Category: Tools of the Trade

  • How to Force Windows 10 to Use a Dedicated GPU / Dedicated Graphics Card

    Despite having changed the settings for a program in the NVIDIA Control Panel, sometimes a Windows 10 computer will still default to using an integrated graphics card for certain programs. To resolve this: 1. Change settings in NVIDIA Control Panel If using an NVIDIA dedicated GPU, ensure that you have actually specified to use the…

  • Please install corresponding PL2303 driver to support Windows 11 and further OS

    We discovered this issue because a Java program stopped communicating with an oscilloscope using an USB to Serial RS-232 cable after updating to Windows 11. It turned out to be a driver issue: Prolific, the manufacturer of the chipset used by several USB to Serial adapter brands, has yet to publish a driver for Windows…

  • Commercial Software Master List

    Electronic Circuit and PCB Design…Eagle PCB Design for $1200 you can design any thing you want, pay less if you need less…as little as $69 this is fantastic software Task, Project, Data, Schedule, Collaboration Manager…Asana and Pagico Asana runs in your browser or on your smart phone and is free for small teams Pagico is…

  • Free Software Master List

    Word processing, spreadsheet, database, drawing…LibreOffice I haven’t used the Microsoft Office package in over 10 years…there are a few conversion glitches between the two, but I generally save my files to PDF before distribution Photo & image processing…GIMP a very powerful substitute for Adobe PhotoShop 3D Drawing…SketchUp an amazing program…but…if you are comfortable with AutoCad…