 3 months ago in Blogs

Oh, ElectroneX – it’s been way too long since events! Since my last visit in 2018 (as I don’t attend the Melbourne ones), I’ve been waiting with eager anticipation through a number of postponements due to COVID-19. After visiting METexpo … Continue reading →

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Tech Flashback: Teletypewriter (TTY/TDD) Calls, Payphones & More

From goughlui.com 4 days ago in Blogs

The invention of the first practical telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 was taught in schools as one of several historically significant inventions that demonstrates the application of science and engineering to impact society as a whole. While the...

Random: 5M Views, Vivid Sydney, Flash Memory Fails, Renovation Relics & More

From goughlui.com 2 weeks ago in Blogs

It’s about time for yet another random post! Life has been very busy lately, in part due to family commitments, some special requests by readers, participating in a number of challenges over at element14, working on a few reviews in...

Project: HP Stream 8 Li-Polymer Cell Cycle Torture Test w/R&S NGM202

From goughlui.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs

A while ago, I reviewed a little Windows-based tablet known as the HP Stream 8. While it was a passable device, it soon grew out of usefulness and started developing odd crashes. As a result, I retired it from service...

Teardown: Actiiv Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor (ACMMD001) aka Transtek LS810

From goughlui.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs

Recently, my father has been suffering from a minor ailment, which had him thinking about his overall health. Aside from monitoring his weight, he decided he would resume monitoring his blood pressure after a trip to the GP resulted in...

Modified: An Annoying Manson HCS-3102 Power Supply Fan Behaviour

From goughlui.com 3 weeks ago in Blogs

Almost a decade ago, I was a fresh undergraduate commencing a PhD where I needed some affordable basic power supplies for bulk power. I came across the Manson HCS-3102 which have been the basis of many rebrands – a switching...

DRW2022 – Pt5: Digital TV (DVB-T), Digital Radio (DAB+) & FM Radio Analysis

From goughlui.com 4 weeks ago in Blogs

It’s not a Gough kind of trip without bringing along some radio gear and doing some analysis of the radio signals in the area. This part is perhaps the most involved, as I toted home several hundred gigabytes of raw...

DRW2022 – Pt4: Parap, Jingli, Casuarina, Dripstone Cliffs, Litchfield & Return

From goughlui.com 1 month ago in Blogs

Being in Darwin for around a week gives ample time to visit a few more attractions in the city, along with one that is quite a bit further out that I was lucky to be able to get to thanks...

DRW2022 – Pt3: Botanic Gardens, Cullen/Fannie Bay, Nightcliff & Mindil Beach

From goughlui.com 1 month ago in Blogs

With the general observations out of the way, it’s time to become a tourist again and take in some of the local sights of Darwin … not that there are all that many of them to begin with, at least,...

DRW2022 – Pt2: Hotel, Darwin CBD and Surrounds, Random Infrastructure

From goughlui.com 2 months ago in Blogs

Welcome to the top-end indeed! Except … things didn’t quite look like this when I first left the airport at around 1am in the morning. I faced a taxi shortage, the chance of a longer-than one-hour wait which was only...

DRW2022 – Pt1: Getting To Darwin & Travelling Around

From goughlui.com 2 months ago in Blogs

I’ve been busy, but perhaps not in the way you might have imagined. The lack of blogs and other content was mainly due to a (technically non-)work-related trip which I took to Darwin from 1st May to 10th May using...