Gough's Tech Zone

1 min read 2021-11-16 17:51:18

RoadTest Review: Rohm REFRPT001-EVK-001 8-Ch Power Tree Eval Board

For the past month or so, I’ve been quietly reviewing yet another item bestowed upon me by the generous gods at element14 … … this very

1 min read 2021-11-13 19:13:08

It would have been a long time, perhaps close to a decade, since my Dad decided to buy a treadmill. The treadmill in question was a bottom-end,

1 min read 2021-11-07 15:04:16

The final installment of my flash-memory shopping spree is a 2.5″ SATA SSD. As I had a “shoestring” budget to spend and wanted something

1 min read 2021-11-07 13:51:00

In this modern world, microSD cards have been used not only to record images and video from cameras, but also as boot devices for single-board

1 min read 2021-11-07 09:29:14

Over time, I’ve participated in a number of surveys, beta tests and other incentivised research which has resulted in my slow accrual of Amazon

1 min read 2021-11-06 13:01:53

It’s been too long between random posts, so without further ado … here’s another bunch of random thoughts from my mind and scraps which

1 min read 2021-10-31 17:43:42

My recent review of the Infineon 3-Phase FOC Motor Drive Evaluation Board (EVAL_DRIVE_3PH_PFD7) had me wishing that I had more high-voltage

1 min read 2021-10-30 14:00:35

It was many moons ago when I treated myself to a proper name-brand DMM with some decent accuracy, an Agilent/Keysight U1241B complete with a U1173

1 min read 2021-10-24 16:55:30

Having been guilty of being ignorant of the developments in low-Rds(on) MOSFETs as of late, I used to think that 30mOhm was a pretty decent Rds. But

1 min read 2021-10-24 15:46:42

Recently, I had some bad luck with my Sandisk Ultra Flair 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive which failed after a few years of read-mostly operation. While

1 min read 2021-10-17 18:14:58

A few weeks ago, a generous reader asked whether I’d be interested in reviewing a USB-C PD charger rated at 100W that could be obtained at the

1 min read 2021-10-10 17:30:52

It’s been too long since my last random posting … my brain’s been slowly filling up with random snippets that aren’t exactly enough to become

1 min read 2021-10-04 17:43:50

A couple of weeks ago, I posted my scpibenchv1 post about benchmarking SCPI commands on compatible test and measurement equipment. In that post, I

1 min read 2021-10-03 18:07:27

If you’ve been wondering why it’s been a bit quiet recently around the blog, well there’s a perfectly good reason for that. I’ve been very

1 min read 2021-09-19 13:43:36

I have been fortunate enough to have been selected as a reviewer for numerous types of test equipment over the years and have been a big advocate for