Last time we started to look into digital electronics. One handy building block for our experiments is the facility to provide input values to our circuits. An easy way to do is by using DIP switches but I find it always difficult to toggle the positions of the switches. Also, sometimes we want to provide … Continue reading BCD Switch
Electronics Cheat Sheet
One important beginner’s tool for his electronics lab is the cheat sheet. This is a double sided A4 page with the main references for your daily electronics need. Here is the one that Clounce prepared and uses during his experiments. Download your copy from my github repository. As described in the readme.md file in my … Continue reading Electronics Cheat Sheet
4 Steps to add an SQL managed user to Azure SQL Server
Working with Azure SQL Server, is very similar to working with the traditional on-premise SQL Server. However when it comes to managing users some differences start to become apparent. The first noticeable difference is when trying to create a new login or user. The traditional and user friendly dialog will not appear but instead a … Continue reading 4 Steps to add an SQL managed user to Azure SQL Server
Securing an Azure Storage File Share behind a Point to Site (P2S) VPN
When working with Azure Storages security of data is a common topic of discussion. With the latest changes in Azure, the security of the data at rest is now by default. It is also possible to set the transfer of files to use TLS 1.2 for further security. However a commonly missed security setting is … Continue reading Securing an Azure Storage File Share behind a Point to Site (P2S) VPN
Introduction to Digital Electronics
In our first blog about Digital Electronics, we are going to look how to set up our lab to do a basic experiment using NOT gate. This is by no means an extensive tutorial, but a practical session that can help you get started in your new hobby. The Power Source Let us dive into … Continue reading Introduction to Digital Electronics