Monthly Archives: August 2021

When you need to quickly determine the forward voltage of a power diode, use your bench power supply. A bench power supply with an accurate measurement system, such as the Keysight EDU36311A Smart Bench Essentials DC power supply, shown in Figure 1, can apply a known voltage and precisely measure ...

My first job was as a failure analysis engineer in the hard disc drive manufacturing industry many years ago. I had to troubleshoot electronics circuits on the printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) on a functional level where the product was receiving instructions to execute certain functions. The ...