Posts filed under: Measurement

Safe Battery for Your Measurement Device

It’s time to replace battery on some of my measurement device. And surprisingly, it’s not easy to find good (and safe) replacement. For some of you who never (I hope...... Read More

Reviving Old Capacitor in 5 Minutes [Quick Reforming Capacitor Guide]

If you have a bunch of capacitors on the shelf, surely you will even face this. Once upon a time, I plan to use my old capacitor (we are talking...... Read More

A Troop of Capacitor

For Asus Xonar Essence One modification 😉 Best on the class, perfect on their position.... Read More

Demystifying Asus Xonar Essence One Potentiometer (Volume Control)

Asus Xonar Essence One uses a ribbon cable to connect the stage before the final buffer output to potentiometer then brings back the attenuated signal back to the buffer output...... Read More

Tracing Asus Xonar Essence One PCB [Deeper and Deeper]

As I have informed on previous post here, the best way to trace the PCB is to remove as much component as possible. This to make sure some of your...... Read More

Tracing Asus Xonar Essence One PCB

The first thing that we have to do before doing some mods activity is to find out who is where, why, and doing what. We can easily exclude when and...... Read More

DIY Battery Power Supply for Sencore LC102

If you have read my previous article regarding the Sencore LC102, definitely you will notice that I have no power supply for this unit. After searching around, it seems quite...... Read More

Bennic XPP Capacitor Orientation Check

During a lazy Saturday afternoon, there was a person asked on one of the mailing list about the orientation of the Bennic FPP capacitor. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any Bennic...... Read More

Sencore LC102 Capacitor-Inductor Analyzer

I have been addicted with (vintage) measurement device for quite some time, maybe 5-6 years ago. This is not because of no reason. Vintage measurement device (mostly) uses high quality...... Read More

Tube Burner Platform

If you have a lot of old tubes, then this idea could be useful. I have planned to make this small device, but somehow quite lazy (ugh!). I think because...... Read More

Picking the Right Soldering Iron

Finding a good soldering iron is not an easy job. But once you find it, it will simplify the rest of your life – I mean, the rest of your...... Read More

Measuring Cathode Current and Resistor Rating

Some people send me an email asking about how to measure cathode current and resistor rating. I will show you how to do it and actually this way is not...... Read More